Commercial Marine News
Solar Solve screens to be installed on Ukrainian Rover Tanker
In mid-July, South Shields based Solar Solve Marine, dispatched a consignment of SOLAROLA sunscreens to a UK based customer for installation at the navigation bridge windows of UBC AMOSOV, a revolutionary new Ukrainian registered and owned inland river tanker. Her length overall (LOA) is...
Fugro provides positioning for WindFloat Atlantic semi-submersible floating wind farm
Fugro has completed a positioning support contract for Bourbon Subsea Services (Bourbon) to help install the three units of the WindFloat Atlantic semi-submersible floating wind farm. Located 20 km from Viana do Castelo on the west coast of Portugal, and in water depths of 100 m...
Cammell Laird Set to Welcome More Apprentices Than Ever in 2020
Cammell Laird has announced an increase to its apprenticeship intake for 2020, enabling 25 people to forge a successful career at the celebrated shipyard and marine engineering services company. In spite of the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, Cammell Laird remains committed to growing...
BMT announces new Managing Director Appointment for Rotterdam and Europe Regions
We are very pleased to announce that Dennis de Bruin is appointed Managing Director for BMT’s Commercial Shipping Europe business, with immediate effect. Dennis joined BMT in 2004 and has over 20 years of experience in the maritime industry, of which the last 7 years he served as...
Barrus appoints three dedicated dealers to drive sales for Yanmar Dtorque outboard
Barrus has strengthened its UK sales and service network with the appointment of three dedicated dealers for the Yanmar Dtorque 111 Turbo Diesel outboard. The new Committed Sales Dealers, named as Inverness-based Caley Marina, Fettes and Rankine in Aberdeen and South Shore Marine in...
Coltraco - Can mines really afford USD $125m in fire damage?
Fires and explosions pose a constant threat to the safety of miners and to the productive capacity of mines. Mine fires and explosions traditionally have ranked among the most devastating industrial disasters. The prevention and control of these in mines is fundamental. On a mine site, fire...
RS Aqua is awarded with Export Champion of the UK South East 2020
Our core market at RS Aqua is the UK and Ireland, but our export business compliments our domestic work. We have a long history of working in the diverse international maritime community. Our ocean wave measurement and underwater noise monitoring technologies have been utilised in research...
Solar Solve Receives Many Orders from Japan in Spite of COVID-19
After enjoying an exceptional first quarter in 2020, South Shields based Solar Solve Marine continued with a very successful second quarter, taking into account the fact that the factory was shut down for 3 weeks within the period. Amongst the orders taken during Q2 were contracts to supply...
Chelsea Technologies - 6 Exciting Upgrades to the Sea Sentry Wash Water Monitor
Owners looking for monitoring systems should ensure that their system of choice performs the full regulatory analysis, as required by the IMO. This includes Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon (PAH), pH, turbidity (to ISO 7027: 1999) and temperature, to ensure robust and accurate measurements are...
Chelsea Technologies: Protecting shipowners in the long run: A case for stringent scrubber wash water monitoring
Installing a scrubber represents a significant investment for a shipowner. With the financial cost of the system and its installation, coupled with the lay-up time – no shipowner can take the decision lightly; with the reduced spread between HSFO and VLSFO increasing pay back times...
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