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Metalock Brasil provides cold stitching services across the Americas
Metalock Brasil has recently carried out cold stitching services on main propulsion engines across different countries in the Americas.
Old-style yard: Thai Teak and Cummins Diesel
By Alan Haig-Brown From the early 17th to the mid 18th century the Dutch maintained a post on the Chao Phraya River near the ancient Thai capital of Ayutthaya. Today little remains of the old Dutch buildings but a fine new museum has been built on the site, Baan...
Extended engine life offered by new monitoring and control system
A new approach to extending the life cycle of engines has been developed by CMR Group, automation and control system specialists for marine and energy applications. E-Pulse is a new control system that can be installed on medium and high-speed engines operating in...
Afloat pipe repairs completed on cruise ship in Uruguay
Diver/technicians from Hydrex carried out a pipe repair on a 238-meter cruise ship during her stop in Punta Del Este, Uruguay. The vessel was suffering a leak as a result of corrosion damage to the pipe and a swift on-site solution was suggested by the company’s...
The Imitation Game: false economy of counterfeit parts
Counterfeit parts and poor quality servicing have always been a major problem, and is of particular concern to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). These parts can not only have a significant detrimental effect on the running of equipment, but in some cases can...
Damen Marine Components to make its winch range available on the open market
Damen Marine Components has been producing winches on a commercial scale since 2010, however for many years prior to that date Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam had been maintaining and building highly-regarded winches for its fishing vessel clientele. Eight years...
BIO-SEA technology optimised for reduced holding time in all waters
BIO-UV Group has completed successfully the testing of an enhanced BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system designed to reduce further the time in which treated water has to be held onboard prior to discharge overboard. Holding time is the minimum period between the...
Revolutionary propeller technology reduces underwater noise
A revolutionary new technology capable of substantially reducing the underwater radiated noise (URN) generated by ships’ propeller cavitation has been developed by Strathclyde University and Oscar Propulsion, a UK-based innovation and technology transfer company. The...
Damen Verolme Rotterdam completes refit of drilling rig Stena Don
Damen Verolme Rotterdam (DVR) has completed a major refit of the Stena Drilling-owned 5thgeneration, semi-submersible drilling rig Stena Don. The vessel arrived at DVR in October 2018 and departed for her new contract off the UK’s Shetland Islands in February 2019....
Double Vision: Anti-Fouling – Preparing for the Future
We present two very different views on the future of anti-fouling. Join the debate and have your say here [columns] [column size="1/2"]While marine coatings have developed significantly over time, it is essential that as an industry, we continue to evolve as the world...
Advanced diving support vessel completes complete engine overhaul
Work on overhauling diesel engines on one of the most advanced diving support vessels in the world, has been completed by power specialist Royston. Engineers undertook the 30,000 running hour major service on the generator engines onboard the 140m long Subsea 7 Seven...
Worldclass BWT order secured for UV system
Ultraviolet light water treatment pioneer BIO-UV Group has inked a contract to supply its BIO-SEA ballast water treatment system for installation aboard two Worldclass cruiseships currently under construction for MSC Cruises at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard...
Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre adds Inert gas production
An Alfa Laval Smit Combustion system (FU type) is now installed at the Alfa Laval Test & Training Centre in Aalborg, Denmark. The system, which adds inert gas production to the centre’s already comprehensive range of full-scale vessel applications, will ensure that...
Opinion: Wastewater discharge performance needs enforcement
ACO Marine, together with a group of leading wastewater treatment system manufacturers and environmental organisations, has called for a revision to MARPOL Annex IV in order to verify the ongoing performance and discharge criteria of sewage treated systems onboard...
Guadalquivir shipyards complete February repairs
Guadalquivir shipyards in Spain report two new repairs for February. The first reefer-type ship arrived, a refrigerator, to the dry dock of the Seville shipyard. The "Green Magic", with Nassau flag and built in 1990, has 135.7 meters in length by 16.33 in beam. It has...
Wijnne Barends chooses Sonihull8 for box-cooler anti-fouling
Wijnne Barends, the Netherlands’ oldest active shipping company, has chosen the Sonihull8 ultrasonic anti-fouling system to protect two of its vessels. The ships, Lady Ariette and Lady Anne Beau are both 88m long 2,544 GT general cargo ships that were built in 2016 at...