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News

  • Security CCTV for Port of Belfast

    01 Mar 2003

    Ireland's busiest ferry port at the Port of Belfast has received a high security digital CCTV installation supplied by Bell Security (NI) Ltd. 

  • Suzuki Tops Euro Outboard Sales

    01 Mar 2003

    A 2002 sales increase of over 200% has given Suzuki a clear European lead in the fast growing 115-140hp outboard motor sector. Export figures published recently by ICOMIA handed Suzuki a 27.5% overall market share and 38.1% of four stroke sales, the only area in which Suzuki has an interest. 

  • Energy White Paper Spells Opportunity for Maritime Industries

    01 Mar 2003

    The British Government confirmed its commitment to renewable energy last month with the release of the long awaited Energy White Paper titled 'Our Energy Future - Creating a Low Carbon Economy'. A package which will be worth £1 billion per year to the renewables industry by 2010 aims to put Britain at the forefront of efforts to curb global greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring continuity and security of energy supply. 

  • Marine Electronics Takeover

    01 Mar 2003

    Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf has purchased the 50% stake in EuroMarine Electronics GmbH of Hamburg held by its Brussels-based joint venture partner Zenitel SA (formerly Sait Stento) in a deal subject to approval by relevant European cartel authorities. 

  • Hammar Nails Confusion with New Release Unit

    01 Mar 2003

    Swedish safety equipment manufacturer CM Hammar has launched a new version of the Hydrostatic Release Unit which is a widely recognised component of innumerable liferafts and EPIRBs. 

  • Mersey Beats Drum for Maritime Expansion

    01 Mar 2003

    The Mersey Maritime cluster has been launched in the Merseyside (Liverpool) region of the UK, aiming to become a world class benchmark centre of excellence in every sector of maritime operations and services over the next three years. 

  • Single Branding for DaimlerChrysler Marine Diesels

    01 Mar 2003

    All Daimler-Chrysler marine engines will now be singlebranded as MTU regardless of whether they are manufactured by the Detroit Diesel Corporation in Michigan USA or by MTU in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The single brand strategy has been defined since DaimlerChrysler AG acquired the Detroit Diesel Corporation in October 2000. 

  • New Hamburg Container Terminal is in Lubeck

    01 Mar 2003

    HHLA, the biggest operator in the North Sea Port of Hamburg, has just opened a new ?50m container terminal and it is more than 60 kms away overland, in Germany's biggest Baltic seaport, Lubeck. 

  • ABP Boosts Profits

    01 Mar 2003

    Associated British Ports exceeded already high market expectations by posting a 6% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £138.1m and boosting turnover by 7% to £401.9m. 

  • EXODUS Wins Prestigious Award

    01 Mar 2003

    EXODUS evacuation simulation software developed by the University of Greenwich (UK) Fire Safety Engineering Group has been awarded a prestigious Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen presented a gold medal and an illuminated prize certificate to the University's Vice Chancellor, Professor Rick Trainor, and Professor Ed Galea, Director of the Fire Safety Engineering Group. 

  • Militaries March to Marine Security

    01 Mar 2003

    Recent and current world events have given rise to increased interest in port security, with many nations accelerating their plans in this area. 

  • Launch for CableAwareness. com

    01 Mar 2003

    Thales GeoSolutions (Pacific) Inc has launched an online information system aimed at providing submarine cable owners with added protection for their cable system. The web address www.Cable Awareness. com provides basic cable positional data and cable awareness charts to the fishing community and other marine users over the internet on behalf of the cable owners. 

  • London Gateway Inquiry Underway

    01 Mar 2003

    The public inquiry into P&O and Shell's proposals to regenerate the 1,500 acre site of the former Shell Haven oil refinery on London's River Thames began late last month. 

  • Ness Lock on Windpower?

    01 Mar 2003

    A renewable energy centre of excellence could be built at Lowestoft UK to help put the East Anglia region in prime position for the emerging windpower market. A report by the East of England Development Agency envisages a cluster of offices at the base of the giant turbine at Ness Point proposed by SLP Energy which would develop into a hotbed of renewable energy technology. 

  • New Year, New ABPmer Team

    01 Mar 2003

    ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) has expanded its services by forming a Processes team which will focus on work in the flood and coastal management sector as well as undertake dredging and marine navigation design studies. 

  • McMurdo Launches Regional 'Centres of Excellence' Plan

    01 Mar 2003

    Portsmouth UK based marine safety equipment manufacturers McMurdo have announced plans to set up regional 'centres of excellence' in major ports around the world. 

  • Four Minute Smile

    01 Mar 2003

    The Thames passenger vessel Elizabethan observed a man fall into the Thames without a lifejacket while securing a workboat last month. The Elizabethan sent a distress call to London Coastguard. 

  • German Yard Heads Into Busy 2003 After Delivering 'Loreley'

    01 Mar 2003

    The Genthin facility of German shipyard Schiffbau und Entwicklungs-gesellschaft Tangermunde (SET) has handed over the police boat newbuilding Loreley to authorities in Mainz. 

  • SARIS II Wins Top Award

    01 Mar 2003

    The search and rescue information system SARIS II, developed by British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT Cordah Ltd, has won the 2003 Maritime Excellence Award for 'Technological Excellence in Training'. The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been involved in the SARIS II project since its inception and operates the system throughout all 19 Coastguard Maritime Rescue Centres. 

  • ISS Ahead of Schedule

    01 Mar 2003

    Inchcape Shipping Services' (ISS) programme to expand support services in the Arabian Gulf is continuing apace, with the two launch vessels ordered last June on course to be delivered ahead of schedule. 

  • Alfa Laval Tanks Up in Denmark

    01 Mar 2003

    Marine oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions specialist Alfa Laval has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group, which includes tank cleaning specialists Gunclean Toftejorg. 

  • Lights Due for a Rethink, Shippers Tell UK

    01 Mar 2003

    A grouping of major shipping lines have warned the British government that they could end direct calls at UK ports and even go to court unless light dues are brought into line with those in most other European countries. The dues, which fund the provision of navigational aids, are paid for by taxation in all European countries except the UK, Ireland and Greece. 

  • Bountiful Year for Milford Haven

    01 Mar 2003

    Milford Haven Port Authority has reported a strong performance in shipping activity for the year 2002, with the number of ships using the Welsh deepwater port up 3% to 3,445 while gross tonnage grew by 4.4% to 48,360,000. Recent innovations and investments at the port include the routine active escorting of all vessels over 50,000dwt and the installation of a new £700,000 vessel tracking system which integrates radar, communications and information handling in support of the Authority's Port Control Centre. 

  • Cosalt Ropes Offshore Partnership

    01 Mar 2003

    Cosalt Safety & Protection has formed an exclusive working partnership with Belgium based rope manufacturer BEXCOropes to promote, sell, manufacture and supply Single Point Mooring (SPM) hawser assemblies to the offshore marine market. The move extends Cosalt's presence in the offshore sector, where it already supplies a range of products and services which include lifesaving and firefighting equipment. 

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