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Gibdock builds on growth
Gibdock continues to go from strength to strength under its new ownership, building on the growth of the past two years by focusing on both new and existing clients.
MacGregor to supply winches for wave-power project
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply highly-specialised winches for a pilot project using an innovative system that generates electricity from waves. The system is called NEMOS and it is ideally suited to work in combination with offshore wind...
Hamburg Port Authority takes delivery of Damen floating pump station “Sauger III”
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken delivery of the Sauger III, a custom floating pump station by Damen Shipyards Group for supporting dredging operations. Situated 110 km inland on the River Elbe and with a tidal range of 3.6 metres, the Hamburg Port requires...
ABB’s Marine Software installing for entire Cosco Heavy Transport fleet
ABB will be supplying its onboard motion monitoring and forecasting system to the Xiang Rui Kou heavy lift vessel, competing the entire fleet of Cosco Heavy Transport. The system to will be installed is a mixed software and motion measurement set-up that on one hand...
Wärtsilä get RoRo contract
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to provide integrated turnkey electrical solutions for four new RoRo ferries being built at the Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) yard in Germany. The electrical systems to be delivered include all products and services...
DAMEN Floating Drydocks
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ROXTEC
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ABB report Azipod has saved 700,000 tons of fuel at 25 year anniversary
ABB have announced that the total fuel savings of the entire installed Azipod fleet since being launched is estimated to be more than 700,000 tons. Assuming the average family car uses one ton of fuel annually, this saving corresponds to the annual fuel consumption of...
Experts gather for ship recycling seminar
Around 300 people gathered in Tokyo on 12 May to attend a ship recycling seminar held by ClassNK. In addition to ClassNK representatives, top industry experts from Asia and Europe discussed the current challenges of ship recycling and what the industry can do to...
Norbulk first to convert for environmentally-acceptable refrigerant
Oceanic Technical Solutions has successfully converted all refrigeration and reefer plants onboard a Norbulk managed refrigerated cargo ship to run on refrigerant R407F. The conversion, which follows the January 2015 entry into force of F-Gas rules banning the entire...
OEM suppliers favored by 87% for reduced downtime and better parts availability
An independent study for ABB Turbocharging found that 87% of organizations work only or mostly with original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for maintenance support and spare parts procurement. Key benefits cited were: reduced downtime and better parts availability...
Azipod propulsion to power polar science research vessel
ABB’s Azipod propulsion system will power a Chinese polar science research icebreaker, the first vessel of its type to be built in China. The Polar Research Institute of China ship will be fitted with two Azipod VI units with combined power of 15 MWs. The order...
SHELL say more ships using oil condition monitoring service
As of April 2016, Shell Marine Products (SMP) has analysed over 50,000 cylinder drain oils samples via its Shell Rapid Lubricants Analysis (RLA) service. The service has grown rapidly in recent years with OEM’s such as MDT and Wärtsilä both recommending cylinder drain...