
Elebia Launches NEO50 Lifting Hook
Elebia Autohooks S.L.U., the Spain-based smart lifting solutions company, has developed the NEO50 lifting hook. With a 50-ton (110,231lbs) lifting capacity, the NEO50 has been designed as a solution for lifting and transporting any load, as well as for oversized lifting points of up to 130mm in diameter. The new Elebia NEO50 lifting hook comes with a safety factor of 4:1. It has been designed, like the rest of the company’s range of lifting products, under a fail-safe princip

Shine the Spotlight on Exceptional Team Members and Game-Changing Innovations, Says IMRF
The IMRF (International Maritime Rescue Federation) Awards 2019 are now open for nominations, offering a chance to recognise incredible people, new innovations and technologies that make saving lives at sea possible, even in the most difficult and demanding circumstances. Captain Nikifor Guerchev, a winner of The IMRF Vladimir Maksimov Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Maritime SAR Sector in 2018, and chairman of BULSAR, the Bulgarian maritime search and rescue service, s

BMT Introduces Cutting Edge Vessels At Seawork
BMT introduces two revolutionary designs that will boost efficiency for Taiwanese offshore wind operations In March this year the Specialised Ship Design division of BMT attended an official keel laying ceremony for their revolutionary, new 36m Service Accommodation Transfer Vessel (SATV). BMT has partnered with Penguin Shipyard International (PSI), an established builder of high-speed commercial vessels for the SATV and the new 26m Crew Transfer Vessel (CTV). The pioneering


Overcoming Torsional Vibration In The Drive Train
Vibration can be present in any drive train, whether it is the low level naturally occurring type produced from combustion engines or electric motors, as a result of their speed and number of cylinders or stator poles, or being induced as a result of other factors. Either way, vibration if left unchecked, can be the root cause of pre-mature wear or even catastrophic failure within a drive train. In this article, David Proud General Manager of Reich Drive Systems UK explains h


Dales Marine Services – Setting the Pace for Vessel Drydocking and Upbeat About Extending Services i
By end of April this year – Dales Marine, one of the leading UK Ship Repair & Maintenance companies had already docked 49 vessels between their Aberdeen, Leith, Greenock, and Troon drydock facilities. An impressive number of bookings are in place for remainder of 2019 across: • Aberdeen 112m x 21m • Leith Imperial 168m x 21.3m • Grangemouth 105m x 16m • Greenock Garvel 200m x 21m • Troon 120m x 17m With over 30 years of experience, Dales Marine Services is already well recogn


Miko Designs and Builds Unique ROV-Friendly Sea Chest Covers and Fastenings for Njord Bravo FSO
Miko Marine AS has completed the delivery of four innovative sea chest covers and two cofferdams to be used during refurbishment of the Njord Bravo floating storage and offloading vessel (FSO) owned and operated by Equinor. The covers have been delivered to the Aibel yard in Haugesund in Norway and will be used to ensure the watertight closure of sea chests when they are pumped dry for refurbishment work on the various ballast valves and pump systems inside. Miko has develope


JW Fishers’ Dropped Video Systems Critical to Aquaculture Operations
Aquaculture specialists perform their research to gain knowledge and develop their skills in the farming of aquatic life and to better understand the necessary tasks for the preservation of these species. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has determined that 50% of the world’s food-fish come from aquaculture fish farms. With a skyrocketing global population and food demands growing at an incredible rate, the aquaculture specialist’s job is no easy tas


Damen Shiprepair Brest Completes Rapid Repairs to LNG Carrier ‘Methane Princess'
Over four days in January, Damen Shiprepair Brest successfully carried out repairs to the hull of the 266-metre, 138,000m³, LNG Carrier LNG Methane Princess. In order to achieve this in the minimum time it was done while the vessel was both afloat and with the cargo tanks holding either some liquefied gas and gas vapour. The damage, which occurred above the waterline on the aft starboard side, was the result of a collision with a harbor tug while berthing at the Punta Europa