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Cummins introduces QSK60 Tier 2 marine engine
Cummins Inc. has upgraded the QSK60 marine engine for propulsion and auxiliary applications to meet US EPA Tier 2 and European Union Stage IIIA emissions regulations.
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NewsDeadliest Cat(ch)
Seeing Caterpillar® engines in action is not always easy, especially when they are powering ships in the middle of the ocean.
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ClassNK releases 'Guidance for Measures to Cope with Degraded Marine Fuels'
ClassNK released the English edition of Version II of its previously well-received ''Guidance for Measures to Cope with Degraded Marine Fuels: Taking into Account the Poor Combustibility of Fuels'' in November.
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NewsMacduff Shipyards completes Rebecca
The latest completion by Macduff Shipyards Limited is the Rebecca for skipper Adam Tait, who operates through Westward Fishing Company in the UK.
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Thrusters win ABS DP1 approval
WESMAR has announced that its Model V2-20NS Vortex dual prop all stainless steel bow thruster has been given ABS approval for dynamic positioning applications (DP1).
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NewsWelcome return for Starfrost's MD
UK-based freezing and chilling equipment specialist Starfrost has a new but familiar face at the helm.
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Advanced technology environmentally-sound
The energy consumption, reliability and power-savings of Thermo King’s SG-3000 Series Generator Sets, first introduced mid-year 2007, have caught the industry’s attention.
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NewsStart-stop data loggers now available
Monitoring fish storage refrigerators and freezers can now be far easier with the new Dickson Multi-feature Digital Display Temperature & Humidity Data Loggers with both push-to-start and push-to-stop functions.
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New MRP from Coolideas
The UK''s Coolideas Ltd launched its multi-role refrigeration plant for fishing vessels in January this year, after a fully functional test plant was installed on a small Scottish fisher in August 2006 and has been monitored since then.
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NewsSlurry Ice supplies Tobis
Slurry Ice Systems has recently supplied the new Danish whitefish trawler Tobis with a S16 system. Tobis is being built by Karstensen''s Shipyard in Skagen, Denmark and is due to be delivered to John & Niels Kjaersgaard in May.
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GEA Grenco receives large order for Dirk Diederik
GEA Grenco B.V. has announced that Rederij Parlevliet en van der Plas has assigned the company to build environmental friendly refrigeration and freezing installations aboard the fish trawler Dirk Diederik KW 172. The delivery of the new refrigeration plant is planned to take place at the end of 2009.
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Sunwell introduces new Onboard Deepchill Mini-Plant
Over the last 25 years Sunwell’s Deepchill Variable State ice Systems have delivered increased yields and doubled shelf life.
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NewsFeed the world – with aquaculture
Fish farming could help feed a hungry world and protect natural fish populations at the same time. Jason Robinson from ITT Water and Wastewater looks at how this industry has developed globally over the last 10 years.
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NewsTuna fetches over $100,000 at auction
The most expensive tuna since 2001 has been sold at a Tokyo fish auctionMarket official Takashi Yoshida said that the 128kg tuna was sold for 9.63 million yen ($104,700). This is the highest amount a tuna has been sold for since 2001 when an all-time record of 20 million yen ...
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NewsTropical tuna management plan is step in right direction
The EC has welcomed the tuna management planKey elements include a 30% reduction over three years in catches of bigeye tuna, and a two-month prohibition on fishing with floating platforms which are used to attract fish, to be extended to three months in 2010.Though these measures do not go as ...
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NewsNordborg equipped with VMK pelagic processing machinery
At the end of January, Faroe Island ship owner P/F Hvalnes was due to greet its most advanced fishing boat.
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New ideas for the New Year
The annual horse trading over quotas has taken place in Brussels, and fishermen in Europe know what they can catch and when.
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NewsUnited Arab Emirates
UAE: Fisheries study to plan for sustainable development - The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the political and economic alliance that consists of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates recently launched a three year fisheries survey of demersal fish stocks in the Arabian Gulf.
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Alaska: Commercial fishing nets statewide economy $5.8 billion
Alaska’s seafood industry is global in stature and has a $5.8-billion economic impact on the state and local economies.
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Greenpeace condemns Iceland's new whaling quota as a "shameless stunt"
If the new interim Icelandic government allows the new whaling quota introduced by the outgoing Fisheries Minister to stand, it will mean dire consequences for legitimate trade and tourism that is needed to help Iceland''s economy, says Greenpeace.
