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Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • When It's Cranes, It Pours

    01 Jan 2005

    Handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar has received an order for five additional super post-Panamax ship to shore (STS) cranes from MSC Home Terminal in Antwerp. 

  • Heavyweight Winch Marks Anniversary

    01 Jan 2005

    Germany based HATLAPA recently celebrated its 85th anniversary and in the same week shipped a 56 ton towing winch, the largest produced in the company's history, from its home port of Uetersen. 

  • Cranes Upgrade Expands Thamesport Capacity

    01 Jan 2005

    The UK's Thamesport set about further boosting its productivity this month when it embarked upon an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes. The five post-Panamax cranes, which are now 15 years old, will be upgraded to enable them to handle the latest generation of ultra-large container ships calling at the deep water facility. 

  • Cats' Cranes Speed Expansion

    01 Jan 2005

    A 2,500 ton capacity crane mounted on an 84m LOA catamaran is helping the booming economic metropolis that is Shanghai meet its requirements for additional ports and coastal infrastructure. 

  • TTS Finnish Handling Expansion

    01 Jan 2005

    Sweden's TTS Ships Equipment AB of Gothenburg, part of Norway's TTS Marine ASA , has signed an agreement to purchase Finland's Liftec Products Oy of Tammerfors. The company will be renamed TTS Liftec Products Oy . 

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • New Workboat Sterntube Seals from Wartsila

    01 Jan 2005

    Wartsila Corporation has introduced a new family of face type seals specifically for water lubricated stern tubes. 

  • When Thrust is a Must

    01 Jan 2005

    Twin UltraJet 305 waterjets propel Garrett Cotter , a new 9.8m patrol boat for the Halifax Port Authority inCanada. Built in aluminium, the rapid response vessel is designed and manufactured by ABCO Industries Limited , also of Nova Scotia, and is powered by twin Cummins 370B diesel engines rated 355bhp at 3,000 rpm and driving via ZF220 transmissions. 

  • Bowman to Make Polar Heat Exchangers

    01 Jan 2005

    Following the closure of Polar Engineering , Birmingham UK based EJ Bowman have bought the majority of Polar Engineering's pattern equipment together with the manufacturing rights. 

  • More Daewoos to Choose at London Boat Show

    01 Jan 2005

    As promised, WaterMota Ltd turned up at the London Boat Show earlier this month with two new engines from value for money Korean manufacturer Daewoo . The engines are so popular with commercial operators that the Benelux distributor has reported the sale of 35 units over the Christmas period. 

  • Wheel of Fortune Year for Beta Marine

    01 Jan 2005

    Beta Marine has reported a successful trading year in 2004, with over 1,800 propulsion engines and marine gensets sold to over 50 distributors worldwide. Beta's range of small propulsion engines from 10 to 90hp are based on Kubota diesels, which are also used in the company's small genset range from 5 to 33kVA. 

  • Propulsion Breakthrough Launched in London

    01 Jan 2005

    Volvo Penta invoked memories of the 1959 New York Boat Show at the London Boat Show earlier this month, where it unveiled its 'revolutionary' new IPS (Inboard Propulsion System). 

Dredging

  • Royal Boskalis' Vision of Recovery for the Industry

    01 Jan 2005

    Fiercely competitive pricing has been blamed by the dredging industry's largest company, Royal Boskalis Westminster , for 'modest' net results for 2004 of ? 20? 25mon a turnover of approximately ? 1 billion. 

  • Danish Dredger Does Wind Farm Duty

    01 Jan 2005

    Late last November Peter Madsen Rederi A/S of Denmark was awarded the contract to install the external J-tubes to the 30 offshore wind turbines being erected in the Thames Estuary at Kentish Flats UK. 

  • IHC Holland Management Buy-Out

    01 Jan 2005

    The Dutch group IHC Caland has advised that negotiations with Rabo Participates (RaPar) is likely to lead to the sale of its shipbuilding activities. 

  • New DHMS Makes Dutch Debut

    01 Jan 2005

    Based at Zierikzee in the Netherlands, Seatec Underwater Systems BV hasunveiled its latest Dredge Head Monitoring System . It is designed to monitor the dredging process on various types of dredgers and is able to store all relevant data. 

  • 'Dredging: The Extremes' at CEDA Dredging Days

    01 Jan 2005

    The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has issued a first Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days , a conference which traditionally takes place alongside the Europort exhibition. 

  • European Expertise in Chinese Newbuild

    01 Jan 2005

    In January 2003 VOSTA LMG received an order from Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard for the design and supply of all dredging components for a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Chinese Harbor Authority Huanghua Port . The vessel was handed over in a festive ceremony on 11 November 2004, after successful dredging trials in the Yangtze estuary. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Calls for Satellite Alernative

    01 Jan 2005

    Concerns over what UK Shipping Minister David Jamieson has called the 'vulnerability' of satellite navigation systems means that a terrestrial alternative is needed, he said. Jamieson made the comments during recent launch of a document setting out the UK and Ireland's strategy for navaids to 2020. He announced that the UK government will work closely with regional lighthouse authorities to adopt asa back-up. 

  • Unmanned Sub With No Engine

    01 Jan 2005

    Spray , a novel unmanned glider-type submarine with no engine has recently completed extensive crossings of open seas measuring salinity, temperature and pressure in the Gulf stream between the surface and 1,000m depths every seven hours. 

  • 2nd International Seabed Acoustics Workshop

    01 Jan 2005

    German underwater specialist Innomar Technologie is hosting a 2nd international workshop on Seabed Acoustics , in Rostock-Warnemunde from 24-25 February. Following an opening address by Mecklenburg-Vorpommern's Minister for Economic Affairs, F Dorok, there will be a series of presentations by speakers from Germany, Netherlands, Norway and Russia. 

  • Primar & IC-ENC Agreement

    01 Jan 2005

    The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and the UK Hydrographic Office , as operators of Primar Stavanger and the International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (IC-ENC) respectively, have signed a letter of intent on closer cooperation for distribution of products. 

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Hydraulic Modelling Alive and Well at HR Wallingford

    01 Jan 2005

    HR Wallingford in the UK has unveiled details of a major investment it has made in a new modelling hall that covers an area more than 11,000m 2.Responding to record demand for hydraulic modelling, HR Wallingford is replacing its well-known modelling hall that has served engineers in the UK and around the world for the last 60 years. 

  • Mott MacDonald to Provide Design Services for Wind Farm

    01 Jan 2005

    Mott MacDonald has been appointed as a sub-consultant by AREVA T&D Systems inStafford in the UK to provide electrical design services for an offshore wind farm to be built 7km off the coast of Walney Island in Cumbria. 

  • Flexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem

    01 Jan 2005

    Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system. 

  • Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study

    01 Jan 2005

    Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nation's economic diversification plan. 

  • China Harbour-Costain to Design Breakwater for LNG terminal

    01 Jan 2005

    In early January, China Harbour-Costain announced that it had been awarded a US$170 million contract by Sempra LNG 's Energia Costa Azul to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Baja California in Mexico. The 600m break water will serve to protect the receipt terminal's LNG off-loading jetty. 

  • DEFRA Funds 'Planning System for the Sea'

    01 Jan 2005

    Government Ministers in the UK have given their backing to a pilot project which could lead to a new, plan-led approach for protecting and managing Britain's seas in a more sustainable way. 

  • Encouragment for Industry to Think Green

    01 Jan 2005

    The British Marine Federation (BMF) has launched an Environmental Code of Practice for its members. 

Monitoring & Control

  • Smart Steering for New System

    01 Jan 2005

    Working closely with Volvo Penta , Simrad has developed intelligent auto steering via CAN for the new Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) introduced earlier this month at the London Boat Show . The new AC05 Autopilot Computer integrates with the AP 16/25/26/27 autopilots from Simrad to partner Volvo Penta's latest generation propulsion system. 

  • FuelCom Goes With the Flow

    01 Jan 2005

    As fuel is the single largest cost of marine diesel ownership, accurate metering is critical. 

  • Innovation Sparks DieselElectric Ferry

    01 Jan 2005

    The double ended ferry Dokter Wagemaker has been built by the Damen Group in Romania and was delivered last month for finishing to their Schelde yard at Vlissingen in the Netherlands. The vessel for Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming NV (TESO) will be deployed from June on the Den Helder to Texel route. 

  • SoundBuoy Launch Boosts Boat Noise Compliance

    01 Jan 2005

    From this month, noise testing has become necessary as the amended EU Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) has come into force. For the first time, upper limits for boat noise are specified. Compliance with the new RCD will be optional for the first 12 months, but from next January it will become mandatory. If boat builders want a CE certificate for powered boats of less than 24m, they will need to demonstrate compliance with the new noise limits. 

  • Expansive Bond Celebrates 30 Years

    01 Jan 2005

    2005 sees Essex UK-based Bond Instrumentation and Process Control enter into its 30th year of trading on a high after a busy end to 2004. 

News

  • Hamburg Booming

    01 Jan 2005

    By the beginning of December 2004, the Port of Hamburg had already matched the previous year's record cargo handling volume of 106,283 million tons and was heading for a year end figure of approximately 115 million tons, an increase of 8.5%. 

  • Elsflether Stays Busy With Small Ship Work

    01 Jan 2005

    German small ship repair and conversion centre Elsflether Werft on the Weser has seen its slipways full of late with a variety of small ships in for work ranging from routine maintenance and repair to complex engine exchange. 

  • Fos Box Rise

    01 Jan 2005

    Container throughput at the French Port of Marseilles-Fos hasrisen by 9% through the first ten months of 2004 for a total of 765,000 teu. East-west trade was up by 10% to 492,000 teu while north-south trades via Marseilles improved to 8%, exceeding 272,000 teu. After a slow start to the year, cruise throughput has improved by 3% to reach a January-October total of 320,000 passengers. 

  • Help Save Titanic's Tender

    01 Jan 2005

    The Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast has added its name to a growing online petition to save the Titanic 's tender S/S Nomadic from the breaker. The illustrious 'Mothership of the Titanic ', which carried John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim, Margaret 'Unsinkable Molly' Brown and 169 other First and Second Class passengers out of Cherbourg harbour to board the fated liner, is the only vessel from the iconic White Star Line still afloat. 

  • Twenties Motor Launch Restored in Hamburg

    01 Jan 2005

    A new lease of life has been given to a 75 year-old Alster motor launch after five years of restoration carried out by an employment and skill training group in the German port city of Hamburg. 

  • Scotland's First RNLI 'Tamar'

    01 Jan 2005

    A new design of lifeboat, known as the Tamar class, has been allocated to the RNLI Peterhead Lifeboat Station , making it the first station and crew in Scotland to operate this class of all weather lifeboat. 

  • Hurricane Season Necessitates Heavy Lift by Bisso

    01 Jan 2005

    America's Bisso Marine Co Inc has completed the successful salvage of a 105 Class Liftboat from 258ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The liftboat, which was believed to have sunk in much shallower water in the mid 1980's, was discovered to be on top of a 20in pipeline after Hurricane Ivan. 

  • Contract Awards

    01 Jan 2005

    RoRo Vessel Refit (1) Lerwick, UK; (2) Shetland Islands Council, Lerwick ZE1 0HB; (3) Supply and installation of equipment in refit/refurbishment of 35m pax/vehicle RoRo ferry; (4) Malakoff Limited, Lerwick; (5) £500,000; (6) 5 

  • Wallenius Goes Green

    01 Jan 2005

    Shipping and logistics operators Wallenius Wilhelmsen has become the first non-container carrier shipping group to join the Clean Cargo Group , a global consortium of multinational manufacturers, shippers and carriers whose aim is to promote cleaner and more environmentally sustainable transportation. The Group is currently at work developing an Environmental Performance System to measure exhaust emissions, which will enable customers to monitor their carrier's emission levels and environmental profiles effectively. 

  • Small Ships Now Online

    01 Jan 2005

     

  • MacGregor Heads to Kone

    01 Jan 2005

    Kone Corporation has bought MacGregor from Industri Kapital and Gambro AB forapproximately ? 186 million. 

  • Lockheed Grabs a SLICE of the Action

    01 Jan 2005

    Lockheed Martin turned up at last month's Workboat Show in New Orleans with a new $25 million contract for the detailed design, construction, test and delivery of two Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) variant crew transport vessels for Mexico's national oil company PEMEX . 

  • Development Threat to River Support Services

    01 Jan 2005

    One of the last working boatyards on London's River Thames is threatened by development. 

  • Long Running Maritime Charity

    01 Jan 2005

    Opportunities to run with Paula Radcliffe and simultaneously support seafarers and their families are still available to participants in next spring's Flora London Marathon . Those running and raising sponsorship on behalf of the maritime charity King George's Fund for Sailors (KGFS) will benefit sailors who served in WWII, orphaned children and injured fishermen. KGFS has worked with some 200 UK maritime related charities, targeting financial support to where it is needed most. The charity is relaunching itself under the new name Seafarers UK , effective 1 January 2005. 

  • Seafarers UK Pledges £100,000 for Tsunami Sufferers

    01 Jan 2005

    UK based maritime charity Seafarers UK is donating £100,000 towards rebuilding the seafaring communities affected by the Tsunami disaster, on the Indian and Sri Lankan coasts. 

  • New On HIT List

    01 Jan 2005

    Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal (HIT) at ABP's Port of Immingham (see MJ September 2004, page 25). 

  • EH Hassell & Sons Extend Their Port Handling Territory

    01 Jan 2005

    From the first day of this month, EH Hassell and Sons Ltd of Stoke on Trent UK has become the nominated distributor for the range of Sennebogen Green Line Material handlers for all industries in the UK as well as port sector distributorship in Ireland. 

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • TOWLINES

    01 Jan 2005

    International Salvor Tsavliris has recently relaunched its website www. tsavliris. com The colourful new website is dynamic, more informative, easy-to-navigate and up-to-date. 

  • 'Duke of Normandy' to be replaced

    01 Jan 2005

    Jersey Harbours , in the UK Channel Islands, are to have a sophisticated new flagship, a 26m Damen Shoalbuster tugdesigned to undertake a wide range of duties in the locality. 

  • Hythe improve US Army LT series tugs

    01 Jan 2005

    The United States Army - Combat Equipment Battalion atHythe on Southampton Water is in the process of carrying out a unique reconstruction programme on a series of powerful twin-screw tugs. All six of the tugs concerned are just 10 years old but during their relatively short working lives have been found to have significant deficiencies, particularly with regard to stability. Described as The US Army Centre of Excellence for Watercraft Maintenance , the Hythe base is manned largely by civilian engineering and shipyard staff and is accustomed to project work of this kind. 

  • More Ramparts ASD Tugs on the Stocks Worldwide

    01 Jan 2005

    Towards the end of 2004, Vancouver based naval architects and tug designers Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) were awarded a contract to design a new series of high-performance ship-handling tugs for the Chinese Port of Ningbo . 

Tugs, Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • Tow Rope Put to the Test

    01 Jan 2005

    A breaking load test specially commissioned by Adsteam Towage has revealed the practical benefits of, Cosalt Safety & Protections ' ongoing investment in improving its rope products. 

  • Titan Beats Time Before Barge Breaks Up

    01 Jan 2005

    The 6,000 ton container barge Guantanamo Bay Express departed Jacksonville, Florida recently under tow from the Spence on a scheduled service to the US Naval station at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. 

  • BP Award Tug Management Contract to Targe

    01 Jan 2005

    Targe Towing Ltd , based in Montrose, Scotland, has been awarded a management contract to operate a new tug fleet to be based at the BP Coryton oilrefinery in the Thames Estuary. 

  • Swift Salvors Prevent Pollution

    01 Jan 2005

    Wijsmuller Salvage ended a busy 2004 dealing with two very different situations which shared a common purpose, pollution mitigation. 

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