In response to the global shipping industry’s continuing focus on fuel efficiency, leading worldwide coatings manufacturer Hempel is launching its new Systems for Hull and Propeller Efficiency (SHAPE). Based on the ISO 19030 framework, SHAPE combines elements of hull and propeller efficiency optimisation, delivering expert advice and solutions to every ship operator. The transparent and thorough process of SHAPE is designed to maximise the quality of performance analysis and to offer expert advice for maximising hull efficiency and return on investment. Fouling and mechanical damages on the hull can increase the engine power a vessel needs by up to 2%. By utilising SHAPE, in combination with

During their 20th anniversary year, Active Research, creators of the Actisense marine electronics brand, have reported exceptional growth figures. Based in Poole, the global and market-leading provider grew by over 25% in 2017. Serving both the leisure and commercial marine markets they continue to break into new territories and develop their business overseas. Taking the Actisense brand across the world’s oceans, in 2017 they expanded their extensive international network to new markets including China, India and South America. The company now works with over 70 distributors in 42 countries, stretching from Norway to New Zealand, Canada to Korea and all of mainland Europe. Employing a team

Royston Diesel Power has doubled the size of its UK engineering facilities to support continuing global growth in its marine engine service business and new technology development. As part of a £0.5 million investment programme the company has opened an additional 15,000 sq. ft. (2,800 sq. m.) of engineering workshop premises alongside its existing headquarters on the banks of the River Tyne. As well as increasing the company’s engine repair and maintenance capability, the new centre will also provide a focus for a range of other technical support functions. These will include the further product development of its successful engine marine fuel management system alongside new R&D, product de

Demon International are one of the leading manufacturers of high pressure cleaning products. One of only a few UK companies manufacturing in the UK, they have been in business for over 50 years. There range includes petrol and diesel machines as well as the latest development in LPG along with their bespoke Saltwater solutions. Demon have been working with marinas, boatyards, dockyards for decades and created a solution to offer a robust cleaning system that can use saltwater without effecting the pump. The Award winning Hurricane Combi is one of the saltwater machines developed by Demon. The revolutionary and innovative machine is the ultimate tool for cleaning walkways pontoons and slips a

MARINE AGGREGATE DREDGER TO FUTURISE FLEET On 19th December in Southampton, Laurence Dagley, Director CEMEX UK Marine Limited signed a contract with Frank de Lange, Regional Sales Director of the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of the first Damen Marine Aggregate Dredger (MAD). The vessel, which will be built at Damen Shipyards Galati, in Romania, is designed to extract sand and gravel from the sea bed up to depths of 55 metres, including in the challenging conditions experienced in the North Sea. The MAD is the result of extensive market research and customer consultation. A new, future-facing vessel of this type is aligned with an aggregate industry faced with an ageing fleet of ves

All sectors are invited to participate in this unique event that focuses on viable energy solutions for sub IMO / sub 24 metre vessels. As most new power and propulsion technology is proving to be scalable this knowledge is becoming increasingly relevant to vessels of all sizes. The NEXT GENERATION Marine Power & Propulsion Conference is being held at the Grand Harbour, Southampton on 18 and 19 April 2018. Conference Organiser, John Haynes, said, “It is clear that emerging technologies including the use of electric drives linked to lithium-ion batteries, along with the arrival of fuel cells and autonomous systems, are accelerating major changes for marine operations. The 2018 programme build

Lighting specialist Glamox is celebrating the 150-year anniversary of its Aqua Signal brand in 2018. Navigation lights have always been an important product. Today, the Aqua Signal brand is synonymous with high quality marine lighting for all types of vessels. What started out as a business dealing in construction and combustible materials is today a well-known brand for marine lighting and a successful company within the Glamox group. The company started up in Bremen where it still has a factory today. This is where the steel parts for the luminaires are now produced. In 1990, a factory in Teterow, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania was acquired, where the luminaires are now assembled. In total, th

BIMCO has taken a big step forward and launched an innovative new solution for editing contracts. The solution is called SmartCon, and it makes contractual work easier and more secure. The product was launched at an event in Singapore in January. “SmartCon is a brand-new approach to contract editing, we believe that it will significantly ease the work life of our current users and will attract new users to BIMCO’s contract universe,” says Grant Hunter (pictured right), Head of Contracts and Clauses at BIMCO. The key innovation in SmartCon is that the features are built into a Word document, which will integrate and merge seamlessly with the normal workflow of shipping professionals and legal

Among owners of tankers and other large vessels, the number who choose UV ballast water treatment over electrochlorination continues to grow. To date, Alfa Laval has won orders for Alfa Laval PureBallast 3.1 totalling almost 90 systems in the range of 1000 m3/h or more. Led by PureBallast 3.1, UV ballast water treatment systems are challenging the notion that electrochlorination is the default for large ballast water flows. Today’s UV systems compete easily in terms of footprint and energy efficiency, even at flows of 1000 m3/h or above. This adds to their long-standing operational advantages, which include a chemical-free process that poses no corrosion risk. The shift towards UV is evident

Norsafe has recently developed a modern, Partially Enclosed Lifeboat (PELB) providing a secure and protected means of escape for persons on-board passenger vessels. The SOLAS compliant Minima 88 is a compact 8.8m long boat with a width of 4.25m for 150 persons. With its signal coloured canopy, white hull and cool streamlined exterior, this fresh design brings some exciting new features. A spacious cockpit in the middle of the boat provides excellent visibility during embarkation, with a good view for the helmsman. The forward visibility is excellent and a roof hatch in the cockpit provides vertical visibility towards the davits during launching/retrieval. The large side doors aid the fast an

Two Modulift spreader beams have enhanced productivity, allowing two steel coils to be lifted at the same time at the Ingeniero Buitrago Port in Argentina. The solution was devised by Rosariobased Ortiz Fischer, which designed a rig for loading finished steel product to an undisclosed logistics company. The MOD 24 and MOD 34 combined in a narrow rig with slings and other rigging equipment above and below as two 12t coils were lifted together, halving the time taken to complete loading operations at the port, which serves a steel plant (formerly government property) now owned by private operator Siderar. The MOD 24 offers up to 24t at 5m (17 ft.) and up to 8m (26 ft.) at a lower capacity; the

Imenco Corrosion Technology AS have been awarded a contract to deliver equipment for corrosion protection of the world’s largest offshore wind farm; Hornsea Project One off the coast of UK. Imenco Corrosion Technology AS (sister company of Imenco AS) have been awarded a contract to deliver equipment for corrosion protection (cathodic protection) of the world’s largest offshore wind farm – Hornsea Project One off the Yorkshire coast in UK. The contract has been awarded by Ørsted Wind Power A/S (previously DONG Energy Wind Power A/S) – the world’s largest developer and operator of offshore renewable energy. The wind farm consists of 174 wind turbines with a total capacity of 1,2 Gigawatt or el

Chelsea Fairbank is joining SBG Systems North America team as Sales Engineer. She will team up with Jack Mawson, Sales Manager North America in their US office based in Huntington Beach, CA and will be in charge of the Marine and Education segments. Chelsea has an extensive background in the hydrographic industry, starting her career as hydrographic surveyor. During her 5 years with Fugro, she worked on international hydrographic and cable route surveys working with a broad range of Inertial Navigation Equipment integrated with LiDAR and Multibeam Systems to generate end-products of topographic and hydrographic data for both public entities such as Tetra Tec and Alcatel and government agenci

A new hot tap tool has been introduced that can successfully penetrate and recover oil from sunken vessels cleanly and economically. The Moskito has been developed by Miko Marine of Norway principally to enable the pollution threat of submerged ships to be eliminated. Miko is already well known for its widely-used magnetic and fabric patches and spent four years developing, the Moskito. Their work has now been proved to offer a highly efficient and costeffective alternative to the few options that previously existed for the complex recovery of submerged oil. Last year the effectiveness of the Moskito was demonstrated when it was used to recover 400 tonnes of heavy fuel oil from the tanks of

Thordon Bearings has welcomed an industry initiative to evaluate the effect of biodegradable lubricants on sterntube bearings following a reported marked increase in sealed oil lubricated propeller shaft bearing failures. While many ship operators consider the rise in use of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EAL) a cure-all to meeting environmental regulations, particularly in waters where the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated the use of mineral oils, their performance as a propeller shaft bearing lubricant has come under increasing scrutiny. It is thought some EALs may impede bearing and seal performance, damaging critical components and compromising oil-tight inte

The move by electrical system integrator Alewijnse Marine System to build a presence in the offshore wind market is continuing to meet with success. Its latest project has been the electrical outfitting of the offshore crew transfer vessel (CTV) Windcat 41. Windcat 41 is one of a series of CTVs that owner Windcat Workboats BV is having built at the Dok en Scheepsbouw Woudsend BV shipyard. With Windcat 41 now completed, Alewijnse Marine has started the electrical installation on sister vessel Windcat 42. The Windcat catamaran vessels are used to ferry wind farm technicians and other personnel to and from offshore wind installations on a daily basis. The small, fast catamarans are active in No

Four Pembrokeshire students have been awarded scholarships from the Port of Milford Haven. Rebecca Foster, Isabelle Hughes, Elizabeth Jenkins and Rhiannon Morgan will join the Port for a three week placement this summer, as well as each receiving a £1,500 award. Rebecca from Clunderwen is studying History at Durham University; Isabelle is from Roch and is in the third year of a Molecular and Cellular Biology degree at Oxford University; Elizabeth is from Pembroke Dock and is studying Geology at Plymouth University and Rhiannon from Houghton is in the third year of a Law degree at Aberystwyth University. The scholarship scheme opened for applications in September and the successful students w

The Port of Cromarty Firth is the first port in Scotland to be granted decommissioning Permits under the latest environment legislation (Pollution Prevention Control Regulations 2013). They have this week been issued a permit under the Radioactive Substances Act by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA), which means that the Port is now fully licensed to undertake decommissioning projects and attract the associated jobs to the Highlands. This Radioactive Substance Act (RSA) Permit regulates the keeping and use of radioactive materials and the accumulation and disposal of radioactive waste. This includes Normally Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM), which can be generated throug

Still going strong and looking to the future, Midlands based manufacturing company B Hepworth & Co Ltd is celebrating its 150 years anniversary in 2018. B Hepworth & Co Ltd was founded in 1868 by Mr Benjamin Hepworth, originally as a manufacturer of chemicals for the carpet manufacturing industry in Kidderminster. The Eddy family acquired the business in the early 1900’s and continued with the business, however during the 1950’s and 1960’s environmental pressures of operating a chemical plant in a town centre, coupled with commercial pressures led to the company looking at a different future direction; the design and manufacture of windscreen wiping systems. In 1988 Jonathan Eddy (Hepworth’s

As part of its new rental partnership with Silverwing, Ashtead Technology has added a range of tank floor inspection technologies to its fleet of rental instruments. Manufactured by Eddyfi Technologies, the new equipment is all from the Silverwing product line and includes the Floormap 3DiM tank floor scanner; the Handscan manual tank floor scanner as well as Vacuum Boxes for bubble leak testing of tank floor welds. "These instruments are an exciting addition to our fleet. The inspection and maintenance of tanks is extremely important for safety, environmental and financial reasons. Together with our extensive range of remote visual inspection, ultrasonic corrosion mapping and flaw detection