As the new year begins, Markey Machinery is preparing a new TES-40-75HP electric towing winch for shipment that will be installed on Harley Marine Services new Z-drive ship assist tractor tug “M/V Robert Franco”. The first item of two suites of deck machinery specified by Harley for both the “M/V Robert Franco” and its’…
Overlapping propellers first appeared during the latter 19th century when navies sought to increase the speed of small watercraft. Sir Charles Parsons installed multiple small propellers on the same drive shaft on the world’s first steam turbine powered boat, theTurbinia. The sheer power and rotational speed of the steam turbine resulted in the destruction…
Tokyo (ANTARA News) – Four Chinese government ships entered territorial waters around Japan-controlled islands at the centre of a dispute Monday, the Japanese coastguard said. The four Chinese marine surveillance ships were seen moving within 12 nautical miles of the islands, known as the Senkakus in Japan, just before midday, the coastguard said in…
A private navy founded by businessmen, former marines, retired captains and soldiers will protect its first group of oil tankers and bulk carriers from pirates in the Indian Ocean in late March or April, according to Bloomberg Businessweek. Typhon, a venture formed by a group of U.K. businessmen led by Glencore International’s Chairman Simon…