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Damen 75th Anniversary

  • Damen Celebrate 75th Year Anniversary

    01 Dec 2002

    Early in November the Damen Shipyards Group, with headquarters at Gorinchem, celebrated 75 years of shipbuilding under the Damen name and 34 years of unique progress under their present chairman Mr Kommer Damen. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Thales Re-brands Products

    01 Dec 2002

    California-based Thales Navigation has consolidated all its professional GPS products, including the Ashtech series of systems, under its own name by way of streamlining worldwide marketing operations including those in Europe. 

  • Completion of Seven-year Irish Deep-water Survey

    01 Dec 2002

    The Geological Survey of Ireland in Dublin reports completion of the deep-water section of its seven-year Euro 32m National Seabed Survey project aimed at mapping an offshore area ten times larger than Ireland itself. 

  • French Order for Seismic Integrated Positioning System

    01 Dec 2002

    French seismic survey company CGG has acquired three SIPS 2 seismic integrated positioning systems from Yateley-based Sonardyne International for real-time positioning of streamers in support of high-resolution 3D surveys aboard its vessels Mistral, Fohn and Harmattan. 

  • New Low-cost Sidescan Sonar European Demos

    01 Dec 2002

    Destined for demonstrations throughout Europe early in the new year is a new compact low-cost portable sidescan sonar from Marine Sonic Technology (MSTL) of Virginia, the Centurion Sea Scan. Designed for search and recovery operations, it can be operational within minutes and needs only a 12V DC power source. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Three-year Contract Will Monitor Stability of Dubai Coastline

    01 Dec 2002

    The EmuDome Joint Venture - a joint venture is between Emu Ltd in the UK and Dome International, headquartered in Abu Dhabi - has been awarded a three-year contract to monitor the stability of the entire coastline of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. 

  • Divers Undertake Repairs on Historic Weir on the River Avon

    01 Dec 2002

    Techniques more usually used on the ocean floor are currently being applied by British Waterways' contractor Seastructures Ltd to repair an historic weir on the River Avon at Keynsham near Bristol, which forms part of the Kennet and Avon Canal. 

  • Deep Water Jetty for New Orkney Ferry Service

    01 Dec 2002

    A new deep water jetty for the ro-ro ferries - the Hjaltland and Hrossey - has achieved 'minimum berthing status' at Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, and is on course for completion next year, at which time it will also begin to be used by the large number of cruise ships that visit the Orkney islands nowadays, as well as cargo vessels calling at Kirkwall. 

  • Civic Work at Muck and Rum

    01 Dec 2002

    The Highland Council in Scotland in the UK is taking immediate steps to ensure that work is completed as quickly as possible on new berthing facilities at the Small Isles of Muck and Rum. 

  • Compensation Land Earmarked for Bathside Bay Development

    01 Dec 2002

    As part of its plans to develop a modern container terminal at Bathside Bay, Hutchison Ports (UK) Limited, owner of Harwich International Port, is proposing to create compensatory intertidal mudflat through alterations to the positions of sea walls. 

Navaids

  • Breakthrough in VTS Training at South Tyneside

    01 Dec 2002

    South Tyneside College has become the first institution to receive MCA approval for VTS Supervisor Advancement Training. The breakthrough comes less than two years after the College was first to receive accreditation for the provision of basic training in VTS. 

  • Isn't It Good, Norwegians Would (Use It If They Could)

    01 Dec 2002

    The success accruing after only three years for the Trinity House Lighthouse Estate Business Plan in the UK recently attracted a visiting party of 17 national and local government officials from Norway who would like to implement similar enlightened strategies in their own country. 

Navigation & Communication

  • Southampton UAIS Trial Adds Weather and Hydro Data

    01 Dec 2002

    AIMS MIII, the universal automatic identification system (UAIS) from Marine Data Systems (MDS) of South Africa has recently completed a successful trial on the Solent conducted by Trinity House in collaboration with ABP Southampton, Red Funnel Ferries, Condor Marine and Tideland Signal, which distributes the system worldwide. 

  • One-Box Gyrocompass and Motion Sensor from TSS

    01 Dec 2002

    A new attitude and heading reference system combining gyrocompass and motion sensor in one box has been launched by the recently re-branded VT TSS Ltd of Whitney UK. 

  • It's Good to Talk In a Force 8 Gale

    01 Dec 2002

    The British Army Powerboat Team, supported by radio distributor Icom UK Ltd, circumnavigated Britain this summer in only ten days with 13 young soldiers crewing two 6.5m Humber Ocean Pro RIBs. Some of the team had never set foot in a RIB before training began for the 2,397 mile voyage. 

  • Atlantas Marine and Nauticast AG Launch New AIS

    01 Dec 2002

    Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine Ltd, well known for their distribution of the very useful VideoRay mini-ROV, have entered the IMO mandated growth arena for Automatic Identification Systems (AIS). 

News

  • Dolphins Suggest New Anti-Fouling Strategy

    01 Dec 2002

    American scientists are pursuing research into new anti-fouling systems for ships by studying the shape and texture of dolphin skin and how it naturally prevents marine creatures from clinging to it. 

  • Crystal Ball on Coastal Futures Rolls Into London

    01 Dec 2002

    The excellent Coastal Futures Conference returns to London on 22 and 23 January 2003. 

  • David Brown Gears Up for Gas Turbine Transmission

    01 Dec 2002

    Huddersfield UK based David Brown Engineering has been awarded a contract to design and build an advanced technology, high speed accessory drive gearbox for use on the WR-21, a new generation intercooled recuperated gas turbine power plant being developed jointly by Northrop Grumman of the USA and Rolls Royce in the UK. 

  • New Pontoons for Jenkins Marine

    01 Dec 2002

    To support their recent growth in the marine civil engineering sector, as well as increase the size of their charter fleet, the Jenkins Marine Group, based in Poole, Dorset has recently purchased three 33 x 10m (approx) flat deck pontoons. 

  • Ill-fated Small Yard Finally Delivers Strelasund

    01 Dec 2002

    Small Rhine-based shipbuilder Neue Germersheimer Werft has applied for bankruptcy proceedings, becoming the third well-known shipyard in Germany to end up in financial difficulties this year. 

  • British Government Shows Commitment for Offshore Windfarms

    01 Dec 2002

    The British Government has shown its commitment to marine renewables as an energy source by designating large areas of shallow coastal sea as suitable locations for developing offshore windfarms. 

  • 'Lynn' Gets the Wind Up Off Whitstable

    01 Dec 2002

    Plymouth UK based Seastructures Limited has installed a meteorological mast at Kentish Flats, in the Thames Estuary some 11 km off Whitstable, Kent. The mast will be used to collect wind data for a year before the likely go-ahead for an offshore windfarm at the Kentish Flats site. 

  • CEDA Dredging Days Call for Papers

    01 Dec 2002

    The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced a Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days, which will be held 20 and 21 November 2003 at the Amsterdam RAI in conjunction with Europort. 

  • Howard Marine in Thames Site Investigation

    01 Dec 2002

    Plymouth UK based Howard Marine has recently undertaken a large site investigation on the River Thames. Working on behalf of Norwest Holst, Howard Marine conducted the work close to the Tilbury Power Station and adjacent to the existing pier, which is to be extended to enable larger vessels to berth with coal for the power station. 

  • 'Centaur' Set To Be Shetland Workhorse

    01 Dec 2002

    The Alexander Noble & Sons yard at Girvan on the West Coast of Scotland last month delivered the latest vessel in a long line of specialist workboats it has completed since moving into the sector from its traditional role as a builder of fishing boats. 

  • 54 Years of Excellence Certified

    01 Dec 2002

    PB Asher, Diesel Injection Specialists based in Southampton, Hampshire has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2000, the international quality management system standard and were presented with their certificate at the Ship Repair Exhibition at Olympia, London on Wednesday 27 November 2002 by James West, General Manager of MAN B&W Diesel, London. 

  • Schat-Harding Acquires Dutch Lifeboat Builder Mulder & Rijke

    01 Dec 2002

    Lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding has taken over Dutch lifeboat builder Mulder & Rijke. 

  • South Coast Shipping Renamed RMC Marine

    01 Dec 2002

    Southampton UK based South Coast Shipping has been renamed RMC Marine Ltd to bring the firm further into line with its parent company's corporate identity. 

  • South Cat Workboat Lands Record Catch

    01 Dec 2002

    South Boats have launched the fifteenth catamaran to be built at their Isle of Wight yard. 

  • IBIA Airs Response to EU Pollution from Ships Strategy

    01 Dec 2002

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) broadly welcomed the EU strategy for controlling air pollution from ships this month but expressed reservations over the practicality of aspects of the strategy which go beyond international regulations. 

  • European Support for Japanese Dredger

    01 Dec 2002

    Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has called upon European dredging expertise to help it build the largest dredger ever produced in that country, a 10,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger for the Suez Canal Authority. The vessel will be used to maintain dredged depths in entrance channels to the Suez Canal. 

  • 'Tong Tan' Launch Marks IHC's Chinese Century

    01 Dec 2002

    IHC Holland continues its steady output of small to medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers with the recent launch and naming ceremony for Tong Tan, built for China's CHEC/Tianjin Dredging Company (TDC). 

  • Essential Awareness of Port and Shipping Security

    01 Dec 2002

    Following the recent major Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Security, held at the IMO between 9-13 December, the development of the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPSC) is likely to have considerable impact on shipping and port operations in coming years. 

  • New Parliamentary Act Helps Port Authority Build Economy

    01 Dec 2002

    Royal assent has been obtained in Britain to create an Act of Parliament which will allow Milford Haven Port Authority to operate more efficiently and effectively, and help in its aim of developing the local economy. 

  • 'Matador 3' in First Visit to Ireland

    01 Dec 2002

    Rotterdam based heavy lift specialists Bonn & Mees are taking their new 1,500 ton capacity floating sheerlegs Matador 3 to Dublin this month where it will lift a 470 ton linkspan into position. 

  • Historic Pilot Schooner is Transported Home to Hamburg

    01 Dec 2002

    After 70 years in the United States, the Elbe pilot schooner No 5 Elbe has gone back to her home port Hamburg and the River Elbe, where she started her working life 120 years ago in 1883. 

Pollution Control

  • 'Prestige' Disaster Launches Massive Response

    01 Dec 2002

    Oil from the sunken tanker Prestige continued to wash onto the beaches and pollute the rich fishing waters of north west Spain earlier this month as a major oil pollution response operation was underway and the ramifications of yet another major environmental disaster echoed across Europe. 

  • Silt Curtains Please Malta Divers

    01 Dec 2002

    Netherlands based Oil Control Systems (OCS) have provided silt curtains to protect a famous diving area in Malta from siltation originating at the nearby construction of a ferry teminal extension. 

Ship & Boatbuilding

  • 'Lady Angela' is Milestone 100th Cheetah

    01 Dec 2002

    The 100th Cheetah catamaran left the Bonchurch, Isle of Wight building yard last month, marking a milestone in the life of a company which commenced production only 11 years ago. 

  • Contract for New Design UT527

    01 Dec 2002

    Over the past few months Rolls-Royce has continued to win a substantial number of new contracts for UT-Design offshore support vessels. 

  • 'Blade Runner Two' Soon to Catch the Wind

    01 Dec 2002

    The NEG Micon Rotors factory at St Cross, Newport on the Isle of Wight is set to produce more than 1,500 wind turbine blades next year as the global market for wind energy continues to accelerate. 

  • High-speed Rescue Craft from Fusion Marine

    01 Dec 2002

    Scottish based Fusion Marine Ltd has developed a high speed deck-mounted rescue craft suitable for ferries, offshore support vessels and other craft. The Polycraft FRC1 is manufactured entirely from polyethylene and features a deep V-shaped hull which provides stability in rough sea conditions without compromising handling. 

  • Experienced Canadians Build Aluminium Pilot Boat

    01 Dec 2002

    Point Hope Shipyard in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where aluminium construction was pioneered in the 1960s, are building a highly evolved aluminium pilot boat design which is scheduled for delivery to the Pacific Pilotage Authority early next year. 

  • 'Uilenspiegel' Drafted Into European Port Dredging

    01 Dec 2002

    The Belgian DEME Group 3 capacity christened their latest trailing suction hopper dredger last month in Zwijndrecht at a glittering ceremony presided over by HRH Princess Mathilde. 

Towlines

  • Towlines

    01 Dec 2002

    .Turkish builder Sanmar has signed a contract with Canadian designer Robert Allan to develop a new series of twin screw tugs 22.00m in length and 8.20m beam. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • 'Savannah', a New ASD for Crescent Towing

    01 Dec 2002

    Bollinger Shipyards Inc of Lockport, USA has delivered the compact and powerful azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug Savannah to Crescent Towing of New Orleans. 

  • URS Announces Massive Fleet Improvement

    01 Dec 2002

    Belgium's largest provider of towage and salvage services, Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst NV (URS), has announced an investment representing a massive investment of over 135m. 

  • ISU Calls for Faster Action on Places of Refuge

    01 Dec 2002

    Following the loss of the tanker Prestige last month, other industry organisations have added their voices to the International Salvage Union's call for more action on the controversial places of refuge issue. 

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