New Life for Oldest Steamship

01 Feb 2005

Community involvement is at the heart of a valuable and ongoing vessel restoration project at Canary Wharf in London's Docklands. The SS Robin is the world's oldest complete steamship, having been built in 1890 at the Orchard House Yard on London's Bow Creek by Mackenzie Macalpine .The vessel was then towed to Dundee where its triple expansion reciprocating steam engine and boiler were installed by the famous engine building Gourlay Brothers . 

Hull Fouling Foiled by Ecopseed

01 Feb 2005

In December 2004 a crowd of 50 people including ship owners, representatives of newbuiding yards, the Belgian and other national navies as well as government representatives gathered in anticipation at the Zeebrugge naval base. Their interest was to witness the efficiency and effectiveness of the Ecospeed system after it had gone through an extensive operational period on the Aster , a 55m Belgian Navy mine hunter which was there in drydock. 

Veteran Survey Boat Gets New Home in Egypt

01 Feb 2005

An Egyptian multi-millionaire has paid 136,200 for the German survey ship veteran Wittesand , built more than half a century ago as a dredger supply boat on the Weser.