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  • Navy Gravy for Rolls-Royce

    01 Jun 2005

    Rolls-Royce has won a £137m long-term service and support contract for gas turbines which power 27 ships in service with the British Royal Navy as well as the French, Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies. The company will support Olympus and Tyne gas turbines for the next 12 years, when the ships are due to go out of service. The contract was awarded by the UK Ministry of Defence on behalf of all four navies. 

  • Seawork Encounter Paints the Town

    01 Jun 2005

    Williams Shipping has been appointed as agents for Jotun Paints following talks which were initiated on the Williams Shipping stand at Seawork 2004 . 

  • Growth Fuels Growth for SMM

    01 Jun 2005

    Serving a growing global market for marine equipment valued at ? 70 billion per year, preparations for SMM 2006 are in full swing, with the final date for registration set for 30 November 2005. 

  • AMOT Wears Well

    01 Jun 2005

    MAN B&W , which leads the global market for two stroke diesel engines with 75% market share, has entered into a cooperative agreement AMOT which places the AMOT XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system on the Extent of Delivery list for all new MAN B&W two stroke engines. The XTS-W system is the only product to be so listed for detecting bearing wear. 

  • Saab Sees It Coming

    01 Jun 2005

    Saab Transponder Tech has won a major order to supply shipboard Automatic Identification Systems to the Canadian Coast Guard .Under the contract, Saab's licensed integrator/reseller ICAN Ltd will supply 105 Saab R4 AIS transponders for installation on a wide range of icebreakers, buoy tenders, fisheries patrol vessels and SAR cutters. The installations will be completed this year. 

  • Kalmar Extends Port Handling Interests

    01 Jun 2005

    Heavy duty handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar , part of Kone Cargotec , has acquired the Dutch companies Peinemann Kalmar CV and Peinemann Kalmar Rental BV from parent organisation the Peinemann Group for an undisclosed sum. 

  • EC Approves Modal Shift to Water

    01 Jun 2005

    The European Commission has given Italy approval for a 240m subsidy scheme for the next three years to encourage the transfer of heavy goods vehicles from road to sea. The EC will grant subsidies to road haulage companies which make use of existing or new maritime routes as alternatives to roads. 

  • SMIT Profits Up for 2004

    01 Jun 2005

    Having completed a strategic reorientation over recent years, Smit International NV has posted mixed but generally good overall results for 2004. The group's Salvage Division experienced a high work rate throughout the year and recorded an excellent result while the Harbour Towage Division also did well. The Transport & Heavy Lift Division achieved a satisfactory utilisation rate for 2004 while only the Terminals Division recorded a result below expectations. Net profits rose slightly from 27.0m in 2003 to 27.5m last year. 

  • Last Severn Class Lifeboat Named

    01 Jun 2005

    The RNLI 's final Severn class lifeboat was named last month in a ceremony at Poole by outgoing engineering manager Bob Cripps, who was instrumental in introducing the all weather lifeboat into service in 1995. At 17m in length, the Severn remains the largest boat in the RNLI's fleet. 

  • Transport Study Encourages Water Freight

    01 Jun 2005

    Road pricing schemes which would encourage haulage firms to shift some of their freight off the crowded road network and onto trains, inland waterways and short sea shipping routes were highlighted in a new study into the use of strategic transport corridors in Europe over the next decade undertaken on behalf of 15 governmental and industry organisations. The Capacity 2015 project, led by BMTTransport Solutions GmbH , concluded that there would be a 58% increase in road haulage within ten years if existing policies and infrastructure investment levels were maintained. 

  • Winds of Change Drive Marine Cable Alliance

    01 Jun 2005

    Rapid expansion of the marine renewable energy market has prompted a cooperation agreement between SMIT Heavy Lift Europe BV and Essex UK based cable installation and maintenance specialist Global Marine Systems Limited . 

  • Disaster Display on Merseyside

    01 Jun 2005

    Admission is free to the Merseyside Maritime Museum , where a collection of newly acquired exhibits linked to the Titanic and Lusitania disasters has gone on display. These include the only item of clothing worn on the night of Titanic 'ssinking to still survive and a cushion from the Lusitania retrieved by a Royal Navy able seaman searching for survivors. 

  • Intermodal Box Empire Created

    01 Jun 2005

    Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire control of the Dutch intermodal operator Geest North Sea in a deal that will create Europe's largest intra-European intermodal/shortsea container shipping network. The joint company will offer a network of shortsea services encompassing the North Sea, the Baltic, Ireland and Iberia while, via Rotterdam, its links will extend to most of mainland Europe as far south as Italy and eastwards to Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. 

  • Fast Cheetah Wins Race to Seawork Exhibition

    01 Jun 2005

    The Isle of Wight's Cheetah Marine has been racing against the clock to have one of the most unusual boats it has ever built completed in time to bring to the floating pontoon at Seawork 2005 . The 9m Cheetah Catamaran is a departure from the builder's usual production of commercial fishing, diving, hydro survey, and patrol boats in that this one is destined for a life of charter big game fishing off Bermuda. 

  • Historic Ships Website Re-Launched

    01 Jun 2005

    To coincide with SeaBritain 2005 , the year long festival inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the National Historic Ships Committee , in association with the National Maritime Museum , has launched a new, redesigned and upgraded website giving details of the UK's fleet of historic vessels. 

  • Six Is A Crowd In Southampton

    01 Jun 2005

    Hundreds of staff from Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd (SCH) and its subsidiary Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) had their busiest ever week recently when the liners Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 were both in port along with two other cruise ships and two Ro-Ro ships. More than 300 staff were deployed on the six ships, with hard work and meticulous planning keeping all operations on schedule. 

  • Chain System Upgrade Strengthens Capacity Requirements

    01 Jun 2005

    Lifting hardware supplier Crosby has launched a new range of chain fittings that are 25% stronger than comparable products and can be used with either Grade 10 or Grade 8 chain. The Crosby 8/10 Chain System , which includes a wide selection of links, hooks and other chain fittings, meets the requirements of both the Grade 10 (100) and Grade 8 (80) specifications. 

  • Young Engineers Rise to Royal Navy Challenge

    01 Jun 2005

    Hurricane Hugo has just struck the Caribbean island of St Kitts, causing massive damage. 

  • See You Later, in the Land of the Gator

    01 Jun 2005

    An innovative new technology for tracking sediment in rivers and seas has opened up a lucrative new market in the United States for a Glasgow based environmental consultancy. 

  • Cup of Cheer for 'Bourbon'

    01 Jun 2005

    Maritime services provider Groupe Bourbon has posted a turnover increase of 13.9% in marine services for the first quarter of this year. The sector has been boosted by an expansion of offshore activity and the continuation of record rates in the bulk transport trade. The towage and salvage business grew by 5.4%, a figure expected to grow in the second quarter as the newbuild Abeille Bourbon enters into service. 

  • Marine Technology Centre Opens in Norway

    01 Jun 2005

    Rolls-Royce established its first University Technology College (UTC) in Norway last month to conduct key research programmes in the marine sector. 

  • Crane Drain Boosts Boxes

    01 Jun 2005

    The Port of Marseilles Authority is transferring two panamax gantry cranes from Fos container terminal to handle growing box traffic at the adjacent Brule-Tabac terminal. The extra equipment will allow Brule-Tabac to grow its traditional multi-purpose ro-ro activity whilst also enabling the acceptance of small container carriers and river barges previously handled at Fos. Containerised river traffic through the port rose 63% last year. 

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