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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Deepwater Winch Delivery Underway

    01 Oct 2003

    Bodewes Winches has delivered a second series of storage winches for installation on GlobalSantaFe's Development Driller ll, the second of two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling units under construction at the PPL Shipyard in Singapore. 

  • Wynn Marine's Clean Screens at Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Marine window wiping systems manufacturer Wynn Marine will use Europort 2003 to showcase its new stand alone window washing system and its digital Series 3000 Network Controller. 

  • Broad Range of Deck Equipment Debuts at Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Lemans Nederland BV, Dutch specialist suppliers of deck equipment and lifting gear, will be showing a broad range of products on their stand at Europort, which will be shared with Nieuwpoort Belgium, whom they represent in the Netherlands. 

  • Knuckleboom Cranes Groomed for Europort Launch

    01 Oct 2003

    Italian crane manufacturer Effer will introduce a new range of small and medium sized knuckleboom cranes at Europort 2003 on Stand 1001 in the Europahal, which will be occupied by their Dutch dealer Promac BV. 

  • New Carriers Lift Liverpool's Productivity

    01 Oct 2003

    Work is underway at the Port of Liverpool's Seaforth Container Terminal on assembling the first of six new Noell straddle carriers. The machines were purchased by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to handle increased traffic generated by three new lines and organic growth among established services. 

  • The £1 Million Load Lifter

    01 Oct 2003

    Great Yarmouth Stevedoring faced a difficult task last month when required to unload a 20m long, 89 tonne drilling rig valued at £1 million from the hold of a cargo ship. They consulted Lifting Gear Hire, which specified a pair of 50 tonne Modular Lifting Beams plus wire rope slings to ensure safe carriage for the valuable load. 

  • Davit Drives Smooth RNLI Operations

    01 Oct 2003

    Drives and motors from ABB are helping the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution to launch its fast inshore lifeboats quickly and safely. 

  • Powerful Towing Winches for UAE Tugs

    01 Oct 2003

    Ridderinkhof BV of the Netherlands recently supplied bespoke towing winches for the anchor handling tugs Wassay and Jabbar, built by Damen Shipyards at Gorinchem for Gulf Services Office in Abu Dhabi. 

Diving & Underwater Services

  • SMD Set To Acquire Hydrovision

    01 Oct 2003

    An agreement has been signed for Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) to acquire the ongoing business of Hydrovision, subject to the usual diligence and contract. Seaeye Marine, a subsidiary of Hydrovision, is not included in the deal. 

  • Divers Deliver Rapid Permanent Repair

    01 Oct 2003

    Divers from UMC's Portland UK branch have successfully completed a complex hull plate insert repair to a vessel calling in their home Portland Port. 

Dredging

  • De Groot Delivers Complete Dredging Equipment Package

    01 Oct 2003

    De Groot Nijkerk Dredging equipment and Damen Shipyards have sold a North African customer a complete dredging package which includes a type CZ550 cutter suction dredger, a booster station, a floating pipeline and a Damen Multicat. The second complete package sold to the same customer, it will be used for cleaning and deepening artificial lakes used for drinking water storage as well as sand winning. 

  • 'Pallieter' No Palliative for van der Giessen

    01 Oct 2003

    The last dredger to be built at IHC's now doomed van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard was launched last month in Rotterdam. The 5,400m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger Pallieter was built for the Belgian contractor Dredging, Environmental and Marine Engineering NV (DEME). 

Europort 2003

  • Global Maritime Industries Sail for Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    The Amsterdam RAI will once again be given over to the theme of the global maritime industry from 18-22 November when both Europort 2003 and the Marine Equipment Trade Show 2003 (METS) are held simultaneously within the same vast exhibition complex. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Free DGPS CD from Veritas

    01 Oct 2003

    Elsewhere on the DGPS front, Veripos is offering Verichart, a free CD-based mapping facility for producing detailed charts of its proprietary Differential GPS HF and Inmarsat-delivered correction service networks for Africa, North West Europe, North and South America, Trinidad and Caspian and Mediterranean offshore areas. 

  • Finnish Navy Orders Fansweep 20 Multi-beam System

    01 Oct 2003

    Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic, which recently reported successful trials of its Parasound DS-2 parametric sub-bottom profiler aboard the Russian Academy of Sciences' research vessel, Akademik Boris Petrov, en route to the Kara Sea near Murmansk, has been commissioned to supply the Finnish Naval Research Institute in Helsinki with a Fansweep 20 multibeam system. 

  • Thales Wins Contract to Support Veritas with SkyFix-XP

    01 Oct 2003

    Thales GeoSolutions in Chessington has won a $2.7m two-year contract for provision of its SkyFix-XP satellite differential global positioning system (SDGPS) and SkyFix DGPS services to support Veritas Geophysical Corporation's global fleet of seismic survey vessels operating from Houston, Crawley and Singapore. 

  • IHMC UK Completes Strategy Study for CHP

    01 Oct 2003

    International Hydrographic Management Consulting (IHMC) has completed a study on a long-term strategy for the UK Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. 

  • Metoc-Shell GIS Deal

    01 Oct 2003

    Metoc of Liphook, Hampshire, has been awarded a five-year contract by Shell UK Expro in Aberdeen for supply of definitive marine data sets in a ready-to-use geographic information system (GIS). 

Insurance, Legal & Finance

  • New Guidelines for Ship Breaking Adopted

    01 Oct 2003

    An international meeting of experts on the ship breaking industry has taken a decisive step toward improving the safety and health of thousands of workers who perform one of the world' s most hazardous occupations. 

  • Confidentiality Urged Under US 24 Hour Rule

    01 Oct 2003

    The issue of terrorism has brought about the need for governments and world organisations to consider the creation of anti-terrorist legislation and preventative programmes to regulate international commerce and the transportation of goods. America has already instituted such legislation and preventative measures. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • European Commission Targets Port and Dredging Projects

    01 Oct 2003

    The European Seaports Organisation (ESPO) says the European Commission has launched infringement procedures against eight Member States for failure to comply with the Birds and Habitats Directives in respect of key port and dredging projects, highlighting the difficulties faced by ports seeking to carry out development projects. 

  • PIANC Organises Seminar on Navigating the EU Water Framework Directive

    01 Oct 2003

    PIANC is organising a conference which is due to take place on 30 October 2003 on the Implications of the EU Water Framework Directive. 

  • Glasgow Canal Link Gets the 'Green Light'

    01 Oct 2003

    A thriving canal quarter in Glasgow could soon become a reality following the announcement at the World Canals Conference that a £5.6m regeneration project, restoring the canal link between two of the city's most historic canal side sites, will soon get under way. 

  • CIRIA Takes Lead on Aggregates

    01 Oct 2003

    Demand from coastal and river engineering for primary aggregate is increasing and is expected to expand further with the growing need for coastal and river protection works. 

Monitoring & Control

  • STN Atlas In Control at Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    STN Atlas Marine Electronics, in association with its Rotterdam based subsidiary STN Atlas Nederland, will feature three new products on Stand 02.2017 in the Zuidhal at Europort 2003. 

Navaids

  • Pharos Batteries Boost for Buoys

    01 Oct 2003

    AB Pharos Marine Ltd has boosted the performance and reliability of its range of self contained photovoltaic (PV) power systems by offering Alcad ultra low maintenance, long life, rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries as a replacement option for the traditional (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) VRLA batteries. 

  • Three Year Navaids Maintenance Contract for Trinity House

    01 Oct 2003

    Trinity House in the UK has won a three year contract for the maintenance of aids to navigation around the coasts of Devon and Cornwall that are the responsibility of South West Water. These navaids, numbering more than 300 buoys and beacons, mark outfalls into rivers, estuaries and the sea, pipeline crossings and other obstructions in navigable waters. 

  • PLA Thames Point Light Gets LED Replacement

    01 Oct 2003

    The Port of London Authority has installed a Tideland Signal MLED-120 at Broadness Point on the south bank of the River Thames opposite Tilbury, replacing a large incandescent lantern. 

  • UKHO Switches on Digital List of Lights

    01 Oct 2003

    The UK Hydrographic Office has launched the latest addition to its expanding digital products range. The Admiralty Digital List of Lights is aimed primarily at the SOLAS commercial shipping sector and provides information on over 70,000 navigational lights throughout the world. It builds on earlier digital trials covering UK waters introduced last year. 

Navigation & Communications

  • Unified VTS For South Wales Ports

    01 Oct 2003

    Transas Marine UK Ltd has won a contract to supply a Vessel Traffic Services System for Associated British Ports' South Wales ports, Cardiff, Barry, Newport, Swansea and Port Talbot. 

  • Raytheon Navigates Into Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Raytheon Marine travels to Europort from its plant in Kiel, Germany with the successor to its best selling Gyro Compass Standard 20, which is in operation on over 5,300 vessels worldwide. 

News

  • Boatbuilder Artist Inspired by Ship Shapes

    01 Oct 2003

    A contemporary marine artist who helped to build clinker workboats as an apprentice shipwright in his youth has a feature exhibition of his works opening at London's National Maritime Museum next month. 

  • Camarc/ Kvichak for Savannah Pilots

    01 Oct 2003

    The Savannah Pilots of Savannah, Georgia USA have ordered a new 78ft pilot boat designed by the UK's Camarc Ltd which will be built at Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle USA. The all aluminium craft's broad beam of 21ft 5in is expected to provide fine sea keeping and manoeuvrability characteristics, Main engines for the vessel will be a pair of Cummins KTA38 M2 units with a heavy duty rating for 1,350hp each at 1,900rpm. The engines will power Hamilton 651 waterjets through ZF2550 marine gears. 

  • Engine Rooms Protected at Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Alfa Laval Marine & Diesel's engine room systems will be on show at Europort in two locations, at Alpha Laval's Stand 01.1167 in the Europahal and Kormarine's Stand U82. 

  • Orkney Wave Energy Study

    01 Oct 2003

    A study to establish performance assessment criteria that will assist developers of wave devices to harness the power of wave energy has conducted detailed testing for the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) on Orkney. 

  • Workboat Show Returns to Irresistible New Orleans

    01 Oct 2003

    The International Workboat Show celebrates its 25th anniversary when it returns to the Morial Convention Centre in New Orleans USA on 3-5 December. 

  • New Portsmouth Yard Boosts British Shipbuilding

    01 Oct 2003

    The first new shipbuilding yard in Britain for many years was opened last month in ceremonies at Portsmouth Naval Base presided over by the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP. The new £50 million facility for the VT Group features a high degree of automation in the fabrication and construction processes for a 20% productivity boost which VTbelieves will place it in a strong position to secure not only future build programmes for the British Royal Navy but for export customers as well. 

  • Controversy Haunts 'Ghost Ships' Scrapping

    01 Oct 2003

    Following discussions with authorities in Ireland, France, and Belgium, Robin Middleton, the UK Secretary of State's Representative in Marine Salvage and Intervention (SOSREP), has cleared the way with the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) for Able UK and its contractors to begin the trans-Atlantic tow of the first four so-called 'Ghost Ships' from Virginia to Teesside for scrapping. Able UK has a £16m contract to scrap 13 derelict World War Two vintage military cargo and support vessels from a fleet of approximately 150 such ships anchored on the James River in Virginia. 

  • OCS Goes Boom

    01 Oct 2003

    Oil Control Systems of the Netherlands has received an order from SMIT Salvage for the delivery of 400m of Ro-Boom 1100 Oilboom. 

Ocean Alert Vessel Launch

  • A Major Step Forward for AKA Maritime

    01 Oct 2003

    When the auctioneer's hammer crashed down in the Maltese Court, AKA Maritime Ltd became the owner of the 72m research and survey vessel Ocean Alert. 

Pollution Control

  • Pay Salvors More for Pollution Prevention Says ISU President

    01 Oct 2003

    Marine salvors meeting in Athens last month expressed deep disappointment at the failure of the joint industry committee to raise SCOPIC Special Compensation rates in line with inflation since they were negotiated four years ago. 

  • Pollution Prevention Proposal

    01 Oct 2003

    The European Commission has adopted a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and Council to equip the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), established last year in the wake of the Erika disaster, with the legal and technical means necessary to operate specialised pollution response ships and equipment for collecting oil and other noxious substances from the sea. 

  • Puerto Rican Pollution Prevention

    01 Oct 2003

    Titan Maritime successfully refloated the M/V Kent Reliant at San Juan Harbour in Puerto Rico last month at the end of a 13 day salvage and response operation. The 522ft cargo ship had grounded just outside the harbour, raising fears of pollution damage to environmentally sensitive areas. 

  • Port Authority Settles 'Sea Empress' Claims

    01 Oct 2003

    Two claims which had been laid against Milford Haven Port Authority in the wake of the Sea Empress grounding in 1996 have finally been resolved. 

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • Utility Majors in Offshore Manoeuvres

    01 Oct 2003

    Major British utility companies have moved to join the march towards offshore renewable energy with the Centrica Group, which owns British Gas, announcing plans to build a £100m wind farm in the Irish Sea and Powergen Renewables buying the rights to develop a £200m wind farm off the west coast of Scotland. 

  • Dubai Coastal Monitoring Website

    01 Oct 2003

    As part of its Coastal Zone Monitoring Programme, the Marine Works Unit of the Dubai Municipality has set up a website www.dubaicoast.org which enables viewers to watch near real-time video of wave conditions along the Jumeirah coastline. 

  • More Merger Among Dutch Dredging Majors

    01 Oct 2003

    Three of what were the dredging industry's Big Six companies only recently, will now operate as one, following the sale of a majority stake in Ballast Ham Dredging to its Dutch rival, the family owned dredging, offshore and marine construction Van Oord Group. 

  • Aberdeen Examines Energy Futures Centre

    01 Oct 2003

    The City of Aberdeen has signalled its determination to remain 'Europe's Energy Capital' after the offshore oil and gas industry has peaked by announcing a detailed feasibility study into the building of a flagship Energy Futures Centre, possibly also encompassing an offshore wind farm. 

  • Hydrodemolition Speeds Panama Canal Lock Repairs

    01 Oct 2003

    Conjet hydrodemolition equipment is playing a key role in removing concrete and assisting with the replacement of the Panama Canal's special tow track rail system. The track is used by powerful electric rack and pinion drive locomotives to assist in towing and guiding ships through the canal's three sets of twin lane locks. 

Propulsion & Power Systems

  • Volvo Penta and Wartsila in Co-operation Plan

    01 Oct 2003

    Volvo Penta and Wartsila are planning future cooperation regarding service and delivery of marine diesel engines for commercial shipping. The cooperation will be initiated in a number of selected markets, with global coverage planned thereafter. 

  • Hybrid Propulsion for Silent Running

    01 Oct 2003

    Vetus Den Ouden has introduced a novel 'hybrid propulsion' installation which enables boats to be powered by diesel fuel or electricity. 

  • California Fuel Cell Boat No Longer Dreaming

    01 Oct 2003

    The world's first electric fuel cell water taxi powered by a hydrogen fuel system has been successfully operated in the harbour at Newport Beach, California as part of its pre-launch testing. The project, which will demonstrate the utility of hydrogen fuel in generating power for ships and port facilities, is a cooperative effort between Millennium Cell, which makes the 'Hydrogen on Demand' hydrogen fuel system, Seaworthy Systems, Duffy Electric Boat, and Anuvu Inc. 

  • Enhanced Engine Room Simulator Launched by Transas

    01 Oct 2003

    Transas has commercially launched the latest version of its Engine Room Simulator ERS 4000. The modified simulator features a modern design for the dedicated hardware set with new control panels and some essential improvements have been made to functionality. 

  • Schottel Propelled to Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Schottel GmbH & Co KG will be showing its innovative range of propulsion products on Stand 07.7048 in Europort's Amstelhal. So broad is the scope of equipment Schottel supplies that teams from both the company's German headquarters and Schottel Nederland BV will be on hand to provide sales and service information. 

Safety & Training

  • Scot Gets a Grip On Maritime Safety

    01 Oct 2003

    Having spent many years working in the onshore and offshore oil and gas industries, Colin Prise recognised that the safety and welfare of the workforce was of primary importance. The company he established in 1990, Scotgrip (UK) Ltd, has just launched a new anti-slip gangway tread which it believes will make a significant step forward in maritime safety. 

  • New SSAS Cures Maritime Security Headache

    01 Oct 2003

    The Tracs-Ships' Security Alert System (SSAS) launched by Thales Navigation Ltd has overcome a major problem being faced by port authorities world-wide. The unit is based on a Thales Inmarsat-C tracking unit that has been refined to exceed the IMO specifications for SSAS units. As a result, the Tracs-SSAS introduces a unique feature that can provide land-based security organisations with ship movement information that has been unobtainable until now. 

  • Port Info Tech at Europort

    01 Oct 2003

    Marine and port information technology specialist Norcontrol IT will be showing its solutions for VTS, VTMIS, Port Management Information Systems, AIS and port security on Stand 07.7167A at Europort 2003. 

Ship & Boat Building

  • UK Builder Sees RIB Expansion

    01 Oct 2003

    Somerset UK based Ribcraft Ltd and Suzuki GB have arranged a packaging agreement whereby Suzuki outboards will be paired with Ribcraft RIBs in competitively priced packages from the builder's 4.8m to 6.5m range. 

  • Cardiff Bay Cruise Cat's Christmas Dinner

    01 Oct 2003

    The first commercial catamaran on Cardiff's recently created 200 hectare freshwater bay will be operational before the end of this year, offering gourmet dining cruises. 

  • Irish Eyes Smiling at Gemini's Twin

    01 Oct 2003

    Gemini Catamaran Workboats Limited of Colchester UK has just completed its first export order. The 11m (36ft) Jueast is a displacement model built for fisherman Shane McIntyre of Waterford in Ireland and will be used by him for potting and netting from the port of Dunmore East. 

  • MECS Consolidates Shipyard Welding

    01 Oct 2003

    Witt Gas Techniques Ltd, the Warrington UK based supplier of gas safety, control, mixing and analysis equipment, has designed a Modular Energy Compact System (MECS) to provide energy supplies and services such as Acetylene, Oxygen, CO 2, Argon and shielding gas as well as compressed and fresh air, vacuum and electric power from one central source close to the point of use. 

  • Malaysian Customs Please the Swedes

    01 Oct 2003

    Sweden's Dockstavarvet and its Malaysian partner Dawn Enterprise Sdn Bhd signed a contract recently for four new IC 16 M High Speed Interceptor patrol vessels. 

  • Corrosion-Free Cooling for RFA Newbuilds

    01 Oct 2003

    Heat exchangers supplied through the Stockport UK office of Sweden's Tranter PHE are being installed in the engine rooms of four British Royal Fleet Auxiliary Landing Ship Dock Auxiliary, or LSD(A), vessels. 

  • New Mitchell 31 Bound To Be a 'Classique'

    01 Oct 2003

    JS Mouldings has introduced a new model to the 31ft Mitchell range with the Classique, which retains the popular Mitchell look while an extended wheelhouse, a lower coachroof and a completely redesigned cockpit area gives it a wide variety of interior layout options. 

  • FBMA's Frisian Passenger/Vehicle Ferry Newbuild

    01 Oct 2003

    FBMA Babcock Marine, a joint venture between the Southampton UK based FBM Babcock Marine and the Aboitiz Group of the Philippines, has been selected to build a 64m vehicle and passenger catamaran for Dutch ferry operator Rederij Doeksen. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Towlines

    01 Oct 2003

    BUE Viking, operators of the largest 'standby' fleet in the North Sea, has appointed Mr Graham Philip as their new Chief Executive. Mr Philip has been associated with the offshore and towage industries for most of his career and was Managing Director of Cory Towage Ltd. At the time of its takeover by the Wijsmuller Group Holding BV he was appointed to the executive board, and when the company was acquired by the AP Moller Group in 2001 became an executive vice president in Copenhagen. 

  • Kings Lynn Take Delivery of New Harbour Tug

    01 Oct 2003

    Operators of the small but busy East Anglian port of Kings Lynn are more than pleased with their new harbour tug Conservator. 

  • Ostensjo Builds Sophisticated New Escort Tug

    01 Oct 2003

    A new high-performance tanker-handling tug has been ordered by Norwegian tug owner Ostensjo Rederi A/S of Haugesund to operate at the Norske Hydro oil terminal at Sture. 

  • A New Tug Fleet at Marchwood

    01 Oct 2003

    There is a growing use of scale model tugs to aid training and simulation in shiphandling and pilotage. Southampton Institute has recently added a tug to their inventory at the Manned Model Shiphandling Facility at Marchwood. The unmanned radio controlled scale model of an ASD tug is fully functional with a scale 52-tons bollard pull. It will operate with the centre's fleet of model ships that include tankers ranging from 40,000 to 300,000 tons deadweight. 

  • Dutch Owners go for the 'New Generation' Shoalbuster

    01 Oct 2003

    Two well-known independent Dutch tug operators have ordered vessels to the new Damen improved design Shoalbuster 2609 design. The new version will retain all of the features that have made this shallow draft twin screw tug so popular with owners working in the dredging and marine civil engineering industries but will incorporate important improvements for seagoing operation. 

Vessel Launch Braveheart

  • New Company Gets 'Braveheart'

    01 Oct 2003

    Barry Towage & Offshore SA, a new Portuguese tug operator with headquarters in Madeira, has taken delivery of the advanced seagoing tug Braveheart. 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Award Tops Work Parade for Busy A&P

    01 Oct 2003

    The Southampton UK headquartered A&P Group has revived the disused yard it took over in Birkenhead so successfully that the facility has been awarded prestigious European Shiprepair & Conversion Specialist 2003 accreditation by the awards committee at the Institute for Transport Management. 

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