Study Focus on Fast Rescue Boats Recovery

01 Jul 2005

Bristol based Dag Pike Associate s (DPA) has completed a study for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK designed to improve the performance of the Fast Rescue Boats (FRCs) used on stand-by and multi-role vessels used in the North Sea offshore oil operations. The study looked at both the health and safety aspects of the crews operating the FRCs as well as improving their performance so that they could operate in more severe conditions. 

Crane's Claim to Fame at Seawork Exhibition

01 Jul 2005

One of the lifting equipment highlights of Seawork 2005 , on display in the Innovations Showcase and also represented on the Wave Seven Marine stand, was the new marina lifting crane manufactured by Vermeer-Holland . 

Zhen and the Art of Crane Delivery

01 Jul 2005

With Berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal nearing completion after 18 months of modernisation works, five giant container cranes arrived in the Port of Hamburg last month following an eight week voyage by sea from Shanghai. 

'Epor' Spells End of Hull Damage

01 Jul 2005

A new system for mooring boats without risking the unsightly and expensive scuffing of hulls has been invented by Richard Meredith of Silverpin Ltd who, describing his invention as 'the opposite of a rope', has chosen to call it Epor .