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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

'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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

'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. 

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).