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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • seawork Debut for Cooney Marine

    01 Jun 2004

    Kettering UK based Cooney Marine may be new to seawork but certainly not to the RNLI , to whom they have sold some 25 marine cranes. The company invests heavily in the latest production facilities and its highly specialist workforce manufactures stainless steel products without compromise whether for OEM or retrofit. 

  • Safe Switches for Ministry of Defence Lift Systems

    01 Jun 2004

    Man-machine safety systems specialist Schmersal UK Ltd has won an order to supply a total of 150 of its AZM415 double solenoid locking switches to Industrial & Marine Lift Services (IMLS) for the refurbishment of double gated lifting systems for two UK Ministry of Defence supply ships. The order is to be completed in four stages, the first of which has already seen Schmersal supply 36 units. 

  • MET Meets Challenge

    01 Jun 2004

    British tanker operators RixShipping of Hull has turned to the expertise of Sheffield's MET Marine for a lightweight hydraulic marine crane to meet requirements on board the tanker Rix Condor . 

  • Automated Stackers Lift ECT's Ambitions

    01 Jun 2004

    Rotterdam's European Container Terminal (ECT) is continuing the expansion of its Delta Container Terminal with fully automated stacking equipment developed together with Kalmar . An agreement was signed recently for the turnkey supply of six automated stacking cranes (ASCs), with an option to increase the order to a total of 18 cranes. 

  • MARCO Blows Its Horn

    01 Jun 2004

    Travelling all the way from Italy to make its first appearance at seawork is Marco Sistema Mare , the marine division of MARCO S. p.A. 

  • MSS To Occupy Minimal Space at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    First time seawork exhibitor Mobile Shelter Systems (MSS) will be showing an innovative Storage and Transport Frame initially developed for the military market to provide a flexible modular load system interoperable with all modes of transportation including ISO containers and aircraft cargo pallets. 

  • Sheerlegs Teamwork Combine on Precision Lift Operation

    01 Jun 2004

    Smit Heavy Lift has undertaken a series of lifts in the Port of Rotterdam discharging the Chinese cargo barge Sainty 1 , which was laden with 18 inland vessels and barges. This was the fourth such discharge of its type, performed on behalf of Chinese shipbuilders STIG . 

  • Theme Park Boat Lift Beats Clock

    01 Jun 2004

    Birmingham based nationwide lifting equipment specialist Lloyds British Testing has beaten the clock to get two 40 tonne pleasure boats back in the water in time for the busy season at the Thorpe Park theme attraction. 

  • Cranes Get A Lift In Tilbury

    01 Jun 2004

    One of the most challenging aspects of a massive logistics exercise currently underway at the UK Port of Tilbury was carried out late last month with the barge transport of three large ship to shore container cranes. 

  • Cat Provides Lifting Fit For A Queen

    01 Jun 2004

    Finning (UK) has secured a deal to provide a Cat TH560B Telehandler to Cruise and Passenger Services Ltd forhandling work with the new luxury liner Queen Mary 2 . 

Diving & Underwater Services

  • Underwater Repairs in Le Havre

    01 Jun 2004

    A large vessel laden with cargo was sailing through the English Channel in April when it was involved in a collision and went into the port of Le Havre in need of urgent repairs. 

  • New Mask

    01 Jun 2004

    The Poseidon atmosphere full face mask, equipped with the high performance Poseidon Jetstream OP Regulator , can be used both as a positive pressure mask and as a demand valve. 

  • Twelve Year High for Diving Incidents

    01 Jun 2004

    Figures released by the UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency show that diving related incidents dealt with by HM Coastguard last year had their highest total in the last 12 years, with 12 fatalities representing a doubling of the 2002 figure. 

  • Follow That Diver With Easytrak

    01 Jun 2004

    Applied Acoustic Engineering of Great Yarmouth UK has launched a new ultra-short baseline (USBL) tracking system which it designed as an economical solution for tracking a variety of underwater targets including ROVs, towfish and divers. 

  • Underwater Shaft Sealing Averts Drydock

    01 Jun 2004

    UMC International recently designed and applied an innovative underwater temporary shaft sealing system, which allowed the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) to successfully undertake afloat modifications to the design of the inboard shaft seal system fitted to the Royal Navy's amphibious assault ship, HMS Ocean . 

  • New Kit for Underwater Corrosion Monitoring

    01 Jun 2004

    Specialist test equipment manufacturer Buckleys (URVAL) Ltd has launched a Marine Survey Kit to enhance its existing underwater corrosion analysis range. 

Dredging

  • Damen Launches Standardised CSDs

    01 Jun 2004

    Until it recently became Damen Dredging Equipment , the operation formerly known as De Groot Nijkerk had built well over 100 'one-off' stationary cutter suction dredgers over a period of 60 years. Now within the Damen Group , the company has launched a series of standard cutter suction dredgers which will shorten delivery times and facilitate build package deliveries to shipyards worldwide. 

  • 'JFJ De Nul' is Ship of the Year

    01 Jun 2004

    The seagoing, self-propelled cutter suction dredger JFJ De Nul , built by IHC Holland 'sKinderdijk yard for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul , has won the Netherlands' prestigious Ship of the Year Award of the Royal Dutch Union of Technicians in Shipbuilding (KNVTS). Now the most powerful vessel of its type in the world, and bristling with innovation, the JFJ De Nul was declared winner from a field of almost 100 candidates. 

  • VOSTA LMG Delivers On Eastern Promise

    01 Jun 2004

    The largest trailing suction hopper dredger ever built in China was launched last month at the Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard in Shanghai. Built for client Huanghua Port , the 5,000m 3dredger Shenhua benefited from a complete engineering package and dredging components supplied by Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG , which also had complete technical responsibility for the dredger. Board members of the Port, the shipyard, and VOSTA LMG all participated in the ceremony. 

  • Dredge Deeper for 'Queen Mary 2'

    01 Jun 2004

    Ever since its maiden voyage in January, Cunard 's new flagship liner Queen Mary 2 has been challenging the dredged depths of many ports where it has been scheduled to call. 

  • Smaller Newbuild from IHC Holland Grabs Attention

    01 Jun 2004

    Recent newbuild dredger deliveries from the various Dutch specialist shipyards that comprise IHC Holland include the world's most powerful cutter suction dredger for Belgium's Jan De Nul and twin 16,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Royal Boskalis Westminster . 

  • Cautious Optimism at Boskalis

    01 Jun 2004

    At its shareholder AGM in the Netherlands last month, dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster reported that incoming orders and turnover thus far in 2004 were lagging behind last year but were not out of line with expectations. 

  • UK Dredging Achieves Early ISPS Compliance

    01 Jun 2004

    UK Dredging (UKD) , Associated British Ports ' dredging arm, was one of the first companies with UK flagged vessels to conform to the new maritime security laws which come into force on 1st July. UKD's fleet was awarded full ISPS Code certification by the UK's Maritime & Coastguard Agency. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • New ENC Standard

    01 Jun 2004

    Packaging and distribution of electronic navigational charts are to be further standardised following a recent workshop sponsored by ChartWorld inHamburg attended by ECDIS manufacturers, ENC retailers and representatives of the International Hydrographic Bureau . 

  • Gardline Begins CHP Project

    01 Jun 2004

    Great Yarmouth-based Gardline Hydro has begun a two-year Civil Hydrography Programme (CHP) to survey western approaches to the English Channel on behalf of the government body responsible for safety of navigation in domestic waters, the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA). Its purpose is to update Admiralty Charts andother publications. 

  • Fugro Opts for Airborne Bathymeter

    01 Jun 2004

    Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro, which maintains nearly 9,000 staff in over 60 countries, is to acquire an Optech International Shoals-1000T airborne Lidar bathymetry system under the auspices of its US subsidiary, Fugro Pelagos Inc of San Diego. 

  • Chart Training Package

    01 Jun 2004

    Meridian Chartware of Norwich, a subsidiary of Norcom Technology, is developing an electronic chart training package and a low cost entry electronic chart plotter in a project also involving the UK Hydrographic Office and the Royal Yachting Association . 

Insurance, Legal & Finance

  • New US AMS Rules Require Prompt Action

    01 Jun 2004

    Since 2 April this year carriers entering or leaving the US who fail to comply with the required advance electronic presentation of cargo information face enforcement measures by the USBureau of Customs & Border Protection (CBP), writes Stephen Hawke, Executive Director of Aon Limited ' s Marine Division . 

  • EEDA Funding Anchors Trinity House

    01 Jun 2004

    Suffolk UK based main contractor Jackson Construction has landed an £8m contract to construct a new headquarters office and buoy yard for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales. The development project is part funded by a £2.5m grant from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) and has helped to maintain the historic link between Trinity House and the town of Harwich. 

  • Call to Put Hub Ports on Economic Agenda

    01 Jun 2004

    One of the UK's leading freight and shipping academics criticised the Government for not doing enough to support hub port developments in Scotland at the Transportation 2010 and Beyond conference organised in Edinburgh last month by legal transport specialists Henderson Boyd Jackson . 

  • Employers Be Aware of Seafarers' Rights

    01 Jun 2004

    Does Britannia rule the waves when it comes to seafarers' employment rights? The answer to this question, according to Deborah West, an employment lawyer who works with Southampton based LAMarine , Lester Aldridge 's specialist shipping and marine law team, is sometimes yes and sometimes no. 

  • Workboat Funding on hand at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Bank of Scotland Marine Finance returns to seawork with Asset Finance Manager - Marine, Paul Ratcliffe, again on hand to discuss asset finance with those tempted by the 60 boats in the floating exhibition or any other marine equipment on display. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Van Oord Deepens Entry Channel in South Korea

    01 Jun 2004

    Van Oord in the Netherlands has been awarded contracts for the deepening of the entry channel to the Pusan New Port and for the delivery of sand for a nearby land reclamation project. 

  • Associated British Ports Promote Environmental Awareness

    01 Jun 2004

    Associated British Ports (ABP) in the UK has teamed up with two of the UK's foremost educational institutions for environmental sciences to undertake key research which, it hopes, will help the ports industry to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to some of the environmental issues which face the ports industry today. 

  • Edmund Nuttall Secures Port of Ipswich Expansion

    01 Jun 2004

    Associated British Ports ' (ABP) Port of Ipswich has taken a step closer to expanding its ro-ro facilities after accepting a £3.5m tender from Edmund Nuttall Ltd to construct a second ro-ro berth at the port's West Bank Terminal . 

  • Aggregates industry hits back at 'misleading' Marinet claims

    01 Jun 2004

    The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has hit back at what it calls 'inaccurate and irresponsible claims' made by environmental pressure group Marinet over the industry's impact on the environment. 

Navaids

  • Beacons Mark Abu Dhabi Port Expansion

    01 Jun 2004

    Sea Safe Services Ltd of Abu Dhabi has installed two large unitised beacons from Tideland Signal together with aids to navigation buoys and ancillary equipment at the new port of Mussafah, Abu Dhabi. 

  • New Light Buoy Shines for Pharos

    01 Jun 2004

    Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine has added the new PM-1800 rotationally moulded polyethylene buoy to its comprehensive IALA compliant range. The new buoy is designed to provide a cost effective and lightweight buoy marker for a wide range of applications and conditions. 

  • Contracts Double for VTMS

    01 Jun 2004

    VTMS Ltd (Vessel Traffic Management Systems) of Leicester UK have signed two major navigation aids maintenance contracts. For a five year period VTMS will, on behalf of Forth Ports PLC, service and maintain their buoys and beacons in the rivers Forth and Tay. 

  • Innovative Buoy System Holds Down Maintenance Costs

    01 Jun 2004

    Eason Marine, part of Whitwell UK based XJF Plastics, has developed innovative new service exchange tower (SET) and daymark systems with the aim of reducing maintenance costs and prolonging the working lives of buoys which are often in arduous environments. 

  • New Beacons Go In at Goteborg

    01 Jun 2004

    Work is now in progress to mark the edges of fairways into the Swedish Port of Goteborg after they have been broadened, straightened and deepened by a major dredging programme. 

Navigation & Communication

  • Transas Adds Value at seawork2004 Exhibition with VAR Status

    01 Jun 2004

    Transas Ltd , which will be represented at seawork2004 by Transas Marine , has received Value Added Reseller (VAR) status for the IC-ENC (International Centre for ENCs) official electronic nautical charts. 

  • Spain and Sweden Upgrade VTS

    01 Jun 2004

    Norcontrol IT has been selected to supply upgrades for the VTS system at the Port of La Coruna in Spain. A new system based on Norcontrol IT's VTMIS 5060 will be in place by this August with added AIS data and information management functionality. 

  • 'Broadband at Sea' for Trinity House

    01 Jun 2004

    Inventor of the radio and Nobel Prize winner Guglielemo Marconi would be pleased that the current incarnation of the company he founded in 1900 has been selected by the UK's Trinity House lighthouse service to supply, install and maintain the first SeaTel 4003 'Broadband at Sea' system to be ordered in the UK. 

  • New VTS Unifies South Wales Ports

    01 Jun 2004

    A landmark marine control centre which will for the first time enable all commercial shipping entering or leaving the five Severn Estuary ports in South Wales operated by Associated British Ports (ABP) was officially commissioned late last month. ABP has invested £600,000 developing Severn VTS the advanced new VTS centre for their ports of Newport, Cardiff, Barry, Port Talbot, and Swansea. 

  • New AIS As Deadline Nears

    01 Jun 2004

    Simrad released a new Class A AIS unit last month designed to reduce the overall cost of ownership in order to meet the budget demands of owners and operators required to install this technology by the end of the year. The A180 features full AIS functionality but takes a ‘no frills’ approach in order to keep costs as low as possible. 

  • Wind Farm Consultation

    01 Jun 2004

    The British Government has stated that it will not site wind farm developments where they could present any danger to navigation. 

News

  • Insurance Incentive to Replace Banned Halon Extinguishers

    01 Jun 2004

    UK motorboat insurance specialists Navigators and General (N&G) has negotiated a reduced rate on fire extinguishers to encourage owners to replace their banned Halon units. 

  • New Terminal Tractors Will Boost Thamesport

    01 Jun 2004

    To further enhance operations, London's Thamesport received four new YT220 Terminal Tractors from manufacturer Terburg DTS . 

  • Ten Million Passengers for HSS

    01 Jun 2004

    Staff and crew on board the Stena HSS fast ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire celebrated both the vessel's eighth anniversary recently and the ten millionth tourism passenger. The two HSS craft operating between Britain and Ireland have also carried almost two million cars, 45,000 coaches and 335,000 freight vehicles since the service commenced on 10 April 1996. 

  • Safe RNLI Decking Solution at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    When the RNLI decided to install a new pontoon at its Harwich station, safety was uppermost of its concerns. 

  • Does SEMS Seem Sensible?

    01 Jun 2004

    With thousands from the commercial maritime industries converging on the Solent for seawork2004 , it is a timely moment to input comment upon The Solent European Marine Site (SEMS) Management Scheme , which has been produced to ensure that relevant authorities comply with the requirements of the EU Habitats Regulations . 

  • Finnish Fusion for VTMS and Coastal Surveillance

    01 Jun 2004

    AIS technology innovator Saab TransponderTech AB andVTMS solutions provider Navieelektro ky have reached co-operative agreement to promote their products for the VTMS and Coastal Surveillance Systems market. 

  • 'Fastest Diesel Ferry' Makes American Debut

    01 Jun 2004

    A 284ft long Australian built catamaran claimed to be the world's fastest diesel powered high speed vehicle ferry was commissioned in April onto the commuter service between Rochester, New York and Toronto, Canada. The Spirit of Ontario will reduce travel time between the two cities by over 50%. Servicing the Canadian American Transportation System , it is the first super-ferry to be home ported in the USA and is expected to lead to wider high speed ferry uptake in other major metropolitan areas. 

  • Mersey Beats Route to China

    01 Jun 2004

    Portia Management Services , the international port management and consultancy arm of the Mersey Docks Group , has won a contract to advise on the development of a major grain terminal in China and has set up a Shanghai office from which to undertake the 2.5 year project. 

  • Ulstein Converts Normand Cutter

    01 Jun 2004

    Norway's Ulstein Verft has re-delivered the 12,100gt cable-layer Normand Cutter after extensive conversion into a dual-purpose pipe-laying and construction ship and just three years after first delivering her to Solstad. 

  • 'Tricolor' Wreck Removal Resumes

    01 Jun 2004

    Work has resumed in the English Channel on the removal of the car carrier Tricolor which sank in the main navigation channel following a collision off the French coast in December 2002. 

  • ABP Shows Resilience

    01 Jun 2004

    Associated British Ports hasdemonstrated resilience in the face of adversity with a range of new measures to streamline operations in the wake of their Dibden Terminal proposal for the Port of Southampton being rejected by the British Government. 

  • Thrane & Thrane Expansion

    01 Jun 2004

    Denmark's Thrane & Thrane completed the purchase last month of 88.6% of the shares in EuroCom Industries , giving it control of maritime communications brands Sailor and Skanti . As a result of the acquisition, the combined company will be able to provide its distribution partners and the market with a broader maritime products portfolio. 

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  • Ally Duck Down In the Water at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    While Terra Marique may represent the larger end of the workboat spectrum on show at seawork2004 , new exhibitor Ally Duck Ltd demonstrates the incredible range of vessels on display at seawork, with all aluminium RIB style workboats starting in size at 4m LOA. 

  • IMarEST/SUT Partnership

    01 Jun 2004

    The first step towards creating a global federation uniting professional and learned societies within the marine engineering, science and technology (MEST) world has taken place. 

  • EU Supports 'Motorways of the Sea'

    01 Jun 2004

    New Guidelines for the transEuropean transport network adopted by the European Parliament include a new mechanism for supporting Motorways of the Sea . The new guidelines include a list of 30 priority projects which, at a projected cost of ? 225 billion by 2020, will aim at ensuring modal shift and more sustainable mobility patterns by focusing investments in rail and waterborne transport. 

  • AVEVA to Acquire Tribon Solutions

    01 Jun 2004

    The Cambridge UK headquartered AVEVA Group has announced the proposed acquisition of Tribon Solutions AB , the global supplier of IT solutions for shipbuilding and marine design. 

  • Rapid Growth at Bristol Port

    01 Jun 2004

    A new study commissioned in the UK by the South West Regional Development Agency has assessed the potential for economic growth at Bristol Port over the next 25 years. 

  • 'Terra Marique' Brings Load Work to seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Terra Marique the pioneering and innovative barge built by Damen Shipyards of the Netherlands for UK waterborne freight specialist Robert Wynn & Sons , will be perhaps the most unusual vessel amongst a fleet of some 63 working craft expected to participate in the floating exhibition at seawork2004 . 

  • PLA Holds Even

    01 Jun 2004

    The Port of London Authority has reported overall trade figures for 2003 which are very similar to 2002, with the total volume of trade down from 51.2 million tonnes to 51.0 million tonnes. 

  • P&O Sale Completed

    01 Jun 2004

    P&O has completed the sale of part of its Irish Sea ferry operations and related assets to Stena AB and has received approximately £50m in cash. P&O has acquired P&O's Fleetwood - Larne route, including the ferries European Leader , European Pioneer , and European Seafarer as well as two P&O ferries previously operating on the Mostyn - Dublin route, European Ambassador and European Envoy . 

  • Improved Access to ENC Rules and Regulations

    01 Jun 2004

    The first harmonised collection of IMO SOLAS and flag state regulations covering the use of official electronic navigation charts (ENCs) and electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) has been issued by official ENC service Primar Stavangar . 

Pollution Control

  • seawork Exhibitor's Booms Don't Bust

    01 Jun 2004

    Following an EU Tender, seawork2004 exhibitor Vikoma International has won an order to supply 600m of Hd Boom on reels to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency 's anti-pollution stockpile. The Southampton based firm's oil containment booms have earned a worldwide reputation for effectiveness and durability, and their latest Hd Boom is stronger and heavier than the previous fast deployment Hi-Sprint Booms. 

  • Flanders Moves Waste to Water

    01 Jun 2004

    The European Commission hasapproved a Belgium Flemish scheme to subsidise domestic waste transport through inland waterways to the tune of 7.4m. The project will offset the additional costs of transporting domestic waste by inland waterway rather than road. 

  • Norway and France Embrace Pollution Prevention

    01 Jun 2004

    Rapidly increasing tanker traffic along the coast of Norway, especially in the far north, has raised fears of extensive pollution in the event of a tanker grounding. An important role of the new UT512 design for the Norwegian Coastguard will therefore be towing and pollution prevention. 

  • Tyne River Clean-Up Project

    01 Jun 2004

    An ambitious scheme to clean up the River Tyne has been given approval. The River Clean-Up Project , led by the Port of tyne and managed by Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council , has received £272,000 from SITA Environmental Trust and £20,000 from the UK Environment Agency to add to the ongoing contributions from the Port and four local councils. 

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • ICS Sand Scrubbers at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    seawork exhibitor International Commercial Shipping (ICS) has recently established itself in the worldwide dredging and sand scrubbing business. 

  • Scotland Zones In On Marine Renewables

    01 Jun 2004

    The UK Government and the Scottish Executive are planning to deliver a one stop shop approach for offshore renewable energy consents in waters around Scotland. 

  • Modular Pontoons at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    The British company that earlier this year purchased the Eirfloat modular pontoon system manufactured and previously based in Ireland have got off to a flying start with a string of important orders. The company and the brand are now renamed Airfloat and will be exhibiting at seawork2004 . 

  • Heavenly Fenders for Port of Angels

    01 Jun 2004

    Pier 400 is an all new facility built at the Port of Los Angeles in California USA. New berths and container areas are set to open, expanding on a first phase which was completed in August 2002. In total, Pier 400 adds six new berths which cater for vessels up to and including 230,000 tonnes displacement. 

  • Fugro Has a Boring Time in Poole

    01 Jun 2004

    The proposed second crossing for Poole Harbour will span a 19m stretch of the Backwater Channel between Poole and Hamworthy. Designed to become a memorable landmark, the new bridge will feature two triangular bascules which, as vessels pass through, will rotate into the vertical position forming a visually dramatic twin sails effect. The bridge will open hourly, 3000 times per year, and be capable of operating in wind speeds of 70mph. 

  • BMT Inputs Boxport Design

    01 Jun 2004

    British Maritime Technology 'sSingapore based subsidiary BMT Asia Pacific Pte Ltd hasrecently advised on the design of a major new deep water container terminal at Sepangar Bay in eastern Malaysia. The study considered where the terminal needed to be located to minimise dredging and enable ships to manoeuvre safely in the area, avoiding potentially dangerous reefs. 

  • Geotextiles Secure Canal Bed at Minden

    01 Jun 2004

    The Mittellandkanal is one of the most important navigable waterways in Germany, providing an east-west route for inland waterborne transportation. Ships' draughts continue to increase and are currently anything up to 2.50 metres. This has created a problem for the Mittellandkanal at Minden West. 

  • Essex Flood Defences Strategy Due

    01 Jun 2004

    Consulting engineers Halcrow is in the final stages of a project on the Roach and Crouch estuaries in Essex. 

  • Stemat Savours Successful Sinkings

    01 Jun 2004

    The building consortium HSL Drechtse Steden wasresponsible for the design and construction of a new high speed rail line between Zwijndredcht and Moerdijk in Holland. This section of the route contains two submerged tunnels, one under the river Oude Maas and the other under the river Dordste Kil. 

  • Support for Tenby RNLI

    01 Jun 2004

    The Royal National Lifeboat Institution 's new boathouse and slipway at Tenby in South Wales will be supported on a forest of tubular steel monopiles specialist marine civil engineering contractors Seacore has installed into the seabed rock. 

  • MAREC 2004 Sees Seas of Opportunity Offshore

    01 Jun 2004

    Governments have pledged that new and renewable energies will play an ever growing role in their national energy mixes. 

  • Marine Energy Challenge Assessing Projects

    01 Jun 2004

    The Carbon Trust has chosen consulting engineers Halcrow Group Ltd , in partnership with engineering specialists Peter Brotherhood Ltd and Abbott Risk Consulting Ltd , as one of the main engineering consortia to be involved in its new Marine Energy Challenge (MEC) programme. 

  • Marine Hubbub in South West UK

    01 Jun 2004

    The South West of England Regional Development Agency (RDA) has appointed a project manager to take forward proposals to develop the Wave Hub , a proposal to kick start the region's sea power industry. 

  • The Tide Turns Against Marine Corrosion

    01 Jun 2004

    Corrosion is probably the single most serious cause of deterioration of reinforced concrete structures and is particularly prevalent in buildings and structures subjected to salts from the sea. 

  • Germans Expand Specialist Port Facilities

    01 Jun 2004

    Specialist facility expansion in Germany's two biggest seaports up to late 2005 is costing a total €60m, according to plans now revealed in Hamburg and the Weser ports complex of Bremen/ Bremerhaven. 

  • Oil Leak Deflates UK Port Figures

    01 Jun 2004

    The British Government's Department for Transport , which has recently rejected a proposed new container terminal at the Port of Southampton and must pass judgement on three more large schemes, has published provisional National Statistics on freight traffic through UK ports in 2003. 

Propulsion & Power Systems

  • See How Daewoo Do It at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Seawork exhibitor WaterMota isgoing from strength to strength supplying Daewoo engines for workboat applications across the British Isles. In terms of both volume and variety, WaterMota's achievements with the Daewoo brand are nothing short of stunning. 

  • UltraJet Flies New Waterjet Into seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    seawork2004 exhibitor Ultra Dynamics has expanded its product line to include the new UltraJet 575 model waterjet capable of absorbing input powers up to 1,700bhp. 

  • One Stop Shop for Props at seawork2004

    01 Jun 2004

    First time seawork exhibitors BT Marine Propellers Ltd was founded in 1999 by Andy Tudge, formerly senior propeller technician manager at Teignbridge Propellers Ltd. 

  • High Performance Couplings for New OSVs

    01 Jun 2004

    West Yorkshire UK based Renold Hi-Tec Couplings has been awarded a contract to supply high performance DCB 838.0 rubber in compression shaft couplings for marine propulsion systems to be installed in a fleet of anchor handling tug/supply vessels. 

  • No Noise for NOAA

    01 Jun 2004

    To ensure that fish populations could be studied effectively, a new Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) has been delivered recently for America's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The 64m LOA Oscar Dyson was built by VT Halter Marine of Mississippi USA and will play a vital role in maintaining the health of the northern Pacific fishing industry. 

  • Squids In With Dependable Repower

    01 Jun 2004

    A 16m squid fishing boat operating out of Port St Francis in South Africa has been repowered with a pair of Perkins Sabre M215C engines in a bid to achieve improved economy and reliability. At the same time, the owners of the Sangoma opted to upgrade the vessel's old genset with a new Perkins Sabre 4TGM genset engine. 

  • Wartsila Power for an Extremely Cold Climate

    01 Jun 2004

    Wartsila Corporation has received and order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin icebreaker to be built by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards Shipyard inFinland. The vessel will be equipped with three 8 cylinder Wartsila 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6 cylinder Wartsila 20 engine to power a harbour/ emergency genset. 

  • Scandlines Refits Set for Propeller Performance Comparison Trial

    01 Jun 2004

    MAN B&W Diesel AS of Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply the new MAN B&W Kappel Controllable Pitch Propeller blades as part of Scandlines' extensive refurbishment of the ferries M/F Prins Joachim and M/F Kronprins Frederik. 

  • Albatross Glides Into seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Midlands UK based marine driveline specialists Albatross Marine Limited and sister company Peregrine Marine Services Limited will be making their seawork debut only 18 months after setting up operations. 

  • Environmental Advance in Prop Shaft Sealing Technology

    01 Jun 2004

    With over 35,000 propeller shaft seal installations behind them, Ocean Venture Seals (OVS) has developed a new, environmentally friendly Eco-Seal which claims major advancement of propeller shaft sealing technology as its design means there is no leakage to the environment from the propeller shaft and no contamination of the sterntube oil by seawater. Any small leakages of oil or water are contained in the Eco-Seal's casing and drained inboard, with any leaked fluids being handled as bilge water. 

  • Quiet Power for New American Research

    01 Jun 2004

    Dakota Creek Industries ofAnacortes, Washington USA has earned a reputation for versatility. Their latest project is a 146m x 33m diesel electric vessel for the University of Delawar e. Designed by BayMarine of Rhode Island, the new marine research vessel will have a steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. 

  • Clean Power for China Tourist Boats

    01 Jun 2004

    Environmental features were decisive in the minds of Chinese authorities who chose Volvo Penta marine diesel engines to power newbuild tourist boats which will be deployed on the Thousand Island Lake, part of the country's extensive inland lake system. Located some 500 km southwest of Shanghai, it is an area of natural beauty which receives heavy tourist and vessel passenger traffic whilst also striving to remain an important freshwater reserve. 

  • H4marine Cuts It at seawork2004

    01 Jun 2004

    Appearing for the first time at seawork will be H4marine Ltd , which has recently been appointed as distributor for two new products from Quickwater Marine of Australia. 

  • Bear Back with Outboard RIBs

    01 Jun 2004

    Seawork exhibitors Ocean Dynamics has chosen Suzuki electronic fuel injected four stroke engines for a new range of outboard powered RIBs they are developing. 

  • Big MaKs Deliver Yell Power

    01 Jun 2004

    Shetland Islands Council is having a pair of double-ended ferries for open water service built at the Northern Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. The 65m by 13.8m vessels will have the passenger car equivalent of 31 units, which could include four 18m by 2.6m trucks. 

  • Bad Vibes On the Run at seawork2004

    01 Jun 2004

    Southern Cross Marine Ltd , the UK distributor for Australian manufacturers Poly Flex , will have that company's new Resilient Deck Support System (RDSS) and a full range of engine mounts and flexible damper/ couplings displayed on Stand 113 at seawork2004 . 

Safety, Survival & Training

  • New Space Efficient Free Fall Lifeboat

    01 Jun 2004

    Aberdeen UK based Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd has introduced the new SC59FF free fall lifeboat as a cost effective safety system for cargo ships, tankers and offshore platforms. By optimising the interior layout of the new 5.9m lifeboat, SCI's designers have achieved an exceptional 25 passengers carrying capacity. 

  • 'QM2's Gigantic Safety Requirement

    01 Jun 2004

    Cosalt Safety and Protection , the UK distributor for McMurdo pyrotechnics, electronics and lights, supplied 6,061 of its Premier Lifejackets fitted with McMurdo's L7 tamper-proof lifejacket lights for the recently commissioned cruise liner Queen Mary 2 before its maiden voyage. 

  • 'Crescent Highway' Paves Road to Security in MCA Trial

    01 Jun 2004

    Crescent Marine Services , part of the Southampton based Crescent Group , has been specifying the ultra-compact 'Ocean Alert' Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) from the global satellite based telematics information services provider Satamatics. 

Seawork2004

  • Slim Packings and Soft Buoys at seawork2004

    01 Jun 2004

    Among the products to be seen on the Ocean Safety Ltd stand at seawork2004 will be two new ones, the SOLAS Slimpack Liferaft and the Horseshoe Lifebuoy . 

  • seawork Soars With So Much More

    01 Jun 2004

    Since its launch in 1998, the seawork Exhibition and Conference in the uniquely maritime environment of the working ABP Port of Southampton has grown inexorably year on year to become an unmissable event on the European commercial marine calendar. 

  • Coastal Surveillance for Poland

    01 Jun 2004

    Atlas Elektronik, BAR Systems' Bremen based German subsidiary, has received a ? 5morder from the Polish Border Guard for a coastal surveillance system. The pilot scheme will provide surveillance of the Polish coastline from the Russian border to the Hel peninsula, north of the Gdansk Bight. Further extensions to the scheme are planned in two phases with procurement decisions expected by the end of this year and in 2005. 

Ship & Boat Building

  • Seaboard's Newbuild Voyages to seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Seaboard Limited , based at Hayling Island near Portsmouth UK, will not have to sail their newbuild workboat far to participate in the floating exhibition at seawork2004 . 

  • Typhoon A Hit with Three Generations

    01 Jun 2004

    Cygnus Marine of Cornwall UK has delivered the latest Typhoon 33 for the local seafaring Curtis family of Looe, three generations of which participated in sea trials and the name giving ceremony. 

  • Noble Newbuild Honoured by Princess

    01 Jun 2004

    The number 128 must be lucky for Ayrshire based boatbuilders Alexander Noble & Sons as the naming ceremony for their 128th and most recent newbuild was presided over by HRH Princess Anne, The Princess Royal. HRH initiated the working life of the mussel dredger Gizzen Briggs , built for Highland Fresh Mussels Ltd which will operate it from Tain on mussel beds in the Dornoch Firth. 

  • Versatile Patrol Boats for Danish Navy

    01 Jun 2004

    In little more than a year, Storebro Bruks AB has transformed an order from the Danish Navy for four high speed patrol boats of their SRC 90 E design into four vessels delivered. Trials have gone according to plan, including negotiating ice up to 5cm thick. As no faults were found, the vessels have been approved by the satisfied customer. 

  • Rugged Rigid Inflatables Return to seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    seawork2004 exhibitor Ocean Dynamics International Ltd has a long and much admired pedigree for building high performance RIBs, including the modified Ribworker 35 which appeared on the floating pontoon at seawork2003 only weeks before Bear Grylls and his team of adventurers took it on the first ever successful crossing of the North Atlantic via the Arctic Circle in an open boat. 

  • 'Boat That Has Everything' on Show at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    South Boats Ltd maintains its proud tradition of supporting every seawork since the inaugural show in 1998, bringing its most recent launch Kingfisher to seawork2004 . 

  • Find a Safehaven at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    A regular seawork exhibitor, Ireland's Safehaven Marine has recently delivered the 30th Interceptor model it has built but which is the first ever 'short cabin' Commercial 42 version. 

  • Windcat Blows Into New Marine Market

    01 Jun 2004

    The recent emergence and rapid expansion of the UK's offshore wind farm industry has created new opportunities for workboat operators. One firm to take advantage is Lancashire based West Coast Workboats (WCW), which was established specifically with the purpose of supplying vessels to service this fast developing marine sector. 

  • Seaboat Unveiled at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Liverpool based Marine Specialised Technology (MST) will unveil its new 750 Seaboat RIB at seawork2004 . Designed as a multi-role ships' boat, the craft will be available with an optional single point lifting system and is SOLAS approved as a nine person fast rescue craft. 

  • Cheetah Prowls the seawork Pontoon

    01 Jun 2004

    Cheetah Marine , which every summer makes a daily crossing from its base on the Isle of Wight to participate in the floating exhibition at seawork , has just delivered a new 7.9m Cheetah catamaran survey vessel to the UK's Environment Agency . 

  • Corrosion Meets Its Match at

    01 Jun 2004

    Cathodic protection equipment and solution suppliers MGDuff International Ltd travel to seawork2004 from their West Sussex UK base to announce their latest weapon against marine corrosion. 

  • 'Oscar' Winner Sends Shockwave Through seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Only 18 months after setting up Ali-It Marine in West Wales, veteran Australian boatbuilder Martin Hackett has turned out seven varied workboats in a premises now self-owned, taken on 15 members of staff, turned the business into a limited company which is fielding enquiries from three continents, and has just walked off with the Gareth Jones Start-up Award at the first ever Pembrokeshire Business Awards . 

  • CatFish on the Menu at seawork

    01 Jun 2004

    Pepe Boatyard is bringing the first example of their new CatFish range of aluminium catamarans to the floating exhibition at seawork2004 .Built entirely from marine grade 5083 aluminium, Shogun was built for Hayling Island UK charter skipper Colin Johnson. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Two More Compact Tugs for Australian Operators

    01 Jun 2004

    Australian shipbuilder Structural Marine of Henderson has built two more compact shiphandling tugs, similar to the successful Cape Pasley constructed for use in Western Australian two years ago ( Maritime Journal -August 2002). This latest pair have been constructed to a very similar design produced jointly by A G McIlwain Ltd andAustralian design company McAlpine Marine Design . 

  • Anchor Marine Sold Out to Augustea

    01 Jun 2004

    Britain's largest independent deep-sea barge operator, Anchor Marine Transportation Ltd , has been purchased by the Italian Augustea Group . In a deal concluded early in May Augustea made the purchase through one of its Italian based companies - Augustea Imprese Marittime e di Salvataggi SpA (Augustea). 

  • Damen Shipyard Galatz Delivers Al Salaam

    01 Jun 2004

    In March of this year Damen Shipyards Galatz , in Romania, delivered an important new vessel to the Sea Ports Corporation (SPC) for operation at the Beshair SBM terminal south of Port Sudan. 

  • Smit Orders stretched Stan Tug 3509 for Africa

    01 Jun 2004

    Smit International Gabon SA has awarded a contract to Damen Shipyards Gorinchem for the construction of a new terminal tug. Following a comprehensive tendering process the order was placed for a Damen Stan Tug 3509 for delivery at the end of this year. The vessel will be deployed primarily for local terminal duties on the west coast of Africa and will join a similar vessel completed by Damen four years ago. 

  • TOWLINES

    01 Jun 2004

    Seabulk Offshore Inc hasordered two offshore tugs of the new Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design from Labroy Shipbuilders , Singapore. This new anchorhandling tug combines many of the features of a large harbour and escort tug with those of a conventional anchor-handler. 

Vessel Launch Macduff Shipyards Ltd - 'sea Shepherd'

Vessel Launch Williams Shipping - 'wilanne'

  • The Williams Fleet Gets a Major Boost

    01 Jun 2004

    The arrival of a brand new tug in May represents an important milestone in the continuing development of the fleet of Williams Shipping Marine Ltd .A series of recent purchases, charters and refurbishment projects demonstrates an uncompromising intention to move forward by the Southampton based company. 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Urban Rock Climbs Into Vessel Maintenance

    01 Jun 2004

    An innovative new approach to vessel repair and maintenance has made a lateral arrival from mountaineering, with Northampton UK based rope access company Urban Rock Abseiling providing services to those operating in marine and other harsh environments. 

  • Polish Yard Bulges with Prestige Lengthening Work

    01 Jun 2004

    Ship lengthening projects are coming in thick and fast at Poland's Stocznia Nauta Shiprepair Yard , which has just finished the last of three Norwegian jobs and taken two more for Norway and Sweden. 

  • Fast Ferries Get Slick Refurb

    01 Jun 2004

    Specialist protective coatings contractor Pyeroy Group hasrecently completed a contract at Harland and Wolff 's Belfast dockyard for the application of an advanced technology anti-fouling system on two of Stena Line 's flagship HSS ferries . Working in collaboration with paint manufacturer International Marine Coatings , Pyeroy was awarded the work as part of the specification for the use of International's high performance Intersleek 400 fouling control system on the two ferries. 

Works In Progress Humber Sea Terminal

  • Simon Says Humber Sea Terminal

    01 Jun 2004

    The London based Simon Group demonstrated prescient vision when in the late 1990s it set in motion planning for a deepwater ro-ro terminal in the River Humber. 

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