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Ferries & Short Sea Operations

  • Natural Power Ro-Ros the Boat

    01 Mar 2005

    Scandinavian based car and Ro-Ro transportation specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen hasdemonstrated its commitment to environmentally friendly shipping by designing a conceptual car and Ro-Ro carrier with 'zero emissions' capability and with no ballast water onboard. 

  • Italian CityCats Running in Rio

    01 Mar 2005

    Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil has delivered the first of three 29m CityCat all aluminium catamarans to Barcas SA Shipping Company in Rio De Janeiro. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Airborne Bathymetry In Rivers Breakthrough

    01 Mar 2005

    In the first instance of a shallow water river environment being successfully mapped by airborne LIDAR survey technology, Woolpert Inc and Fugro Pelagos Inc have completed a survey of the Yakima River in the USA.  

  • 'QM 2' Ramps up Bridgetown Survey Requirement

    01 Mar 2005

    The Port of Bridgetown in the Barbados has become one of the premier ports for the booming cruise ship industry operating out of Miami and Port Everglades. Major dredging works completed in May 2002 allow the port to accept vessels of up to 10m draught.   

  • Sonar Finds Hidden Beaches

    01 Mar 2005

    Sonar studies of the Venice Lagoon have revealed submerged beaches that play a crucial role in preservation of its wetlands following surveys carried out by Southampton Oceanography Centre on behalf of CORILAS (Consortium for Co-ordination of Research Activities for the Venice Lagoon System). 

  • INSS Contract Awarded to iXSEA

    01 Mar 2005

    iXSEA of France has been awarded a contract by the Marine Institute of Ireland for supplyof navigational and positioning systems for use as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) project, currently the worlds largest hydrographic survey venture covering an area of 450,000 square km.  The project is managed by the Geological Survey of Ireland in association with the Institute. 

  • Canadian Hydrographic Association Joins IFHS

    01 Mar 2005

    The Canadian HydrographicAssociation (CHA) has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), the recently established elective international body comprising member organisations of Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, the UK and US.   

  • Latest Fugro AUV Launched

    01 Mar 2005

    Fugro in Aberdeen reports successful trials and launch of its new Hugin 3000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Echo Surveyor, following acceptance tests at Kongsberg Maritime's base in Horton, Norway.  

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Port of Ngqura Taking Shape

    01 Mar 2005

    Construction of South Africa's newest harbour, Port of Ngqura, at Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, is progressing according to schedule, with approximately Rand 2 billion already having been spent on infrastructure.  

  • Breakwater Considered to Strengthen Sea Defences

    01 Mar 2005

    A £50 million pound harbour and breakwater is being considered as one of a number of the proposals to strengthen the sea defences at Weston on the north Somerset coast in the UK.  

  • More Orders for Xbloc Armoured Units

    01 Mar 2005

    Xbloc armoured units of the type developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands have been selected for a number of new projects in different locations around the world, according to company spokesperson Bas Reedijk.  

  • UK Dredging Secures New Contract

    01 Mar 2005

    The Port of Bristol has awarded UK Dredging (UKD) a term contract to carry out the maintenance dredging of its dock entrances at Portbury and Avonmouth over the next three years.   

Navaids

  • Tideland's New Buoys Are UK Manufactured

    01 Mar 2005

    Tideland Signal is now manufacturing its new SB-98P multi-purpose polyethylene buoy in the UK rather than importing supplies from North America, providing better availability for customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 

Navigation & Communication

  • Rescue and Coordination Centre for Ostend

    01 Mar 2005

    Barco, Fabricom GTI and Tein Telecom are cooperating to build a new maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) at the Belgian port of Ostend. The new MRCC, commissioned by the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community , will replace the current monitoring system to become an integrated rescue and coordination centre. 

  • Type Approval for 'Voyager' Integrated Navigation System

    01 Mar 2005

    Furuno 's new Voyage r Integrated Navigation System (INS) has received type approvals from BSH in Germany. 

News

  • First IPSEM Certification to Port of Cork

    01 Mar 2005

    International Code for Safety and Environmental Protection Management (IPSEM) certificate by classification society Bureau Veritas.  

  • No Lead in this Zeppelin

    01 Mar 2005

    Dutch heavy transport shipping operator Dockwise delivered its lightest ever load last month when a 75m LOA zeppelin weighing only 700 kilos was transported on board Dock Express 10 on a 35 day voyage from Germany to Japan.  

  • EHMC Seminar in Port of Bordeaux

    01 Mar 2005

    Under the title Safe Seas, Safe Ports the European Harbour Masters Committee (EHMC) will host this year’s one day seminar on 2 June in the French Port of Bordeaux.   

  • Deutz Flight to the Finnish

    01 Mar 2005

    Finnish engine manufacturer Wärtsilä has paid €115 million to acquire the assets of Deutz AG’s medium and large marineengine service operations, including original spare parts sales, repair and maintenance. Wärtsilä will use the Deutz Marine brand name and will be the supplier of spares and technical support for the Deutz engines worldwide.  

  • EU Funding Behind SEA-AHED

    01 Mar 2005

    An EU funded research and development project aimed at improving safety at sea for cruise ship passengers and crew may be extended to also benefit ro-ro ships, fast ferries and other types of vessel. The Simulation Environment and Advisory System for On Board Help and Estimation of Manoeuvring Performance During Design project, which has somehow been given the acronym SEA-AHED, has been funded by over €1.7 million from the EU’s Framework Programme.  

  • Engine Barrier Broken

    01 Mar 2005

     

  • Engine Barrier Broken

    01 Mar 2005

    MAN B&W Diesel has broken the single engine 100,000bhp barrier with its new 12 cylinder 12K98MC pumping out a total of 101,645 bhp.  

  • Seafarers' ID Convention

    01 Mar 2005

    France, Jordan and Nigeria ratified The Seafarers' Identity Documents Convention 2003 (No.185) last month, bringing it into force.    

  • Cold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker

    01 Mar 2005

    For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a remote research base in the Antarctic. The American plea came as food and fuel shortages threatened to halt the long-term US polar research programme at McMurdo on the Ross Sea coast. 

  • London Extends Thames Wharf Protection

    01 Mar 2005

    The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing 'safeguarding' policy but extends it to safeguard 25 wharves east of the Thames Barrier for the first time. 

  • Wartsila Thrust Into China

    01 Mar 2005

    Finland based marine engine and propulsion supplier Wartsila is investing ? 6.6 million to establish a tranverse thruster factory at Wuxi, near Shanghai in China. The wholly owned Wartsila Propulsion (Wuxi) Co Ltd will employ some 120 people producing LIPS brand thrusters for the global shipbuilding market. 

  • Jenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment

    01 Mar 2005

    Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company. 

  • Small Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards

    01 Mar 2005

    Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels. 

  • 'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece

    01 Mar 2005

    Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel's breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion. 

  • Dutch Dredger Builders Detach

    01 Mar 2005

    IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland's approved the sale last month of the group's shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank. 

  • SeaBritain 2005 Festival Online

    01 Mar 2005

    This year will see a nationwide celebration of Britain's long love affair with the sea, inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson. 

  • United Nations' Tsunami Aid Role

    01 Mar 2005

    The United Nations agency International Maritime Organisation is to help coordinate restoration of key maritime infrastructure in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami tragedy. 

  • UK To Lead Push for Renewables

    01 Mar 2005

    With the global market for renewable energy technologies topping $25 billion last year, 11 UK renewable energy trade associations have joined forces to publish an eight point action plan aimed at rapidly expanding the use of renewables to a point where they provide a quarter of British energy needs by 2025. This would be in line with recommendations made to G8 nations by the International Climate Change Task Force The action plan sets out how the UK can take full advantage of its vast renewable energy resources while taking action to reduce carbon emissions and increase security. At the heart of the plan is an urgent call to develop renewables across all energy sectors, so that the good progress being made in developing renewable electricity, especially wind power, is expanded for all renewable technologies. This would mean the Government setting targets and introducing financial support measures to create new markets for renewable heat and transport fuels. 

  • MCA Awards Radio Contract

    01 Mar 2005

    The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency has awarded a new contract for Maritime Radio Survey & Inspection to Selenia Communications Ltd .The three year contract, awarded following a full European tendering process commences on the first of next month and will include Port State Control, survey and general inspection as well acting in an advisory capacity. The contract is managed centrally from Selenia's Chelmsford head office and will be carried out by 30 surveyors based in 14 UK offices. 

  • Famous Buoy Successfully Upgraded in the Arabian Gulf

    01 Mar 2005

    After 30 years acting as a key rendezvous point for tankers in the Arabian Gulf, the Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) buoy has been successfully upgraded to a high focal plane buoy adjacent to the main tanker lane exiting the Gulf. 

  • Bridge Equipment Goes Dutch

    01 Mar 2005

    To obtain a further shortening of lead time, especially in the increasingly important retrofit market, Furuno has opened a new European Distribution Centre at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands. 

  • Large Leap for Inland Boxes

    01 Mar 2005

    Box traffic on French inland waterways increased by 37% during the first nine months of 2004 and showed particularly strong growth in the River Rhone basin, where it increased by 53%. Growth in the Rhine and Seine basins and Nord-Pas de Calais was up by more than 30%. Overall traffic on French waterways was up by 5.9% to 57.9 million tons. 

Pollution Control

  • Positive Spin for Circular Skimmer

    01 Mar 2005

    Denmark based oil pollution response equipment specialists Ro-Clean Desmi have fared well at recent skimmer tests formulated by the US Coast Guard and carried out at the OHMSETT national testing facility in New Jersey.  

  • Compensation Boost

    01 Mar 2005

    Increased levels of compensation will be available for victims of oil pollution from oil tanker accidents as a result of the 2003 Protocol adopted by a diplomatic conference at IMO headquarters in London and establishing an International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund  which came into existence on the third of this month.  

  • ISU Call for 'Casualty Management Guidelines'

    01 Mar 2005

    Western Europe has been the focus of regulatory developments in recent years concerning accidental pollution from ships. The total losses of the Erika and, subsequently, the Prestige have done much to harden attitudes in the wake of catastrophic pollution. 

Seawork 2005 Preview

  • MGDuff Brings the Right Stuff to Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    MG Duff has been at the forefront of marine cathodic protection since the early 1950s and continues to be one of the largest suppliers of systems and services to the marine market in the UK and throughout the world. The company will be at Seawork 2005  showing its new cold-applied zinc application Zinguard which has been chosen as the primary corrosion protection for the Medway Ports’ fleet of line running boats. 

  • Wind Farm Boat Hunger Satisfied at Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    Offshore wind farms are now in situ off the coasts of Britain and many more are expected over the next five years. The UK Government is supporting their construction in an effort to meet its own target of generating 10% of the national energy requirement using renewable sources by 2010. This policy is echoed across Northern Europe, with Denmark, Germany and Holland also developing their offshore renewable energy resources.  

  • VT Halmatic Sends the Fleet to Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    Portchester UK based boat builders VT Halmatic could be bringing as many as seven vessels to Seawork 2005 although it is too early for the company to be sure of which craft will be available for dis­play in mid-June.  

  • Kort Propulsion Report for Seawork and Celebrate 70th Year

    01 Mar 2005

    January of this year saw Kent based Seawork exhibitor Kort Propulsion celebrate 70 years of operation in the United Kingdom.  

  • Seawork Cheetah Pull Off The Italian Job

    01 Mar 2005

    Isle of Wight based Seawork stalwarts Cheetah Marine delivered their latest newbuild 6.9m Survey Cheetah to its owner in Southern Italy with an epic road journey over Christmas and the New Year. 

  • Debut Appearance for Mojo at Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    One of the many companies making their first appearance as exhibitors at Seawork this year is Falmouth based Mojo Maritime Ltd , which offers a range of in-house marine expertise providing both contract and consultancy support to offshore projects for both UK clients and those abroad in locations running from the Netherlands to West Africa. 

  • Seawork Bound Mustang Delivers Ice Cold RIBs

    01 Mar 2005

    When the Britrish Antarctic Survey (BAS), on behalf of the Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, researched the RIB market for two new craft for use in the treacherous waters of Antarctica, their choice was the strong aluminium hulled Ribworker design from Ocean Dynamics . 

  • Fluggaboat Gets Tough at Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    New exhibitor Unst Inshore Services will travel to Seawork 2005 all the way from the north end of Unst in the Shetlands, where the Muckle Flugga lighthouse is the most northerly beacon in the UK. In homage to the rugged nature of their home base, Unst Inshore has named their rugged new workboat the Fluggaboat . The boat is aimed primarily at the commercial market although private orders are also being taken. 

  • Seawork 2005 Goes International

    01 Mar 2005

    Building as always on what has gone before, the eighth annual Seawork Exhibition and Conference again crests the horizon, sailing towards landfall in the ABP Port of Southampton on 14-16 June at the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal . 

  • Safehaven Sails for Seawork Again

    01 Mar 2005

    Crossing the Irish Sea again for Seawork 2005 will be Cork based Safehaven Marine . The 37th and most recent boat to be launched by the company is Orca , their 10th Interceptor 42, built for Angus Campbell of the Isle of Harris in Scotland. 

  • Versi-Dredge Digs Into Europe at Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    Wave Seven Marine , which specialises in the supply of innovative marina equipment, will be showing the US built Versi-Dredge transportable dredging machine for the first time at Seawork 2005 . 

  • South Boats Newbuilds Sail to Seawork

    01 Mar 2005

    It is a short crossing to Seawork from East Cowes on the Isle of Wight, where the prolific boat builders at South Boats Ltd are preparing to bring two newbuild commercial catamarans to the 2005 exhibition. 

Ship & Boat Building

  • Distribution Deal for Modular Workboat

    01 Mar 2005

    Scotland based Fusion Marine has been appointed as UK and Irish agent for the Nordic Seahunter, a rotationally moulded plastic boat which can work as a single unit or be linked together with other units to create a larger unit such as a pontoon or raft.   

  • Pilots Foiled in Virginia

    01 Mar 2005

    Seattle USA based Marine Industries has recently delivered three pilot boats cross country for deployment on the eastern seaboard of the USA. The Swift is a foil assisted catamaran for the Virginia Pilot’s Association whileBrunswick andGlynnare 50ft RIBs for theBrunswick Bar Pilots’ Association at thePort of Brunswickin Georgia.  

  • French Yard Delivers Aluminium Workboats

    01 Mar 2005

    The OCEA Shipyard at Les Sables d’Olonne on the west coast of France has developed a range of aluminium multi-purpose workboats up to 50m LOA which are deployed for operations such as buoy laying, hydrographic survey and diving support operations. 

  • Sea SLICE Saw Southampton Input

    01 Mar 2005

    Shipbuilder FBMA Marine Inc of Cebu in the Philippines is building two 28m LOA high-tech Sea SLICE crew ferries as prime contractor to Lockheed Martin , which won the $25m order to supply the vessels for the Mexican national oil company PEMEX . 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Spain Orders Pollution Control ETVs

    01 Mar 2005

    SASEMAR , the Spanish marine safety agency, has ordered two advanced pollution prevention and control vessels designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce in a contract worth approximately £16m. 

  • TOWLINES

    01 Mar 2005

    Commercial and military boatbuilder VT Halmatic ofPortchester has recently secured a contract to build three WB18 workboats for an un-named overseas operator. The 18.9m steel workboats will be similar to Prince Rock , delivered in 2004 to Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and will be delivered in early 2006. Powered by twin 600hp main engines the vessels will have a bollard pull of over 15 tonnes and free running speeds of over 10 knots. A bow thruster has been incorporated to assist manoeuvrability and a 3 tonne deck hydraulic crane will be fitted. 

  • New Lighterage Contracts for GPS

    01 Mar 2005

    GPS Marine Contractors Ltd with tugs fleets based on the Thames and Medway have announced new lighterage contracts with both Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd and Hanson Aggregates Ltd . The work for Stema Shipping involves the transportation of aggregates by barge from Red Lion Wharf at Northfleet on the Thames to sites at Dagenham and Canning Town. 

  • And More ETVs to Come

    01 Mar 2005

    The provision of Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) is becoming a serious issue for many governments and coastal states and is increasingly seen as a tangible preventative measure capable of dealing with a wide range of potential maritime incidents. ETVs have now been in service in many countries, including the UK for several years and the type of vessel most suited for this work is beginning to emerge. 

  • Robert Allan Ltd Celebrates 75 Year Anniversary

    01 Mar 2005

    In 2005, Vancouver-based Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) will celebrate its 75th year of continuous business as a firm of Consulting Naval Architects .From its inception, through three generations of family ownership, the company has served the international marine community with a wide range of specialised tug and workboat designs. 

Vessel Launch Sea Helper

  • 'Sea Helper' is a First for Macduff Ship Design

    01 Mar 2005

    The harbour tug Sea Helper is the first vessel of its class to be designed by Macduff Ship Design. Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland commissioned Macduff Ship Design to produce the design, contract/tender information, and act as owner's project managers throughout the contract period.  

Vessel Launch Velox

  • A New Compact Escort Tug for Ostensjo

    01 Mar 2005

    The delivery of the new Voith escort tug Velox represents a number of 'firsts' for the owner, designer, shipyard and propulsion system manufacturer. Handed over to Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund on 15 February, the vessel is a product of the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan SA of Figueras, Asturias. 

Taylor Fuel Control