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Thordon Bearings Joins International Windship Association as a Full Associate Member

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Thordon Bearings has joined a growing number of organisations to have signed up as a full associate member of the International Windship Association (IWSA), the organisation established to facilitate and promote the economic and environmental advantages of wind propulsion across the shipping

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Increase in Scrubber Installations Correlate to Increase in Pipework Repairs

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

Diver/technicians from the underwater repair specialist recently carried out pipe replacements on 270m shuttle tankers where the wash water from the “scrubbed” exhaust gases had corroded the pipework, resulting in water ingress. Repairs to the tankers were carried out while the vessels were alongside and remaining in operation.

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Ballast Water Sampling and Analysis: Aqua-tools to Participate in New ISO Standard

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

The company, which specialises in the biological monitoring of water quality for various applications, including ships’ ballast, will work with French standardisation organisation AFNOR (Association Française de Normalisation) and the International Standards Organisation (ISO) to establish new chapters for ISO 11711 – the Ships and Marine Technology, Piping and Machinery,

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SeaZip and Deep to Jointly Operate a sophisticated ‘DP1 Ice Class Survery and ROV’ Vessel

Cleaner Seas July 27, 2021

From mid-April 2018, Harlingen-based SeaZip Offshore Service and Amsterdam-based Deep Hydrography & Geophysics will jointly operate a DP1 Ice Class Survey and ROV vessel.

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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.