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Amasus signs second contract with bound4blue
Amasus signs second contract with bound4blue for world’s largest suction sail system on a general cargo vessel
Metalock Brasil carries out repairs on vessel’s vibration damper seals and springs
Metalock Brasil has replaced the seals and springs in the shaft vibration damper of a vessel's main engine in the port of Santos, on the Brazilian São Paulo State coast, the largest port complex in Latin America. The outer cover had to be removed, in view of access to...
Rivertrace publishes new white paper on scrubber technology and washwater monitoring
Ahead of the incoming Global Sulphur Cap restrictions that will impose a ban on all marine fuels with >0.50% sulphur content from January 1, 2020, market leading developers of smart water quality monitoring technology Rivertrace Limited, have published a technical...
BIO-UV sign agreement for new ballast projects
BIO-UV Group, the pioneer in UV-based water treatment technologies, and Norwegian marine engineering and technical services provider TECO Tech have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at providing shipowners with a complete turnkey solution for the BIO-SEA advanced...
Underwater stern tube seal repair vital for tanker in Algeciras
Last month a Hydrex team carried out an underwater stern tube seal repair on a tanker berthed in Algeciras. The ship was suffering from an oil leak and no drydock was available close by. The divers replaced the damaged seals underwater using one of the company’s...
Opinion: The Matter of Biofouling
by Hydrex Recently there has been a lot of discussion about biofouling. A word coined to describe marine life attached to ship hulls, it is seen as a ship speed breaker, a destructive factor to hull coatings and a cause of alien invasive species. To call it fouling is...
Royston complete engine overhaul on Rever Offshore DSV
New engineering work involving the overhaul of diesel engines on the offshore construction and dive support vessel ‘DSV Rever Polaris’, has been completed by power specialist Royston. Engineers undertook the DG1 and DG3 24,000 and DG4 36,000 running hours service on...
Project to Restore Durban Dry Dock in Full Swing
The rehabilitation of the inner caisson, which divides the Port of Durban’s Prince Edward Graving Dock into two compartments, enabling two smaller vessels to be docked simultaneously, is in full swing. It is among 11 large-scale projects earmarked for the Durban Dry...
Less is more with Wilhelmsen’s new best in test heavy duty cargo hold cleaner
Tested extensively both in the lab and in the hold, Wilhelmsen’s Unitor CargoClean HD further improves on the market-leading performance of its predecessor but requires just half the volume of chemicals previously needed. Refined several times before the Wilhelmsen...
Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions and expertise are readying customers for the 2020 sulphur cap
As Alfa Laval Aalborg boiler solutions celebrate 100 years in the marine industry, they are also leading the way in today’s era of change. With the 2020 sulphur cap rapidly approaching, Alfa Laval is delivering multi-fuel Aalborg boiler solutions and helping customers...
Heavy lift jack-up Apollo completes refit at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque
DEME Offshore’s newest heavy-lift jack-up Apollo has recently completed a one-month conversion project at Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque (DSDu). This complex contract involved the installation of a moon pool on the main deck. The technical demands combined with the...
Metalock Brasil rebuilds internal chamber of inert gas generator for Greek vessel
A major Greek ship owner client of Metalock Brasil since the 1980s experienced a fault in the inert gas generator cooling system of one of his vessels, which has triggered problems in the inner chamber. The fault caused the chamber's 316L grade stainless steel...
Damen Shiprepair Brest completes rapid repairs to LNG Carrier Methane Princess
Over four days in January, Damen Shiprepair Brest successfully carried out repairs to the hull of the 266-metre, 138,000m³, LNG Carrier LNG Methane Princess. In order to achieve this in the minimum time it was done while the vessel was both afloat and with the cargo...
BWT exec moves to exhaust gas cleaning
Anders Lindmark, formerly Head of Alfa Laval PureBallast, has transitioned from ballast water treatment into another compliance application. As Business Unit President, Gas Systems, he now oversees the Alfa Laval PureSOx offering in exhaust gas cleaning. On 1st May,...
Underwater repairs on rudder completed in Dubai
Underwater company Hydrex was contacted by the owner of a 193-meter roro ship to secure both rudders of the vessel while the OEM performed repairs on the rudders from inside the engine room. A team of the company’s divers mobilized to Jebel Ali, Dubai to perform the...
Innovation in marine monitoring system
MARINE MONITORING SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT POWERED BY INNOVATION Innovation is driving advanced monitoring and control technologies for environmental and safety compliance in the marine sector, says Gérard Baldellou, marine business unit manager at CMR Group. The marine...