Jotun Hard to Beat at Seawork 2005

01 Jun 2005

Jotun Paints (Europe) returns for Seawork 2005 , where visitors to Stand 91 will be able to subject the company's recently introduced Hardtop Flexi topcoat to the dreaded 'hammer test', checking for themselves its ability to survive the most terrible of treatment. The high-flexibility polyurethane formulation is literally so hard to beat that the impact of loaded transport containers has failed to damage it. 

Research Catamaran 'Planet' Quietly Slips Into Service

01 Jun 2005

The 3,850 grt SWATH naval research and technology testing catamaran Planet had been due into service in April 2004 as the most modern and quietest ship of her type in the world. She is still that, but her handover has taken more than a year longer than expected. 

One Tough Tory Sails from Eire

01 Jun 2005

Safehaven Marine has just launched their latest newbuild Interceptor 42 Toraigh Na Dtonn (The Waves of Tory) for new owners Pat and Berney Doohan of Tory Island in Co. Donegal, Ireland. 

Heavy Duty Deck Plates

01 Jun 2005

Poole UK based deck fittings manufacturer Bailey Marine has developed two new deck plates following a recent contract win from vessel builder VT Halmatic . The BM100 and BM200 deck plates have been specially designed for the British Royal Navy 's next generation of Pacific RIBs. 

Big Bang Start for Reborn Dredger Builders

01 Jun 2005

IHC Holland Merwede celebrated its recent separation from IHC Caland with the launch of the very powerful self-propelled cutter suction dredger ‘D’Artagnan’ from its Kinderdijk yard. The 123.8m LOA vessel has been built for Societe De Dragage International (SDI), the French subsidiary of Belgian giant DEME. 

New Crew Boats for Kanoo Marine

01 Jun 2005

After successful sea trials at the shipyard in Gorinchem, Damen have delivered the first of three new crew boats to Kanoo Marine (a division of Kanoo Shipping Agencies ). The second vessel will leave the shipyard to undergo trials this month. 

Dockstavarvet Delivers for Denmark

01 Jun 2005

The twentieth pilot boat from Sweden’s Dockstavarvet shipyard to Denmark was delivered in April. The newbuild Luna was delivered at the Nordhavn A/S facilities in the port of Aarhus and will be stationed in Fredericia, the main station of the Belt Pilot organisation. The Belt Pilots were formed of independent pilot organisations Little Belt, Esbjerg, Odense and Kalundborg, comprising 18 pilots and 29 coxswains. 

Kit Workboat Breakthrough

01 Jun 2005

A Bedfordshire company that makes self assembly boats has secured a contract in Ireland worth £80,000 with the help of UK Trade & Investment. 

Ribquest In Seawork Debut

01 Jun 2005

Manchester UK based Ribquest Ltd makes its Seawork debut this year with a range of self designed RIBs built in their 120,000ft 2factory. 

VT Halmatic Packs the Pontoon at Seawork 2005

01 Jun 2005

Prolific Portchester UK based boat builders VT Halmatic return for Seawork 2005 with a small flotilla of newbuild workboats which at least partially reflects the diversity and range of their capabilities. 

Sandy Hook Pilots Order One More Boat

01 Jun 2005

The Sandy Hook Pilots' Association in New York, which already operates three vessels built by Derecktor Shipyards , has placed an order for a fourth. Work got underway in January on the 55.8ft LOA all aluminium vessel, with delivery scheduled for August of this year. 

Targa Flies High at Seawork

01 Jun 2005

Poole based Wessex Marine , the sole UK distributor for the Finnish built Targa range of workboat, returns to Seawork with one of its larger models, the Targa 35 Hi Fly , featuring a high and further forward flybridge. 

Webasto Keeps Kool at Seawork

01 Jun 2005

Insulation is extremely important on boats. A correctly insulated boat is not only more efficient at retaining the operator's preferred 'comfort zone' temperature but will also experience less problems with compensation and will be quieter both inside and out. 

ASRY Expands Boatbuilding

01 Jun 2005

The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain, occasionally seen in MJ 's Vessel Repair coverage, has been awarded a $4m contract by the Kuwait Oil Tanker Co SAK (KOTC) for a newbuild service boat. 

Stealth Boats Slip Into Seawork

01 Jun 2005

Buckinghamshire based Multihull Boat Services (MBS), which has taken on the UK and Ireland import and distribution of South Africa's Stealth Boats , will make a first appearance at Seawork 2005 with a 6.5m catamaran hulled Stealth Sports RIB on the floating pontoon. 

Germany's Biggest Sea Rescue Cruiser Visits London

01 Jun 2005

Germany's biggest DGzRS sea rescue cruiser has paid a rare, perhaps even unique, visit to the Thames. 

Norwegians Supply First of New Ferry Design

01 Jun 2005

Norway’s Fiskerstrand Verft was delivering the first of a new type of small, dependable, high-capacity ferry in June to German shipping company Förde Reederei Seetouristik (FRS) in Flensburg. 

Tough Couplings Drive Mega-Dredger

01 Jun 2005

Rubber in compression couplings from Renold Hi-Tec are operating successfully in one of the toughest marine applications imaginable. They are working on the cutter drive of the world's largest cutter suction dredger JFJ De Nul , built last year by IHC Holland Merwede 's Kinderdijk yard for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul .The vessel won the prestigious Ship of the Year Award from the Royal Dutch Union of Technicians in Shipbuilding . 

Eco-Friendly Hull Protection at Seawork

01 Jun 2005

Cuprotect , the complete eco-friendly hull protection system that was launched in September 2004, will be at Seawork 2005 on Stand 194. 

Macs Make Boating Easy

01 Jun 2005

Marine Revolution Ltd travels to Seawork for the first time all the way from Dundee in Scotland with their New Zealand built Mac Boats , a versatile range of craft which can be deployed for fishing, diving, rescue and other general marine activities. 

'Backwards' Bow Proves Safe at Sea

01 Jun 2005

When the model of the Ulstein AX104 anchor handling vessel with the newly developed Ulstein X-Bow was placed in the water of the drag basin at Marintek in Trondheim early in February, everyone wanted to know how the hull, with its completely new bow design, would move through waves. 

Versatile Hovercraft on Pontoon

01 Jun 2005

Griffon Hovercraft returns to the Seawork pontoon with a new model which is the smallest in their range. The 6.6m 380TD, capable of carrying six persons or a payload of 450kg, is happiest in difficult if not impossible conditions for conventional boats such as over land, sand, mud, rocks, weeds, logs, debris and rapids. 

Macduff Does the Business at Seawork

01 Jun 2005

Macduff Ship Design looks forward to a busy schedule at Seawork 2005 , starting with a contract signing ceremony for their project management and design of a new 13.7m multi-purpose Environmental Launch for the Drogheda Port Company .