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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Pop-Up Lights for Clear Decks

    01 Nov 2002

    A streamlined deck is not only aesthetically pleasing but also eliminates many common boating difficulties. Pop-Up navigation lighting from Accon Marine provides a perfect combination of function and practicality. 

  • Port Lifting Equipment Blitz by Kalmar

    01 Nov 2002

    Kalmar Industries, which manufactures a range of mobile container handling equipment and heavy lift equipment for port and other applications, has launched a range of new equipment which includes 9 to 18 tonne fork lift trucks, two reachstackers and a terminal tractor. 

  • Smit Bridges Gaps in the Market

    01 Nov 2002

    Smit's Transport & Heavy Lift Division has been awarded a contract to provide heavy lift services during the construction of the world's largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The newbuild for Belgian dredging giant Jan de Nul is being built by IHC Holland at their Rotterdam yard. 

  • Rugged New Mooring Rope from Cosalt

    01 Nov 2002

    Cosalt Safety & Protection has introduced a new offshore mooring rope manufactured to OCIMF guidelines suitable for tankers and storage vessels using single buoy or monopoint mooring systems. It also has applications for the general fishing industry. 

  • Metso Gets a Load Off With Orbiting Slewing Shiploader

    01 Nov 2002

    Metso Minerals' Bulk Handling Division has recently delivered a unique dual orbiting slewing shiploader to the port of Jose in Venezuela. The dual unit, the first of its kind in the world capable of loading up to 2,000 tonnes per hour, is arranged to operate on two circular runways which are turned approximately 90º to the dock face. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Call for Reform at Hydro 2002

    01 Nov 2002

    Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote address to delegates at the opening of Hydro 2002 in Kiel on 8 October. 

  • UKHO Contract Awarded to LSC Group

    01 Nov 2002

    LSC Group of Tamworth has been awarded an innovative and high profile contract by the UK Hydrographic Office for digitisation of its archive of navigational data, including software development, scanning, meta-data capture and geo-referencing as part of a proposed state-of-the-art archive repositry at its Taunton base which will be open to the public for research purposes under its Freedom of Information obligations. 

  • Free Trimble GPS CD

    01 Nov 2002

    Trimble Navigation in the US is offering a free interactive multimedia CD featuring its latest GPS-based marine survey and construction systems. 

Insurance, Legal & Finance

  • Clubhouse Full for Marine Insurance Course

    01 Nov 2002

    The Swedish Club Academy's second annual Marine Insurance Course proved the popularity of the relatively new offering, attracting double the number of applications received for the first event. 

  • Warning of Legal Implications for Container Security Initiative

    01 Nov 2002

    The Transit & Marine Department of leading London law firm Davies Lavery has warned of the legal and potential future legislative implications for European countries buying into American anti-terrorism measures. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • CorrOcean Wins Contract for Belfast Harbour

    01 Nov 2002

    CorrOcean Ltd Aberdeen has been awarded a major contract by Belfast Harbour Commissioners to supply and install cathodic protection systems for the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland. 

  • Major Re-development Efforts Planned at Penzance and Newlyn

    01 Nov 2002

    Preliminary details of a new 200 berth marina intended to be built as part of a larger development at Penzance Harbour have been unveiled by the Penwith District Council in Cornwall, along with details of a proposed development at nearby Newlyn harbour. 

  • Aquatonics Limited Announces Results of Research Effort

    01 Nov 2002

    Aquatonics Ltd in the UK, a company that has been researching the use of clean dredged clays for removing metals from mine waters and industrial effluents, has released details of the results of its work. 

News

  • ABP Breaks Wind Blade Record

    01 Nov 2002

    A landmark shipment of giant wind turbine blades and components for the fast-growing global wind energy market sailed from the ABP Port of Southampton for Australia late last month. 

  • Major Refit for Williams' 'Wilcarry'

    01 Nov 2002

    Williams Shipping Marine has just completed a major refit of its vessel Wilcarry, a multi-purpose work barge with an 80t/m hydraulic crane, 25t pull 3-drum winch, hydraulically powered spud legs and 350m 2of working deck. 

  • Top Marks for Echomax

    01 Nov 2002

    The Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority have now fitted Echomax 230 radar arrays to all seven vessels in their fleet of pilot vessels and workboats. 

  • Speak Now on EC Water Framework Directive

    01 Nov 2002

    The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association's (CEDA) Environmental Steering Committee has expressed concern that all who may be affected should be aware of and participate in framing the EC's Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in December 2000 and will be incorporated into national legislation in the Member States by the end of 2003. 

  • New Company Launched from Wijsmuller Legacy

    01 Nov 2002

    A new Dutch maritime services company emerged last month as an offshoot of the former Wijsmuller Group. WorldWise Marine will be globally active in tug design, maritime engineering, chartering and brokerage, serving clients in the marine salvage and towage sectors. 

  • High Speed, High Payload Cat Design Contract

    01 Nov 2002

    Southampton UK based naval architects Nigel Gee and Associates have won a design contract from the US Navy for a 1,000 tonne, 50 knot catamaran capable of carrying its own weight in payload and fuel. Together with the American Titan Corporation, Nigel Gee and Associates will furnish the completed contract design for the X-Craft early next year, when shipbuilding contracts will be awarded. The craft will be delivered in mid-2004. 

  • Children in Need Appeal Gets Stuck on the Thames

    01 Nov 2002

    Four replica historic warships, built only from basic materials and bonded together with Sikaflex elastic adhesive, take part in a sponsored trip down London's River Thames this month in aid of Children in Need. 

  • London Salvage Summit Scheduled for March

    01 Nov 2002

    New initiatives concerned with effective marine casualty response will be debated at the International Marine Salvage Conference, to be held 19 March 2003 at the IMO's London headquarters. 

  • New Identity for Ferry Operation

    01 Nov 2002

    The English Channel and North Sea ferry operations of the P&O Group took on a new branding identity under the collective name of P&O Ferries last month. 

  • Increase in Lawsuit Number Triggers Safety Surfaces Boom

    01 Nov 2002

    A massive increase in the number of personal injury lawsuits being brought by people hurt at work or in public places has resulted in a business boom for a company which manufactures and installs slip-proof stair tread covers and gratings. 

  • Red Bay RIBs Away to Islay

    01 Nov 2002

    Red Bay Boats has delivered a fifth Rescue RIB for the Highlands and Islands airport in Scotland. The 8m boat features a cuddy cabin forward and a large deck area designed for working casualties from a helicopter. 

  • Destroyed Destroyer Gets Long Lift Home

    01 Nov 2002

    MV Swan, the 22,788 tonne semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, is en route from Sydney, Australia to Portsmouth UK carrying the badly holed Royal Navy destroyer HMS Nottingham. 

Power & Propulsion

  • Volvo Penta Powers 'Size Matters'

    01 Nov 2002

    Charter fishing boat skipper and operator Graham Hannaford has now commissioned Size Matters, a new, purpose-built 45ft Canadian Guimond 45 Sports Fisherman. The boat is operational year-round and at all states of the tides from the walk-on/walk-off pontoon in Sutton Harbour, Plymouth UK. 

  • Gearbox Certification Lands French Police Boat Order

    01 Nov 2002

    In choosing transmissions to team with its MAN engines, Nanni Diesel Industries considered several factors for completing the construction of 24 new French Gendarmerie boats. When it was confirmed that one of the major factors, Lloyds Registry of Shipping (LRS) approval, was part of Twin Disc's overall package, the decision went in favour of the Wisconsin USA based manufacturer Construction of the 20m boats begins this autumn at the Beneteau facility in Noirmoutier, an island off the French coast. 

  • Inshore Fishing Boat Gets Perkins Sabre Power

    01 Nov 2002

    A Perkins Sabre M130C engine has been chosen to power Lorraine Ruth, a new Kingfisher K26 static-gear, inshore netting fishing boat built and now operated by Keith Isles, based on Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly. 

  • Suzuki Supplies Power for New MCA Pollution RIB

    01 Nov 2002

    A new Sea Rover workboat powered by twin Suzuki 50hp EFI 4-stroke outboards has entered service with the Counter Pollution Branch of the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency. 

  • SAM Extends Shaft Alternator Range

    01 Nov 2002

    STN Atlas Marine Electronics has extended its range of shaft alternators for supplying mains power driven via the ship's engine with the introduction of a new series of PWM (pulse width modulation) controlled systems providing improved rates of power generation at lower cost. 

  • Azipod Propulsion for New USCG Icebreaker

    01 Nov 2002

    ABB has been awarded a contract by the Marinette Marine Corporation to supply electric propulsion drives and azipod propulsion systems and to act as the engine room single system integrator for a new Great Lakes Icebreaker design. 

Safety, Survival & Training

  • BSIF Steers Debate on New PPE Directive

    01 Nov 2002

    The first draft of the proposed new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive will be released for general discussion in December 2002, according to the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF). 

  • Fast Rescue Craft Training Courses Launched

    01 Nov 2002

    RGIT Montrose, the Aberdeen based training specialists, have launched a new range of fast rescue craft training courses for personnel in the marine and emergency response vessel industry. 

  • Crews Clued Up with Bespoke Boat Safety Manuals

    01 Nov 2002

    The tragic event in the UK this summer when celebrity Chris Evans and his horrified friends watched helplessly as their skipper vanished overboard highlights the need for all persons stepping on board a boat to be fully aware of safety procedures and the location of equipment. 

Ship Repair & Conversion 02

  • Germany's SET Completes Challenging Conversion

    01 Nov 2002

    Germany's inland shipbuilding, repair/conversion and ship development concern SET has completed one of its most challenging projects ever - the complex lengthening and conversion of the research ship Ludwig Prandtl for the Hamburg-based coastal research institute GKSS. 

  • 'Hands On' Format at ShipRepair & Conversion 02

    01 Nov 2002

    The 11th staging of ShipRepair & Conversion returns to London's Grand Hall, Olympia on 27 and 28 November with product launches, company presentations in a new workshop facility and a new format discussion-based conference underlining the 'hands on' theme. 

  • 'Tina' Conversion Delayed Two Months

    01 Nov 2002

    The 4000m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Tina, now renamed Josef Mobius, was still at German shipyard Peters Schiffbau when MJ went to press in early November - two months after her scheduled re-delivery following extensive conversion. 

Towlines

  • Towlines

    01 Nov 2002

    ARGE - Kuestenschutz, the German consortium of major towage companies, has won a contract from the German Transport Ministry to supply two stand-by-tugs to be stationed at Rostock-Warnemuende and at Sassnitz on the Island of Ruegen. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Hong Kong Gets Six New Tugs

    01 Nov 2002

    Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST) is meeting new demands for towage services with the construction of six new tugs, all based on established stern drive designs previously introduced to the local fleet. 

  • Black Adder is Another First for Robert Allan

    01 Nov 2002

    Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling tugs in that part of the world. 

  • ASD Tugs Built for Pushing in Turkey

    01 Nov 2002

    The Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd of Izmir, Turkey have delivered two high performance ASD tugs to the German company Egon Oldendorff to handle a pair of 10,000dwt self-unloading coal barges at an offshore lightering station at lskenderun in the south of the country. 

Vessel Launch Anglian Princess

  • 'Anglian Princess' - the Most Powerful Yet for Klyne

    01 Nov 2002

    When Anglian Princess took up her duties with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September it marked a significant milestone for her owners Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and the Coastguard service. This latest delivery, new from the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, is the most powerful deepsea tug to join the Klyne fleet and represents a major step forward in a continuing fleet replacement programme. 

Vessel Launch Laura M

  • Laura M Vessel Launch

    01 Nov 2002

    Scotland's Gareloch Support Services are the proud owners of a new Halmatic MRV 20 Multi-Role Vessel which was delivered last month and immediately deployed to a marine construction project replacing fender piles on the Faslane submarine jetty. 

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