Damen to Build New Light Tender for MENAS

01 Sep 2002

The Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS), responsible for aids to navigation in the Arabian Gulf, have placed a ?29m order with Dutch shipyard Damen to build and equip a technologically advanced Light Tender which will install and service navaids from its base in Bahrain. 

Dutch Complete Toisa's Fastest Supply Workhorse

01 Sep 2002

Dutch yard Van der Giessen de Noord has completed Toisa Proteus, the biggest and fastest of three multi-purpose, diesel-electric offshore support vessels from the IHC Caland Group shipyard for Toisa in the last four years. 

Fassmer's Tough Baltic Replaces Two Ships

01 Sep 2002

Germany's Fr Fassmer shipyard knew from the outset that its new 23.9m sounding vessel Baltic, just delivered to local shipping operators in Stralsund, would be a challenging project. 

A New Cheetah for The Friends of Dolphin

01 Sep 2002

The Friends of Dolphin is a registered charity providing pleasure trips for disabled people in Poole Bay UK. 

Ulstein Delivers Solstad's First A101

01 Sep 2002

Regular customer Solstad Offshore in Norway has taken delivery of its first of a new series of fast, multi-functional Type A101 anchor-handling tug supply vessels from home shipyard Ulstein Verft. 

New Fisheries Research Vessel Rescues Mariner

01 Sep 2002

The latest delivery from Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd is an 18m Fisheries Research vessel designed by Chris Baker Marine Data (IOM) Ltd for Mustang Marine to meet the requirements of Eastern Sea Fisheries Joint Committee. It will provide research services to the inshore fisheries (6 miles offshore) from Skegness in the North to Dovercourt in Suffolk in the South. 

'Metcat' Heralds RNLI's IB1 Era

01 Sep 2002

The first prototype of the RNLI's new class of inshore lifeboat was named Metcat in a ceremony at the RNLI Depot in Poole last month. The IB1 is a new and improved version of the popular D class lifeboat.