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Diving & Underwater Services

  • Andrews Survey Goes ROVing Off Denmark

    01 Jan 2002

    Aberdeen based survey contractor Andrews Survey has recently completed a pipeline inspection in the Danish section of the North Sea, working in tandem with ROV operators Rovtech Ltd. 

  • Redbus Makes Spanish Splash

    01 Jan 2002

    A Divecat version of the Redbus 520 workboat has been sold by Redbus Workboats to the Diving Marbella scuba diving company based in the popular tourist destination in Southern Spain. 

Dredging

  • Humberside Hails Arrival of 'Pat M'

    01 Jan 2002

    Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat M), wife of Humber Work Boats' Managing Director John Morgan. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Bristol Boosts Survey Operations

    01 Jan 2002

    The Hydrographic Department of Bristol Port Company, controlling authority for the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, has completed a major upgrade of equipment which has already realised significant improvements in operational capabilities, according to Conservancy Manager Giles Stimson. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • DHI Undertakes Environmental Studies for Causeway Project

    01 Jan 2002

    Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) Water and Environmental and COWI A/S have been appointed as consultants for the next phase of the project to build the world's longest fixed link, between Qatar and Bahrain in the Middle East. 

  • National Park Blow to Dibden Bay Plans

    01 Jan 2002

    Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay have been dealt a blow after a key Government agency decided that the site should be included in the newly designated New Forest National Park. 

  • HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Depletion in Italy

    01 Jan 2002

    HR Wallingford has been commissioned by Europrogetti and Finanza SpA to provide a regeneration programme for the dunes and the depleted beaches along the coastline between Salerno and Agropoli on the West Coast of Italy. 

  • 'Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works' Published

    01 Jan 2002

    The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) reports that the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers or FIDIC), has produced a new Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works. 

  • Innovative Design Saves Road From Sea

    01 Jan 2002

    Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known road on the Isle of Wight - the A3055 or the 'Military Road' protected from erosion by the sea. 

  • Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks

    01 Jan 2002

    The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winter's exceptional floods. 

  • Dredging continues on River Wensum

    01 Jan 2002

    The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishop's Bridge and Fye Bridge on winter weekdays to minimise disruption to river traffic. 

  • Jan De Nul Orders the World's Largest Deep Dredging Installation

    01 Jan 2002

    The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the world's largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper dredger Vasco da Gama. 

Monitoring & Control

  • Infra-red Monitoring for Newbuilds

    01 Jan 2002

    Swan Hunter at Tyneside UK, the lead contractor for new amphibious assault ships being built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has awarded the contract for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to Newcastle based Sir Joseph Isherwood Limited. 

  • Refit Controls for Trinidad Coastguard

    01 Jan 2002

    Regulateurs Europa, based in Colchester UK, has won a contract to supply a new control and monitoring system for the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard. 

  • A New Wireless Temperature Monitoring System from KMSS

    01 Jan 2002

    Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems has developed a new diesel engine temperature monitoring system which operates without wiring inside the engine and without the need for slip rings. 

  • Measuring Maritime Methane

    01 Jan 2002

    Methane has been recognised as one of the most important gases in our environment, touching either directly or indirectly upon all areas of life. Methane monitoring is undertaken in a number of maritime areas, including oceanographic research and the offshore oil, gas, and methane hydrate extraction markets. 

News

  • RNLI Launch 24 Hour Service on Thames

    01 Jan 2002

    The Royal National Lifeboat Institution welcomed the New Year by launching a new round-the-clock rapid response service on London's River Thames. 

  • Safety First With High Speed Radar

    01 Jan 2002

    Kelvin Hughes has won a contract to provide shipping company Sea Containers Irish Sea Operations with a high speed version of its new Nucleus3 Radar. 

  • Low Location Lighting System

    01 Jan 2002

    Existalite/Thomas & Betts Ltd have been awarded the contract to supply and install over 18km of their Guide-LITE system on three ships being built by Kvaerner-Masa Yards in Helsinki. 

  • News Ormston Technology Takes Tracs

    01 Jan 2002

    Ormston Technology has been appointed main distributor throughout the UK and Ireland for the Thales Tracs series of telemetry, tracking and positioning systems for marine and land applications. 

  • Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Survey Completed

    01 Jan 2002

    Andrews Survey have completed a pipeline corridor survey in West Africa, providing specialist teams working onshore and offshore from a proposed tanker mooring point, through the transition zone and right up to the Tema Oil Refinery in Ghana. 

  • New Fairway Service Vessel Design for Finland

    01 Jan 2002

    Finland has thousands of kilometres of fairways, marked by some 17,000 spar buoys and other buoys. There are many lamps to replace, plus many buoys are moved by winter storms and ice and need restoration to correct position in order to maintain navigational safety. 

  • The Princess Royal to Present Seatrade Awards

    01 Jan 2002

    The 14th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner, to be held in the City of London on 22 April, will be graced by HRH The Princess Royal as the Guest on Honour. 

  • Scots Prepare Taiwan for Oil Spill

    01 Jan 2002

    A delegation of high-ranking officials from the Government of Taiwan has spent two weeks in Scotland learning about the latest oil spill response and prevention techniques. The 28 senior personnel, including representatives of the Taiwanese coast guard service, the national parks agency and water suppliers, attended intensive training sessions hosted by Aberdeen based pollution control experts Briggs Environmental Services. 

  • New Fully Enclosed Lifeboat in Europe

    01 Jan 2002

    A newly developed, fully enclosed lifeboat with a capacity of 102 persons and a new fast rescue craft in three different versions, all produced by Jiangyin Xinjiang of China, have been introduced to the European market by sole regional distributor Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS. 

  • MBE for Giro Engineering's Paull Williams

    01 Jan 2002

    Paull Williams learned to his astonishment that his MBE was on the cards while participating as an exhibitor at Europort 2001 with Giro Engineering Ltd, the company he co-founded in 1980. 

  • SASMEX Goes Dutch

    01 Jan 2002

    The Safety at Sea and Marine Electronic Conference and Exhibition (SASMEX) moves to the port city of Amsterdam for the first time this year, taking place at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA Centre) on 16-18th April. 

  • Environmental Court Approves Goteborg Fairway Works

    01 Jan 2002

    The Swedish environmental court has approved plans for the Port of Goteborg to deepen, widen and straighten its fairways in works valued at $140m. 

Propulsion & Power Systems

  • Air Starters for Marine Engines

    01 Jan 2002

    This month sees the launch of a new range of turbine air starters for diesel and gas engines of 1 to 300 litre capacity from Oldbury UK based IPU Starting. 

  • Good Vibes for Diesels with Flydamp

    01 Jan 2002

    Geislinger, the Austrian torsional vibration specialist, has launched Flydamp, a product which replaces the conventional damper, flywheel and torsional elastic coupling and is mounted instead of the original flywheel. 

  • Barrus Adds MerCruiser at London Boat Show

    01 Jan 2002

    E P Barrus Ltd attended the London Boat Show for the first time as distributors of the MerCruiser engine range. 

  • Deutz Power for New Coastal Freighter

    01 Jan 2002

    Six cylinder engines from the ubiquitous Deutz 628 series have been chosen as the main drive for a new type of ship, the Crescent Rhine river carrier, a coastal freighter which was built at the Bodewes Scheepswerf Volharding Foxhol BV in Waterhuizen, Germany. 

  • Cummins Power Supply Vessels

    01 Jan 2002

    Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana USA has delivered the Seacor Eagle, the first of two nearly identical 145.5ft supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas USA. 

  • Common-Rail Sulzers Orders Up

    01 Jan 2002

    The first Sulzer RT-flex low speed marine diesel featuring common-rail fuel injection completed its sea trials late last year in the self-unloading bulk carrier Gypsum Centennial. 

  • Hydraulic Thruster Range Takes a Bow

    01 Jan 2002

    A new range of hydraulically powered bow and stern mounted thrusters has joined the QL marine accessory programme which is exclusively distributed by Volvo Penta through their worldwide dealer network. 

  • £6m for Marine Induction Motor

    01 Jan 2002

    Following an initial joint £20m contract award by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the French Government for the design, build and operation of an Electric Ship Technology Demonstrator (ESTD) facility, Alstom has been awarded a further £6m contract. 

  • Compact Azipods for Offshore Vessel

    01 Jan 2002

    A christening ceremony before Christmas saw Aker Yards, Soviknes Verft AS in Norway deliver the advanced multipurpose offshore vessel M/S Normand Rover to Norwegian operators Solstad Offshore. The Normand Rover is the first offshore vessel to be equipped with the Compact Azipod propulsion systems from ABB Oy Marine and Turbocharging. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Towlines

    01 Jan 2002

    The Dutch tug Tarka of Herman Sr BV, of Zwijndrecht, has been contracted to support dredging operations with Van Oord in Port Said, Egypt. Tarka, three barges, and other floating plant was transported to Egypt aboard the heavy lift ship Smit Express, where they will work for five months. 

  • Union Salvage Refloat Badly Damaged 'Willy'

    01 Jan 2002

    Union Salvage Ltd, the salvage arm of Adsteam (UK) Ltd has completed the salvage of the tanker MV Willy from a rocky shore at Kingsand, near Plymouth, in what has been described by the MCA Secretary of States Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention as, 'a text book operation'. 

  • German Tug Companies Form Protection Alliance

    01 Jan 2002

    Four of Germany's leading tug operators have formed an alliance called ARGE Kuestenschutz (literally Joint Co-operation for Coastal Protection) for the protection of the German coastlines in the Baltic and the Northsea. 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Hydraulic Propeller Repair Underwater

    01 Jan 2002

    UK based Stone Manganese Marine Shipcare Ltd has teamed with Belgian underwater contractors Hydrex to develop a new propeller straightening service. 

  • Agreement Announced

    01 Jan 2002

    A&P Group have announced an agreement between A&P Shipcare at Chatham UK and Metalock Engineering (UK) Ltd, proposing an inter-company co-operation venture. The agreement formalises a working relationship of many years standing. Matalock regularly carries out work at all A&P locations and, like A&P, are ISO 9002 accredited. 

  • Stephenson's Rapid P&O Prop Repair

    01 Jan 2002

    A damaged Kawasaki bowthruster propeller recently brought operations to a halt aboard the P&O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd vessel European Diplomat. 

  • Engine Replaced on the Move

    01 Jan 2002

    An engine replacement operation on a Norwegian car and passenger ferry, which involved cutting holes in the ship's hull to install the new engine, has been completed between two of the vessel's scheduled runs. 

  • Repair Gets a Share at Pomerania

    01 Jan 2002

    The privately owned Pomerania Shipyards in northwest Poland's industrial heartland is planning to build upon its success in the British market with new designs for 18m and 24m trawlers. 

  • ISO 9001-2000 for ASRY Yard

    01 Jan 2002

    Bahrain's ASRY Yard crowned a successful final quarter of 2001 by becoming the first shipyard in the world to be awarded the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 Certificate from the Norwegian society Det Norsk Veritas. The Certificate is in recognition of the Quality Management System in place at the Yard. 

Workboats

  • BMT SWIMMS in New Direction

    01 Jan 2002

    British Maritime Technology's subsidiary BMT Shipdesign has won a contract to design a new type of multi-role oilfield support vessel which will be deployed in the shallows of the Caspian Sea off the coast of Kazakhstan. 

  • Passenger Cats Join the Navy

    01 Jan 2002

    The Isle of Wight based Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd has delivered the last of four 18m passenger transfer catamarans for use in the Portsmouth and Plymouth Naval Dockyards. 

  • New Workboat from Noble & Sons

    01 Jan 2002

    A new twin screw landing craft type vessel was recently completed by Alexander Noble & Sons of Girvan for Aquascot Group Limited and has entered service at Aquascot sites at Scapa Flow in Orkney. 

  • Redbay Runs Pilot-based RIB

    01 Jan 2002

    Redbay Boats Ltd of Northern Ireland added an 11m Cruising RIB to their range last month, with a specification based around a pilot style boat given RIB handling and speed characteristics. The Stormforce RIB features luxury fitments including suspension seats, a fully enclosed wheelhouse and two forward berths. 

  • Targa Top Choice for Southampton Patrol

    01 Jan 2002

    Wessex Marine, the Poole based distributor of Finnish built Ta rga boats for the UK, Ireland and the Channel Islands, commissioned a new Targa 25 for ABP Southampton shortly before Christmas. 

  • Landing Craft for Cruise Ship

    01 Jan 2002

    Voe Boats has delivered two alloy Voe 28 tenders for Hebridean Island Cruises to use with the company's new ship the Hebridean Spirit. The Voe Boats hulls were selected specifically to ferry the ship's passengers in comfort to beach landings via a forward stairway or to pier landings throughout the ship's cruising itenarary from Scandanavia to the Indian Ocean. 

  • Annapolis Harbourmaster's Fast New Aluminium Patrol Boat

    01 Jan 2002

    The harbourmaster of the American city of Annapolis, home of the US Naval Academy, has a new aluminium patrol boat built by MetalCraft Marine Inc of Kingston in Canada. 

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