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  • Green Passport for UK Ship Recycling

    01 Feb 2007

    The UK Ministry of Defence Disposal Services Agency (DSA), working with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have pioneered an innovative plan for the responsible disposal of UK flagged end of life ships. Following a lengthy period of public consultation, ‘HMS Intrepid’ will be the first Royal Navy ship to be disposed of in accordance with the recently published DEFRA Guidance Notes on Ship Recycling.  

  • GL Marine Services Restructure

    01 Feb 2007

    Classification society Germanischer Lloyd, fresh from victory in its takeover struggle with rival Bureau Veritas, has restructured its Maritime Services.  From last month, the Maritime Services are subdivided into the divisions 'Fleet in Service', 'Ship Newbuilding', 'Maritime Systems and Components', and 'Innovation and Strategic Research'.  Consisting of a number of competence centres and departments, each division has been assigned to a client group.

     

     

  • ISU Members' Day

    01 Feb 2007

    The Salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will be the focus for the International Salvage Union's Fourth Associate Members' Day meeting in London on 7 March.  
     

  • ‘MSC Napoli’ – A Major Oil Spill Averted

    01 Feb 2007

    Work on the ill-fated containership ‘MSC Napoli’ has progressed well and to plan, since the 53,409gt ship was first put aground in Lyme Bay. Only a significant deterioration in the weather at the time of writing has delayed the total removal of small amounts of residual oil and the discharge of containers. Work onshore to remove containers and debris from the cargo has also gone according to plan  

  • Unique Futura Finally Takes the Plunge

    01 Feb 2007

    The prototype of a unique series of economic, environmentally friendly Futura inland cargo ships has finally been completed while a tanker version will soon follow. RMS Kiel, launched last October at the now bankrupt Con Mar Shipyard in Brake, has been finished off in Wilhelmshaven by Navitek Schiffsreparatur and suppliers.  

  • Fishery Protection Duo Go to German Yard

    01 Feb 2007

    East German shipyard Peene-Werft has won a European tender worth about €63m to build two state of the art, ocean going fishery protection ships for the German authorities. The order came from the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (BLE) in Berlin which said 25% of the cost of the ships was being contributed by the EU.  

  • News Snip Thames

    01 Feb 2007

    The UK Environment Agency closed London's Thames Barrier three times in four days last month to protect the city from flooding.  

  • Propellers Go Italian

    01 Feb 2007

    Devon UK based Duncan Propellers Ltd have opened an office and shop in Rovigo, Italy which will handle the sales of propellers and stern gear in that region.  The office will also act as a consultancy to solve performance problems for all types of boats.  

  • Schat-Harding Acquires CleanHull

    01 Feb 2007

    Lifeboats and davits supplier Schat-Harding has purchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group of Norwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost effective and environmentally friendly ship hull cleaning solutions to its customers. The CleanROVconcept is based on underwater vehicles and technology developed through more than 10 years of subsea operations.  

  • Foundations Expand for Wind Farm Installer

    01 Feb 2007

    A2SEA AS, the Danish contractor specialising in the transport, installation and service of offshore wind turbines, has acquired the ‘Jumping Jack’ installation barge and related assets from Dutch offshore contractor Mammoet Van Oord BV. The jack-up barge was specially designed to be used or offshore marine installations, foundations and topsides for wind turbines.  

  • Ramsgate Slipways Back in Action

    01 Feb 2007

    Following the departure of the A&P Group from their Ramsgate shiprepair facility the yard is once again back in business. David Hawkins was previously MD for A&P locally and recognised the potential for this small local yard. At the end of 2006, together with Ken Bowman, a local businessman with a long history of marine activity and association, activity started again under the new name Ramsgate Harbour Slipways Ltd. Having been involved in the ship repair business all his working life David had developed something of a passion for the yard and saw this as an opportunity too good to miss.  

  • Biodiesel Attempt at Circumnavigation Record

    18 Feb 2008

    Boaters around the world are following the record setting effort of Peter Bethune aboard his futuristic ‘Earthrace’ powerboat as his team attempts to break the world circumnavigation record of 75 days in a vessel fueled 100 by biodiesel.  

  • SEEDA's Hoist Wight On

    01 Jan 2007

    A technologically advanced new hoist for the expanded apron at East Cowes UK is now in operation.  The 10m wide hoist dock and crane is suitable for transporting both blades for wind turbines as required by Isle of Wight based Vesta Blades (UK) Ltd, and large yachts of up to 70 tons between the quayside and the water.  The hoist marks the latest stage in plans for extended facilities at the Cowes Waterfront - Venture Quays site, which is owned by the South East England development Agency (SEEDA).  

  • Boat Tanks Online

    01 Feb 2007

    Hampshire UK based Tek-Tanks, which builds custom water, waste and fuel tanks from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), has produced an easy to read guide explaining everything boat operators need to know about selecting and designing their tanks.  

  • Felixstowe Hits 3m

    01 Feb 2007

    The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) project more necessary than ever.

     

  • Old Foes at Massvlakte

    01 Feb 2007

    Port operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Singapore's PSA, which battled it out for control of P&O last year, are expected to contest the concession to run a container terminal on Rotterdam's new Maasvlakte 2 facility.  The 3.5 million TEU terminal will occupy 146 hectares of reclaimed land and feature some 2,350m of quayside. 

  • VT Halmatic ‘Streamlining’ Shuts Steel Division

    01 Feb 2007

    A major strategic review underway at UK boat builders VT Halmatic and a rationalising of its product range has seen the closure of the company’s Steel Division as the focus shifts to composite built military patrol craft. The company has withdrawn from participation in the Seawork 2007 exhibition and expects to relocate from Portchester to the Portsmouth Naval Base within two years.  

  • Royal Send-Off for Research Vessel

    01 Feb 2007

    HRH The Princess Royal formally named the UK’s new £40m royal research ship RRS James Cook in a ceremony held earlier this month at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.   

  • WWF Calls for Protection of UK ‘Marine Hotspots’

    01 Feb 2007

    A WWF report out last month identifies for the first time, the most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of protection. The  wealth of sea life existing off UK shores and surrounding waters is gradually being degraded by the impacts of human activity. According to the WWF, this unique marine environment is under serious threat and unless significant areas are protected now by an urgently needed Marine Act, it will be lost.   

  • Big Ship Salvage at ISU Members’ Day

    01 Feb 2007

    The salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will provide the timely focus for the International Salvage Union’s Fourth Associate Members’ Day meeting in London on 7 March.The meeting will be attended by representatives of a high proportion of the ISU’s 43 associate members and 53 full members.  

  • Norway Goes It Alone on Ballast Water

    01 Feb 2007

    Norway is to implement strict controls on ballast water management during 2007, applying the standards set down in the IMO Convention on ballast water to ships calling at Norwegian ports, even though it may be many years before the convention comes into force internationally, warns Wikborg Rein, Norwegian maritime law firm.  

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