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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • In-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader

    01 Jan 2004

    Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry to machine the 3.28m diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new slew ring to be fitted and restore the unloader to efficient use. 

  • Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes

    01 Jan 2004

    The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe's Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age. 

  • Houlder Holds Sway With HMS Dumbarton Castle's Cranes

    01 Jan 2004

    Marine design consultancy Houlder has delivered two cranes for the Royal Navy's Fishery Protection Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle . The cranes replace obsolete units and will be used to handle the two RIBs on the aft deck. The RIBs, sited port and starboard, are the main part of the vessel's capability in its fishery protection role. 

  • Atlas' Southern Expansion Lifts Off

    01 Jan 2004

    Winch specialist Atlas Winch & Hoist Services continues the expansion of their operations in the Southern UK with a relocation to new premises at Great Dunmow in Essex. The development of hire and sales activities at Atlas Winch & Hoist Services (Southern) Ltd is being led by Anton Lavery, joining his brother Denis who started and continues to operate the Atlas business in Scotland. 

  • Safe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip

    01 Jan 2004

    Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde. 

  • No Hanging About for Crash-Prone Ferry's Lifeboats

    01 Jan 2004

    Swift action by lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding has helped the Silja Line to maintain its schedules while replacing damaged lifeboats and davits. Three lifeboats and davits on the port side of the Silja Opera were damaged in a collision at St Petersburg earlier this year. 

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Propulsion Revolutionary Sails Again on Tyneside

    01 Jan 2004

    The famous Turbinia , the world's first steam turbine driven vessel, has been recreated at South Tyneside College by its Marine Simulation Department. 

  • CMD's Quantum Leap Lands at Boat Show

    01 Jan 2004

    Cummins MerCruiser Diesel continued its programme of introducing new mid-range engines at the London Boat Show earlier this month with the world debut of the 8.3 litre QSC8.3 . 

  • Cat Extends Range With 3412D Commercial

    01 Jan 2004

    The new 3412D propulsion engine is now available to the commercial marine market from Caterpillar . The V-12 four stroke cycle diesel engine offers higher horsepower than its predecessor, the Cat 3412C, meeting customer demand for more power without compromising engine life. 

  • Finning Gets the Bug for Small Engines

    01 Jan 2004

    The fortuitous meeting of Caterpillar distributor Finning (UK) Ltd with Volkswagen Marine at the London Boat Show one year ago came to fruition with the announcement at this year's show of a partnership whereby Finning will supply VW marine diesel engines in the UK. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Multibeam Systems for Colombian Navy

    01 Jan 2004

    Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy 'sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range of 5,000m in addition to a 200kHz Atlas Fansweep 20 shallow water system combining bathymetric and sidescan imaging functions. 

  • Valeport Tide Gauges for RN

    01 Jan 2004

    Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound velocity sensors. 

  • New HYPACK Software

    01 Jan 2004

    United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data collection, graphical editing, plotting, volume computations, surface modelling and contouring. 

  • Video Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping

    01 Jan 2004

    Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europe's largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000 personnel across the UK and US. 

  • Test Facilities for Transponders

    01 Jan 2004

    Sonardyne invites users to 'do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders' by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Llangollen Canal Dredging Reaches Crucial Phase

    01 Jan 2004

    British Waterways has entered an important phase in dredging 28km of the Llangollen Canal between Hurleston and Whixall in the UK, in order to complete its £1m maintenance programme by this spring. 

  • East Port Great Yarmouth Awaits Key Decisions

    01 Jan 2004

    Tenders for the construction of a new harbour and ro-ro terminal at Great Yarmouth on the east coast of the UK could be issued by the end of the second quarter of 2004, if key issues that are being addressed currently by central government and regional authorities can be successfully resolved. 

  • Coast Erosion and Dredging Link?

    01 Jan 2004

    An MP in Norfolk in the UK is calling on the Government to take a 'fresh look' at the impact North Sea dredging is having on coastal erosion. 

  • Partrac Secures Sediment and Particle Tracking Work

    01 Jan 2004

    Partrac , a recently formed UK-based company, which provides sediment transport consultancy and sediment impact monitoring on a worldwide basis, says it has won several contracts since it was formed in September of last year. 

Monitoring & Control

  • Control System Design Award

    01 Jan 2004

    The new AutoChief C20 propulsion control system for medium and low speed diesel engines has received a prestigious Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council . Representatives from Kongsberg Maritime were present to accept the award at a ceremony in late November. The award came shortly after Kongsberg had launched the product at the Norshipping exhibition in Oslo. 

  • Shipboard Short Circuit Protection

    01 Jan 2004

    The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has developed a current limiter based on high temperature superconductors (HTS) technology to protect ship supply systems against short circuits. Short circuit currents are automatically limited to a non-critical value as soon as the current rises, owing to the sudden increase in the inherent resistance of the superconductor. 

News

  • UK Green Light for 15 Offshore Wind Farms

    01 Jan 2004

    In the week before Christmas the UK's Crown Estate revealed plans for 15 new 'Round Two' offshore wind farms and named the companies which have bid successfully to develop them. 

  • A&P Falmouth a Top Trainer

    01 Jan 2004

    Ship repair and conversion specialist A&P Falmouth has been named as 'one of the best training providers in the country' by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), the government body responsible for reporting on the quality of education and training received by adult learners and young people in England. 

  • Southampton Welcomes 'Queen Mary 2'

    01 Jan 2004

    The UK's long tradition of making maritime history was extended this month with the spectacular naming ceremony for Queen Mary 2 , the world's largest passenger liner, at the Port of Southampton and her subsequent departure on a maiden voyage to Fort Lauderdale USA. 

  • A&R Pilot Tender Gets Fast Ballast System

    01 Jan 2004

    Abeking & Rasmussen has fitted a fast ballast system on the German SWATH pilot tender Dose and not only speeded up pilot transfer involving low-freeboard ships but also eased the rescue of people in the water. 

  • Ceto Environmental's Third UK Response Centre

    01 Jan 2004

    Aberdeen based oil and chemical spill specialists Ceto Environmental Ltd , which is contracted to the MCA to deal with incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, has announced the opening of a third regional response centre at Huddersfield. 

  • Rudder Bearing Website

    01 Jan 2004

    Orkot Marine Bearings have launched a website to provide easily accessible information on their range of rudder bearings for the shipping and marine industries. Data on material grades, fitting, matching and applications together with downloadable copies of classification society approval documents is supported by useful links and contact details on a global network of manufacturing plants, agents and distributors. 

  • World's Tallest Mast Delivered

    01 Jan 2004

    VT Halmatic rounded off an eventful 2003 with the completion of the world's tallest yacht mast, which will be fitted on the high-tech luxury yacht Mirabella V under construction by parent company VT Shipbuilding . The 90m hollow carbon epoxy mast, which has a maximum cross section of 1.6m and structural thickness of up to 40mm, will support some 3,400m 2of sail. 

  • Europort Launch Lifts ISPS Port Compliance

    01 Jan 2004

    Transas used the occasion of Europort to launch a new product which will help to provide an ISPS Code compliance solution for port and harbour authorities. 

  • VTM to Aid ISPS Compliance

    01 Jan 2004

    Tideland Maritime Systems and Norcontrol IT AS have jointly developed V-Track Modular (VTM), a vessel identification and movement monitoring system designed to comply with the requirements of the IMO's ISPS Code . VTM provides real-time ship identification and monitors vessels' movements within a given area. It is designed to assist in meeting the ISPS Code, enhance the safety of ship movements, improve efficiency and also provide historical data. 

  • Merchant Shipping Notices

    01 Jan 2004

    The following Merchant Shipping Notices and Notes have been published recently by the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) - an executive agency of the Department for Transport. 

  • TSS Does AIS and VDR Europort Double

    01 Jan 2004

    VT TSS Ltd launched two new products at Europort under the S G Brown brand name. 

  • Seafarers Health Award

    01 Jan 2004

    A team led by Dr Tim Carter, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK's Department for Transport , has won an award from the BUPA Foundation for its work to improve the health of seafarers. The team, including representatives from the DoT , the Maritime and Coastguard Agency , the Chamber of Shipping and the maritime unions, has developed new medical standards aimed at reducing the risk of ill health amongst those who work at sea. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Adsteam Takes Delivery of Barunga - the First ASD 2411

    01 Jan 2004

    Adsteam Marine Ltd has taken delivery of the first vessel built to the new Damen ASD 2411 design. Named Barunga , the tug was completed in China by Damen's Changde shipyard and is expected to enter service in Australia at the end of this month. 

  • Sanmar Expand Towage and Tugbuilding Activities

    01 Jan 2004

    Sanmar Ltd of Istanbul, Turkey, has reported a very successful 2003 for both aspects of their business - tug operation and the construction of new vessels. Seven new tugs were delivered last year and three others currently under construction will be completed before the end of the first quarter of 2004. Since Sanmar entered that shipbuilding field in 1989, using their own in-house resources, a total of 35 vessels have been completed. 

  • Voith Offer a New Low Cost Shiphandling Concept

    01 Jan 2004

    German propulsion and tractor tug specialists, Voith Schiffstechnik Gmbh (Marine Technology) continue to pursue their share of the market for shiphandling tractor tugs by offering a new low cost solution. This latest solution, offered to operators requiring an agile, vessel with a useful bollard pull, capable of working in the confined areas of docks and harbours, has been dubbed the HIMET (Highly Manoeuvrable Economy Tractor). 

  • Multraship Advance on Several Fronts

    01 Jan 2004

    In recent months there has been a rash of reports regarding new initiatives from the Ternuezen based company Multraship Towage & Salvage , all based on improving services and increasing the company's market share. 

  • Towlines

    01 Jan 2004

    Kotug , a member of the Kooren International group, has been awarded ISO 9001:2000 certification by Lloyd's and an ISM Document of Compliance. 

Tugs, Towage & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • Titan Pullers Release the 'Bowstring'

    01 Jan 2004

    Titan Maritime, LLC were called upon when the abandoned research vessel M/V Bowstring sank at a pier adjacent to the Matthews Bridge at Jacksonville, Florida USA and came to rest on rocks listing to port in 16ft of water. 

  • Twin Tows Top Fairmount's 2003

    01 Jan 2004

    Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine successfully completed major ocean towage and heavy transportation projects in the final weeks of 2003. 

  • Wijsmuller Salvage in Syria

    01 Jan 2004

    A Wijsmuller Salvage team is removing bunkers from a Liberian flag ro-ro aground at the Syrian port of Tartous. 

Vessel Launch Prince Rock

  • Vessel Launch Prince Rock

    01 Jan 2004

    VT Halmatic Ltd has started the New Year with another substantial step forward in their pursuit of a larger share of the steel tug and workboat market with the completion of the twin-screw tug Prince Rock . One of the few tugs to be constructed in a British shipyard during the past year, the new tug was ordered by the Cattewater Harbour Commissioners of Plymouth. 

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