Versatile Submerging Flat Top Pontoon Launched

01 Oct 2005

The Scheepswerft Made yard in the Netherlands launched the pontoon Lastdrager 27 for abnormal indivisible load transport specialists Van der Wees Watertransporten BV last month. 

Seal with Beele at Europort

01 Oct 2005

Beele Engineering 's stand at Europort Maritime will focus on fire and escape safety, with the company showing a range of sealing plugs used in ship and boat building. 

Mustang Chases New Opportunities

01 Oct 2005

The acquisition of Milford Haven Ship Repairer’s South Yard last year has given Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd both expanded premises and facilities with which to grow a business which celebrates 20 years in the workboat industry this year. 

Quiet Ferry Kool for Ecocats

01 Oct 2005

Stoke-on-Trent UK based Trentham Leisure Ltd is investing £145m to create a pleasure garden with associated restaurants and hotels at Trentham Gardens Lake . The lake which is the central feature of the development is some 1,350m long, 220m wide and has an average depth of only 1.2m. 

Cheetahs Multiply in Yorkshire

01 Oct 2005

The presence of one new workboat in a locale can sometimes lead to other orders for the builder, as Isle of Wight based Cheetah Marine hasfound to its delight along the Holderness coastline in Yorkshire UK. Following on from one and then two recent deliveries of 6.9m commercial fishing boats to the area, Cheetah Marine has just completed a 7.9m Cheetah configured as a dedicated survey boat for Hull based Precision Marine Surveys . 

Ravestein Raises the Roof

01 Oct 2005

There is high demand for self elevating platforms judging by the current workload of Ravestein Container Pontoon at Dodewaard in the Netherlands. The yard is nearing completion of a 250 ton fixed platform for PerAarsleff S/A of Denmark which measures 24m by 16m by 2.5m. 

Pilot Boat Double Header at Seawork

01 Oct 2005

The opening day of Seawork 2005 delivered successful encounters for exhibitors and visitors alike, with Portchester UK based boat builder VT Halmatic having a particularly sweet moment when it signed contracts with PD Teesport Ltd and Falmouth Harbour Commissioners to supply both parties with nearly identical new pilot boats. 

New Order for MJ Cover Tug

01 Oct 2005

Following on from the success and interest generated by the Sea Helper , Aberdeenshire Council's new 8.85m harbour tug built earlier this year by Coastal Marine in Eyemouth (see MJ front cover, March 2005), Macduff Ship Design were commissioned by ABP Immingham to produce a similar variant to suit their application. 

'Scirocco' Blows Into Seawork

01 Oct 2005

South Boats newly formed Special Projects Division raced to successfully complete their new wind farm support catamaran Scirocco in time for it to appear on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2005.