PROTEUM ANNOUNCES OXE DIESEL 125 AND 175 'NOW AVAILABLE' AT SKIPPER EXPO INT, GALWAY 2019
Proteum, UK & Ireland distributor for OXE Diesel, announced at Skipper Expo International Galway 2019 that the new OXE 125 and 175 additions to the OXE Diesel product portfolio are now available in stock for fishing and commercial marine customers. The extended portfolio, launched in November by manufacturer, Cimco Marine, offers 125HP, 150HP, 175HP and 200HP options to meet a range of user specifications. Proteum exhibited the OXE Diesel, the world’s first high power diesel
KEEPING THE SANDBANKS FERRY RUNNING
Jenkins Marine have for many years been involved with regular refit and docking work for the sandbanks chain ferry, operated by the Bournemouth Motor Road and Ferry Company. Every two years the ferry must be removed from it’s running chains for surveys, inspections, maintenance and general upkeep. Last year the ferry had to be dry docked, and the owners decided to take the vessel to Falmouth. As usual, Jenkins Marine were on hand to remove the ferry from it’s chains, which in
DAMEN SHIPREPAIR BREST COMPLETES REFIT OF CUNARDS QUEEN ELIZABETH
Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth has left Damen Shiprepair Brest (DSBr) following a 12-day repair and refit programme. She is the most recent addition to the Cunard fleet, having been delivered in 2010. The programme was highly intensive with a series of major systems being overhauled or installed. On arrival the ship was placed in Damen Shiprepair Brest’s drydock number 3, one of the largest in Europe at 420 metres, and the relevant manufacturers began immediately on maintenance to
PREDICTING PLASTIC PATHWAYS IN THE THAMES AND BEYOND
Flood and water management specialist, HR Wallingford, has hosted a workshop with academic partners and other agencies and organisations aiming to better understand the sources of plastic waste in our waterways, where this waste is transported to, how and where it accumulates, and eventually sinks. Understanding how plastic moves through our rivers, estuaries and coastal waters will help to identify where impacts are taking place and the best ways to mitigate them. It is clea
"INCREDIBLE" - JWF REMAINS DEDICATED TO QUALITY IN UNDERWATER CAMERA SYSTEMS
According to the U.S. Department of the Interior, approximately 71% of our planet is covered in water. An in-depth 2012 study estimated that up to 1,000,000 species live in our oceans, with up to 66% not yet named or even discovered. There are literally hundreds of thousands of marine species waiting to be captured on video and shared with the world. There should be no question that the tools to capture underwater video will continue to enjoy strong demand; especially as tech
ROYSTON COMPLETES NEW ENGINE SERVICE WORK FOR BRITANNIA AGGREGATES
Power specialist Royston has completed an extensive overhaul of diesel engines on a Britannia Aggregates’ owned and operated dredger, which extracts sand and gravel from the seabed. Engineers undertook the service work onboard the 100m, 3,610 gross tonnage Britannia Beaver, as part of a comprehensive refurbishment and maintenance programme of essential power systems. The 1991 built A class dredger, which operates around the south-east coast of the UK, delivers aggregates to B
SMS GROUP WINS MAJOR SUPPORT CONTRACT AND VESSEL REFIT FOR TRINITY HOUSE
The SMS Group, one of the country’s leading ship repairers and marine engineering services providers, has secured two very important contracts with Trinity House. SMS has an enviable reputation as specialists in ship repair, marine engineering and major fabrication projects in the commercial marine, defence and superyachts sectors. The business also operates, in-house, a diving and sub-surface marine engineering division. The culmination of many months work has seen the SMS t
A DUTCH TREAT FOR SOLAR SOLVE MARINE AND BV TEMARO
A flurry of 15 orders in December, from B.V. Temaro – The Dutch Marine Suppliers, who are Solar Solve Marine’s Rotterdam based World Wide Distributor, ensured a great ending to a successful year for both partner companies. It meant that once again, South Shields based Solar Solve Ltd ended the year in a stronger position than they began it. It also meant that for the first time in a very long time B.V. Temaro went up to the No.1 spot in Solar Solve’s TOP CUSTOMER list, after
