Top 10 search queries June 2013

We monitor our performance constantly using the "Google Analytics" (TM) application, usually to ensure our service is performing as it should, occasionally to see what searches our users are making. The chart to the right  shows the top 10 searches to hit on our site in the last 30 days and as you can see there are some surprising entries. Top of the list is "piston". Are yours listed with us yet? To ensure you benefit from searches to our site you first need to add as much stock as possible and then improve your visibility with a  Partfindermarine.com  "News" or "Advertorial" article.

40% of the top ten keywords this month came from kewords and links generated from our "News" area.

For more details or to send us your updated stock list e-mail us on info@partfindermarine.com

FPSO surplus equipment in UAE

Our trading division Gatwick Distribution Services has just taken on a consignment of new surplus equipment originally destined for an FPSO conversion in the UAE, which was subsequently cancelled. The owners inform us all the stock is "unused since delivery in 2006-2008" 

The list contains Norsafe lifeboats, Dyneema hawsers, Alfa Laval tank cleaning equipment, Schottel SRP4040FP propeller parts, Trelleborg Reeline equipment and a good selection of more offshore support and FPSO parts, which are now listed on the Partfindermarine.com database as well as on our "News" page

If you would like a list please e-mail info@lgwservices.com for a copy.

Inspection is welcome subject to status. Please contact GDS on +44 1293 871767 or e-mail info@lgwservices.com

Partfindermarine RFQ's - one of our best kept secrets?

Ask any developer or system integrator which part of a project takes the longest and causes the most arguments and chances are they will say it is the pre-development planning phase. In our case it was the format for our RFQ package. The developers had a brief to keep it short, simple easy to use and easy to track. Hats off to them they did a great job and we believe we have one of the most user-friendly RFQ services in the business.

In the three years we have now been operating our focus has been on content, (adding parts and services), on our community ( adding users, both buyers and suppliers) and then on adding even more content ( more parts). Now we need to start encouraging our community to use more of the  features of our service that have been put there to be used.

Happy "RFQ-ing" to you all this weekend!

Something for the weekend Sir? -The ultimate "Man-Pad"

We've seen quite a few property programmes on TV lately ranging from huge 60 bedroom mansion restorations to a £13,000 conversion of a tiny 1950's 6'x9' caravan into a gourmet cafe, but we think this is absolutely the best idea ever.

Clive Milner, General Manager at Leafield Logistics, has been in touch, wondering if he has come across what he describes as "the ultimate man pad". They're spacious, they're solid, they're in need of a little imaginative décor. Yes, they're 4.5” gun turrets from a Royal Navy ship.

"They weigh in at around 1 and half tons," explains Clive "but are a roomy 3m x 4m with head room of around 3m so there's plenty of space. A lot of the shell is fibreglass so is easily painted to get away from the gloomy grey colour. They come complete with viewing windows where the gun and other items used to protrude from the structure.

"We have received seven in various states of repair and some still contain wiring and control boxes inside the turret which could remain as a unique feature and ladders on the roof which might be useful for adjusting the satellite dish once it’s installed. They have only just arrived with us so we haven’t had the chance to prove the idea but I am sure your readers might be able to suggest novel ways to utilise the space..."

Here is a link to Clive's site if you are ready for this challenge:
www.navalsurplus.co.uk

Wartsila 18V46GD Fuel Injection Equipment (L'Orange)

Loaded onto the Partfindermarine.com database just in time for the second edition of this Newsletter we have a quantity of 18 L'Orange injectors ( type VVO-GO38B) and also 12 fuel pumps to match ( type VVO-GO10).

Thay have all been fully overhauled, tested  and are ready to go at at great price. Your contact at Tyne Electro Diesel of Newcastle-on-Tyne in the UK  is Gerry Mulholland   gerry@merlindiesel.com or tel: +447792103476