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ZF Marine move to hard coatings for thrusters
ZF Marine Krimpen is applying Subsea Industries’ Ecoshield hard coating to the nozzles and underwater components of its azimuth thruster units supplied to vessels operating in inland waterways. In the thruster market since 1973, ZF Marine Krimpen designs and produces...
Fleet Auxiliary tanker comes to A&P for custom work
A&P Group’s Falmouth facility has welcomed the first of a new class of Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) tankers, RFA Tidespring, to the UK. A&P Group has been awarded the Ministry of Defence (MOD) contract to customise and fit out of the RFA’s new fleet of four Tide class...
Wärtsilä to provide BWT for Minerva Marine
Wärtsilä will be supplying globally operating tanker vessels managed by Minerva Marine Inc. with Aquarius ballast water management systems (BWMS). The agreement covers the retrofit of several vessels and represents an important milestone in the BWMS retrofit market....
Advice on polar capability of deck machinery issued
With the Polar Code now in force, Thordon Bearings has urged shipowners and managers to verify that their vessels’ deck machinery and systems can operate safely in the extreme temperatures encountered in Arctic and Antarctic seas. Scott Groves, Thordon Bearings...
Lay-up maintenance packages from ABB
ABB’s marine and ports business will partner with Presserv to offer maintenance packages for vessels that serve the oil and gas industry that are laid-up for prolonged periods. The two companies will combine specialized services to enable the preservation of equipment...
Alfa say BWT systems uptake increasing
With the IMO Ballast Water Management (BWM) Convention taking effect in September, customer interest in ballast water treatment systems and in Alfa Laval PureBallast has been growing. Of particular note is interest in PureBallast systems with high flow capacities....
Water treatment knowledge sharing
Water treatment specialists ACO Marine and Corodex/Eflochem, in conjunction with the UAE Branch of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), have hosted a knowledge sharing session to inform a wide section of the shipping industry on the...
Damen yard works completed
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has recently completed works in Vlissingen and Brest on two major vessels in the fleet of dredging and marine construction specialist Jan de Nul Group. One of these is the Vole au vent, a 140-metre jack-up vessel built specifically...
VR simulation training centre opens in Norway
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has opened a a training academy for customers at a new facility in Arendal. It specialises in advanced simulation training and has a purpose-built virtual reality (VR) showroom. The academy provides a risk-free environment where the users...
Guest Editorial: Unwelcome return of tin
By Boud Van Rompay, CEO of Subsea Industries and Hydrex It was recently reported that organotins, the family of chemicals that includes tributyltin (TBT), have been found in silicone-based hull coatings. These were of course banned by the IMO in 2008. The presence of...
Shipyard agents join Abu Dhabi expansion
Abu Dhabi Ship Building, provider of construction, repair and refit services for commercial, and naval vessels, welcomed shipyard industry agents from across the world for its first ever Agent Conference in Abu Dhabi. The conference saw eight agents, who represent...
Mobile BWT units gets coat guard approval
Damen’s award-winning, mobile, ballast water treatment system has received IMO type approval. An external ballast water treatment unit designed primarily for use in ports and harbours, the Damen InvaSave treats ballast water to the IMO D-2 standard, for ballast water...
Award nomination for non-toxic coating products
Subsea Industries’ pioneering range of non-toxic, environmentally-safe coatings has been nominated in the Marine Coating of the Year category of the 2017 Marine Propulsion Awards. Sponsored by chemical company Lonza, the awards will take place during Riviera Maritime...
EBH Namibia completes ‘firsts’ on tug repair and maintenance projects
After two years of intensive discussions and information-gathering, EBH Namibia, the Namibian ship repairer on the West coast of Africa, won the contract to maintain and repair five tugs being operated from the port of Soyo by the international ship towage, support...
ZF Marine offer hard coating option for thrusters
ZF Marine Krimpen is applying Subsea Industries’ Ecoshield hard coating to the nozzles and underwater components of its azimuth thruster units supplied to vessels operating in inland waterways. The Netherlands-based company, a division of Germany’s ZF Group, is using...