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Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • New Octopus Heave Processing

    01 Mar 2004

    Octopus iHeave , a new processing suite for long-period ocean swell compensation, is available from Coda Octopus of Deddington for free integration with its Octopus F180 precision attitude and positioning system. 

  • Sonardyne Fusion for MBARI ROV'S

    01 Mar 2004

    Sonardyne International ofYateley reports acquisition of two of its Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic tracking systems by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) to provide high-accuracy subsea positioning for its two deepwater ROV's, Ventana and Tiburon . 

  • Marine Seismic Survey Database

    01 Mar 2004

    Supported by EU funding, Euroseismic is a new central meta-database for geophysical data derived from marine seismic surveys for European seas which is now available on the internet www. eu-seased. net Based on data held by marine departments of European geological survey organisations and their partners, it comprises data-entry with online data import modules, online data edit, data quality control and data retrieval via a map interface in combination with numerical extended search facilities, data export and a GIS-based geographical interface for navigation and presentation. 

  • Simrad Multibeam for Fugro

    01 Mar 2004

    Kongsberg-Simrad has received an order for a second EM 300 deepwater multibeam echosounder from Fugro Survey of Aberdeen. It is being installed on the survey vessel, Fugro Meridian and will complement a similar unit operational aboard Fugro 's Geo Prospector . 

  • Norway Insists on High Speed Craft ECDIS

    01 Mar 2004

    The Norwegian Maritime Directorate in Oslo is to compel all high-speed craft (HSC's) and vessels with hazardous cargoes to carry IMO-compliant electronic charts by 2007. As a first stage, it intends to require all HSC's of any flag operating along the Norwegian coast to carry an approved Ecdis when sailing in waters covered by electronic navigation charts (ENC's). 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Debut of a New Armoured Unit for Breakwaters and Sea Defences

    01 Mar 2004

    Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has provided MJ with details of an innovative interlocking armoured unit it has developed and extensively tested which is designed to protect breakwaters and shores for the long term and under extreme conditions. 

  • Government Pledge on Erosion Claims

    01 Mar 2004

    The UK Government has reportedly pledged to look closely at claims by European experts that dredging can be linked to erosion on the North Norfolk coast, claim campaigners. 

  • Osprey Quay Developer Sought

    01 Mar 2004

    The South West of England Regional Development Agency (SWRDA) is seeking Expressions of Interest from companies interested in the development and operation of a new, 600berth marina at Osprey Quay , the site of the former Royal Naval Air Station at Portland in the southwest of the UK. 

  • Government Inaction Threatening UK Marinas, Claims TYHS

    01 Mar 2004

    The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA), the association for the development of coastal and inland boating facilities in the UK, says British marinas are suffering unfairly at the hands of the government because of the time it takes to obtain consents for dredging work - whether maintenance dredging at existing facilities, or capital dredging for new projects. 

Navigation & Communications

  • Swift Service for Fleet

    01 Mar 2004

    The usual arrangement whereby marine electronics is serviced by the company which sold and installed the equipment is often not an efficient one for vessels sailing internationally. Users of the Thrane & Thrane Capsat Fleet 77, 55 and 33 terminals are now guaranteed worldwide service via the Fleet Service Centre network, consisting of strategically located and specially trained and equipped marine electronic service companies. 

  • SSAS Proposed for US Homeland Security

    01 Mar 2004

    The Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) scheduled for introduction by 1 July 2004 is being proposed as part of the best and most logical solution for national homeland security needs. This suggestion has been made to the US Coast Guard following the recent request it made to industry for technical solutions to its long-range vessel tracking needs In a submission from Thales Navigation Ltd it was pointed out that the high level of interest being shown in AIS will result in disappointment unless the technology is supported by a means of long-range communication and position data recall. The solution proposed by Thales is based on its Tracs-SSAS unit which contains a continuous GPS data memory of up to two years. The unit can be interrogated remotely via its Inmarsat-C link and used to supply and download the ship's route history thereby satisfying the US Coast Guard's need for information about its past activity. The entire process can be conducted automatically and without any input from, or even the knowledge of, the ship's crew. 

  • Rapid Radar and VHF for Yemen Coast Guard

    01 Mar 2004

    Simrad has been chosen to supply radar and VHF communications to 100 patrol boats currently in production for the Yemen Coast Guard .Delivery and installation of the CR44 radar and RD68 dVHF radios for the first 25 boats is underway, with the final boat due for completion by the end of this year. 

News

  • Bespoke Survey Cat Hits the Road

    01 Mar 2004

    Kongsberg Maritime and Uniteam International have joined forces to showcase the recently developed ConCat Survey Catamaran with a<$>‘Road Show’ demonstration tour of the innovative turnkey survey platform, which kicked off at Oceanology International in London this month and will continue across the USA and Canada before returning to the UK to finish at Plymouth and Aberdeen in late July and<$>early August. 

  • French Ministries Co-operate in Research Ship Venture

    01 Mar 2004

    Construction is now under way in France of a new 107.6m long, general-purpose ocean research ship which will serve both naval and civilian masters. 

  • Coastal AIS for Norway

    01 Mar 2004

    Kongsberg Seatex AS has been awarded a contract to develop AIS infrastructure covering the coast of Norway. The contract includes delivery, installation and implementation of AIS base station equipment for 35 shore based stations. Contract work began last month with completion scheduled for the end of this year. 

  • Danes Get Two More AHTS Ships From Germans

    01 Mar 2004

    The latest in a series of the world's most powerful anchor-handling/tug supply vessels was being named at east German shipyard Volkswerft in Stralsund March for Danish sister company Maersk Supply Service . 

  • Contract for First Azipull Coastal Tanker

    01 Mar 2004

    NVC-Design , part of Rolls Royce , has won its first contract for a coastal product tanker which combines a bespoke hull design with a diesel mechanical propulsion system based on twin Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull aximuth thrusters with pulling propellers. 

  • DRACULA Ahead By a Neck

    01 Mar 2004

    The shifting focus of the world's major dredging contractors from jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers to equally large cutter suction dredgers can be seen in the latest order for IHC Holland from Belgium's DEME Group , which operates both Dredging International and the French subsidiary SDI . 

  • Maritime Research Website

    01 Mar 2004

    The UK's National Maritime Museum has launched the Journal for Maritime Research (JMR), the first fully refereed electronic journal in the field of maritime studies. The JMR's purpose is to encourage research into the social, cultural and environmental contexts of maritime studies, both historical and contemporary. 

  • A Chrous of Calls to Free 'Karachi Eight'

    01 Mar 2004

    Traditional cutting of the New Year's cake ceremonies held at the Piraeus offices of international salvage group Tsavliris were dominated by wishes for the safe return of salvage master Nikos Pappas , detained by authorities in Pakistan for pollution incidents related to the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off Karachi. 

  • Port of London Terminal Boom

    01 Mar 2004

    In announcing that port terminals and facilities on London's River Thames handled over 51 million tonnes of cargo last year, the Port of London Authority also said it anticipates that over £1.3 billion will be invested in PLA terminals over the next decade. This is in addition to the estimated £650 million proposed investment by P&O in the London Gateway container and ro-ro terminal project. Plans include bringing some unused London wharves back into cargo handling use and improving facilities for passenger cruise ships. The recent publication of the Mayor's London Plan sets necessary planning policies in place. 

  • Revolutionary Year at Marseilles

    01 Mar 2004

    The fourth largest port in Europe at Marseilles handled its highest cargo volume for 15 years in 2003 and set an all-time passenger record of nearly two million. Cargo throughput of 95.6 million tonnes was up 3.6% on 2002 and marked a return to 1988 levels when oil traffic accounted for 74% of the port’s total volume. Oil now makes up only 66% of the port’s volume but a solid 2.7% overall rise in high value container traffic set a record at 831,000 teu. Passenger throughput was up 11.7%, boosted in particular by a spectacular 37% surge in the cruise sector. 

  • Study Underway Assessing Continental Transport

    01 Mar 2004

    The future use of transportation corridors between Scandinavian and central Continental countries is being assessed by BMT Transport Solutions GmbH on behalf of 12 European governmental and industry organisations. The study will take into account increased congestion in the region and the need to facilitate trade. 

  • Calls for 'Joined-up Government' to Aid Offshore Wind

    01 Mar 2004

    The UK’s offshore wind power industry, key to the Government achieving its target of generating 15% of the national electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2015, has been hit by opposition from the Government’s own Ministry of Defence (MoD) as<$>well as the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), just as it reaches a critical point of lift off. 

Pollution Control

  • SMS Down By the San Francisco Bay Area

    01 Mar 2004

    Transas Marine USA has been awarded a contract to provide a Spill Management Simulator (SMS) to the California Maritime Academy's Institute of Maritime Technology . 

  • Salvors Warn Spain of Pollution Repeat

    01 Mar 2004

    The Spanish Government's decision to put a half a billion dollar price tag on a place of refuge for ships in distress is counter-productive and in some situations could actually increase the threat of environmental pollution according to the International Salvage Union (ISU). 

  • MENAS' Pollution Boat Launched in Romania

    01 Mar 2004

    A new oil spill response vessel for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) was launched at the Galatz Shipyard in Romania last month and has been towed to Damen 's Royal Schelde Shipyard in the Netherlands for completion, outfitting and commissioning. 

Seawork2004

  • SeaSafe Sails to seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    Based at Cowes on the Isle of Wight, SeaSafe Systems will have a short passage across the Solent to exhibit its range of marine safety clothing at seawork2004 . 

  • Hamilton Jet Double Anniversary at seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    Hamilton Jet 's European headquarters, Hamilton Jet UK Ltd , celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. 

  • Docking Solutions Multiply

    01 Mar 2004

    Following their most productive year ever, Docking Solutions Ltd return to seawork , showing for the first time anywhere their new modular pontoon for sheltered locations. 

  • K9 Bites Back on seawork Pontoon

    01 Mar 2004

    Until recently most workboat operators have had no choice but to lock their vessel up in the evening and hope to find it as they left it in the morning. 

  • Small Hydro Survey System at seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    One of the companies representing the hydrographic survey sector at seawork2004 will be Sadaret Ltd , which is the exclusive UK agent for the Valeport Midas Surveyor .The low cost, portable hydrographic survey system has proven popular since its market launch last summer, with early customers including British Waterways and Tower Hydrographics. 

  • Chafe-Pro Ties Up at seawork2004

    01 Mar 2004

    Chafe-Pro (UK) Ltd returns to seawork after a successful debut at seawork2003 . The British producers of an American designed product which prevents chafe abrasion damage to a ship's mooring lines have a set a course to convince European freight and cruise shipping operators that Chafe-Pro line guards can make their vessels' mooring lines safer and prevent the accidents that disrupt schedules and increase insurance premiums. 

Seawork2004 Preview

  • South Boats' RIB To Be Ready for seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    The first launch of 2004 from South Boats ' prolific yard on the Isle of Wight is Private Venture a South Catamaran 32/10 Island class design commissioned for Lymington based charter angling skipper Arthur Savage. The 32ft LOA craft boasts a beam of 16ft 6in, which delivers 96ft of gunwhale area for fishing around the perimeter of the boat. 

  • Hovercraft Into View at seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    Being based in Southampton UK makes it easy for Griffon Hovercraft Limited to exhibit at seawork . In the run up to the exhibition, Griffon has just sold a fourth 470SAR hovercraft to the RNLI , which will be used to rescue people in areas where it is difficult if not impossible for the RNLI's current lifeboats to reach. 

  • Corrosion-free Decking Makes seawork Debut

    01 Mar 2004

    Cheshire UK based Fibreforce Composites Ltd is expanding into the markets for marina and pontoon decking having already established their fibreglass gratings in the offshore oil and gas and chemical processing industries. 

  • seawork Neighbourhood Newbuild for PHFC

    01 Mar 2004

    The Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company has awarded the contract for a new 32m passenger ferry to local boatbuilder and seawork stalwart VT Halmatic Ltd . 

  • 'Jo Dan IV' Is a Safe Haven at seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    Safehaven Marine are fast becoming Ireland's most successful commercial charter boat builders and return to seawork with Jo Dan IV , the second of a new generation of high-buoyancy hull 'Wildcat' catamarans built to provide operators with performance, stability and a huge deck area. 

  • Lucky seawork 7 Sailing for Southampton

    01 Mar 2004

    Snow falling on the day this is written cannot obscure the fact that the seventh annual seawork Exhibition and Conference, in more hospitable summer environs at the ABP Port of Southampton , is just around the bend in the navigation channel. 

  • Finns Win Again with Sixth Police Targa

    01 Mar 2004

    The Metropolitan Police Thames Division fleet has received its sixth Finnish built Targa patrol craft, supplied by seawork2004 exhibitor Wessex Marine . 

  • Sunshine Guaranteed at seawork

    01 Mar 2004

    In recent years, seawork hashad the good fortune to coincide with fine summer weather. For seawork2004 a bit of brightness is guaranteed months in advance with the booking of first time exhibitor Sunshine Maritime . 

  • 'PAC' Range of Brackets Get Tough at seawork2004

    01 Mar 2004

    seawork exhibitor Fire & Rescue Equipment Ltd will be showing the PAC range of tool and equipment mounting systems which they distribute in the UK, Europe and Australia. 

Ship & Boat Building

  • Spanish Newbuilds for North Star

    01 Mar 2004

    The North Star Shipping division of global energy services company, The Craig Group , has signed a £20m contract with Spain's Astillerios Balenciaga SA for four newbuild stand-by emergency response vessels. 

  • Camarc Design Chasing Newbuild Bonanza

    01 Mar 2004

    A prototype 45ft rapid response boat designed by UK based Camarc Ltd has been delivered to the US Coast Guard for evaluation in a competitive review process against two other prototypes. The Camarc designed Response Boat - Medium (RB-M) was delivered by Seattle USA based builder Kvichak Marine Industries , which had teamed with the Marinette Marine Corporation serving as prime contractor and programme manager for the prototype project. All three prototype vessels are currently undergoing three months of extensive sea trials and evaluations at the USCG base in Portsmouth, Virginia. 

  • Divers Thrive With Fast New 7.9 Cheetahs

    01 Mar 2004

    The second example of Cheetah Marine 's new 7.9m design has been delivered to Sunart Diving Services of Loch Sunart in Western Scotland. 

  • Izar's Third Set of Twins for Jan De Nul

    01 Mar 2004

    Izar Gijon Shipyard has delivered two more trailing suction hopper dredgers to Belgian contractor Jan De Nul .The 4,400m 3capacity twins Taccola and Francesco di Giorgio bring to eight the number of dredgers delivered by Izar in the last two years, six of which have been for Jan De Nul . 

  • Cygnus Marine Delivers Irish Twins

    01 Mar 2004

    Warm autumn weather saw the first Typhoon 42 s from Cygnus Marine launched in festivities at their home port of Portaleen in Co Donegal. The boats for fishermen Eddie Doherty ( Lady Nuala ) and Danny Farren ( Atlantic Jem ) were built under the fleet development programme of the BIM/Irish Sea Fisheries Board , with the hulls constructed at the Cygnus Marine yard in Penryn, Cornwall UK then delivered to McDonalds Boatyard inGreencastle for outfitting and completion. 

  • Cleopatra Launches Versatile 'Fast Angler'

    01 Mar 2004

    DS Marine , the UK and Ireland distributor for the range of fast workboats built in Iceland by Trefjar Ltd , has announced the arrival the Cleopatra Fisherman 33 and 38 fast fishing vessels. Unlike other craft in the range which all feature a space saving V-drive system, the Cleopatra Fast Angler can, if required, be conventionally engined. 

  • BMT Nigel Gee Pursues Modal Freight Shift

    01 Mar 2004

    The first of two Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) vessels designed by BMT Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd entered service on the choppy waters of Holland's Western Scheldt last month, with the second to follow next month. The craft have been built by the Damen Shipyards Group for the Province of Zeeland, with principle design and building supervision from Sovereign Marine NV . 

  • First Commercial Angling RIB from Red Bay

    01 Mar 2004

    Red Bay Boats Ltd have completed their first commercial angling RIB based on their hardnosed 11m RIB but shortened to 9m. The boat has an overall beam of 3.3m, 22in diameter tubes and room in the hard nose which protects the tubes in heavy seas. 

  • Alderney Gets Direct Ferry Link With the Continent

    01 Mar 2004

    A 16.25m LOA aluminium catamaran ferry nearing completion at Alnmarintec in Northumberland UK will link the 2,400 inhabitants of Alderney in the Channel Islands with Guernsey and Diellette in France. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • Bugsier Order Tractor Tug from K Damen Shipyard

    01 Mar 2004

    The year 2004 started extremely well for Shipyard K Damen at Hardinxveld-Giessendam. During the past couple of months three shipbuilding contracts were signed from two different continents. 

  • A Sophisticated New Escort Tug Enters Service in Norway

    01 Mar 2004

    Baut , a new escort tug for Bukser og Berging A/S (a subsidiary of Neptun A/S ) is now in service at Statoil 'sMongstad oil terminal in Norway. 

  • Fairmount to Build New Deepsea Tugs

    01 Mar 2004

    Valentine's Day, 14 February 2004, was a landmark date for Rotterdam based towage contractor Fairmount Marine BV when the company signed a contract for the construction of two 200 tonnes bollard pull anchor-handling tugs. 

  • An Eleventh Hour Reprieve for the 'Daniel Adamson'

    01 Mar 2004

    An historic steam tug/tender, the Daniel Adamson , owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Company has been saved from the cutting torch by tugmen and enthusiasts at the eleventh hour. 

  • Towlines

    01 Mar 2004

    Well-known propulsion system and component suppliers the Kort PropulsionCompany Ltd and associate Causeway Machinery Ltd have recently relocated to Erith in Kent. First established in 1935, the company has operated from an office in Witham, Essex for the past 15 years. Directors Norman Parsons and Malcolm Breeze have worked together since 1970 and continue to offer their propulsion expertise along with other members of the Kort team Their new contact details for Kort Propulsion and Causeway are as follows: Bank Chambers, Pier Road, Erith, Kent, UK, DA8 1TA Tel: +44 (0) 1322 346346 Fax: +44 (0) 1322 347346 Email; info@kortpropulsion. com The Norwegian oil company Statoil recently awarded a contract to Bukser og Berging to supply and operate three tugs and two mooring launches at its MelkOya liquefied natural gas terminal near Hammerfest in northern Norway. This new tug fleet is being formed to provide towage, escort and mooring services, starting in 2006. The fleet will comprise a powerful escort and shiphandling tug, two harbour tugs with 70 tonnes bollard pull and two line handling boats. It is understood that the new vessels will be built by the Moen Slip yard in Kolvereid, with deliveries taking place during 2005. MelkOya is an onshore LNG plant and terminal linked to Statoil's SnOhvit ('Snow white') offshore gas field in the Barents Sea, scheduled to come on-line before the end of 2006. 

Vessel Launch

  • Challis Rises to Workboat Challenge

    01 Mar 2004

    Essex UK based Challis & Sons have launched their new 10m design steel workboat, the Challis 10m2 . Designed and constructed entirely in-house at Challis' Clacton-on-Sea workshops, the new vessel was immediately put into service, successfully completing a contract for Ballast Ham Dredging pushing their water injection dredger Baldur onworks at Herne Bay in Kent. 

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • Voith Unit In-Water Replacement

    01 Mar 2004

    UMC International have once again supported the British Royal Navy and Babcock Naval Services (BNS) to successfully undertake the exchange of a Voith Schneider Propulsion (VSP) unit fitted to a naval ship while it remained afloat. 

  • Busy March for A&P Falmouth

    01 Mar 2004

    A&P Falmouth has won two significant orders which are being undertaken this month. 

  • New Venture on Top of the Slops

    01 Mar 2004

    From early next month ships visiting the Port of Falmouth will have a new service available to them as a result of a joint venture between ship repair and conversion specialist A&PFalmouth and marine oil terminal operators Falmouth Oil Services (FOS). The new facility to receive and recycle oil slops will boost trade in the port while providing a valuable service to ships in the busy shipping lanes of the English Channel. 

  • Orbital Welding Works on Shipboard Pipes

    01 Mar 2004

    With higher quality standards making it more necessary for automatic manufacturing systems to be used wherever possible, there has been increasing demand for Automatic Orbital TIG equipment supplied by Peterborough UK based Orbimatic GmbH for welding shipboard pipework. 

  • First UK Outing for the Dockmaster

    01 Mar 2004

    The Hammelmann Dockmaster made its first ever appearance in a UK yard late last year. A major British ship repair yard won the multi million pound contract to completely refit a Royal Navy aviation training ship. The contract also called for 8000m 2of hull and topside surface to be UHP water blasted down to bare metal prior to repainting. 

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