Paul Bartlett

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

Türkiye-based tug builder, Sanmar Shipyards, has ordered 34 azimuth thrusters for 17 tugs at Kongsberg Maritime. The Norwegian company is to supply 17 sets of its US range of thrusters for a series of tug projects under development worldwide. The thrusters will be supplied over a power range between 1,765kW and 2,525kW, equivalent to 60 and 85 tonnes. Sanmar, which runs two yards in Tuzla and Altinova, is a long-time Kongsberg customer.

1 week ago | hoards.com | Paul Bartlett

The authors are a professor emeritus in the College of Veterinary Medicine and an associate professor in the department of animal science at Michigan State University, respectively. Decades ago, over 20 nations eradicated bovine leukemia virus (BLV) from their dairy herds by culling all cattle found positive on a BLV antibody test. These nations remain negative today as documented with regular bulk tank screening and follow-up testing.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

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1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett

“A lot of people are saying it’ll never happen to us,” Adrian Scales told Seatrade Maritime News last week. The Chartered Master Mariner, Director of Europe at maritime consultancy Brookes Bell, specialises in the salvage and wreck sector and is an expert in shipboard fires. He was speaking about electric vehicle (EV) fires, lithium-ion batteries, and specifically the latest ship casualty, Zodiac Maritime’s abandoned car carrier, Morning Midas, adrift in the north-west Pacific.

1 week ago | seatrade-maritime.com | Paul Bartlett |Marcus Hand

On Monday the UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said it had received multiple reports, confirmed by AIS monitoring, of increased electronic interference with vessels in the Gulf and the Straits of Hormuz. “Whilst the level of electronic interference continues to rise across the wider region, the levels and intensity inside the Gulf are having a significant impact on vessels positional reporting through automated systems (AIS),” UKMTO said.