Green Pastures for Mustang

01 Dec 2004

Mustang Marine , which celebrates 20 years of trading this month, has taken over the former Milford Haven Ship Repairers south yard and now operates the largest working slipway on the UK's West Coast. The business now employs some 36 people on a 3.8 acre waterfront site. 

New Cat Purrfect for Maritime Studies

01 Dec 2004

Milbrook UK based BWSeaCat has won an order from the Southampton Institute's School of Maritime and Coastal Studies to build a 10m catamaran which will replace the Institute's current training vessel. 

General Lighthouse Authorities Order Newbuilds

01 Dec 2004

Trinity House and the Northern Lighthouse Board , two of the three General Lighthouse Authorities of the UK and Ireland, have reached agreement with the Gdansk Stocznia Remontowa yard in Poland to build two 82m Multi-Function Tenders (MFTs), one for each GLA, and one 35m Rapid Intervention Vessel (RIV) for Trinity House. The ships are being built to the high technical standards demanded by the GLAs for the exacting operations they conduct in coastal waters. 

'Buddy' for Waterways Clearance

01 Dec 2004

The River Tyne Clean-Up Project , led by the Port of Tyne in the UK, have selected the new generation Buddy workboat from the Liverpool Water Witch Marine & Engineering Company to provide a supporting role in their debris clearing operation. 

Flexifloat's Largest Pontoon Completed

01 Dec 2004

Flexifloat Systems BV ofRotterdam has finalised the construction of a new self elevating platform with 48in diameter spuds and a deckload of approximately 400 metric tons. The platform's modular construction makes transport easy and global deployment possible. Once on site, the platform can be assembled in no more than three days.