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Deck Equipment and Lifting Gear

  • Handlers at the Heart of Operations

    01 Jan 2007

    The first vessel in over a decade to collect scrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation made possible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed to the Norfolk port from Scotland with a cargo of sugar beet then collected the scrap metal shipment which was arranged by local waste management specialists Glazewing.  

  • Vuossari Port Orders Kalmar Cranes

    01 Jan 2007

    Cargo handling equipment supplierKalmar has won an order from Finnsteve Oy Ab for four ship to shore (STS) cranes to be used at the new Vuossari Port in Finland. The cranes ill be capable of servicing post-Panamax vessels in twin lift operation, while preparations will be made or future tandem lift operations. The cranes will be up and running by November 2008.  

  • Osprey’s Innovation Expedites Crane Delivery

    01 Jan 2007

    Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution for the delivery of a new dockside crane for the UK Ministry of Defence’s Ernesettle Ammunition berth in Plymouth.  

  • ‘World’s Strongest Fibre’ Boosts Synthetic Rope Technology

    01 Jan 2007

    DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users, DSM Dyneema has been advancing synthetic rope technology by offering a range of rope and mooring application that surpass traditional steel wire ropes for ship owners and operators. The strength to eight ratio of Dyneema ropes allows rope manufacturers to engineer lighter and more flexible ropes without compromising strength.  

  • Every Winch Way in the New Year

    01 Jan 2007

    German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton line pull triple drum waterfall winch.  

  • Dutch Heavy Lift Operator Dockwise Sold for $700m

    01 Jan 2007

    International private equity and funds manager 3i has agreed to buy Dutch marine heavy lift operators Dockwise Transport BV from Dutch offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen in a deal valued at over $700m.  

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Thordon Solves USCG Sterntube Problem

    01 Jan 2007

    Thordon XL propeller shaft bearings have helped solve a stern tube problem that has plagued the U.S. Coast Guard Ice-Breaker Polar Sea since 1992. Due to the harsh arctic environment in which it operates, the 13,500 ton displacement Polar Sea, one of the world’s most powerful non-nuclear powered triple screw icebreakers, suffered repeated corrosion and fretting wear within the shafts. This resulted in damage to the support glands for the stern tube bearing carriers.  

  • Hydrogen Engines for Water Taxis Offers Alternative

    01 Jan 2007

    The Hydrogen Engine Center, Inc (HEC) has received a Letter of Intent from an investment group Brightwell Holdings BV representing Turkish boat builder “Labranda” and in cooperation with UNIDO-ICHET (United Nations Industrial Development Organization and International Centre for Hydrogen Energy Technologies).  

  • Waterjet Goes Fishing in Norway

    01 Jan 2007

    Norway’s Grovfjord Mek. Verksted AS has delivered a second 8.85m salmon fish farming workboat to countrymen Nordlaks AS. The two boats will be used for the daily chores of tending salmon and are equipped with small cranes and capstan winches.  

  • New Cat ACERTs Itself

    01 Jan 2007

    Caterpillar launched the new Cat C18 ACERT engine at the recent Workboat Show in New Orleans. Based on the existing Cat C18 and 3406 marine engines, the new model will be available in eight commercial power ratings ranging from 454bhpat 1,800rpm to 873bhp at 2,200rpm and compliant with US EPA Marine Tier 2 commercial regulations.   

  • Schiffko Reveals New Offshore Patrol Propulsion

    01 Jan 2007

    Naval engineers Schiffko have revealed a new type of offshore patrol/SAR boat powered by an innovative propulsion concept. Working with development partners Voith Turbo Marine, the Potsdam Model Basin (SVA), and consultant Karl Otto Sadler, Schiffko is heading the development of a hybrid propulsion concept for a drive with low emission and noise levels.   

  • New Seals Keep PLA Fleet Moving

    01 Jan 2007

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) operates a fleet of workboats which operate 24/7 keeping the River Thames open and safe for navigation for 90 miles from upriver Surrey all the way to the sea. With such an operational commitment, the PLA’s marine engineering superintendent Andy Nailor was happy to accept the offer from Tides Marine International’s technical sales manager Ian Nuttall to trial a pair of new, low maintenance SureSealshafts seals. 

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Subsea 07

    01 Jan 2007

    Aberdeen’s ,Exhibition & Conference Centre is the venue for what is claimed to be Europe’s largest subsea event, Subsea 07, on Thursday 8 February. Over 80 exhibitors and 800 visitors are expected to participate in the day long proceedings aimed at bringing together operators, contractors, suppliers and small niche technology organisations representing the UK’s entire subsea supply chain.  

  • New DVRs from NETmc Marine

    01 Jan 2007

    73fifty, a new range of low cost digital video recorder/players which can typically download a half hour file in less than four minutes for marine as well as ROV and diving inspection operations, has been launched by NETmc Marine of Aberdeen.  

  • CARIS Upgrades Bathymetric Software

    01 Jan 2007

    Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS, who will be staging their 11th annual user group conference in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of March, have introduced a new version of Bathy DataBase for creation and management of bathymetric surfaces.  

  • Everard Aims for Paperless Bridges

    01 Jan 2007

    ‘MV Speciality’, the first of four new 4,426dwt diesel-electric short sea product tankers built for Dartford UK based F T Everard & Sons by the Qingshan Shipyard in China, has been authorised to operate without paper charts.  

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • New Contract

    01 Jan 2007

    Belgian contractor Jan De Nul has won a 175m Euro contract from the Tourist Investment and Development Board of Abu Dhabi.  

  • Conference

    01 Jan 2007


    A conference on Water Status Monitoring under the WFD will be held in Lille, France on 12-14 March 2007.  

  • Agreement on Increased River Tolls

    01 Jan 2007

    The Broads Authority in the UK has accepted the Navigation Committee’s proposals that tolls should rise by 9.9% for private boat owners and 6.1% for hire boats from 1 April 2007 to pay for an extra £100,000 of dredging.  

  • Tangier’s New Transhipment Port Nears Completion

    01 Jan 2007

    UK consultancy Royal Haskoning which has played a key role in the development of Morocco’s Tanger-Med port, currently under construction and due to begin operations in 2007, has provided an update on the company’s role in the project. The £1.3 billion project is located on the Strait of Gibraltar, 15km from mainland Europe and 35km from Tangiers, and will play an important role in the world’s container traffic network.  

  • ABPmer Reaps Environmental Award

    01 Jan 2007

    ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer), Associated British Ports’Southampton-based marine research arm, was commended at the Environment Agency’s Project Excellence Awards when it was awarded Joint-Runner-Up in the ‘Innovation and Technical Excellence’ category.  

  • Dredging International to Deepen Access to Bulgarian Port

    01 Jan 2007

    Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a €30m contract for the expansion and deepening of the access channels to Port of Bourgas, the second biggest port in Bulgaria. In a statement, Dredging International said the contract was awarded after ‘very stiff competition’ from two other groups. Work on site was scheduled to start by the end of 2006.  

Monitoring and Control

  • ‘System in a Box’ Monitoring Solution

    01 Jan 2007

    Energy Solutions, based in Rochester, Kent UK, have developed System in a Box a new product designed primarily for boats under 40ft and incorporating one of the biggest selling products from the core Victron product line alongside their own exclusively designed and manufactured components.  

  • New Unit Controls Generator Exhaust Discharge and is Kind to Environment

    01 Jan 2007

    The problem of generator exhaust discharge has been addressed by a new system from America’s Centek Industries which filters the exhaust to discharge environmentally friendly water. After exhaustive testing by a Lloyd’s Register senior surveyor, Gen-Kleen has recently received the LT Type Approval Certificate.  

News

  • 'Arrow' Flies to Falmouth

    01 Jan 2007

    The second VT Halmatic 16m pilot boat was named ‘Arrow’ and entered service in ceremonies conducted at the Port of Falmouth last month. Arrow is the second of two new Camarc designed boats ordered by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and PD Ports. Sister ship Greatham entered service recently at Teesport (see MJ, NOV 2006).   

  • Mustang’s Match with Incat Crowther

    01 Jan 2007

    Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Australian design house Incat Crowther which gives the Pembroke Dock based boat builders exclusive rights to build Incat Crowther designs for customers in the UK and Ireland. Mustang Marine anticipates that the demand will be for workboats and ferries in aluminium and steel.  

  • Hazardous Waste Website

    01 Jan 2007

    With the current regulatory climate creating a financial and manpower burden to UK businesses, a new website launched this month aims to help small and medium sized businesses comply with waste legislation.  The website, www.BeCompliant.co.uk, provides applications and tools to help producers of hazardous waste meet compliance criteria, save money and avoid environmental incidents and fines.
     

  • RENK to Buy MAAG

    01 Jan 2007

    Germany's RENK AG has indicated its intention to take over MAAG Gear AG of Winterthur in Switzerland.  MAAG makes turbo and marine gears.   

  • Wharf Comes Back to Life

    01 Jan 2007

    A Thames cargo wharf in East London was brought back into working use this month after being unused for over a decade. The visit of the cargo ship ‘Wiebke D’ to Alexander Wharf in Barking is the first use of the port facility since 1996.  

  • Conservancy Fights ‘Flawed’ Coastal Strategy

    01 Jan 2007

    The Chichester Harbour Conservancy, statutory harbour authority for Chichester Harbour in the UK, has expressed disappointment at the draft Coastal Defence Strategy drawn up by the UK Environment Agency. It will determine how East Head, the sand dunes at the Harbour Entrance, will be managed in the future.   

  • Torque Talk Returns

    01 Jan 2007

    The second conference on The Science of Making Torque from Wind has been scheduled for 28 to 31 August at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) at Lyngby, 10 miles north of Copenhagen.  

  • James Fisher Buys Everard

    01 Jan 2007

    James Fisher created the largest UK owned shipping and marine services group last month with the £350m purchase of rival product tanker operator FT Everard.  

  • Kalmar Buys a Ferrari

    01 Jan 2007

    Global handling equipment provider Kalmar Industries has acquired Italy's CVS Ferrari Group, strengthening its market position and service capabilities in Southern Europe and other Mediterranean markets.  

  • Wartsila Buys Schiffko

    01 Jan 2007

    The Wartsila Corporation completed the acquisition of German ship design company Schiffko shortly after Christmas.  Shiffko specialises in the planning and design of ships, specialising in the container, research and offshore vessel market sectors.  It also provides consultancy and project management services for ship owners and shipbuilders.  

  • Ballast Water Breakthrough at Greenwich

    01 Jan 2007

    The movement of organisms via the transport of water from one ecosystem to another can lead to serious ecological, health and financial consequences in the host environment.   

  • Students Lay Up Skills for the Future

    01 Jan 2007

    Over 400 children aged thirteen and fourteen from fifteen schools on the Isle of Wight took part in a project last month to study boat design and create their own catamaran. The aim of the project was to introduce glass fibre and all its properties to young people using a hands-on approach.  

  • IMCA's Norwegian Head

    01 Jan 2007

    It its biennial board changes, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed its first ever Norwegian president.  Knut Boe, senior executive vice president for marine operations and technical resources in Technip's offshore branch, also becomes chairman of the IMCA's Overall Management Committee (OMC).  

  • 'White Knight'Buys GL

    01 Jan 2007

    hamburg based classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been rescued from the hostile takeover advances of French rival Bureau Veritas by local tycoon Gunter Herz, who has now acquired over 95% of GL's shares.  

Safety, Survival & Training

  • Chalmers’ Simulator Emulates Any Vessel

    01 Jan 2007

    Transas has supplied a large scale simulator for the Ship Simulator Centre at the Chalmers University of Technology at Gothenburg in Sweden. The Chalmers Ship Simulator Centre’s mission is to develop and implement standards in maritime training using aviation standards as the model.  

  • New Technology Records Ship's Data in Float Free Memory Capsule

    01 Jan 2007

    The ACR S-VDR Float Free Memory Capsule, a floating and satellite detectable version of the black box, is now approved and available for sale in North America. Manufacturer ACR Electronics, based in Florida has begun shipping to its North American dealers and has been issued an approval number for the S-VDR’s Type approval in Europe.  

  • Portable Safety at a Pocketable Price

    01 Jan 2007

    The current 121.5/243MHz analogue COSPAS SARSAT service will cease in February 2009 and only the 406 MHz digital beacon signals will be processed thereafter. The major benefits of a 406 MHz device over a 121.5 MHz device have long been recognised. These include faster, more accurate detection, personal identification of each beacon and a reduced search area resulting in a faster, more targeted response to life threatening situations. However, the prohibitive cost of 406 MHz beacons has always been an issue.   

  • Marine Propulsion Training from HME

    01 Jan 2007

    In February a completely updated training in Marine Propulsion Holland Marine Equipment Association in cooperation with Bakker Sliedrecht Electro Industrie BV, Wärtsilä Propulsion Netherlands BV and Delft University ofTechnology.  

  • New Year’s Higher Resolution for RNLI

    01 Jan 2007

    The three year SAR simulator at the RNLI’s Lifeboat College in Poole UK has been upgraded in a project designed and integrated by Antycip SAS, using 11 F2 SX+ DLP projectors supplied by Norway’s projectiondesign.   

  • Swedes Satisfy Rescue Needs of Offshore Wind Power Industry

    01 Jan 2007

    The consent given last month by the British Government for the world’s largest wind farm to be built in the Thames Estuary further validates the arrival of the offshore wind power industry as a valuable contributor to the battle against global warming and for the security of energy supplies.  

Tugs, Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • Busy Salvors See Out 2006

    01 Jan 2007

    It was a busy second half of 2006 forSvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV, with operations in November alone including assistance for a standby/safety vessel following a collision to miles northwest of Terschelling and assistance for vessels involved in incidents in severe weather conditions.   

  • Van der Wees Celebrate Centenary of Service

    01 Jan 2007

    On the 1st of January the Dutch transport contractors Van der Wees Watertransporten BV, well known for their extensive fleet of tugs and barges, celebrated 100 years of service to the marine industry. The company was founded in Delft in 1907 when the brothers Abraham and Nicolaas van der Wees started their company A. Van der Wees & Co. From those early days the firm grew steadily and built a reputation being capable, trustworthy and innovative.  

  • Prevention is the Cure as Tsavliris Calls for ‘Liability Salvage’

    01 Jan 2007

    The principal of Piraeus based salvage operators Tsavliris has called on liability and property insurers as well as governments to adopt the concept of ‘liability salvage’, in which salvors are remunerated for preventing a liability from materialising.  

  • Salvors Prove Importance Yet Again

    01 Jan 2007

    Salvage and towage operators Multraship, working with Antwerp based URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, have successfully completed two salvage operations in the River Scheldt over a period of less than 24 hours.  

  • TOWLINES

    01 Jan 2007

    Following the successful introduction of the anchor handling tugs Tempest and Typhoon, Netherlands based International Transport Contractors (ITC) has decided to strengthen their position in the offshore support market with the purchase of two anchor handling tug supply vessels.  

  • A New Career Beckons for Goliath

    01 Jan 2007

    One of the most well known British owned coastal and contracting tugs operating in UK and European waters has been sold. The Spithead Trading Company of Braintree, Essex, has sold the tug ‘Goliath’ to Griffin Towage and Marine of Dorking in Surrey, increasing the fleet of this growing company to four vessels.   

  • Northeast Boat Builder Launches Support Mini-Tug

    01 Jan 2007

    Alnmaritec, specialists in the design and construction of aluminium workboats in Alnwick, Northumberland UK has announced the successful completion of the first vessel it has built since the company came under new ownership in June 2006. The Tender to Seacor Express was launched and completed owners sea trials on the River Tyne in October, right on schedule and exactly 18 weeks after the order was placed.   

  • Astilleros Armon Building More New Tugs for Fairplay Towage

    01 Jan 2007

    Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has ordered two more tugs from Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armon in order to expand its current fleet. In the autumn of 2005 Fairplay and its associate company URS of Belgium placed an order with Armon for four compact stern drive tugs of 5,027bhp with a bollard pull of 80 tons.  

  • Asteam Gets More New Tugs in Australia and Reinforcements in the UK

    01 Jan 2007

     Adsteam Marine has added several new tugs to its fleet in Australia in recent months and is taking steps to reinforce its towage operations in Britain. 

Vessel Repair and Maintenance

  • Retrofit Anti-Fouling Keeps Tugs Working

    30 Jul 2008

    Blockages in seawater engine cooling systems caused by bio-fouling continue to create problems for operators in terms of increased fuel usage, crew attention and premature pipework renewal. As a result, Cathelco Ltd is seeing a strong demand for retrofit marine pipework anti-fouling systems to eliminate the problem on vessels throughout the world.  

  • Mobile Mobdock Makes Rapid Thruster Repair Possible

    01 Jan 2007

    One of the four 40 ton swing-up Azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge servicing rigs off Gabon had malfunctioned and needed to be removed from the barge for repairs. Thrusters are vital to staying in location, working with DP. Whilst it is possible to maintain location with three thrusters, it was obvious that the fourth needed to be repaired urgently.  

  • Rhine Yards Attract Unusual Conversions

    01 Jan 2007

    German Rhine conversion shipyards have demonstrated some acumen by attracting one complex job from local owners and snapping another away from rivals in France.  

  • Kötter-Werft Tackles Biggest Ever Dry Land Overhaul

    01 Jan 2007

    Kötter-Werft has overhauled its biggest ever vessel on dry land, the 105m inland cargo ship Karl Hein, during a busy couple of months at its Haren facilities on the Ems in north Germany.  

  • Restored Smack Back with Twin Props

    01 Jan 2007

    The Pioneer Sailing Trust was established in 1999 with the purpose of restoring back to sailing condition the last remaining first class Essex skillinger smack, named Pioneer. The 70’ long smack, originally built in 1864, was an abandoned wreck lying in the mud at West Mersea UK when the Trust began a careful four year restoration project which led to the vessel being successfully re-launched at Brightlingsea.  

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