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  • Demand Surge for Rough Terrain Container Handlers

    01 Feb 2003

    As mobilisation builds for a possible war with Iraq, the Tank Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) of the US Army has placed another delivery order with the Kalmar RT Center LLC for Rough Terrain Container Handlers (RTCH). The new delivery order totals 93 machines and other logistical items carrying a total price tag of $50m. 

  • VTS Synergy on UK South Coast

    01 Feb 2003

    Fleet Support Ltd has awarded a contract to supply and install new VTS at the UK's Portsmouth Naval Base to STN Atlas Elektronik. The system is due for commissioning next month. Its facilities include two Atlas 9730 X-band Radars sited remotely at Fort Gilkicker and Shell Pier linked via microwave to the Naval Base VTS control centre, which is being equipped with two 9730 multi-function workstations. 

  • Solar Solve Launch ROLASOLV

    01 Feb 2003

    South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine has supplemented its well established range of type approved SOLASOLV anti-glare sunscreens with the launch of ROLASOLV, a range of fire retardant roller blinds for crew and passenger accommodation areas. 

  • Norwegian Shipowner Earns Prestige

    01 Feb 2003

    As controversy continues in the wake of the Prestige sinking off Spain, a refreshing approach to vessel management was seen in the UK earlier this month when the single hulled oil tanker Arendal was detained in Shetland after its owners requested a classification society surveyor inspect cracks reported by the crew. 

  • Russian Hulls for Germany's New Coast Guard Vessels

    01 Feb 2003

    The German Coast Guard has taken delivery of Bad Bramstedt, the first of three advanced new patrol boats from Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder for service mainly in the German Bight region of the North Sea. 

  • New TSHD Launched for Van Oord ACZ

    01 Feb 2003

    A new 4,750m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger was launched for Van Oord ACZ Ltd earlier this month from the van der Giessen de Noord yard in Rotterdam. Van Oord ACZ signed the build contract with IHC Holland in December 2000 and construction was subsequently subcontracted to van der Giessen, a fellow subsidiary with the IHC Caland Group. 

  • Cosalt Broadens Base With Seadog Acquisition

    01 Feb 2003

    Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired the Scottish company Seadog Lifesaving Appliances in a deal valued at approximately £2.5m. Cosalt describes the acquisition as a natural step forward for both the well established companies. Seadog has been trading in its present form since the 1960s and Cosalt's history stretches back to 1873. 

  • HR Wallingford To Lead Earth Observation Team

    01 Feb 2003

    Civil engineering hydraulics and water environment consultancy HR Wallingford has been chosen by the European Space Agency to lead a team to evaluate the market for satellite earth observation (EO) data. The one year project will forecast the key trends that will evolve in the coastal management market in the short to medium term and recommend 'fixes' in the supply of EO data to meet these demands. The most viable of these fixes are to be tested and demonstrated to the EO industry. 

  • Rolls Royce Ups Waterjet Power Stakes

    01 Feb 2003

    Rolls Royce has developed the world's most powerful waterjets for a Japanese Techno-Superliner which will carry 700 passengers and 210 tonnes of cargo at 38 knots, cutting the journey time for the 1,000km voyage between Tokyo and the Ogasawara Islands by 10 hours. The 14,500grt Techno-Superliner, due to enter service in 2005, will measure 140m long with a beam of 29.8m. 

  • Mermaid Captures Lost Buoy

    01 Feb 2003

    While working off St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall last month, the crew of the Trinity House Lighthouse Service vessel THV Mermaid captured a drifting navigation buoy. 

  • New Marine Safety Officers Course Available

    01 Feb 2003

    Safety and survival specialist RGIT Montrose has devised the UK's first Marine Safety Officers and Representatives Course in response to growing industry demand. Following the UK Government's recent recommendations that ship officers put in safety management systems for vessels, RGIT received many calls from within the marine industries asking for a course similar to that for offshore safety representatives. 

  • Aircraft Carrier Contract Gives Unexpected Long-term Boost to British Shipbuilding

    01 Feb 2003

    The United Kingdom's depressed shipbuilding sector was given an unexpected long-term boost last month by the British Government's decision to award the nation's largest ever warship order for two new 60,000 tonne aircraft carriers to BAE Systems. 

  • Port Security Officer Nicks Award

    01 Feb 2003

    A security supervisor who has been credited with reinvigorating the team and introducing new procedures since joining the Securicor team at ABP Newport has been awarded the Outstanding Contribution to the Customer award at the company's annual Security Officer of the Year ceremony. 

  • New TSHD Launched for Van Oord ACZ

    01 Feb 2003

    A new 4,750m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger was launched for Van Oord ACZ Ltd earlier this month from the van der Giessen de Noord yard in Rotterdam. Van Oord ACZ signed the build contract with IHC Holland in December 2000 and construction was subsequently subcontracted to van der Giessen, a fellow subsidiary with the IHC Caland Group. 

  • Preparedness Pays at Harwich Harbour Oil Spill

    01 Feb 2003

    A massive operation to clean up spilled oil and prevent its further spread took place earlier this month in the UK's Harwich Harbour following the loss of 2,000 gallons of mixed oils from a fractured pipe at the Felixstowe Oil Jetty. 

  • Simrad and Suzuki in UK Distribution Deal

    01 Feb 2003

    Simrad UK has been appointed as the official distributor of Suzuki Marine's range of low-cost searchlight sonars and echosounders into the UK and Irish markets, greatly expanding the choice Simrad offers the fishing industry. 

  • Wartsila Extends Ciserv Network

    01 Feb 2003

    Wartsila Corporation has purchased the Dutch marine service company Caltax Marine Diesel BV from Tras van Houte Beheer BV. 

  • Port Communication Upgraded

    01 Feb 2003

    Westica has provided the Milford Haven Port Authority with a 1.4 GHz multirate radio system which enables compressed radar information to be transmitted from various remote radar installations to MHPA Port Control. 

  • Timely Topics for UKHMA Spring Seminar

    01 Feb 2003

    The UK Harbour Masters' Association has announced its Spring Seminar 2003 is to take place on 2nd April at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London. 

  • Wartsila Multiplies 20 By 2000

    01 Feb 2003

    Wartsila Corporation has reached a milestone by manufacturing its 2,000th Wartsila 20 diesel engine. This engine type has been particularly popular for auxiliary shipboard applications and the 2,000th is one of three nine-cylinder versions being supplied as complete diesel gensets for a 2,500teu container ship being built at the German shipyard Aker MTW Werft GmbH. 

  • German Workhorse Gets a Smaller Sister

    01 Feb 2003

    The German authorities have ordered a new pollution accident combat vessel for service in the Baltic, pointing up an increased commitment to maritime safety in the wake of the Prestige and other tanker disasters. 

  • New RIB Builder in Baltic Exchange

    01 Feb 2003

    New commercial RIB builder Marine Specialised Technology Ltd (MST) has delivered two new RIBs to the German Fisheries Protection Agency and a third to the German Coastguard, all of which will operate in the Baltic Sea. 

  • Trinity House Debuts Working Boat Voyages

    01 Feb 2003

    The Trinity House Lighthouse Service has extended its development of innovative revenue streams with the launch of Patricia Voyages, providing individuals, couples, families and corporate groups the opportunity to sail on the Service's working flagship THV Patricia. 

  • Dusseldorf Debut for Scania Yanmar

    01 Feb 2003

    The first public display of the recent co-operation agreement signed by Scania Industrial and Marine Engines and Yanmar Marine was seen at the Dusseldorf Boat Show last month when a 12 litre, 720hp Scania engine in Yanmar livery was paraded for the leisure boat market. The agreement signed last October gives Yanmar the right to sell and market Scania engines worldwide. 

  • VTS Synergy on UK South Coast

    01 Feb 2003

    Fleet Support Ltd has awarded a contract to supply and install new VTS at the UK's Portsmouth Naval Base to STN Atlas Elektronik. The system is due for commissioning next month. Its facilities include two Atlas 9730 X-band Radars sited remotely at Fort Gilkicker and Shell Pier linked via microwave to the Naval Base VTS control centre, which is being equipped with two 9730 multi-function workstations. 

  • Management Buy-In at Blondecell

    01 Feb 2003

    Three members of the management team and a private investor have purchased a controlling interest in Blondecell Ltd, the Hampshire UK based boatbuilder. Managing Director Nigel Crabbe, Commercial Director David Morland and Financial Director Gavin Brown join a Blondecell founder, Tony Brewer, who remains as Chairman. 

  • 'Tricolor' Bunker Removal Resumes

    01 Feb 2003

    Smit Salvage resumed operations earlier this month to remove bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor in the English Channel. The salvage team had earlier been forced to discontinue operations due to hostile weather conditions. 

  • Type Approval for AIS Type FA-100

    01 Feb 2003

    Germany's Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has type approved and wheelmark approved Furuno's recently announced AIS Type FA-100 against IEC61993-2, IEC61162 and IEC61108. 

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