News Rugged Bearings for Trimaran Concept Ship

01 Feb 2002

Orkot TLM Marine Bearings were specified for rudder and stern shaft bearings on the RV Triton, a 90m long test vessel built in the UK to prove the trimaran concept on a full size ship. 

Rolls Royce Power Package for Wind Energy Vessel

01 Feb 2002

Rolls Royce Marine has won the contract to supply an integrated power and propulsion package for the first of Mayflower Energy's innovative Wind Turbine Installation Vessels being built at a shipyard in China. 

Wartsila Corporation Pays for Lips Service

01 Feb 2002

The Wartsila Corporation has purchased marine propulsion systems supplier John Crane-Lips from its UK-based parent Smiths Group for ?350 million. Wartsila entered into a strategic agreement with John Crane-Lips in October 2000 and now sees integrated engine/propulsion systems accounting for up to 40% of its engine sales. 

Damen Offer New ASD Tug Designs

01 Feb 2002

Damen Shipyards, based at Gorinchem in Holland, have added two further Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs to their already successful range of powerful ship-handling vessels. 

Spanish Group Looks Set to Purchase HBG

01 Feb 2002

A surprise ?756m cash offer from Spanish construction firm Grupo Dragados looks set to win control of Holland's Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) and with it the recently merged Ballast HAM Dredging. 

Major Works at Renewed Lisnave

01 Feb 2002

Portugal's Lisnave shiprepairers continue to make good use of new facilities at the Mitrena Yard, 50km south of Lisbon in Setubal, undertaking extensive refurbishment and conversion work on 39,655dwt FPSO Jamestown. 

IMO Recommends Moratorium on STCW Deadline

01 Feb 2002

The IMO issued a communication just days before the scheduled 1 February implementation of STCW 95 recommending a six month period of grace for seafarers to update their qualifications. 

Personal Location Debut at SASMEX

01 Feb 2002

McMurdo Pains Wessex will use the occasion of the SASMEX exhibition in Amsterdam in April to show a variety of new marine safety equipment. 

Successful Launch for New Lifeboat

01 Feb 2002

Danish shipbuilder Mulder & Rijke has received orders for 70 of its recently introduced partially enclosed PELB 95/150 lifeboats. Six of the 9.5m long, 150 passenger lifeboats have already been delivered to the Italian ferry operator Tirrenia for its recently launched Bithia ferry, which now operates on the Sicily - Sardinia - Tunisia routes. 

Jotron Emergency Light in UK

01 Feb 2002

A new Multi-Purpose Personal Strobe Light, the Jotron AQ5, is now distributed in the UK by Southampton-based Ocean Safety Ltd on behalf of its Norwegian manufacturer Jotron. 

New Website for PLA

01 Feb 2002

Cool Reception for the 'Ice Challenger' at MI6

01 Feb 2002

When a material failure halted a demonstration run of adventurer Steve Brooks' Ice Challenger 2002 vehicle Snowbird 6 on London's River Thames last month, the distressed 'craft' drifted to shore at a slipway adjoining the M16 spy headquarters. 

Coastal Futures 2002 Conference Thinks Globally

01 Feb 2002

Globalisation of the world economy cannot safely continue without a concurrent globalisation of response to environmental concerns and, in particular, sustainable development and management of the marine environment.