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Diesel Engines

  • Perkins Sabre Replace M90

    01 Mar 2002

    One of the most successful Perkins marine engines of all time has been replaced by two new models. The naturally aspirated Perkins Sabre M90/4.236 is superseded by the four cylinder 4.2 litre naturally aspirated 92hp M92 and the 4 litre turbocharged M115T which develops 115hp. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Primar Reorganises

    01 Mar 2002

    Primar, the official European electronic navigation chart co-ordinating centre in Stavanger, is to reorganise its activities with the establishment of two centres operated by the UK Hydrographic Office and the Norwegian Hydrographic Office. 

  • Student Bursary Award Scheme

    01 Mar 2002

    Applications are now sought by The Hydrographic Society for its 2002 Bursary Award Scheme from qualified students attending, or wishing to attend, a recognised course on hydrographic surveying anywhere in the world. 

  • New Software Maintains Hydrographic Source Data

    01 Mar 2002

    Canadian software specialist Caris has begun distribution of its new Hydrographic Production Database (HPD) with first users including Germany's Maritime & Hydrographic Agency, the Peruvian Department of Hydrography & Navigation, and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration in the US. 

  • New Multibeam Offshore Guidelines Published

    01 Mar 2002

    New guidelines for offshore use of multibeam echosounders have been published by the London-based International Marine Contractors Association. 

  • Russian Order for Atlas Systems

    01 Mar 2002

    Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographics has received an order from the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow for supply of deepsea multibeam and parametric echosounders together with associated software for installation aboard the multi-purpose research vessel, R/V Akademik Boris Petrov, operated by the Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry & Analytical Chemistry. 

Insurance, Legal & Finance

  • P&I Club Calls for Rivers Vigilance

    01 Mar 2002

    Special precautions are required for safe navigation of the world's major rivers when vessels are fully laden, according to The Swedish Club. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Israeli Firm Completes New Quay

    01 Mar 2002

    Oceana Marine, part of the Oceana Group in Israel, has completed a major marine construction and dredging project on behalf of the Eilat-Ashkelon Oil Pipeline Company Ltd, and is midway through the construction of a new quay at Haifa port on behalf of Israel Port Authority. 

  • Multibeam Helps With Post-dredge Survey

    01 Mar 2002

    Clydeside Surveys in the UK has recently completed a post dredge survey in Belfast Lough, following a major widening of the existing 11km long channel. 

  • Dutch Consulting Firm Wins Work in the United States

    01 Mar 2002

    Consulting engineers Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has revealed details of a contract it has won from the US Army Corps of Engineers on an extension to a lock complex in Ohio. 

  • British Firm Wins More Marina Work in Holland

    01 Mar 2002

    Walcon Marine, the Fareham, UK-based specialist marina company, has been awarded a contract to supply the latest phase of berthing at Port Zelande, one of the largest marinas in Holland. 

  • Land & Water in Expansive Mood

    01 Mar 2002

    British specialist marine contracting firm Land & Water, who are based at Alburym, near Guildford, has formed two new divisions, for specialist projects and remediation work. 

  • River Frontage Reclaimed on the Tyne

    01 Mar 2002

    Edmund Nuttall in the UK reports that construction is underway in Gateshead to provide a reclaimed river frontage for a new housing development overlooking the River Tyne at Dunston. 

  • Interbeton Constructs Quay Wall in Port of Durban, SA

    01 Mar 2002

    Interbeton, part of the Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) based in the Netherlands, - has been awarded a contract for the construction of a quay wall in Durban, South Africa. 

  • New Chairman at BMAPA

    01 Mar 2002

    The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), which represents eight companies involved in the extraction of sand and gravel from the sea-bed around the UK, has announced its new Chairman. 

  • Lydney Docks to be Refurbished

    01 Mar 2002

    The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK says it hopes to obtain Heritage Lottery funding to help with the refurbishment of the historic Lydney Docks and surrounding harbour on the Severn estuary in the UK. 

  • Maureen Platform Will be Re-used - as a Quayside

    01 Mar 2002

    An offshore platform in the North Sea that was recently decommissioned, refloated and removed by Aker Maritime on behalf of offshore operator Phillips Petroleum is to be re-used - as the basis of a new quay at Aker Stord's facility in Norway. 

  • Beaucette Marina Upgraded

    01 Mar 2002

    Beaucette Marina in Guernsey, owned by Premier Marinas Limited, has undergone some significant improvements. 

Navaids

  • Irish Harbour Masters See Navaids Funding Boost

    01 Mar 2002

    Ireland's ports and harbours have seen major developments and increased operations funding over recent years, resulting in an increase for the supply of new aids to navigation. 

  • Syncrolan Warning System Lights North Sea

    01 Mar 2002

    Tideland Signal's Syncrolan offshore warning system has been chosen to mark a water injection platform (WIP) currently being added to BP's Valhall Field in the Norwegian North Sea as part of a long term programme of investment. 

  • United Kingdom Government Announces Light Dues Cut

    01 Mar 2002

    The British Government's Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions has announced that light dues paid by merchant ships and fishing vessels for aids to navigation will be reduced from 41 to 40 pence per net tonne in 2002/2003. 

Navigation & Communications

  • JRC's UAIS First to Satisfy MCA

    01 Mar 2002

    Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) become mandatory for all newbuilding passenger ships and most cargo vessels from July of this year, with the IMO's implementation schedule requiring all ships over 300gt to embrace the shipboard broadcast transponder system by 2008. 

  • Multi-Function Radar for Dredger Integration

    01 Mar 2002

    Dutch companies Imtech Marine & Offshore and IHC Systems formally recognised their close partnership by exhibiting jointly at Oceanology International in London earlier this month. 

  • Vessel Traffic Services Demo Day for UK Shipping Minister

    01 Mar 2002

    The British Shipping Minister, David Jamieson MP, visited the Port of London earlier this month and included on his itinerary a stop at the Port of London Authority's Control Centre at Gravesend. 

  • No Gaps in New Generation ECDIS

    01 Mar 2002

    Transas has launched an enhanced version of its commercial Navi-Sailor navigation systems, the Navi-Sailor 3000. This system incorporates all the functionality of the Navi-Sailor 2400, the first type approved ECDIS, but adds a number of new features beyond those called for in the IMO performance standards. 

News

  • Liverpool Bunker Terminal Due for Completion

    01 Mar 2002

    The UK's largest purpose built bunker terminal is due for completion at the Port of Liverpool next month following a £1.5 million investment by Henty Oil Limited, with grant aid from the British Government's DTLR. 

  • Repower for Ex-lifeboat 'Rose Marion'

    01 Mar 2002

    A 65 year old former RNLI lifeboat has had a painstaking five-year restoration culminated by a repower with Perkins Sabre M92 marine engines. 

  • 'Piper Alpha' Landmark Final Judgement in The House of Lords

    01 Mar 2002

    The House of Lords handed down a landmark final judgement last month in the long-running Piper Alpha litigation, bringing to a successful conclusion the claims of Caledonia North Sea Ltd (formerly Occidental Petroleum Caledonia Ltd) and their insurers for indemnities from 24 contracting companies. 

  • Heavy Lift for Offshore Windfarm

    01 Mar 2002

    Smit will provide heavy lift and transport services during construction of the world's largest offshore windfarm, located some 20 miles off the Danish west coast. 

  • Harbour Masters to Meet in SA

    01 Mar 2002

    The 3rd Congress of the International Harbour Masters' Association will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on 13-17 May. Registration for the Congress takes place between 15:30 and 17:00 on Sunday 12 May at the venue, which is the Holiday Inn Cape Town. 

  • RingProp Courts Outboard Success

    01 Mar 2002

    The UK registered company RingProp Limited has developed a new outboard motor propeller which eliminates traumatic injuries to humans and marine life without reducing effective engine power. 

  • Boat Security Checks from the Comfort of Home

    01 Mar 2002

    First Watch is a new concept that enables marina berth holders to view their boats at the marina live on their home computer using a standard internet connection. Developed by UK company Sirrus, the system enables boat owners to check their vessel at any time of the day or night via the First Watch website using a secure password from anywhere in the world. 

  • Dredging Equipment Supply Companies Strengthened by Merger

    01 Mar 2002

    Dredging equipment supply sister companies VOSTA of Amsterdam and LMG of Lubeck in Germany have strengthened their existing co-operation by merging. VOSTA BV and the marine technology division of LMG combined last month under the new banner VOSTA LMGDredging Technology. 

  • Grab Chains Enhance Safety on the Thames

    01 Mar 2002

    Marine safety, rope and rigging specialists Cosalt Safety & Protection has won a second contract to install safety grab chains on the banks of the River Thames in London. 

  • Commercial Opportunities for Marine Renewables

    01 Mar 2002

    This is to be 'the year of renewables' according to UK Energy Minister Brian Wilson MP, who predicted that the potential contribution of power generated from clean sources will finally be recognised. 

  • Contract Awards Pollution Control and Emergency-related awards

    01 Mar 2002

     

  • Electronic Skimmer Chases the Oil

    01 Mar 2002

    Oil skimmer manufacturer Ro-Clean Desmi A/S has developed a solution for those annoying occasions when spilled oil is driven by the wind or pulled by tides to a location other than where the skimmer has been placed. 

  • James Fisher Winds Up Dry Cargo

    01 Mar 2002

    Marine services provider James Fisher and Sons plc have announced the sale of the last two ships of its former fleet of dry cargo vessels, concluding its departure from an unprofitable market. 

Seawork2002 Preview

  • Quayside Power Display by Barrus

    01 Mar 2002

    One of the visual as well as practical highlights of every seawork is the quayside display of marine engines put on by EP Barrus Ltd. The Oxfordshire-based distributor has recently been awarded the exclusive Mercury outboard motor franchise for the UK and Ireland and is also now the sole UK distributor of the MerCruiser engine range. 

  • Dockstavarvet to Reveal New Patrol Boat at seawork

    01 Mar 2002

    The Swedish boatbuilders Dockstavarvet will be showing a brand new design of patrol boat in the floating exhibition at seawork2002. After more than 10 years developing and building Combat Boat 90 H in various forms, Dockstavarvet has now entered the final phase in the development of a new, faster and better adapted patrol boat for coastguard, police and customs surveillance activities. 

  • 'Cleopatra' Barges into Workboat Sector

    01 Mar 2002

    Building on the success of the Cleopatra Fisherman 33 in the UK fishing market over the last two years, Poole-based DS Marine has won a contract to supply its first Cleopatra 38 for a workboat application. 

  • Watertight Instrument Cases at seawork2002

    01 Mar 2002

    Among the new exhibitors at seawork2002 will be Leeds UK-based Bloctube Marine Services Ltd (BMS). 

  • Fast French 'Beak' in seawork Debut

    01 Mar 2002

    Welcome new exhibitors at seawork2002 will be a joint showing by French naval architects Pantocarene and the builder of their designs, the Bernard Shipyard. 

  • Oil Swill That Ends Well

    01 Mar 2002

    Halyard (M&I) Ltd return to seawork and will again be showing products from their range of marine exhaust systems, noise and vibration control systems, and water separation and filtration technologies. 

  • 'True Light' Shines for Safehaven Marine

    01 Mar 2002

    Safehaven Marine of County Cork in Ireland is a regular and successful exhibitor at seawork. This month sees trials underway for the first vessel of their new Interceptor 42 design to be built. The vessel will be named True Light of the Claddagh by owner Martin Oliver in memory of his grandfather's famous boat of the same name. 

  • Sky Is the Limit for Spiderjet

    01 Mar 2002

    Calder brings the latest addition to their range of high pressure water jetting systems and accessories to seawork2002, an innovative device suited for surface stripping on high vertical and inclined surfaces with the operator safely positioned at ground level. 

  • Tysons Roped Into seawork2002 Safety at seawork2002

    01 Mar 2002

    Tysons (Ship Riggers) Limited of Grimsby will bring their recently launched range of eight plait mooring ropes to seawork2002. 

  • Gemini Delivers First Fastcat

    01 Mar 2002

    Gemini Workboats of Colchester UK have launched and delivered their first Fastcat, a 12m version of their GRP catamaran, to skipper Dave Burden of Portsmouth-based Sea Trax. 

  • seawork2002 Builds on Success

    01 Mar 2002

    No sooner does the last vestige of suntans acquired at seawork2001 fade into memory than seawork2002, the fifth annual commercial marine exhibition and forum, steam into view on the not so far horizon. 

  • Iguana Brings Natural Gas Propulsion Vision to seawork

    01 Mar 2002

    Exhibitor again at seawork will be Southampton-based Iguana Seacraft Ltd, a company on a mission to trigger new thinking on workboat and service craft propulsion. 

  • Carol Mackaoui Strengthens seawork Committee

    01 Mar 2002

    The steering committee of seawork, which provides a bridge between the event's organisers, Mercator Media, and over 200 exhibitors, has been strengthened by the addition of Carol Mackaoui. 

  • FBM Babcock Marine at Home at seawork2002

    01 Mar 2002

    FBM Babcock Marine of Southampton UK will not have far to travel in order to participate as an exhibitor at seawork2002. The company has been awarded an order for six 27m Aircrew Training Vessels by SMIT International (Scotland) Ltd. 

  • Halmatic to Celebrate 50th Anniversary at seawork2002

    01 Mar 2002

    The UK boatbuilder Halmatic Limited returns to seawork as an exhibitor in both the indoor and the floating exhibitions. 

Ship & Boatbuilding

  • Water Taxis to Boost Lower Manhattan

    01 Mar 2002

    Derecktor Shipyards of Mamaroneck, New York, has signed a contract with New York Water Taxi (NYWT) for the construction of six low wake passenger catamarans with which NYWT will create a feeder and distribution service for the ferry terminals in Lower Manhattan and operate small scale commuter, tourist and custom charter services. 

  • Raidco Lands French Navy Patrol Boat Order

    01 Mar 2002

    The French Navy has ordered the first 11 boats of a 22 boat coastal surveillance craft fleet on behalf of the Gendarmerie Maritime, which will use them for navigation patrol, anti-smuggling operations, fisheries policing and immigration control around the east coast of the country. 

  • Autonomous Nearshore Hydro Survey Vessel

    01 Mar 2002

    QinetiQ had the distinction of exhibiting both the largest and the smallest vessels on show at Oceanology International in London earlier this month. 

  • Macduff Delivers 'Emma' for Fish Farm Duties in Scotland

    01 Mar 2002

    The latest completion by Scotland's Macduff Shipyards Limited is a steel fish farm workboat for Aquascot Group Limited to deploy at their facility in Gigha. The Emma is a versatile design by Macduff with tank and deck stowage facilities and a bow ramp door. 

  • Water Witch Scares Up Antwerp Pollution

    01 Mar 2002

    Specialist pollution control boat builders Liverpool Water Witch Marine and Engineering Co Ltd have recently delivered their latest vessel to the Belgian Port of Antwerp. The Condor is a 10.5m special-build Mark 3 version of their versatile surface dredger. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Tug Refits Broaden WCT's Operational Scope

    01 Mar 2002

    The Capt I B Harvey of WCT Offshore Ltd is seen in her new role as short sea coastal tug towing a barge for Van Oord ACZ from Mostyn in North Wales to Dordrecht in Holland. 

  • Sanmar Delivers 'Dogancay IV' to Morocco

    01 Mar 2002

    A new twin-screw tug, the Dogancay IV, has been delivered to a Moroccan operator at a recent flag-change ceremony by Sanmar Denizcilik Makina ve Ticaret Ltd of Istanbul, Turkey. 

  • Tsavliris Complete Three Month Varyag Tow

    01 Mar 2002

    The Tsavliris Salvage Group has delivered the half-finished aircraft carrier Varyag to her new owners in China at the end of a marathon towage operation lasting 110 days. 

  • Towlines

    01 Mar 2002

    The Newhaven port authority has awarded a contract to Kent based N E Murray (Marine Contractors) to provide shiphandling services, following an increase in the size and frequency of ferries using the port. From the 19 March the twin-screw 'Dog class' tug Nore Commodore will be on station to offer a continuous round the clock service. 

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