Hook Marine Unloads Calmac's Worries

01 Feb 2002

Marine crane specialist Hook Marine has helped Scottish ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne (Calmac) ensure the efficient operation of its Fast Rescue Boat Launch and Recovery System. 

MET Meets Marine Crane Design Challenge

01 Feb 2002

MET Marine of Chesterfield UK has supplied a purpose-built 45 tonne/metre Heila HLRM.452S crane with special computer designed features to shipwrights George Prior Engineering Limited in Great Yarmouth for installation on a cruiseship for Hebridean Island Cruises Limited. 

Cargo Handling Simulator for Maine Maritime

01 Feb 2002

KMSS has won a contract to supply eight workstation based Cargo Handling Simulators to the Maine Maritime Academy in the USA. The system is being delivered in the spring and will consist of both the VLCC and Product Carrier Cargo Handling Models. 

Bobcat Bulks Up at Port of Hull

01 Feb 2002

The UK's first Bobcat T40170 17m telehandler has been purchased for material handling applications and routine maintenance work on dockside cranes at the Port of Hull. 

Cranes Pack Power as Holyhead Gets Tough

01 Feb 2002

Effer cranes are to be fitted to two tugs belonging to Holyhead Towing, one a newbuilding currently under construction at the Hepworth Shipyard on Humberside, the other a refit of an existing boat to follow at the same shipyard. 

Get Decked Out at a Megastore Near You

01 Feb 2002

Deck equipment in abundance comprises only a portion of the 14,000 products listed in a new 630 page mail order catalogue launched last month by Scotland's Gael Force Marine. 

Night Time Lift Spectacle Illuminates Central London

01 Feb 2002

The 400 tonnes lifting capacity Smit sheerlegs Taklift 5 has recently paid a visit up the River Thames to central London to erect steelwork for a Millennium Commission project at Hungerford Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament. 

Research for Stronger Ropes

01 Feb 2002

Rope testing being conducted this year for the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) by Dutch rope specialists Lankhorst Touwfabrieken BV will lead to further advances in high strength fibre ropes for deepwater applications. 

Catchbolt Shines Light on Work of the RNLI

01 Feb 2002

Two Protex Catchbolts in stainless steel are specified by the RNLI to secure two folding deck worklights fitted to the forward end of the wheelhouse top on the RNLI Mersey and Tyne class all-weather lifeboats.