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Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Marine Lubricants In Russian Market Expansion

    01 Oct 2002

    Castrol Marine has extended its global operation to supply specialist marine lubricants to the northwest Russian port of St Petersburg. 

  • Engines Rebuild Gives New Life to 'Goosander'

    01 Oct 2002

    Diesel engine specialists Bartech Marine Engineering has recently completed an overhaul of the main engine and gearbox plus three auxiliary engines and all associated parts for the MV Goosander, an ex-Admiralty Duck Class vessel now owned by Underwater Technology and operated from Lowestoft UK. 

  • Integrated Propulsion Controller Launched

    01 Oct 2002

    Regulateur Europa has launched an Integrated Propulsion Controller (IPC) to the diesel engine industry. 

  • Dredging Input Breeds More Purrfect Cat

    01 Oct 2002

    Caterpillar introduced a major upgrade to its 3500B series range of marine propulsion and auxiliary engines at SMM in Hamburg last month. 

  • Super Quiet Vessel Marks 'Technological Breakthrough'

    01 Oct 2002

    Norway's Soviknes Shipyard, part of the Aker Brattvaag Group, has delivered a completely new multipurpose offshore vessel design which is said to represent a 'technological breakthrough' in several areas. 

  • Schottel Shows Son of SSP at SMM

    01 Oct 2002

    Schottel featured their new Schottel Electric Propulsor (SEP) at SMM in Hamburg last month. 

  • On Board Power for Turkish Tugs

    01 Oct 2002

    Turkish tugboat builders and operators Sanmar markets its Dogancay and Sanmar series worldwide. Built at their Tuzla shipyard, the 25.25m Dogancay and more compact 18.29m Sanmar tugs are both classed by ABS without service restrictions. 

Diving & Underwater Services

  • Bespoke Cofferdams Enable Rapid Underwater Repair

    01 Oct 2002

    Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex have developed the capability to produce bespoke mobile mini-drydocks (mobdocks) to effect major repairs underwater to vessels which would otherwise require drydocking. 

  • Nearshore Component to Longest Pipeline Survey

    01 Oct 2002

    Corrintec have commenced their longest ever subsea pipeline cathodic protection survey programme in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey, commissioned by PEMEX and operated by Oceanografia, will cover a total of 4,620km over a period of 54 months concentrating on pipelines within the South West sector of the Bay of Campeche. 

Dredging

  • VOSTA and STN Sign Dredging Partnership Agreement

    01 Oct 2002

    VOSTA.LMG, the Amsterdam based dredger builder and dredging components supplier, has signed a partner agreement with Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics under which the two companies will co-operate in the development and worldwide marketing of automated dredging systems. 

  • World Dredging Congress XVII Tied to Next SMM Exhibition

    01 Oct 2002

    The World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA) has announced that the 17th World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will take place in Hamburg from 27 September through to 1 October 2004, coinciding with the 21st staging of SMM. WODCON will be held at the CCH-Congress Centrum, which is linked by a covered path through a Japanese Garden to the SMM exhibition halls. 

  • Ballast Nedam Sells Interest in Ballast Ham Dredging

    01 Oct 2002

    The Dutch construction group Ballast Nedam has reversed its earlier position and decided to sell its one-third interest in joint venture Ballast Ham Dredging to majority co-owner Hollandsche Beton Groep The decision resolves an enduring dispute concerning a 'change of control' clause in the shareholders agreement which created Ballast Ham Dredging. 

Ferries & Short Sea Operations

  • Reconditioned Engine Puts New Life in Old Ferry

    01 Oct 2002

    Service Center Denmark at Frederikshavn conducted final tests and sea trials last month for the ferry M/F Naus following the installation of a reconditioned version of its vintage B&W Alpha 406-26VO engine. 

  • United Kingdom Short Sea Shipping Bureau Shaping Up

    01 Oct 2002

    A UK Short Sea Shipping Bureau is one step closer to becoming a reality according to the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers (ICS). 

  • Roller Screens Fight Ferry Fires

    01 Oct 2002

    Solar Solve Marine launched a new product at SMM which is likely to stir considerable interest among the operators of ferries and cruiseships. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Suez Canal Contract

    01 Oct 2002

    Atlas Hydrographic, based in Cairns, Australia and Bremen, Germany, has been awarded a contract worth more than €500,000 by the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia for supply of multibeam echosounding facilities and associated equipment. According to the company, the equipment will be primarily used aboard a survey launch for pre and post-dredging hydrographic operations along sectors of the 193km-long Canal. 

  • IMarEST Accreditation

    01 Oct 2002

    The London-based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international professional body and learned society which claims to be the largest marine organisation of its kind with a worldwide membership of 16,000 in over 100 countries, is now offering accredited membership to hydrographers, geologists and oceanographers among others. 

  • VT Ocean Sciences' Ship-Time Prize

    01 Oct 2002

    VT Ocean Sciences, the joint venture between VT Group and the University of Wales at Bangor, has launched a scheme for applicants within the European marine science community who want funded ship-time aboard its research ship launched in the summer of last year, RV Prince Madog. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • EA to Enlarge Lydney Docks Marina

    01 Oct 2002

    The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK, which is planning a major regeneration effort at Lydney Docks near Gloucester, has increased the size of the marina it is planning to build to help pay for the project, and says it anticipates building a facility with 80-90 berths initially, in phase one of the project, adding another 50-60 berths at a later date. 

Mets

  • Dutch Treat for Visitors to Sold Out METS

    01 Oct 2002

    METS 2002, the Marine Equipment Trade Show, returns to the Amsterdam RAI from 19-21 November with a record 887 exhibitors from no fewer than 30 countries and 15 national pavilions consuming all available space in the Parkhall, Randstadhall, Deltahall and Hollandhall to deliver a sold out exhibition. 

News

  • MARIN Tanks Up for 70th Anniversary

    01 Oct 2002

    The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) celebrates its 70th anniversary this month with the official inauguration of its upgraded Depressurised Towing Tank. 

  • EMS is the Tork of the Town

    01 Oct 2002

    There has been much talk in the boatbuilding industry recently about a new product from Essex UK based Torkmaster Ltd which will make its debut at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam next month. 

  • European Maritime Pilots Warn of Deregulation Dangers

    01 Oct 2002

    The European Maritime Pilot's Association (EMPA) has warned that passage of the European Union's ports directive, which would force pilots to compete on a commercial basis, would compromise safety standards and discourage investment and training. EMPA represents 4,800 maritime pilots in Europe and facilitates the exchange of information between its members in order to continuously improve their professional and technical proficiency. 

  • 'Echo' Past Meets 'Echo' Present

    01 Oct 2002

    It is a rare occasion when two ships perpetuating the same illustrious name have a chance meeting on the high seas but just such an incident took place recently when the British Royal Navy's former , a 160 tonne inshore survey vessel commissioned in 1958, met her modern namesake in the English Channel. 

  • Shocking Debut for Ship Security System

    01 Oct 2002

    Secure-Marine of Rotterdam made a valuable contribution to the fast expanding marine security market when it presented a ship protection system to the US Maritime Security Expo in New York last month. The Secure-Ship anti-piracy and ship boarding protection system will also be displayed at the Maritime Security Council conference in Washington DC later this month. 

  • Contractor/ Military Co-Operation Raises Lost Aircraft

    01 Oct 2002

    Briggs Marine Contractors have played a key role in the recovery of an RAF aircraft which crashed into the River Humber near the town of Brough in Yorkshire UK. 

  • Delta 140 Patrol in Isle of Wight Launch

    01 Oct 2002

    Delta Power Services travelled from their base in Cheshire UK to the Isle of Wight last month to launch the first of their new range of 14 to 21m RIBs. 

  • Kroeger bags contract for sophisticated research ship

    01 Oct 2002

    North Germany's Kroeger Shipyard , part of the Luerssen Group and a specialist research vessel builder, has now won the contract to build the sophisticated 93.6m long, 17.8m wide ice-strengthened research ship Maria S. Merian . 

  • Ocean Safety Continues Expansion

    01 Oct 2002

    Marine safety specialists Ocean Safety have acquired niche manufacturer KIMProducts from Kelvin Hughes . 

  • New MCA Boat From Halmatic Makes a Splash

    01 Oct 2002

    Portchester UK based Halmatic is providing a new fleet of eight boats for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency . 

  • STN Atlas Takes SMM Orders Haul

    01 Oct 2002

    Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics were rewarded for their journey across town to SMM Debeg 3400 UAIS last month with an order to retrofit their new systems to 's worldwide fleet of 77 container vessels. Installation commences early next year. 

  • Euro High Speed Ro-Ro Breaks Cover at SMM

    01 Oct 2002

    Rolls Royce and Spanish shipbuilder Izar announced plans at SMM for a new European High Speed Cargo Vessel (EHSCV) to provide a cost effective shortsea shipping alternative to road transport in Europe. 

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • Milford Haven Goes Green with Plastic Timber

    01 Oct 2002

    The Milford Haven Port Authority in the UK has demonstrated its commitment to conservation by using fender pilings made of recycled plastic in place of rain forest hardwood. During a £130,000 planned maintenance of their pilot jetty, the Authority and their consultants from the Babtie Group opted for fender pilings manufactured by Plastic Pilings of California USA. 

  • Dew Piles It On for Rosyth Ro-Ro Port

    01 Oct 2002

    The Port of Rosyth already had much of the required infrastructure in place when it received the go-ahead early this year to become Scotland's first ferry link to mainland Europe via a Superfast ro-ro service to Zeebrugge. 

  • It's All Go for New Name MarineCo

    01 Oct 2002

    Mid-Lothian, Scotland based Environmental Engineering has changed the name for the marine section of their business to MarineCo UK Ltd. The move follows feedback from participation in their first ever exhibition this summer, seawork2002 in Southampton. 

  • Gareloch Expands Fleet with Multi-Role 'Laura M'

    01 Oct 2002

    Scottish marine plant operator Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd has taken delivery of a new MRV 20 multi-role vessel built by Halmatic at their Portchester yard. The Laura M becomes Gareloch's flagship vessel, complementing an existing MRV 15 and a 10m Damen Multi-Cat. 

Pumps & Compressors

  • Jets' New Small Vessel Toilet System

    01 Oct 2002

    Norway-based Jets Vacuum AS has launched a new system for small ferries and workboats which retains the advantages of normal Jet Vacuum toilet systems but in a scaled down version for easy and simplified installation. 

  • High Pressure Pump for Hull Cleaning

    01 Oct 2002

    A new range of mobile high-pressure water jetting systems developed by Calder at its Worcester UK factory will take to the road with fully computerised controls that automatically decelerate the engine to tickover when the lance trigger is released. This feature makes the new systems more economical to run, saving on fuel and component wear. 

Rotterdam Maritime

  • International Dimension Boosts Rotterdam Maritime

    01 Oct 2002

    The Rotterdam Maritime Trade Fair has grown significantly from its origins as a primarily inland shipping show for a domestic Dutch audience. The 11th Rotterdam Maritime, to be held at the Ahoy' exhibition centre from 12-16- November, has become a truly international event on the maritime calendar with representation coming from as far afield as Romania, Poland, and even China. 

Towlines

  • Towlines

    01 Oct 2002

    .The headquarters and registered office of Wijsmuller Marine Ltd has now been relocated from Woking in Surrey to Middlesbrough. In future all correspondence that would have been sent to Woking should be addressed to; - Wijsmuller Marine Ltd. Tees Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough TS3 6AB. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • The New 'Anglian Princess' Hosts Pool of London Reception

    01 Oct 2002

    Anglian Princess, the new flagship for Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd, entered service with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September and was host to an important event for the agency in the Pool of London on the last day of the month. 

  • Damen Deliver the First of New ASD 2810 Design

    01 Oct 2002

    Italian tug owners SCAFI Societa di Navigazione S. p. a. based in La Spezia, Italy have taken delivery of the first new ASD 2810 tug from Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem in the Netherlands. 

  • Former East German Workboat is Sold to the Adriatic

    01 Oct 2002

    The latest but probably not the last chapter in the life of a remarkable German workboat has just been written in Rostock where Fairplay has sold the last tug in what used to be the former GDR state-owned Technical Fleet. 

  • Mainport Group Expand Marine Activities

    01 Oct 2002

    Irish Mainport Holdings Ltd, the Cork based marine services and shipping group established in 1974, continues to increase its influence in the towage and marine construction sector. 

Vessel Launch Balim

  • Ro-Clean Desmi Delivers Oil Skimming Catamaran

    01 Oct 2002

    Ro-Clean Desmi have delivered a 10m Pollkitten, the smallest in their range of Pollcat anti-pollution boats, to the CEPSA oil refinery at Spain's rapidly expanding port of Algeciras. Within five days of delivery the Balim was mobilised for an oil spill incident in Algeciras Bay, collecting 2,000 litres of spilled oil with only 10% water content, to the delight of owners CEPSA. 

Vessel Launch Jack James

  • The Arrival of Jack James

    01 Oct 2002

    The arrival of the new tug/ workboat Jack James to J Butcher & Sons Ltd of Portsmouth passed quietly and without clamour on the 6 September. Within a day or two the new tug had joined the fleet and was busy shiphandling. 

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