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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Brave New World to Debut in Brisbane

    01 Jun 2002

    After many years of development by Kalmar Industries and Patrick Stevedores, the two companies now expect the world's first automated straddle carrier system to be operational on Berth 7 at Brisbane's Fisherman Island facility by September. 

  • Double Drum Remote Control American Winches

    01 Jun 2002

    American manufacturer Jeamar Winches Inc is now offering a series of double drum winches in a variety of configurations. 

  • $32 Million Indian Lift Contract for Rolls-Royce

    01 Jun 2002

    Rolls-Royce business Syncrolift Inc has won a $32 million order to provide a ship lifting system at a new Indian naval base. The shiplift, the first of its kind in India, is scheduled to go into service at the Karwar base, south of Goa, in late 2004. 

  • Down the Hatch with Vetus

    01 Jun 2002

    Recognising that lower height deck hatches constitute less of an obstacle on deck, Dutch equipment supplier Vetus Den Ouden has introduced a range of hatches called Genius which feature complete aluminium frameworks for both the lower part and the lid while maintaining an overall height of no more than 26mm. 

  • Hospitalers of St John Give Disabled a Lift

    01 Jun 2002

    The Hospitalers of St John are a charitable organisation with historic links to the St John's Ambulance Service. 

  • New Accesory Bracket for Square Rails from the USA

    01 Jun 2002

    For applications that require mounting accessories on square rail, Johnson Marine of Connecticut USA has introduced a new accessory bracket which provides a simple but secure method of mounting accessories to an existing rail. 

  • Crane Upgrade Remedies Frequency Overlap Shut-Down

    01 Jun 2002

    Birmingham UK-based crane and lifting tackle specialists Crane Care have installed a crane conversion system at vessel builder Vosper Thornycroft's Southampton yard. A total of eight crane structures were upgraded to a new HBC system, of which Crane Care is the sole UK and Ireland supplier. 

  • Cranes a Key Component of RAF Rescue Craft

    01 Jun 2002

    A fleet of six new RAF air sea rescue launches designed to train Air Force crewmen in marine rescue techniques is being equipped with multi-purpose Effer Cranes supplied and fitted by European Crane Services (ECS). 

  • Nemag's Eco-Grabs Go Shipboard in Turkey

    01 Jun 2002

    The Dutch designer and builder of bulk grabs, Nemag, reports growing interest in crane grabs with an environmetally friendly full enclosure format. 

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Korean Connection Boosts Scots Power Output

    01 Jun 2002

    Morrison Engineering in Skye has just completed Milovaig, a new 13.5m steel workboat designed by Alistair Salmon of A G Salmon & Co for Glendale Salmon of Dunvegan. 

  • Silence is Golden for Charter Operator

    01 Jun 2002

    When new operators Marico Marine of Southampton took over the former Scottish Fisheries Protection vessel FPV Morven, there was one obvious problem to be corrected before it could be deployed for its intended new duties, which would include radar recording of vessel traffic, technical charters and private hire. 

  • 'Polar Bound' Boat Boasts BTL Belts

    01 Jun 2002

    The first circumnavigation of the globe around the North Pole via both the North West and North East Passages is scheduled to be launched next month in a specially adapted boat, whose key services will be powered by detachable V-belts supplied by Leeds UK-based BTL. 

  • Barrus Debuts New John Deere at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    E P Barrus Ltd returns to its familiar quayside location at seawork2002, where it will introduce the new John Deere PowerTech 6068SFM marine engine. 

  • Scania Power Goes Fishing Off Jersey

    01 Jun 2002

    Jersey's first Scania powered charter fishing vessel has recently been delivered to Tarka Seatrips of St Helier. 

  • Renold Hi-Tec Extends Coupling Range

    01 Jun 2002

    Renold Hi-Tec Couplings of Halifax UK has extended the size range and applicability of its high temperature blind assembly HTB coupling. 

  • Volvo Penta Launch Workboat Engine Range

    01 Jun 2002

    Volvo Penta continues to broaden its engine programme with a series of 5 and 7 litre marine diesels for heavy and medium-heavy commercial operation and marine auxiliary systems. The new D5 and D7 engines substantially expand Volvo Penta's customer offerings for various types of smaller workboats. 

  • Hamburg Embraces River Ferry Innovation

    01 Jun 2002

    The Hanseatic Port of Hamburg has never shied from innovative means of moving citizens and visiting ships' crews from the south shore harbour area to the beautiful city spread along the river's north shore. Sightseeing tourists and commuting workers are moved by a flotilla of ferries ranging from fine lined, fantail sterned old favourites to the most modern of serious people movers, represented by an innovative new series of boats operated by HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst AG. 

  • Newage Gears Up at seawork2002

    01 Jun 2002

    Four models from Newage Transmissions' well known PRM marine gearbox range will form the centrepiece of the company's presentation on Stand 74 at seawork2002. 

  • Big Cats Chase Passengers Onto Thames

    01 Jun 2002

    Under Mayor Ken Livingstone's Transport Policy for central London, the River Thames has been 'rediscovered' as the passenger transport artery it was in the past, helping to reduce congestion on the capital's roads and providing commuters with an alternative to overcrowded tube trains and buses. 

  • Approval Extension for Marine Diesel Exhaust Hose

    01 Jun 2002

    Rediweld Cerambond of Hampshire UK have extended Lloyds Register approval for their marine diesel exhaust hose to include up to 508mm nominal bore hose with extended temperature range up to 140ºC. This reflects the growing market for large bore hose as engine sizes increase. 

  • Caterpillar Debuts New Marine Genset at seawork2002 Exhibition

    01 Jun 2002

    Caterpillar is to launch the brand new Cat 3054 marine generator set at seawork2002. 

  • Perkins Sabre Powers Pelican Pollution Boat

    01 Jun 2002

    Perkins Sabre engines have been chosen to provide the main propulsion and auxiliary power for the Pelican 2000 Series of specialised pollution and surface refuse clearance boats manufactured in France by Cannes-based Chaudronnerie Bagnis. The engines are being supplied by the Perkins distributor for the region, Rectification P L M of La Valette. 

  • Iveco Launches Workboat Engine Range at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    The Industrial/Marine Division of Iveco's Engine Business Unit travels to seawork2002 with a brand new generation of marine diesel engines to launch. 

  • Anti-Vibration Marine Engine Mounts

    01 Jun 2002

    Trelleborg Industrial AVS, the recently formed amalgamation of Metalastik and Novibra, has launched a versatile new anti-vibration mounting for small to medium sized engines and other equipment in mobile applications, both marine and land-based. 

  • Sulphur Directive Seminar Considers Marine Emissions Trading

    01 Jun 2002

    A seminar held in London last week was set to examine the best viable options open to the shipping industry in the wake of proposed amendments to the European Commission 'Sulphur in Liquid Fuels Directive'. 

  • Pursuit Pursues Partners for New Marine Drive

    01 Jun 2002

    Recent technical breakthroughs have led Pursuit Dynamics Ltd to announce their intention to commence trials of a revolutionary marine propulsion system in November of this year. The Pursuit Marine Drive is claimed to have the potential to replace the motor, clutch, gearbox, drive shaft, propeller and rudder in marine vessels with a system that has no submerged rotating parts. 

Dredging

  • Boskalis Wins Gothenburg Harbour Dredging Contract

    01 Jun 2002

    Royal Boskalis Westminster nv has won an order for broadening and deepening the entrance channels to Sweden's Port of Gothenburg in a dredging contract valued at more than ?30m. The client is the Swedish Maritime Organisation (SMO) and the Safer Fairways to Gothenburg Project, will start in December, with completion due in February 2004. 

  • IHC Yards in Jumbo Dredging Delivery

    01 Jun 2002

    A large order of dredgers, dredging support craft and dredging equipment left the Netherlands early May bound for Nigeria. The delivery represents a major success for the combined forces of IHC Holland's business units Beaver Dredgers and Delta Shipyard, both at Sliedrecht. 

  • The 'Best Environmental Project' Award for PPP Flood Defence

    01 Jun 2002

    seawork2002 exhibitor Westminster Dredging is part of a consortium which has just scooped the 'Best Environmental Project' Award 2002 for the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) flood defence scheme to be let in the UK. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • UKHO Dutch Licence Agreement

    01 Jun 2002

    The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a licencing agreement with Nautical Information Services BV for direct electronic transmission of Admiralty Notices to Mariners to vessels at sea under the Digital Folio and Notice Service (DFANS). 

  • Seabed Classification Software Demos

    01 Jun 2002

    Atlantas Marine of Langport, Somerset is currently hosting a series of demonstrations of new seabed classification systems developed by Canadian software specialists, Quester Tangent. 

  • Pangea Software for Italian HO

    01 Jun 2002

    Pangea of Bologna, which specialises in design of static, dynamic and real-time geographical data management software, has completed delivery of 323 new sub-modules to the Italian Navy's Hydrographic Office in Genoa. They will enable the Office to increase its chart production capacity while also improving current automation processes. 

  • Fugro Puts DGPS Chart Updates on Web

    01 Jun 2002

    Fugro has introduced a web service (www.surveyplanner.com) for updated coverage charts of its worldwide Differential GPS services, enabling users to produce customised maps for any location and service. 

  • 'Svitzer' Successfully Completes EEZ Surveys

    01 Jun 2002

    Great Yarmouth-based Svitzer has successfully completed the first stage of Mauritius continental shelf survey operations in the West Indian Ocean using its specialist hydrographic vessel L'Espoir. 

Its '02 Review

  • ITS '02 Review

    01 Jun 2002

    The 17th International Tug and Salvage Convention - ITS 2002 started in brisk fashion in the Spanish city and port of Bilbao on 13 May, with close to 400 delegates and exhibitors arriving from every corner of the world's towage and salvage industries Held at the ultra-modern Euskalduna Conference Centre, the event ran for four days and included an exhibition with 60 stands representing towage companies, shipbuilders, naval architects and equipment manufacturers. This bi-annual event continues to grow in size and stature. In spite of a perceived downturn in some sectors of the industry the atmosphere was buoyant and there was no lack of interesting and stimulating papers. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • ABPmer hosts dredging workshop

    01 Jun 2002

    Representatives from major European ports were recently welcomed by Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Southampton and ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) - ABP's Southampton-based research subsidiary - for the eighth annual International Workshop on Dredging and Surveying. 

  • SA Port Development Project Planned

    01 Jun 2002

    Coega Industrial Development Zone and Ngqura Port in the Eastern Cape in South Africa - which covers an area of 12,000ha of land adjacent to a proposed deep-water port providing serviced industrial sites with purpose-built infrastructure - have released preliminary details of a number of marine civils contracts which will be let in the near future. 

  • Droitwich Junction locks restored

    01 Jun 2002

    The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) and Droitwich Canals Trust (DCT) have announced the completion of the restoration of Hanbury Locks on the Droitwich Junction Canal. The re-opening ceremony took place on 31 May when the first boat to pass through the Locks was steered by Tom Mayo who is thought to have been on the last boat to travel on the Canal before it closed nearly 75 years ago. 

  • Dutch JV Begins Installation Work on Offshore Wind Turbine Project

    01 Jun 2002

    Two Dutch contractors - Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ - have revealed details of the jack-up barge they have built and started to use as a platform to serve the rapidly growing market in Europe for offshore wind turbine installation work. 

Monitoring & Control

  • Major Design Enhancements for New Fuel Shut-off Valve

    01 Jun 2002

    Higher working pressures and longer life are two of the major design enhancements on the new AMOT 4418F turbine fuel shut-off valve, which also functions as an air start for diesel engines, a fuel gas vent and an on/off control, all with under 100m/sec closing. 

Navaids

  • Buoyant Hydrosphere Lights Up Exhibition

    01 Jun 2002

    After a long winter of development, the hampshirebased navaids supplier Hydrosphere UK Ltd will launch a new range of low cost navigation and regulatory buoys on Stand 126 at seawork2002. 

  • Mobilis Clearly Visible at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    The French designer and manufacturer of navaids, Mobilis, returns for seawork2002 with a selection of their buoys, solar lights, mooring and anchoring systems, aluminium towers and lighthouses up to 30m in height. 

  • Trinity House Launches Life Cycle Services at seawork2002

    01 Jun 2002

    Trinity House Lighthouse Service returns to seawork to launch new life cycle services for coastal asset owners from Stand 137. Trinity House will also have their 20m launch THL Vectis moored alongside at seawork's floating exhibition pontoon. 

Navigation & Communication

  • UKHO Introduces Searchable Notices to Mariners

    01 Jun 2002

    The UKHO has enhanced the Admiralty Notices to Mariners On-Line (ANMO) service by providing a new search facility. Direct access is via or through the UKHO web address.<$>The improved facility enables users to search for updates to paper Admiralty Navigational Charts and Publications by chart or publication number using four search criteria: By chart or publication updates from the latest edition; By chart or publication updates from the last NM; By chart updates between specified dates; By individual NM by NM number/year. 

  • Navigation Systems Breakthrough for Chinese Newbuild Projects

    01 Jun 2002

    Kelvin Hughes has secured contracts to supply navigational systems for a series of Chinese vessels. 

  • Stabilised Antenna Systems Extend to Smaller Vessels

    01 Jun 2002

    Aberdeen UK-based DMS, a subsidiary of Schlumberger Network Solutions, has launched the latest addition to the SpaceTrack 4000 portfolio of VSAT stabilised communication antenna, which facilitates VSAT communications for all maritime vessels regardless of their size. 

  • First African VTS Installations for Transas

    01 Jun 2002

    Transas completed its first VTS projects in Africa last month with the installation of navi-Harbour 3000 VTS systems in the Moroccan ports of Jorf Lasfar and Mohammedia. Transas won these orders following the success of Soremar, its local distributor in Morocco and North Africa, in the international tender. 

  • Fixed Satellite Phones Reach Small Boat Market

    01 Jun 2002

    Iridium is a system of 66 satellites cross-linked in space and orbiting just 485 miles above Earth. Because the low-orbiting Iridium satellites are much closer to Earth than other systems (the geo-stationary Inmarsat systems orbits at 22,223 miles), it means the antenna for a satellite telephone is reduced dramatically in size, making it a viable communications system for all sizes of ships and boats. 

News

  • Swedes Speed to seawork in Record Setting Run

    01 Jun 2002

    Swedish boat builders Dockstavarvet will not only be bringing their latest newbuild fast patrol boat to seawork2002 but will be utilising its blazing performance capabilities to set a speed record as they do so. 

  • Trials Mirth at Twelve Quays Berth

    01 Jun 2002

    The Port of Liverpool's Twelve Quays River Terminal for Irish Sea ro-ro ferries handled its first ship last month when berthing trials by NorseMerchant Ferries' 21,500gt vessel Lagan Viking were successfully completed. 

  • Fleet 77 Systems Hit the Market

    01 Jun 2002

    To accompany Inmarsat's recent Fleet 77 service launch, Thrane & Thrane A/S of Denmark announced shipments of their type approved Capsat Fleet 77 products to partners and distributors worldwide. 

  • Typhoon Hits Exmouth

    01 Jun 2002

    The second Typhoon fishing boat to built by the UK's Cygnus Marine has been delivered to a charter business in Devon. Owned and operated by the Carter brothers of Exmouth, the 33ft Becci of Ladram will be used primarily for charter fishing off the south west coast of England and as far south as the Channel Islands. 

  • Friction Stir Welding Workshop Will Benefit Shipbuilding

    01 Jun 2002

    A workshop on the benefits of using the friction stir welding process in industrial applications such as shipbuilding is to be held at TWI Ltd in Cambridge UK on 16 July 2002. 

  • Desmi Acquires K&R Pompen

    01 Jun 2002

    Danish pump manufacturer A/S De Smithske, also known as Desmi, acquired the Dutch company K&R Pompen BV last month, which has distributed Desmi products in the Netherlands for more than 40 years. 

  • BMT Continues American Expansion

    01 Jun 2002

    British Maritime Technology acquired the American engineering firm Syntek Technologies last month, making it the fourth BMT operating company in North America. Syntek specialises in naval engineering, product development and counter intelligence. 

  • Fassmer Hands Over Second Police Workboat

    01 Jun 2002

    German shipyard Fr. Fassmer in Berne/Motzen has delivered Hoben, second of three sturdy but sophisticated 25.5m long patrol boats being built and delivered to east German authorities over three years. 

  • Briggs Group Acquires Keliston

    01 Jun 2002

    The Briggs Group of counter-pollution and marine specialists has acquired the name and assets of the Ipswich UK-based marine civil engineering company Keliston. The new marine civil engineering company will trade under the name Keliston Marine Civil Engineers Ltd and the scope of services it will offer will include dredging, underwater drilling and blasting, underwater construction, pipeline installation, cable laying, and underwater cutting and demolition. 

  • 'Snowbird 6' Completes "Drive" Round the World

    01 Jun 2002

    The Ice Challenger expedition has achieved its goal of becoming the first to cross the treacherous 24 miles of floating ice and open water which make up the Bering Strait between Wales in Alaska to the Russian land mass of Big Diomedes in a land-based vehicle. 

  • Channel Navigation Data Service for Busy Dover Strait

    01 Jun 2002

    A contract worth over £1m to provide the MCA operated Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS) system for the Dover Strait has been won by Norcontrol IT. 

  • Superfast Ferries Takes EastPort Development Project Lead

    01 Jun 2002

    Superfast Ferries has emerged as the front runner to operate a new passenger and freight service from the proposed £32m EastPort harbour development at Great Yarmouth UK. Superfast, part of the Athens-based Attica Enterprises Group, was one of four serious potential operators to submit proposals. 

  • Micro-Research Camera Moonlights on Marine Pollution

    01 Jun 2002

    The Maritime & Coastguard Agency in Southampton has found an ideal camera for its aerial marine pollution surveillance work in the unlikely world of microscopic research. 

  • IALA VTS Workshop Sets Training Guidelines

    01 Jun 2002

    A major international gathering of navigation experts attended the Fourth International VTS Workshop of IALA, hosted by South Tyneside College in the UK. 

  • New 'Delta' Boat for German Rescue Service

    01 Jun 2002

    Germany's lifeboat service DGzRS in Bremen has added the new delta-hulled, wide-stern rescue boat Woltera to its fleet of more than 60 versatile lifeboats and rescue cruisers. 

  • Heavy Lift for Offshore Windfarm

    01 Jun 2002

    Smit's largest sheerlegs, Asian Hercules II, has installed a 1,000 tonnes transformer substation module for the world's largest offshore windfarm at Horns Rev off Denmark. The lift was performed on behalf of HBG Steel Structures of the Netherlands, the substation's fabricator. 

  • Halmatic Cougar Mega-Order for Oman

    01 Jun 2002

    Portchester UK-based Halmatic has secured a contract to build 20 Halmatic Cougar Enforcer 33 Ultra Fast Patrol Boats for the Royal Oman Police Coastguard. 

Pollution Control

  • Swedes Bring Delight to Oil Spill Responders

    01 Jun 2002

    Oil companies and coastguards have tested a wide range of methods for detecting oil spills at night. Although often both expensive and complex, this equipment has yet to provide a fully satisfactory solution. 

  • Briggs Marine Wins Scapa Flow Oil Recovery Contract

    01 Jun 2002

    Briggs Marine has been awarded a two year contract, with an option for further years, by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) to remove oil from the sunken battleship Royal Oak in Orkney's Scapa Flow. 

  • Further Port Waste Management Consultation

    01 Jun 2002

    Further improvements to the management of port waste were included in a consultation on port waste facilities announced last month by UK Shipping Minister David Jamieson. 

  • Emergency Response Oil Spill Clean-up Kit for Marinas

    01 Jun 2002

    The Emergency Response Kit from Georgia USA-based Centek Industries is a storage container filled with all the necessary items to clean up a marina-sized oil or gas spill. 

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • IJmuiden's Third Harbour Gets Ready to RoRo

    01 Jun 2002

    The Third Harbour at the Dutch port of IJmuiden is nearing completion and is expecting to receive business by the end of this year. Despite problems such as weak surface layers that were discovered only after digging had begun and the need to relocate a protected species of sand lizard, the development is only six months behind its original schedule. 

  • Titan Surveys Possible Boxport Development

    01 Jun 2002

    A trend has developed in the Americas to place container trans-shipment ports off the eastern seaboard of the goods-hungry USA. North-south trade along the Atlantic coast and east-west traffic with Europe utilise these facilities. 

  • HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Defence Materials

    01 Jun 2002

    HR Wallingford, the UK-based marine engineering consultants, has begun work on a project which, it is anticipated, will be of considerable interest to marine contractors, builders, and local authorities who are involved in sea defence or river protection works. 

  • seawork Exhibitor Wins Groyne Innovation Award

    01 Jun 2002

    Portsmouth UK-based Plasti Ltd, which will be exhibiting at seawork2002, has won a prestigious Government SMART Development Award to develop, construct and install a beach groyne using patented composite piles in combination with other sustainable materials. 

  • English Nature: No Change on Marine Conservation Areas

    01 Jun 2002

    English Nature, the statutory body responsible for advising the UK government on the designation of marine Special Areas of Conservation (marine SACs) has confirmed that it does not intend to alter the way it designates the areas, even though a study it has recently completed indicates that other countries in Europe clearly use different, less stringent criteria to do so. 

  • 'Unsinkable' Replacement Pontoon Brings Wapping Great Success

    01 Jun 2002

    With its 40 year old pontoon prone to leaking and sinking, London's Metropolitan Police were in need of an 'unsinkable' replacement at the Wapping Boat Yard on the river Thames. 

  • Coastal Erosion Comes Under Scrutiny

    01 Jun 2002

    A newly developed model for predicting coastal erosion came under the spotlight at a recent conference at the Institution of Civil Engineers in London. 

Safety & Training

  • SARIS System Charts Safety at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    Exhibiting at seawork2002 is BMT Marine Information Systems Limited (MIS), the British Maritime Technology subsidiary which focuses on the production of user driven environmental software modelling and information systems as well as consultancy services. 

  • New Marine Fire Suppressant Fills Halon Void

    01 Jun 2002

    More than 350 small boats are involved in fires each year in the UK alone, so an effective on board fire suppression system is essential. Until recently, Halon was thought to be the best firefighting medium for use in automatic systems but it was found to extremely damaging to the environment and production ceased in 1995. 

Safety, Survival & Training

  • SeaSafe Debuts Twin Chamber Jacket at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    SeaSafe Systems celebrate 36 years of operation for the SeaSafe name and a completely rebuilt shop and factory at Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, with a voyage across the Solent to appear as exhibitors at seawork2002. 

  • Visualisation Breakthrough for Marine Simulator Training

    01 Jun 2002

    Simulator-based training for mariners has been taken to a new level of authenticity with the introduction of a next generation visual presentation system from Transas. New visualisation software named Seagull_Vis 4000 represents the synthetic environment with an unprecedented level of realism and includes a number of advanced effects designed specifically for marine applications and developed to further improve the efficiency of simulator-based training. 

  • Cosalt Offers Halon Replacement Advice to Visitors at seawork2002

    01 Jun 2002

    seawork2002 exhibitor Cosalt Safety & Protection's dedicated Marine Fire & Safety Services team is helping ship owners comply with the new legislation which will abolish the use of ozone layer damaging Halon gases in fire extinguishing systems. 

  • ISU Supports IMO Casualty Guidelines as Refusal is Unacceptable

    01 Jun 2002

    Problems in finding places of refuge for ship casualties has been a matter of concern for the International Salvage Union (ISU) for a number of years. 

  • Seeing is Knowing with Demo CD

    01 Jun 2002

    Recognising that 'a picture can be worth a thousand words', Hampshire UK-based lifejacket manufacturer Crewsaver has introduced a safety initiative in which an interactive CD demonstrates how to maintain, re-arm and re-pack after use their entire range of air only lifejackets. 

Seawork2002

  • Oceanscan Brings VideoRay to seawork2002 exhibition

    01 Jun 2002

    Oceanscan Ltd comes to seawork2002 with a selection of the equipment it has procured over the last 18 months as it consolidates its position as a leading supplier of technology and personnel to the global subsea oil and gas markets. 

  • Lochin Debuts New Design at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    Lochin Marine International returns to seawork and will be occupying its usual spot adjacent to the gangplank from the quayside down to the show's floating exhibition. 

  • Vessel Launch

    01 Jun 2002

    Electrical power aboard Herman is supplied by three auxiliary generators. The main unit comprises a John Deere 6068 (6.8 litre) TF 258 diesel driving a 60 kVA, 230/400 volt 50Hz alternator. Two Hatz harbour sets, models 3L41 and 4L41, in 'Silent Pack' housings are rated at 23kVA and 30kVA respectively. 

  • Innovations Showcase Boosts Visitor Focus on New Products

    01 Jun 2002

    New at seawork2002 is the Innovations Showcase, providing the perfect focus on products and projects which have come to the market or been undertaken in the past year. 

Towlines

  • Towlines

    01 Jun 2002

    Secretary of the British Tugowners Association Mr David Randell has retired after serving the organisation for over 20 years. His successor is David Asprey of the Chamber of Shipping. Contact details in future will be as follows; - British Tugowners Association, Carthusian Court, 12 Carthusian Street, London EC1 6EZ; 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Spanish Builders Show Their Wares

    01 Jun 2002

    Among the new tugs displayed in Bilbao was the newly completed Zeus 1 due to be delivered to Svitzer Wijsmuller for LNG terminal operations at Point Fortin in Trinidad. 

  • East Isle Build ASD Tugs for Panama Canal

    01 Jun 2002

    The East Isle Shipyard of St. John, Canada, part of the Irving Group, has two powerful azimuthing stern drive tugs under construction for the Panama Canal Authority. 

  • New Towing Carrousel Causes a Stir

    01 Jun 2002

    One of the most interesting technical innovations to be introduced to the towage industry at ITS 2002, and one that has progressed since the conference, was undoubtedly the Carrousel Towing System, a revolutionary patented towing connection. A towing connection mounted on a completely circular track, the so called Carrousel is a concept originating from a joint project initiated by Dr Markus van der Laan of IMC in the Netherlands, towing gear manufacturer Mampaey, and tugowner Multraship. 

Vessel Construction

  • Blondecell Delivers Sea Cadets' Training Vessel

    01 Jun 2002

    The Sea Cadet Corps is about to take delivery of the first power training vessel it has had since 1998 in the form of TS John Jerwood, a 23.5m long GRP hulled craft built by Blondecell Limited at Marchwood UK. 

  • Cheetah Brings a Big Cat to seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    Cheetah Marine returns to seawork from the Isle of Wight with one of the three Big Cats which the yard has recently built or has under construction. 

  • Survival Systems Acquires Seaworthy Range

    01 Jun 2002

    Survival Systems International UK Limited are now the sole manufacturers and developers of the established range of Seaworthy fast rescue and workboats, having purchased all assets and intellectual rights associated with Seaworthy Marine. 

  • European Ship Design for China

    01 Jun 2002

    Two European ship design and newbuilding supervision groups have joined forces to provide dedicated ship design for Chinese shipyards. Cardiff UK based Graig Plc and Carl Bro A/S of Copenhagen have launched Graig Carl Bro Ship Design to provide a full design service from a modern Shanghai office. 

  • IACS Puts Unified Requirement Reservations Online

    01 Jun 2002

    The International Association of Classification Societies (IACS) has published a list of 'reservations' to Unified Requirements (URs) regarding ship design, construction and survey in operation on its website (www.iacs.org.uk). 

  • 'Bootsie B' Takes a Bow

    01 Jun 2002

    Bearing a passing resemblance to the stern wheel paddle steamers enshrined in Mississippi River lore, the new towboat M/V Bootsie B is the latest newbuilding from Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana USA. 

  • Isle of Wight Boatbuilder South Boats Confidently Soar into seawork2002

    01 Jun 2002

    The Isle of Wight boatyard South Boats Ltd steams into seawork2002 full of confidence, with confirmed orders for a number of craft guaranteeing the company's future. A large order will be announced at the exhibition for a pair of substantial craft to operate in the Solent area. 

  • 'Waterway' is Dutch "Ship of the Year"

    01 Jun 2002

    A prestigious 'Ship of the Year' award in Holland went last month to the trailing suction hopper dredger Waterway, owned by Royal Boskalis Westminster's UK subsidiary, Westminster Dredging Ltd, and built by the Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam. 

  • Steel Shipkit In Tune With 'Song of the Whale II'

    01 Jun 2002

    The steel hull of a new marine mammal research vessel for the International Fund for Animal Welfare Charitable Trust is being constructed in Falmouth UK from a self-jigging kit supplied by Corus. This sophisticated build method is befitting for Song of the Whale II, which will be one of the world's most advanced whale research vessels when it is launched in the spring of 2003. 

  • Passenger Boat Newbuild Underway at Voyager Yachts

    01 Jun 2002

    The Plymouth-based Voyager Yachts boatyard is constructing a 65ft long, 21in beam passenger boat for Exmouth-based Stuart Line Cruises. 

  • Halmatic Celebrates 50th Anniversary at seawork2002

    01 Jun 2002

    A meeting on the Isle of Wight between Halmatic's founder Patrick de Laszlo and the famous boat designer Uffa Fox led to the manufacture in 1952 of Europe's first fibreglass boat - a Flying Twenty moulded in a combination of Crystic 189 polyester resin with matted glass fibres which de Laszlo named Deborine after his wife Deborah. 

  • Game Fish Beware of 'Predator III'

    01 Jun 2002

    Ireland's Safehaven Marine have launched the second of their new Interceptor 42 design. 

  • Stainless Set Up Marine Division

    01 Jun 2002

    Stainless UK Ltd, the Sheffieldbased supplier of stainless materials and products, have set up a new Marine Division which will focus on serving boat builders and repair yards around Britain. The company's aim is to provide a single source of supply for stainless steel items combined with the speed and reliability which are essential in serving the marine industry. 

  • The Met's New Targa a Force at seawork

    01 Jun 2002

    Wessex Marine again voyages the short distance from Poole to Southampton to exhibit their ubiquitous Targa 31 model on the floating pontoon at seawork2002. 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Refitted Nelson Returns to Service

    01 Jun 2002

    Following an extensive refit, survey vessel operators Talisman Offshore Services have returned Semper Vigilo 2of instrument space. 

  • MacGregor Ro-Ro Conversion

    01 Jun 2002

    MacGregor's Ro-Ro conversion capabilities were highlighted by a recent project. 

  • Thickness Gauging without Removing Coatings

    01 Jun 2002

    The Cygnus 4 Multiple Echo Thickness Gauge from Dorchester UK based Cygnus Instruments can be used to monitor corrosion levels quickly and easily, and from one side only, on ship shell plates, decks, pipelines and ballast tanks, or in any applicatiom on board where metal wastage is of concern to the operator. 

  • Titanic Scenario Averted by Harland and Wolff Land Deal

    01 Jun 2002

    The British Government's Department for Regional Development has given formal approval to Belfast Harbour Commissioners to conclude an agreement between famed shipbuilding and repair yard Harland and Wolff and Titanic Quarter Ltd. The agreement will hopefully secure the yard's future as some 80 acres of land identified as surplus to Harland and Wolff's operational needs will be freed for development. 

  • Hydrolink Team with ASRY

    01 Jun 2002

    Hydrolink, the Sharjah-based specialist engineering company, have teamed with the ASRY ship repair facility of Bahrain to provide a complete range of hydraulic services to vessel owners and operators. 

  • A&P Shipcare Spreads It's Skills

    01 Jun 2002

    The ship repair, maintenance and conversion yard A&P Southampton has recently completed an unusual project with the refit of Coflexip Stena Offshore's CSO Seawell, an offshore support vessel, at their King George V drydock. 

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