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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Crane Gain for NME

    01 Oct 2005

    Norwegian Maritime Equipment (NME) has won a ? 500,000 order to supply ten marine cranes for five new Norwegian coast guard vessels, the first of which is scheduled for launch by the end of this year. The order was received from the Sczecin Ship Repair Yard Gryfia SA in Poland, which is building the vessels for Remoy management AS and Remoy Shipping AS. 

  • Swell Compensator System Lifts Crane Capacity

    01 Oct 2005

    Hytop BV has designed, produced, delivered, tested and operated two swell compensator systems which will enable Genius Vos to handle heavy loads on the open sea. Key to the system is ensuring that a crane which can take a 280 ton static lift load but is not equipped to respond to rapidly changing loads does not experience more than 50 tons jump load while 150 ton platform structures are being lifted from a supply vessel at sea. 

  • TTS Buys Kocks Deck Machinery

    01 Oct 2005

    In a continuing policy of acquiring companies which complement its current portfolio, Norway's TTSMarine ASA has signed a final sale and purchase agreement to acquire Germany's Kocks GmbH of Bremen. 

  • Winch Drives Delivered to Tight Schedule

    01 Oct 2005

    West Yorkshire UK based hydraulic motors and drive systems manufacturer Hagglunds Drives was selected by Subsea 7 to supply two drive systems plus auxiliary supplies for ROV handling on the vessel Skandi Neptune .The power units are in the familiar cabinet style of Hagglunds and suitable for on-deck operations, complete with the drive controls and Spider monitoring system. Also manufactured by Hagglunds, this provides constant power control to maximise the line speed available. 

  • Heavy Lift for Light Load

    01 Oct 2005

    After delivering its heaviest ever load last year, the 59,500 ton Thunderhorse production platform for BP , Dockwise Shipping has now transported its lightest load ever. The company's headquarters at Breda in the Netherlands mobilised the dock ship Enterprise to transport a Zeppelin NT airship weighing only 700 kilos from Amsterdam to South Africa. 

  • Dubai Drydocks Builds Its Own Crane

    01 Oct 2005

    Visitors to ShipRepair & Conversion Dubai may find time to make a side excursion to Dubai Drydocks, which has built a 2,000 ton floating crane to its own account. 

  • HATLAPA Extends to the Eastern Mediterranean

    01 Oct 2005

    HATLAPA Uetersener Maschinenfabrik has extended its activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to locations in Uetersen (Germany), Poole (England), Singapore, and Shanghai, HATLAPA EastMed Ltd commenced operations at Limassol in Cyprus last month. 

  • Versatile Crane Lifts A&P Falmouth

    01 Oct 2005

    A £1m investment in a new mobile harbour crane will improve the service offered to ship owners using the UK Port of Falmouth by offering faster discharges of cargo and improved lift capacity on all berths and docksides. 

  • Box Handling Streamlined at Muuga Container Terminal

    01 Oct 2005

    Estonia's main dedicated container handling facility, Muuga Container Terminal (Muuga CT) in the Port of Tallinn , has placed an order with Kalmar Industries for two all electric E-One rubber tyred gantry (RTG) cranes and two Shuttle Carrier (r) of the fast transport one over one design. 

  • Skyjack Lowers the Boom for Maintenance

    01 Oct 2005

    Contractors performing maintenance works on the slipped Wightlink passenger catamaran Our Lady Pamela used two knuckle boom cranes from the AFI Aerial Platforms rental fleet to ensure easy access to all parts of the vessel. 

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Portuguese Propulsion Package

    01 Oct 2005

    The Arsenal do Alfeite yard in Portugal has built two 16.1m aluminium patrol boats for that country's navy. Each boat is powered by twin Scania DI12M marine diesels rated 460kW at 2,200 rpm which are direct coupled to UltraJet 376 waterjets. 

  • Water Seals It at Europort Exhibition

    01 Oct 2005

    The fusion of the Europort and Rotterdam Maritime exhibitions has inspired Dordrecht based water lubricated stern tube system specialists Maprom Engineering BV to make a move of its own. 

  • RingProp Deal

    01 Oct 2005

    RingProp PLC has selected E P Barrus Ltd to distribute the company's innovative ringed propeller line in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Barrus will employ its substantial technical experience to complement RingProp's own testing programme and help to create a selection guide for boat users in the UK. Barrus will also be responsible for warehousing, distribution and sales. 

  • Propulsion Packages for Canal Tug Fleet

    01 Oct 2005

    British Waterways has awarded a £300,000 contract to Stroud based Beta Marine for 23 new engines and associated hydraulic propulsion systems. 

  • Naturally Aspirated Clean Marine Engine

    01 Oct 2005

    The new naturally aspirated Perkins Sabre M92B is claimed to be the only marine propulsion engine in the world to be certified as complying with Central Commission for Navigation on the Rhine (CCNR) Stage Two requirements, which do not come into force until January 2007. The new direct injection four cylinder 4.4 litre engine supersedes the Perkins Sabre M92 and complies with all known European marine environmental legislation until 2011. 

Diving & Underwater Services

  • Blade Repair Undertaken in a Cold Climate

    01 Oct 2005

    A fully laden bulk carrier arrived at the Port of Ventspil in Latvia last winter with serious propeller damage and requested Antwerp based Hydrex to carry out an inspection and the needed repairs. 

Dredging

  • 'Terra et Aqua' 100 Celebrated

    01 Oct 2005

    The International Association of Dredging Contractors celebrated its 40th anniversary last month with the 100th edition of Terra et Aqua , the magazine which has been its flagship publication since 1972 and one of the main means by which dredging information is disseminated to the world at large. 

  • Pre-Dredge Survey for 'Queen Mary 2'

    01 Oct 2005

    During the summer, the cruise liner Queen Mary 2 visited the Scottish Highlands, berthing at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth. The week running up to the arrival of QM2 was a time of excited anticipation by local people and feverish activity by the port authority. At 345m long and drawing 10m of water, QM2 is the largest liner ever to sail the seas and also the largest floating object ever to venture into the Cromarty Firth. 

  • Seatools in Demand

    01 Oct 2005

    Netherland based Seatools BV has won an order for two real-time dredging monitoring systems from their DredgeMate line of products. 

  • Big Teeth Guard Europort Entrance

    01 Oct 2005

    International dredging engineers and contractors VOSTA LMG will be the first exhibitors visitors see upon arrival at Europort Maritime . 

Europort . Mets . Shiprepair & Conversion

  • Exhibition Season Extravaganza

    01 Oct 2005

    The autumn exhibition and conference season is about to deliver a surge of activity for Maritime Journal readers with not one but three major maritime events poised to happen in rapid succession. 

Ferries & Short Sea Operations

  • Ferry Traffic Takes Big Step Forward

    01 Oct 2005

    Stena Line Freight hasannounced a 28% increase in its Irish Sea business during the first six months of 2005, part of an overall 14% increase across the company's entire freight route network. 

  • European Shortsea Consolidation Underway

    01 Oct 2005

    Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire established shortsea operator Seawheel . The two companies have announced that due diligence procedures have been completed and they await final approval from regulatory authorities. 

  • P&O Ferries' Marine Software Progress

    01 Oct 2005

    UK based Marine Software Ltd has signed an exclusive new contract with P&O Ferries to provide fleet wide procurement, planned maintenance and stock control software systems. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Cardiff Education Seminar

    01 Oct 2005

    Reconciling academic and professional standards with the needs of the commercial hydrographic industry now facing a shortage of skilled personnel as a result of declining numbers of students and courses with hydrographic content is to be the subject of a one day seminar organised by the Hydrographic Society UK at Cardiff University 's Conference Centre on Friday 11 November. 

  • Buoyant Sales for Sonardyne

    01 Oct 2005

    Sonardyne reports continuing volume sales with news that Ashtead Technology Rentals in Aberdeen is to increase its commitment to the Yateley based company's acoustic wideband systems with further acquisition of equipment, the total value of which now exceeds US $9m. It presently maintains over 200 wideband-enabled Compatt 5 subsea transponders as well as a large inventory of Fusion equipment for worldwide availability via 11 support bases. 

  • IHO Multibeam Listing

    01 Oct 2005

    The International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco has published a complete listing of seafloor swathe-mapping systems in service worldwide. 

Insurance, Legal & Finance

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Dutch Cabinet Agrees Rotterdam Development Project

    01 Oct 2005

    The Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands has confirmed that the Dutch Cabinet recently reached a decision on a package of projects for the forthcoming Rotterdam Mainport Development Project (PMR). 

  • UK Dredging Extends its Reach

    01 Oct 2005

    UK Dredging (UKD), Associated British Ports' (ABP) dredging arm, 'moved from strength to strength' in the first half of 2006, said the company in a statement issued in September, with its fleet employed in both ABP and third-party dredging works. 

  • Mooring Basin Opens

    01 Oct 2005

    The revitalisation of Scotland's inland waterways has reached a major milestone with the formal opening of a new £1.2m mooring basin on the Forth & Clyde Canal. The mooring basin, which has been funded by Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire and British Waterways, with support from North Lanarkshire Council, will help meet the needs of increasing boat traffic on the newly reopened Lowland Canals and will provide a convenient resting place for vessels in transit between the Firth of Forth and Firth of Clyde. 

  • SIX Construct awarded contract in Cameroon

    01 Oct 2005

    SIX Construct , the subsidiary of Belgium-based BESIX , has been awarded a contract by Cameroon Shipyard and Industrial Engineering Ltd for the design and construction of a 400m long multipurpose quaywall. 

  • Sandbanks Causing Problems for Newly Opened Marina

    01 Oct 2005

    Shifting sands are causing problems for recreational sailors at a recently completed £3.5m West Wales marina where several small craft have run aground this summer. 

  • Abu Dhabi Dredging Tender

    01 Oct 2005

    Aldar Properties in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has invited a total of eight dredging contractors to tender for the dredging and reclamation contract at Abu Dhabi's forthcoming Al Raha beach development. 

  • DMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc

    01 Oct 2005

    Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of the Port of Oriel at Clogherhead, Ireland. 

  • Van Oord Wins More Work in UK and Russia

    01 Oct 2005

    Van Oord in the Netherlands has been award the Rochester Riverside Development atRochester in the UK and a major contract in Russia. 

Monitoring & Control

  • CCTV Boosts Aggregate Dredgers' Security

    01 Oct 2005

    Southampton UK based marine aggregates dredger operators CEMEX Marine have had CCTV security systems installed on their fleet of seven vessels in order to comply with the ISPS Code. 

  • Importance of Onboard Viscosity Measurement

    01 Oct 2005

    The ferry Povl Anker is one of four BornholmsTraffiken vessels that transport passengers, mail and goods between the Danish island of Bornholm and the ports of Sassnitz (Germany) and Ystad (Sweden). The Povl Anker is 190m LOA, 12,000 ton vessel with a capacity for 1,500 passengers. 

Navaids

  • NewGeneration of Sector Lights Launched

    01 Oct 2005

    Hampshire UK based manufacturer and supplier of aids to navigation Hydrosphere has launched the new Vega VLS-46 LED precision sector lights, which combine the latest LED technology with precision engineering and lens manufacturing to produce a completely new generation of navigation lights. These lights complement the existing range of longer range and daylight PEL precision sector lamps by providing a lower cost solution for shorter range applications. 

  • Navaids Go Live at Europort

    01 Oct 2005

    Tideland Signal will be showing highlights of its comprehensive range of aids to navigation on Stand 501 at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam, including the latest AIS, a remote monitoring and control system, and single diode based lanterns. 

  • Royal Opening for Trinity House

    01 Oct 2005

    The new office complex for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England, Wales, The Channel Islands and Gibraltar, was opened during the summer by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Master of Trinity House. 

Navigation & Communication

  • Radio Holland and Furuno Neighbours at Europort

    01 Oct 2005

    Radio Holland will be found at Europort Maritime conveniently next to the door to Hall 1 and adjacent to marine communications equipment manufacturer Furuno . At Europort Radio Holland will focus on new developments in products and services they can provide. 

  • NavComms Bonanza at Europort

    01 Oct 2005

    Alphatron Marine BV will have a home nation presence on Stand 376 at Europort Maritime , showing not only the products it supplies from JRC, Sailor, Consilium, Kelvin Hughes and Yokogawa but also the growing collection of its own Alphatron equipment. 

  • 'MapView' Adds Tracking to SSAS

    01 Oct 2005

    Gloucestershire UK based Satamatics has launched MapView , a web based mapping utility designed to further expand the capability of their Ship Security Alert System O cean Alert . The MapView option will allow ship owners to view the location and trace history of all their vessels via the Ocean Alert website, as well as receiving positional, speed and course data in a tabular format. 

  • New Modular Combi Unit Makes Debut

    01 Oct 2005

    The Simrad 33 Series has been rejuvenated with the new CX33 combination unit as part of the Simrad CX range. 

News

  • New Pollution Ship Heads for Completion

    01 Oct 2005

    The former Eckelmann cleaning and oil disposal tanker Marcus is now in Bremerhaven for final fitting out and completion as Germany's latest oil pollution combat ship Luneplate after conversion in Brake. 

  • Irish-Norwegian Accord

    01 Oct 2005

    The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering collaboration and co-operation for seabed surveys and underwater robotics as well as fisheries science, farming and health. 

  • First S-VDR Type Approval

    01 Oct 2005

    Norwegian marine electronic safety equipment manufacturer Jotron Electronics AS hasclaimed an industry first by gaining Type Approval for their new TRON S-VDR (Simplified Voyage Data Recorder) capsule. Jotron's latest product has been tested and approved by DNV in accordance with IMO Res.<$>MSC.163 (78). 

  • New Pompey-Le Havre Service

    01 Oct 2005

    Paris based shipping company LD Lines started operations between Portsmouth UK and Le Havre in France earlier this month. The 1992 built Norman Spirit , with a capacity for 120 trucks and 1,850 passengers, will operate the new service daily. Traffic forecast is for 600,000 passengers and 50,000 trucks per year. 

  • Picture Perfect ABP

    01 Oct 2005

    Associated British Ports ' latest annual report has won a special award for 'Best Packaging, Visuals & Communication'. 

  • New UK/Holland Freight Service

    01 Oct 2005

    Harwich International Port haswelcomed the first call of a new Nedlines BV ro-pax service. The service between the Essex UK port and IJmuiden in the Netherlands is operated by the MS Envoy and is chartered by Finnlines. It focuses on driver accompanied freight traffic and offers a daily overnight sailing. 

  • Hypo Hoists Young Engineer Award

    01 Oct 2005

     Britain's most talented young engineers converged on the Old Royal Navy College in Greenwich last month to participate in the 2005 Annual Celebration of Engineering .Taking the top award, Young Engineer for Britain 2005 , and a £2,500 prize was 18 year old Tanya Budd of Waingels College in Reading. 

  • Trees for Trafalgar

    01 Oct 2005

    One of many events commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar this month is an ambitious tree planting project organised by the Woodlands Trust in the UK. 'Tree for All' invites anyone to dedicate a tree in the Trust's new Victory Wood at a site overlooking the sea in Medway, Kent. The Wood is near Chatham Docks, where HMS Victory and several other Trafalgar fleet ships were built. 

  • Delayed Research Ship Heads for Handover

    01 Oct 2005

    Due for handover this month, nine months later than scheduled, is the new German polar research ship Maria S Merian , being described as the most modern ship of her type in Europe. 

  • Swift Selling Safety

    01 Oct 2005

    Aberdeen based Swift Industrial Supplies Ltd , which supplies ships chandlery and marine safety equipment, has been awarded the sales distributorship for Draeger Safety . Draeger Safety specialises in gas measuring technology and supplies fixed and portable warning systems which measure for gas continuously and sound an alarm if elevated concentrations occur. Personal alarms are also supplied. 

  • UKHO Owns SeaZone

    01 Oct 2005

    Environmental engineering consultancy Metoc plc has agreed to sell its majority shareholding in SeaZone Solutions Ltd to the UK Hydrographic Office . Metoc will continue to work from time to time with SeaZone, which delivers UKHO hydrospatial and other UK and overseas agencies' data to the worldwide geographical information market. 

  • New Thames Safety Guide

    01 Oct 2005

    A new guide, The Tidal Thames - a guide for users of recreational craft , is available free from the Port of London Authority . The 30 page booklet explains the key rules that apply on the tidal Thames and outlines basic safety procedures. The guide covers the entire tidal Thames, some 93 miles from the estuary to Teddington. 

  • Wartsila/Mitsubishi Alliance

    01 Oct 2005

    Wartsila Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd have signed an agreement for a strategic alliance in the field of two-stroke diesel engines. 

  • First Car Carrier Arrives on Humber

    01 Oct 2005

    The ever expanding Humber Sea Terminal (HST) has added a car carrier to its list of clients with the arrival of a vessel operated by Eukor Car Carriers transporting some 2,500 cars from a major producer in the Far East. 

  • Wind of Change Sweeps Highlands Port

    01 Oct 2005

    The Cromarty Firth is becoming a key staging post for the delivery of components to wind farm developments in the Highlands and the north east of Scotland. Danish logistics company Deugro Danmark A/S has begun a series of 15 shipments through the Port of Invergordon of components for wind farm projects at Pauls Hill near Rothes and Farr near Inverness. 

  • Primar ENC Pilot Service

    01 Oct 2005

    Primar Stavanger , operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service , has established a new service under which it will support more than 280 national coastal pilots with remote ENC access. 

  • 'Pamela' Points Towards Port Expansion

    01 Oct 2005

    The UK Port of Felixstowe has received calls from the world's largest and longest containerships recently. 

  • Call for UK Maritime Lobby

    01 Oct 2005

    The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Savory, believes that the UK's diverse maritime industry needs to create a UK-wide council to ensure that the sector is taken seriously by Government. 

  • ISSA Joins ISMA

    01 Oct 2005

    The International Ship Suppliers Association (ISSA) has strengthened its relationship with the global ship management sector by becoming an associate member of ISMA. With global membership approaching 1,600 companies, ISSA currently represents over 70% of the world's ship supply sector. 

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • Work Starts on Turner Contemporary

    01 Oct 2005

    James Mallord William Turner was on board a Margate steamer to sketch the passage of HMSTemeraire as it was towed upriver by a smoke belching 'modern' steam tug on 6 September 1838. The 'ship that saved Victory' at the Battle of Trafalgar was on a last voyage to Beatson's ship breaking yard at Rotherhithe. The work which resulted from Turner's observations that day, Fighting Temeraire , has just been voted Britain's favourite painting. 

  • Tide Turns in Scotland

    01 Oct 2005

    Renewable wave and tidal energy could provide up to 10% of Scotland's electricity production and create around 7,000 new jobs under measures announced last month. 

  • 'Matador 3' Lifts First Offshore Substation

    01 Oct 2005

    The UK's first offshore substation has been successfully installed at the Barrow Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea. The substation transforms the power generated by the windfarm before it can be exported to the national grid and marks a crucial stage in the development of the 30 turbine facility, which is expected to provide power for some 65,000 homes. 

  • Breakwater Beats the Weather at Holy Loch

    01 Oct 2005

    Intermarine Ltd has just completed a race against time to design, supply and install a floating breakwater and moorings in the Holy Loch on the west coast of Scotland. The breakwater for client Seavision Ltd creates a large area of protected water for the continuing development of moorings over the next three to five years. 

  • 'Manchester Bobber' Promises Wave Power

    01 Oct 2005

    The University of Manchester and the University of Manchester Intellectual Property Ltd (UMIP), in partnership with Mowlem plc and Royal Haskoning , are developing an innovative and patented new wave energy device known as the Manchester Bobber . The device was showcased last month at the New & Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Blyth UK recently. 

  • IMCA Takes a View on Offshore Renewables

    01 Oct 2005

    The London based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has prepared a position paper on offshore renewable energy to assist and inform its 270 members in 35 countries on the marine renewable energy market. Having examined the background and scale of developments using existing and planned wind farms in the UK, the 14 page paper looks at legislation and guidelines, raising awareness, the market, research & development, other technical issues, safety, the environment and contracting, whilst wave and tidal power are covered in appendices. 

  • Another New Platform for Combifloat

    01 Oct 2005

    Rotterdam based Flexifloat Systems BV is building another C-7 Class Modular Self-elevating Platform after their previous newbuild was purchased out of the Combifloat fleet earlier this year by Huta Marine Works of Saudi Arabia. 

Safety, Survival & Training

  • Transas Celebrates Birthday at Europort

    01 Oct 2005

    Celebrating 15 years in business at Europort Maritime will be safety systems and simulators manufacturer Transas Group. Founded in 1990 in St Petersburg, Russia, Transas has grown to where it now retains 30% of the world market for ECDIS systems and has created an electronic chart collection containing 13,000 items. 

  • Ports Staff Take ISPS Exercise

    01 Oct 2005

    With the first anniversary of the introduction of the ISPS Code now seeming to be a distant memory, many ship managers and port facility operators are tending to overlook their obligation to undertake security exercises on a calendar year basis. This means that at the latest,every ISPS compliant ship and port facility must have undertaken a security drill by 31 December 2005. 

Ship & Boat Building

  • Pilot Boat Double Header at Seawork

    01 Oct 2005

    The opening day of Seawork 2005 delivered successful encounters for exhibitors and visitors alike, with Portchester UK based boat builder VT Halmatic having a particularly sweet moment when it signed contracts with PD Teesport Ltd and Falmouth Harbour Commissioners to supply both parties with nearly identical new pilot boats. 

  • New Order for MJ Cover Tug

    01 Oct 2005

    Following on from the success and interest generated by the Sea Helper , Aberdeenshire Council's new 8.85m harbour tug built earlier this year by Coastal Marine in Eyemouth (see MJ front cover, March 2005), Macduff Ship Design were commissioned by ABP Immingham to produce a similar variant to suit their application. 

  • &#x2018;Scirocco&#x2019; Blows Into Seawork

    01 Oct 2005

    South Boats’ newly formed Special Projects Division raced to successfully complete their new wind farm support catamaran Scirocco in time for it to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2005. 

  • Ravestein Raises the Roof

    01 Oct 2005

    There is high demand for self elevating platforms judging by the current workload of Ravestein Container Pontoon at Dodewaard in the Netherlands. The yard is nearing completion of a 250 ton fixed platform for PerAarsleff S/A of Denmark which measures 24m by 16m by 2.5m. 

  • Cheetahs Multiply in Yorkshire

    01 Oct 2005

    The presence of one new workboat in a locale can sometimes lead to other orders for the builder, as Isle of Wight based Cheetah Marine hasfound to its delight along the Holderness coastline in Yorkshire UK. Following on from one and then two recent deliveries of 6.9m commercial fishing boats to the area, Cheetah Marine has just completed a 7.9m Cheetah configured as a dedicated survey boat for Hull based Precision Marine Surveys . 

  • Seal with Beele at Europort

    01 Oct 2005

    Beele Engineering 's stand at Europort Maritime will focus on fire and escape safety, with the company showing a range of sealing plugs used in ship and boat building. 

  • Mustang Chases New Opportunities

    01 Oct 2005

    The acquisition of Milford Haven Ship Repairer’s South Yard last year has given Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd both expanded premises and facilities with which to grow a business which celebrates 20 years in the workboat industry this year. 

  • Quiet Ferry Kool for Ecocats

    01 Oct 2005

    Stoke-on-Trent UK based Trentham Leisure Ltd is investing £145m to create a pleasure garden with associated restaurants and hotels at Trentham Gardens Lake . The lake which is the central feature of the development is some 1,350m long, 220m wide and has an average depth of only 1.2m. 

  • Versatile Submerging Flat Top Pontoon Launched

    01 Oct 2005

    The Scheepswerft Made yard in the Netherlands launched the pontoon Lastdrager 27 for abnormal indivisible load transport specialists Van der Wees Watertransporten BV last month. 

Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • 'MV Husky' Arrives On Emerald Shore

    01 Oct 2005

    Ireland's HydroServe Projects Ltd has taken delivery of the 21m shallow draft multi-purpose vessel MVHusky , which was shipped to Killybegs from the Far East on board the freighter BBC Mexico . The vessel was previously under contract to Shell for gas field support operations and is specially equipped to work in 'hot' areas on gas and oil jetties. 

  • Boxship Towed to Rotterdam

    01 Oct 2005

    The 2,757teu container vessel Fowairet , which suffered hogging damage and hold flooding after running aground on September 20 between Terneuzen and Antwerp with part-hazardous cargo, has been safely towed to Rotterdam by joint salvors Multraship Salvage and URS Salvage and Maritime Contracting . 

  • Tsavliris Salvage Keeps Busy

    01 Oct 2005

    After a busy start to 2005, the Tsavliris Salvage Group hascontinued to be highly active in recent months with a series of further significant LOF salvage operations. The most recent salvage contracts have spanned the world, underlining Tsavliris' readiness to handle all types of marine casualties. 

  • Power Surge for Italian Tractor Tug

    01 Oct 2005

    Following the sale of some 280 units for genset applications and the propulsion of coastal tankers and general cargo vessels, the MAN B&W L21/31 engine design has made its debut in a tractor tug application. 

  • SMIT Deals with Fire and Groundings

    01 Oct 2005

    SMIT Salvage BV began the second half of the year with two major Lloyd's Form salvage operations, involving the container vessel Norasia and the NATO research vessel Alliance . 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Crowley Acquires Titan Maritime LLC

    01 Oct 2005

    In early October the Crowley Maritime Corporation , based in Oakland, California, announced that it has acquired Titan Maritime LLC , a worldwide salvage company based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The newly acquired company will be known as Titan and become a wholly owned Crowley subsidiary. 

  • TOWLINES

    01 Oct 2005

    Svitzer Marine Ltd has sold two more of their redundant tugs as part of their ongoing fleet replacement programme. 

  • 'Garibaldo' Visits the UK

    01 Oct 2005

    A new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tug, the 38m Garibaldo , attracted considerable interest when it arrived in Britain in September. Owned by Purplewater Towing Ltd ofSwitzerland, registered in London and built in China, the vessel had just completed a barge tow from Singapore to Newcastle on its delivery voyage. 

  • The Duke of Normandy Demonstrates Its Versatility

    01 Oct 2005

    Jersey Harbours are making very good use of their new shallow draft, multi-purpose tug, the Duke of Normandy , which was displayed at Seawork 2005 . The first of the new generation of Damen Shoalbuster 2609 tugs to be built for a port authority, its versatility has surprised even its operators. 

  • K Damen Complete the First of Three Bugsier Tugs

    01 Oct 2005

    Dutch builders Shipyard K Damen Europe BV has delivered the first of three virtually identical tractor tugs to Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co KG of Hamburg. 

Vessel Launch

  • New Research Vessel for UK Marine Scientists

    01 Oct 2005

    The University of Southampton 's School of Ocean & Earth Science has taken delivery of the new research vessel RVCallista , which is to be based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), a joint venture between the University of Southampton and the National Environment Research Council (NERC). 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Tug Repair Surge at Milford Haven

    01 Oct 2005

    With the only dry dock in Wales remaining in full time operation, Milford Haven Ship Repairers offers the only such facility between Falmouth and Liverpool. The yard receives a variety of work, the most significant component of which is close working relationship it has developed with Svitzer Marine Ltd , the AP Moller Group subsidiary with tug operations in Liverpool, Swansea, Cardiff, Newport and Avonmouth. 

  • Double for A&P Tyne Hebburn

    01 Oct 2005

    The British Royal Fleet Auxiliary's Fast Fleet Tanker Gold Rover iscurrently undergoing a 117 day at A&P Tyne 's Hebburn yard. 

  • Atlantic Specific on Marine Refurbishment

    01 Oct 2005

    Marine component refurbishment, whether emergency or routine, demands the very highest of standards. Speed of response, efficiency and value for money are qualities sought by ship owners and their representatives worldwide. 

Works In Progress

  • Williams in West Wales - One Year On

    01 Oct 2005

    It is just over a year since Southampton based Williams Shipping Marine and The Milford Docks Company , part of the Milford Haven Port Authority Group , joined forces to form a new joint venture company. Known as Williams Marine and Port Services Ltd , (WMPS) the new company is now well established in the Port of Pembroke and provides a wide range of marine services to shipping and terminal operators in the Milford Haven waterway and throughout South Wales. 

  • Teamwork Rocks Against the Sea

    01 Oct 2005

    Team Van Oord is nearing completion of Phase One of the High Knock to Dymchurch Redoubt Sea Defences near Dover in the UK. The works for the UK Environment Agency are to upgrade existing defences and maintain the protection they provide to some 2,500 homes lying below sea level in Dymchurch and the wider areas of Romney Marsh. 

Taylor Fuel Control