Pumps (auxiliary) News

PD Ports is delighted to have secured an additional weekly sailing between Rotterdam, Botlek and Teesport, thanks to continued collaboration with shipping line - A2B-online Container B.V. (A2B-online). The expansion of the service, which will start from the end of January, will increase sailings on the route to four times per week and increase the total number of containers handled via the route to 40,000 per year, further demonstrating how Teesport acts as the UK’s Northern gateway for i...

SAIM Marine (SAIM S.p.A.) is exhibiting at BOOT 2023 event in Düsseldorf, Germany with QS Seamaster - bow and stern thrusters: a complete line of DC, AC, brushless DC-AC, retractable and hydraulic thrusters from 40 to 1400 Kgf thrust, available both with analogic or digital connection systems, on/off or proportional commands. BOOT is one of the most prestigious boat shows in the world and has about 1,500 exhibitors, including manufacturers and distributors. Boats from kayaks to super-yacht...

Wilhelmsen has announced the release of its UNITOR IW-PRO 1/2" Mini NG Kit. The UNITOR IW-PRO 1/2" Mini NG Kit is a lightweight and versatile impact wrench used for tight corners and difficult to reach areas. It comes with a selection of impact sockets for onboard use. Product information It meets all the requirements expected of a UNITOR tool with the quality expectations and the reliability for the everyday use, onboard a vessel. This is a tool recognised and appreciated by professionals w...

The Milford Haven Waterway Future Energy Cluster, representing the UK's energy capital, has outlined a vision for a low carbon future at the Senedd in Cardiff Bay. The Cluster – a coalition of energy companies, renewable developers, green technology innovators, Pembrokeshire County Council and the Port of Milford Haven – outlined how their plans will play a pivotal role in enhancing the wellbeing of future generations and in helping the Welsh Government achieve a just transition to...

The International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) decision to ambitiously cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in half by 2050 is at the top of shipping companies’ agendas. To ensure that ships contribute as little as possible to GHG emissions, all stakeholders must use cutting-edge technology. This offers a closer look at the technologies that are available for regulatory compliance and energy efficiency improvement. Air Lubrication System The air lubrication system creates a carpet...

Ports of Stockholm can jointly apply, together with eight other Baltic Sea ports, for EU (European Union) grant funding for pilot studies to develop the onshore power infrastructure, enabling more sustainable shipping with low air pollutant emissions. The Swedish government has now given the go-ahead for this application. In the first week in January the positive decision was taken by the Swedish government to approve Ports of Stockholm’s request to submit a joint application, together wi...

Ingeteam announces that they would like to present the new project to refurbish the Balboa Shipyard at the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal, in Panama City, where Indar pumps will help to reduce and control leaks in the dikes to prevent possible flooding. The shipyard was built more than 100 years ago to provide repair and maintenance services to vessels transiting the Panama Canal. It has recently been purchased and refurbished to bring it back into operation. Refurbishment of Balboa Ship...

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) has commissioned Linde Engineering to build a hydrogen filling station within the scope of its Clean Port & Logistics innovation cluster. The filling station will be part of the test centre for hydrogen-powered port logistics at the Container Terminal Tollerort (CTT) in the Port of Hamburg. Hydrogen filling station HHLA will operate the filling station as part of its cluster activities in the Port of Hamburg The hydrogen filling station is being dev...

During the month of January, technicians from Valenciaport, the National Hydrogen Centre and Carburos Metálicos are expected to carry out this operation in the hydrogen plant located on the Xità quay. The next step will be the use of prototypes of port machinery that will run on this clean fuel. With this initiative, the Port of Valencia is positioned as the pioneering and emblematic port in Europe in the development of hydrogen technologies. Valenciaport - a reference in the &ls...

Marine pump specialist Svanehøj marks the end of a remarkable 2022 with a significant order of 98 electric cargo pumps for seven LNG-/LBG-fueled chemical & product tankers. The client is the joint venture-company FureBear. Swedish Furetank AB and Canadian Algoma Central Corporation have entered into a joint venture agreement to construct eight LNG/LBG-fueled ice class 1A chemical & product tankers (17,999 DTW) to trade in Northern Europe. The joint-venture company, FureBear, is...

The Belledune Port Authority (BPA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Germany’s largest seaport, the Port of Hamburg, to collaborate on the movement of dry and liquid bulk commodities, and manufactured products, between Canada and Germany, with a focus on clean fuels and green products. The Port of Hamburg, located on the River Elbe, about 100 kilometres from the river’s mouth on the North Sea, is positioned as Germany’s major foreign trade hub with up to 450...

Tokyo-based Classification Society – ClassNK has issued an Approval in Principle (AiP) for a dual fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel and related machinery systems and arrangements for a 160,000 m3 liquefied hydrogen carrier developed by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI). This marks ClassNK’s first AiP for a dual fuel generator engine using hydrogen gas as fuel. As hydrogen is expected to be used as a clean energy source to realise a decarbonised society, ClassNK ha...

Rotterdam World Gateway (RWG), the Delta terminal of Hutchison Ports ECT Rotterdam (ECT) and Kramer Group will be the first market parties to be connected to the Container Exchange Route (CER), a closed track for faster, more efficient and integrated transport of containers between locations on the Maasvlakte. Agreements with these parties have already been signed. By the end of June 2022, it was already agreed with the Dutch Customs Administration to connect the State Inspection Terminal to th...

A new report from the Global Maritime Forum, prepared on behalf of the Getting to Zero Coalition, assesses progress towards the development of Green Shipping Corridors, and maritime routes between major port hubs where zero-emission solutions are supported and demonstrated and finds that activity during 2022 exceeded expectations. Green Shipping Corridors However as maritime Green Shipping Corridors progress towards implementation, some key industry stakeholders, especially cargo owners and fu...

For the first nine months of 2022, container terminal of FESCO Transportation Group (“FESCO”, the “Group”) in Novosibirsk increased processing of containerised cargo by more than 13%, compared to the same period last year, to 86,000 TEU. Growth in comparison with the first nine months of 2020 is 27%. The main drivers of such increase in transshipment volumes were re-orientation of export flows from the North-West of Russia to the Far East and development of domestic cont...

Jelmer Domela Nieuwenhuis is the new director of Alphatron Marine Netherlands. Many relations already know him from previous positions, which he has fulfilled in the past two years at JRC | Alphatron Marine. The 49-year-old Jelmer Domela Nieuwenhuis is a maritime man in heart and soul, who attaches great importance to efficiency and safety in shipping. Already at the age of 14, he worked at Electro Nautic, his father's company. He was taught the profession with the proverbial spoon. After comp...

Hurtigruten’s ambition is to develop a zero-emission ship for the costal route from Bergen to Kirkenes. The project is close to 130MNOK and in close cooperation with several Norwegian maritime suppliers, including Brunvoll. “We could have waited for others to develop the technology, but Norway would then miss a great opportunity,” says Hedda Felin, CEO in Hurtigruten Norge. Government financially support But it is decisive that the Norwegian government financially support th...

Rolls-Royce has joined together with ITN Business, New Scientist and UK Space Agency for the programme ‘This Is Space’. The programme features key industry interviews and news-style reports along with editorial profiles. The company has long been a pioneer of innovation, with more than 60 years of nuclear expertise that is now reaching right into the heart of space technology and exploration. Filming took place at the Space Park Leicester with some of the top nuclear experts includ...

Rolls-Royce has completed a major investment in its Pascagoula, Mississippi site that will provide increased capabilities and capacity to support U.S. Navy programs. A new 26,000 ft 2 facility, with foundry and machining equipment provided by a U.S. Department of Defense DPA Title III grant, will increase the company’s ability to manufacture propellers and propulsor components for naval platforms. Authority comment Dan Rediger, Rolls-Royce Head of Naval Operations – Defense said,...

Babcock International Group, the defence company, has been awarded the contract to deliver, install and provide in-service support for Ardent Wolf, the maritime Communications Electronic Support Measures (CESM) capability for the UK Royal Navy’s Type 23 frigates. The six-year programme draws upon company’s people’s unique knowledge of CESM and Babcock’s role as the Royal Navy’s principal support partner for the Type 23 fleet. The contract will involve equipment in...

Portsmouth International Port will be opening up its doors for a community open day, in celebration of Maritime UK Week. The local community, staff and their families are invited to enjoy a day of exhibitions from port partners, interactive stands and behind-the-scenes access to port operations. The open day will showcase: What the maritime industry does for Portsmouth Maritime skills, jobs and future roles Protecting the maritime and port environment Lifeline operations Portsmouth...

TUI Cruises is back with Hasytec for another ship, to protect the complete seawater cooling system aboard Mein Schiff 3 from fouling, another true green initiative to reduce pollution into the sea. A pleasant visit in Geiranger. TUI cruises’ partner Hasytec is currently aboard conducting the installation of ultrasound antifouling technology. Hasytec DBPi antifouling system The full seawater cooling system will be protected by Hasytec DBPi antifouling system to avoid future use of copper...

Swiss Ocean Tech (SOC), a start-up company bringing safe anchoring to sailor, ship and sea, and SAIM Marine (SAIM S.p.A.) announced their joint partnership. The partnership involves an investment to further develop the AnchorGuardian technology, as well as assigning SAIM sole rights for distribution of the solution to the Italian market. With safety and sustainability playing an increasingly critical role in every aspect of yachting, industry players need to look more closely in how they addres...

Back in February of 2022, OXE Marine announced the news of their collaboration with JET-TECH. The combination of OXE Marine’s belt drive and the JET-TECH (Jet-Tech Propulsion, LLC) water jet meant an astonishing 1:1 ratio of power to propulsion. Cut to a few months later and the company is now running beta and alpha testing in various applications.

The global trade and the customers’ needs have always been a benchmark for Blue Water Shipping. For this reason, the company has opened two new offices in Istanbul and Izmir, Turkiye. Both offices will offer a wide range of transport and logistics solutions, including Sea, Rail, Air, combined Sea & Air, Road Solutions as well as Courier & Parcel services. Furthermore, a dedicated team will handle Fair & Exhibitions logistics, while another local team of specialists will handle...

Teknotherm is pleased to announce that the company has received an order from Cemre Shipyard for the delivery of complete HVAC system, for their zero emission electric ferry to be built for Torghatten Nord AS. The vessel is designed by Norwegian Ship Design and will be operated in route Bognes – Lødingen, which is located in the Northern part of Norway. It is the longest crossing route in Norway, with the largest battery package eve installed to zero emission passenger and car ferr...

Mitsubishi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have announced the acquisition of Approval in Principle (AiP) for their jointly developed liquefied CO2 (LCO2) carrier from the Norwegian classification society, Det Norske Veritas AS (DNV). The presentation ceremony took place on September 5, 2022 at Fiera Milano, the venue of Gastech 2022, a major international conference on global energy and environmental issues, including natural gas, LNG, and hydrogen, held in Milan, Ita...

Chris Davies has been appointed as Group Business Development Lead (Commercial Ship Repair) at A&P and Cammell Laird in a newly established position across both businesses. Chris joined A&P Group as a Business Development Manager Marine in 2018 and has a wealth of connections across the maritime sector. Over the last four years, Chris has been responsible for bringing a range of new customers to A&P from both the commercial and offshore sectors. Dock availability to ship owners Ch...

Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Shipyards and a manufacturer of purpose-built, mission-specific fire and rescue boats, placed a 31-foot fireboat into service on Lake of the Ozarks with the Osage Beach Fire Protection District in central Missouri. “We love the new Lake Assault Boats vessel. The advanced technologies it features makes it easy to operate and improves our on-the-water performance,” said Fire Chief Paul Berardi of the Osage Beach Fire Protection District in Missouri....

Ingeteam has started manufacturing the first units of its new INGECON H2 C-lyzer converter in Sesma (Navarre), for the Green H2 sector. The first orders for the green hydrogen converters will be installed in Belgium, California (in the United States of America - USA) and Bizkaia (Spain). INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct current Ingeteam’s INGECON H2 C-lyzer converters are responsible for supplying direct c...