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Pakistan Navy Submarine upgrades to SharpEye™ radar

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Following the announcement in February 2017 that Kelvin Hughes will be supplying the SharpEye™ Doppler submarine radar system to the mid-life upgrade program for the Pakistan Navy’s Agosta 90B-class (also known as the Khalid class diesel electric attack submarine), the order for the next

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Hydrex Repairs Crack in Chemical Tanker Without Delaying the Vessel

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Hydrex recently carried out a repair to a crack in the port side grey water tank of a 145m chemical tanker. The damage was permanently repaired by Hydrex technicians, using an insert, during the vessel’s routine port call in Amsterdam.

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United Kingdom Hydrographic Office to Give Ships Faster Access to New Tidal Data

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is introducing regular tidal data updates to ADMIRALTY TotalTide (ATT) as part of ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP) Version 18 in December 2017.

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Ecospeed Chosen to Protect Scrubber Outlets of Three New Vessels in China

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Subsea Industries’ glass-flake, non-toxic hard coating Ecospeed has been chosen to protect the exhaust scrubber outlets of three newbuild container vessels building at a yard in Zhoushan, China.

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Cruiseship Dilemma Solved by Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed Hull Coating

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Cruiseships, particularly when operating in warmer waters, can attract fouling organisms which create a bad impression – not only to passengers and prospective customers but to port operators. Subsea Industries’ Ecospeed coating is being presented as a cost-effective, environmentally-safe solution to the problems associated with maintaining cruiseship hulls in a pristine

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Revolutionary Propeller Buffing Technique Earns Hydrex an Award

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Hydrex has been awarded the prestigious Energy Globe Award for 2017 from the Austrian Chamber of Commerce. The award was presented to Hydrex CEO Boud van Rompay at the company’s Antwerp headquarters by Mrs Martina Madeo from the Austrian Embassy in Brussels in recognition of the company’s revolutionary propeller buffing technique.

Ballast water News

Every B-QUA Ballast Water Monitoring Solution Will Come With Free Support and Training From Aqua-tools

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Aqua-tools will provide a year's worth of free training and support with every B-QUA ballast water monitoring solution. Benefiting shipowners, test labs, ballast water manufacturers and Port State Control Authorities that use aqua-tools’ B-QUA rapid ballast water monitoring kit.

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Water Lubricated Propeller Shaft Bearing System, COMPAC, Nominated for Green4Sea Award

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Water lubricated propeller shaft bearing system, COMPAC, has been nominated for the 2018 Green4Sea Technical Award. The Green4Sea award is presented to those companies that have made a significant technological breakthrough or have made a significant contribution in any aspect of environmental maritime activity. 

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Ballast Water: Evoqua SeaCURE® System Completes USCG Type Approval Tests

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

SeaCURE® Ballast Water Management System (BWMS), the electrochlorination based solution pioneered by Evoqua Water Technologies, has successfully completed all biological efficacy US Coast Guard Type-Approval tests.

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Hull Coating: Examar FSRU Locks in for Longevity With Ecolock

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Following the company’s approach to applying hard coating technology to its barge-type floating assets, in combination with the success of the 2013 Ecospeed application to the 16,100m³ Caribbean FLNG unit, the decision was made to specify Ecolock for the entire hull of the newbuild FSRU.