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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
Face the Facts feature: Juan Cuenca, Astilleros del Guadalquivir shipyard
Juan Cuenca is Operations Director of the shipyard Astilleros del Guadalquivir in Sevilla, Spain. He is an English citizen, and was born to Spanish parents in 1969, in Ashley, London. He graduated as a Marine Engineer and has, over the last 20 years, developed his...
New oil addresses cold corrosion and optimisation for fuel grades
Shell Marine has officially launched Shell Alexia 140, a two-stroke engine cylinder oil whose exceptionally high base number aims to deliver the ultimate protection for the most modern efficient engines against cold corrosion issues and the means of optimising oil...
Wärtsilä modernising vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard to provide reliability in demanding conditions
Wärtsilä are renewing the current propulsion generators on 1100 Class High Endurance Multitask Vessels operated by the Canadian Coast Guard. These vessels serve for buoy tending, search and rescue and icebreaking in each of the three Region of the Canadian Coast...
Copper-free coatings moving into Yacht market
Subsea Industries has begun actively marketing its Ecospeed coating in the luxury yacht market following the introduction of stringent regulations aimed at reducing the impact of leisure craft operations on the marine environment. The Antwerp-based sustainable...
Ferries happy with oil-free bearings
It is more than twenty years since Société des Traversiers du Québec (STQ) retrofitted Thordon Bearings’ water lubricated propeller shaft bearings to the double-ended ferries Armand-Imbeau and Jos-Dechênes, as part of an ambitious vessel modification project. Since...
BWT monitoring method approved in Finland
The Finnish Transport Safety Agency (Trafi) has published a review of methods available for analysing treated ballast water, concluding that Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) or Pulse Amplitude-Modulation (PAM) technologies should be used to detect the effect of ballast...
Remote exhaust gas sensor comes to market
After completing stringent market testing, remote marine data monitoring company, Azurtane Limited, is now commercialising its cutting-edge exhaust gas sensor technology for sustainable shipping from its new company headquarters in Southampton. From Southampton...
New electrochlorination BWT unit released in Korea
Evoqua Water Technologies’ in partnership with Krosys have unveiled a new SeaCURE® Ballast Water Treatment System at Kormarine 2017 exhibition in Busan, South Korea. Available as a compact skid or as modular components, the system is suitable as a newbuild or retrofit...
Hempel launch new AF coating
Coatings manufacturer Hempel is launching two new premium antifouling coatings, Globic 9500M and Globic 9500S, which the company say offer a potential 2.5 per cent reduction in speed loss. The coatings are designed for new builds and retrofit. Hempel say the Nano...
Coldharbour Marine unveils BWT system for big bulk carriers
UK-based Coldharbour Marine, manufacturer of ballast water treatment systems based on inert gas technology, has launched a new treatment process designed specifically for large dry bulk vessels and ore carriers. The system uses the company’s existing inert gas based...
Offshore Towing opt for Thordon shaft seal
Offshore Towing Inc (OTI) has successfully completed the extensive refurbishment of its 1974-built 9000hp-class tug Zion Falgout at the Conrad Deepwater shipyard, in Morgan City, Louisiana, U.S.A. The milestone project involved the retrofitting of TG100 seals in what...
Underwater repairs to 12 stern-tube seals keeps semi-sub on hire
When a semi-submersible offshore platform completed an oil & gas project offshore Veracruz, Mexico, twelve seals on its two sterntube assemblies needed to be replaced. The unit left the field and was berthed alongside in August when a Hydrex team was called in to...
Cylinder Lubricant receives approval from WinGD
Chevron Marine Lubricants has received a No Objection Letter (NOL) from Winterthur Gas & Diesel (WinGD) for the use of its Taro® Special HT 100 cylinder lubrication oil in a number of the manufacturer’s engines when operating on a wide variety of fuels from 1.5% to...
Ballast Water Management systems questioned
Shipowners attending a ballast water management conference in Miami last week were surprised to learn that once a ballast water treatment system has achieved Type Approval, there are no strict provisions in place for verifying the system’s on-going operational...
In-water rudder repair completed after storm damage
After the rudder of a 132-meter dry cargo vessel was severely damaged during a heavy storm it came loose and was swinging dangerously from side to side during sailing, hitting the ship's propeller. The ship was unable to sail any further. A Hydrex diver/technician...