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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Barge Handling Reachstacker

    01 Jan 2003

    Verbrugge Terminals BV in Terneuzen, The Netherlands, handles about 1.8 million tonnes of forest products each year which largely originate in Sweden and are shipped to Verbrugge by ro-ro vessel. 

  • Jack-Up Lifts Marine Site Investigation

    01 Jan 2003

    Seacore has made use of a new Commachio crawler based automatic drill rig in conjunction with its Skate 3 jack-up pontoon to carry out a combined onshore and nearshore site investigation project along the route of a proposed waste water treatment works pipeline and sea outfall at Portrush in Northern Ireland. 

  • Lankhorst Ropes Deliver Benchmark Clarity

    01 Jan 2003

    It is becoming increasingly more difficult to understand the difference in the quality of mooring ropes due to new products continuously coming onto the market, each highlighting different characteristics. A benchmark which is increasingly being used to measure the performance of ropes in the maritime industry is TCLL value. 

  • Stemat in Irish Sea Jack-Up Delivery

    01 Jan 2003

    With its recent successful installation of a large jack-up rig in the Irish Sea, Stemat Marine Services of Rotterdam has proved that with the right equipment in the right place at the right time, almost anything can be lifted. But there was little room to spare when the assembled Calder rig was finally unloaded from Stemat's heavily modified winch pontoon Pontra Maris. 

  • New Cranes Buoy Up Trinity House's Services

    01 Jan 2003

    The Trinity Lighthouse Service's programme of upgrading its vessels' equipment continues to bring major benefits and greatly improve operational efficiency. 

Dredging

  • Gothenburg Fairway Dredging Gets New Year Start

    01 Jan 2003

    Dutch dredging giant Boskalis starts work this month on a €30m project to broaden and deepen the entrance channels to the Port of Gothenburg in Sweden. The contract with the Swedish Maritime Organisation is called 'Safer Fairways to Gothenburg' and will be completed in two phases by February 2004. 

  • De Groot Delivers Versatile CSD for Suez Canal Authority

    01 Jan 2003

    De Groot Nijkerk Dredging Equipment is supplying the Suez Canal Authority with a complete assembly package for their type CZ450S cutter suction dredger. The pontoon is being built and the vessel assembled at the Port Said Shipyard in Egypt under the supervision of an engineer from De Groot's parent Damen Group. 

  • Largest CSD Newbuild Underway at Kinderdijk

    01 Jan 2003

    Construction of the world's largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger is now in full progress at IHC Holland's Kinderdijk shipyard. The vessel for Belgian contractor Jan de Nul is due to be launched in May of this year with sea trials to follow in the autumn. 

  • Dredger Contract for K Damen

    01 Jan 2003

    Shipyard K Damen at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in The Netherlands has signed a contract to build a 3,880m 3capacity trailer suction hopper dredger for Scelveringhe Scheepvaart BV. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Free ENC Trial for Three Months

    01 Jan 2003

    Primar Stavanger, the international electronic navigational chart (ENC) co-ordinating centre operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service, is offering a free trial for vessels considering joining its service. 

  • New Multiple Subsea Application ROV Series From Thales

    01 Jan 2003

    Thales GeoSolutions of Chessington has developed what it calls new-generation ROV's designed for multiple subsea applications from high-end survey work to drill rig support, the G3 series. 

  • Underwater GPS For Hire

    01 Jan 2003

    Leading equipment distributor MK Services of Leighton Buzzard has acquired a proprietary GIB (GPS Intelligent Buoy) system from French company, Advanced Concept & System Architecture (ACSA), following successful trials of a unit in Weymouth last October. 

  • 'Prince Madog' Available for Charter

    01 Jan 2003

    RV Prince Madog, the Dutchbuilt research ship jointly operated by VT Ocean Sciences and the University of Wales' School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor, is available for charter during this spring and summer for commercial survey, research and leisure use. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

Monitoring & Control

  • AMOT Controls Temperatures

    01 Jan 2003

    AMOT Controls have introduced their redesigned and significantly enhanced G Valve, a three-way temperature control valve which will should prove popular for marine diesel installations on vessels such as tugs and dredgers. 

  • VTAS Automates Monitoring

    01 Jan 2003

    VT Controls has developed a new 'open' automation system called VTAS especially for complex applications in the industrial and marine markets. 

  • Caterpillar Takes Control at the London Boat Show

    01 Jan 2003

    Caterpillar launched an all new electronic engine and transmission control system at the London Boat Show earlier this month. The Multi Station Control System (MSCS) allows the establishment of up to eight primary controls and eight full redundancy back-up stations on board and enables the full control of single or synchronisation of dual engine installations. 

News

  • MCA Takes Delivery of New Fleet

    01 Jan 2003

    VT Halmatic has recently delivered the first vessels in a new fleet of eight boats to the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). 

  • AND To Distribute Raytheon

    01 Jan 2003

    AND Group plc have announced their appointment as the sole distributor for Raytheon Marine products, spares and service. 

  • IMO Adopts Maritime Security Code

    01 Jan 2003

    The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code is set to come into force on 1 July 2004 following its adoption at a week long Diplomatic Conference attended by 108 Contracting Governments to the 1974 SOLAS Convention which was held at the IMO in London last month. 

  • Double Christmas Cheer for RNLI

    01 Jan 2003

    December was an eventful month for the RNLI, with its first ever inshore rescue hovercraft becoming operational at Morecombe and work starting on the new RNLI Lifeboat College at Poole. 

  • Peel Makes Deal for Clydeport

    01 Jan 2003

    Peel Holdings made a successful £184m bid last month for Clydeport, which operates the ports of Glasgow, Greenock, Hunterston, and Androssan. The bid for the port operator's shares was snapped up by investors at a 21% premium over the previous closing price after management backed the offer. Clydeport had tripled its pre-tax profit over the last five years and seen its share price rise by 133%. Peel Holdings' transport portfolio also includes the Manchester Ship Canal. 

  • Trinity House Extends Marine Renewables Activity

    01 Jan 2003

    Trinity House, the statuary authority for the maintenance of aids to navigation for England and Wales, continues its expansion of commercial work for third parties with the deployment of a meteorological data buoy for the NoordzeeWind consortium at the first Dutch offshore windfarm. 

  • Goodchild To Build Aqua Stars

    01 Jan 2003

    Goodchild Marine Services of Great Yarmouth UK has reached an agreement with Aqua Star Limited of Guernsey to build and market the Aqua Star range of fast pilot launches. The Aqua Star Pilot Launch range includes vessels of 38, 42, 47, 50, 60 and 65ft in length as well as an Aqua Star/ Nelson 44ft boat. All Aqua Star pilot launches will be fitted out to the individual performance and operational requirements of the client. 

  • Internet Site Cleans Up

    01 Jan 2003

     

  • 'Severn' Turns the Tide of Naval Procurement

    01 Jan 2003

    Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding launched the second of three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the British Royal Navy from its Woolston, Southampton shipyard last month. The vessel is due to be handed over in the spring. 

  • 'Geo Prospector' in North Sea Survey

    01 Jan 2003

    Fugro Survey AS has been contracted by Norsk Agip to undertake a site survey in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Fugro Survey Ltd's Geo Prospector will make use of its Kongsberg Simrad EM300 multibeam sonar and dual frequency sidescan sonar for mapping seabed features. 

  • Non-Weld Cable Transits Boost Boatbuild Speed and Safety

    01 Jan 2003

    A new non-weld cable and pipe transit frame for the marine industry was launched at the ShipRepair and Conversion Exhibition in London last month by cable and pipe transit specialist Roxtec. 

  • Cummins Mercruiser Diesel Makes London Debut

    01 Jan 2003

    Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine chose the London Boat Show this month to announce the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to supply integrated diesel propulsion systems to the worldwide recreational and commercial marine markets. 

  • New Contract Ensures Holyhead Towing are Flying High

    01 Jan 2003

    Holyhead Towing have been selected by Airbus Industries to specify, develop and manage the building of a specialised river vessel to transport Airbus A380 airplane wings from the factory where they are made at Broughton UK on the River Dee to a transfer berth at the Port of Mostyn. 

  • Sustainable Construction Website Launched

    01 Jan 2003

    CIRIA has launched a new website which aims to make construction companies more sustainable, and more costefficient, in dealing with the 100 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste produced each year in England, Scotland and Wales. 

  • World's Biggest Offshore Supply Ship Delivered

    01 Jan 2003

    What is said to be the largest offshore supply vessel ever built, and one of the most versatile to boot, has joined the fleet of Norwegian shipping company Ostensjo Rederi in Haugesund after completion at Norwegian shipyard Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk. 

  • 'CGG Mistral' Lost - Soon After MWB Conversion

    01 Jan 2003

    The French seismic ship CGG Mistral went down in 750m of water in the eastern Caribbean just before Christmas, a few months after her 22m conversion at Germany's MWB Motorenwerke in Bremerhaven. 

  • Multi-Lingual Marine Website

    01 Jan 2003

    Marine Power Europe, the Belgium based distributor of marine engines, boats, parts and accessories, has redesigned its website to enable browsing of 8,000 pages and 22,000 documents in nine languages. 

  • ABP Shares Rise in Bear Market

    01 Jan 2003

    Associated British Ports continued its remarkable transformation into stock market favourite with an upbeat pre-Christmas trading update predicting underlying pre-tax profit for the year just ended would be slightly ahead of market expectations when the group's preliminary results are announced on 19 February. Analysts forecast underlying taxable profits in the range of £134m, up from £130m in 2001. 

  • Lilley & Gillie Acquires Walker Marine

    01 Jan 2003

    Tyneside UK based marine navigational instruments specialists John Lilley & Gillie Ltd has acquired the assets and brands of Thomas Walker & Son Ltd of Birmingham UK, which has a complementary product range. 

  • Tideland Maritime Goes Global

    01 Jan 2003

    Tideland Maritime Systems, the new division of Tideland Signal dedicated to the supply, installation and servicing of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), has signed a worldwide service agreement with the Radio Holland Group. Rotterdam based Radio Holland, will install and service SOLAS AIS units globally as well as providing other technical services. 

  • New VT Halmatic Service Launches With Premier Contract

    01 Jan 2003

    VT Halmatic celebrated the launch of a new Fleet Contract Hire and Support Division this month with the announcement of a ten year contract with the ABP Port of Southampton. 

  • BMT Explores Transport Concepts

    01 Jan 2003

    BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd has started work on its contribution to the EU funded INTEGRATION programme. 

  • Autronica Acquisition

    01 Jan 2003

    Autronica Fire and Security has acquired Kongsberg Maritime's fire protection business for just under £5m. The new business, a division of Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems, will gain greater access to global marine markets through Autronica and its sister companies. 

  • USCG Approval for Solar Powered Lights

    01 Jan 2003

    The US Coast Guard has officially approved the Carmanah 700 Series solar powered LED marine lights for use as USCG aids to navigation. 

  • Boost for European DGPS Service

    01 Jan 2003

    Veripos has enhanced its proprietary European dual frequency Inmarsat DGPS service for offshore users with the establishment of three new reference stations at Ijmuiden in the Netherlands and Kristiansund and Tananger in Norway. 

  • Advanced Dual-Band Racon Happy in Remote Locations

    01 Jan 2003

    Tideland Signal has launched an advanced new version of its SeaBeacon 2 dual-band racon, offering improved performance and economical power consumption which make it suitable for remote solar powered installations near marine fairways, on isolated buoys, platforms, lighthouses and bridges. 

  • Wartsila Acquires JMC Marine

    01 Jan 2003

    Norway's Wartsila Corporation has finalised its acquisition of the Danish propulsion system service company JMC Marine A/S. JMC Marine specialises in propulsion system maintenance based on laser measuring technology and has a turnover of ?3.6m. The acquisition consists of laser measuring and alignment, vibration measuring, analysis and servicing of monitoring systems, and engine repair. The acquisition was consolidated within Wartsila immediately and renamed Ciserv Denmark. 

Propulsion & Power Systems

  • Small Cat Joins Engine Room Family

    01 Jan 2003

    Caterpillar moved into the smaller end of the marine generator market with its launch this month at the London Boat Show of the first in a new range of compact gensets that will span power output requirements from 9ekW to 99ekW. The new range will enable Caterpillar to outfit the entire engine room of both commercial and leisure craft. 

  • Mariner Sails Through Quarter Century With Barrus

    01 Jan 2003

    Oxfordshire UK based EP Barrus Ltd celebrated 25 years as distributor of Mariner outboard engines at the London Boat Show this month. The occasion was marked by the launch of a new 225 hp four stroke engine and news that the new 50hp versions of the Mariner FAST PIRS (Post Immersion Restart System) were being fitted to all of the RNLI's new Inshore Boat 1 (IB1) lifeboats. 

  • All Systems Go for Gas Turbine Rollers

    01 Jan 2003

    Testing continues at the new purpose-built Rolls Royce facility in Bristol UK of the MT30 gas turbine engine with which the company will enter a marine application marketplace currently dominated by GE. 

  • Cummins Marine Introduces the QSK60 Engine Range

    01 Jan 2003

    Cummins Marine followed up the European debut of its new QSK60 engine range at Rotterdam Maritime with an American first appearance last month at the Workboat Show in New Orleans. 

Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • ISU Offers New Thinking on Shelter for Ship Casualties

    01 Jan 2003

    The International Salvage Union (ISU) is to help governments tackle the controversial issue of refuge for ship casualties, especially in cases threatening severe pollution. 

  • 'Tricolor' Collisions Prompt Renewed Safety Calls

    01 Jan 2003

    Following the initial collision which sank the car transporter Tricolor in the English Channel last month and two subsequent incidents where other vessels collided with the barely submerged hulk, Deep Sea and Coastal Pilots has renewed its call for ship owners and masters to seek help in the busy lanes around the UK. 

  • Briggs Lands Three Year APT Marine Services Contract

    01 Jan 2003

    Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd have won the Marine Services contract with Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Towlines

    01 Jan 2003

    France's largest towage organisation Groupe Bourbon is to withdraw from the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Sete and Noumes due to lack of profitability. It is reported that activities in those ports will be sold to Saint Victor a company headed by former Marseilles tug owner Guy Chambon. 

  • Washburn & Doughty Build ASD Tugs for Boston

    01 Jan 2003

    The increasingly popular US tug builder Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc of East Boothbay, Maine, USA is currently building two powerful shiphandling tugs for the Boston Towing & Transportation Company of Massachusetts. Boston Towing are a division of Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, New York. 

  • An Arctic Tow by ITC

    01 Jan 2003

    During the recent winter weather in Europe a report was received from Dutch towage specialists International Transport Contractors (ITC) concerning an interesting Arctic tow carried out last summer. The tow involved the relocation of the purpose built arctic drilling platform SDC from Port Clearance to an offshore location in Prudhoe Bay off the north coast of Alaska. 

  • European Tug Owners Raise Their Profile

    01 Jan 2003

    This month the European Tugowners Association (ETA) celebrates it's 40 year anniversary and has declared its intention to become a more proactive organisation. 

  • Tsavliris tow Atwood Eagle

    01 Jan 2003

    The Tsavliris Salvage Group has been awarded a contract to tow the semi-submersible drilling rig Atwood Eagle from Greece to Angola, a journey of 5,500 miles expected to take two and a half months. Towing commenced in late November using one of the world's largest and most powerful salvage tugs, the 40,000hp Fotiy Krylov. 

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