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Deck Equipment and Lifting Gear

  • German Ports Embrace Straddle Carriers

    01 Apr 2007

    Kalmar Industries’ seventh generation ESC series has reaffirmed its position as the straddle carrier of choice for German ports with new orders for a combined 27 units received from the country’s leading terminal operators.  

  • Winch Control Package for ‘Floating Port’

    01 Apr 2007

    Siemens announced the award of a contract earlier this month from Oceaneering Advanced Technologies to provide an electric winch motor control system and an energy storage system for a crane designed to move large containers on US Navy ships at sea.  

  • Lightweight Rope Lifts Pipelay Production

    01 Apr 2007

    Allseas Group S.A., a Swiss offshore pipe laying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneema to improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe laying using next generation rope technology.  

  • Hooked On for the Future

    01 Apr 2007

    Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has completely re-engineered its range of on-load release hooks.  

  • Versatile Spreader Reaches a ‘Century’

    01 Apr 2007

    Clipper Elite Carriers (CEC) has ordered a Modulift Spreader System for permanent use on the 9,000dwt multipurpose container/heavy lift vessel ‘CEC Century’.  

  • Markey Makes Its Plimsoll Mark

    01 Apr 2007

    Professional Mariner magazine in the USA presented Markey Machinery Company with the 2006 Plimsoll Award for Innovation, during a ceremony held as part of the Connecticut Maritime Association's Shipping 2007 conference.   

  • North Sea Winches Clinches Holyhead Double

    01 Apr 2007

    Scarborough UK based North Sea Winches continues its provision of specialist equipment for the commercial marine sector with identical packages of deck machinery for two newbuild 35m tugs for Holyhead Towing.  

Ferries & Short Sea Shipping

  • Fuel Efficiency for Ferry Fleet

    01 Apr 2007

    With financial pressures due to the rising cost of fuel effecting all transportation fleets, the requirement for ship owners and operators to professionally monitor their fuel usage in real time has become paramount.  

  • Cruise + Ferry Sails Home to London

    01 Apr 2007

    Cruise + Ferry, the only specialist event dedicated to the technical and operations side of the cruise, ferry and fast ferry industries, takes place on the 24th to 26th of this month at ExCel London.  

  • ECDIS Upgrade for Red Funnel

    01 Apr 2007

    UK based Red Funnel was the ‘original Isle of Wight ferry operator’, transporting passengers between Southampton and Cowes since 1861.  

  • LNG Fueled Ferries Use Rolls-Royce Power

    01 Apr 2007

    Norway is heavily dependent on passenger/vehicle ferries to connect sections of the road network.  

  • Extended RoPax Returns to Harwich

    01 Apr 2007

    The newly extended ‘Stena Britannica’ made its maiden voyage from Harwich International Port to Hook of Holland last month.  

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Coastal and Ports Surveying Seminar

    30 Jul 2008

    The UK Civil Hydrographic Programme’s results for 2006 and plans for this year under the auspices of the Maritime & Coastguard Agency is the lead topic for a one day seminar on Thursday 14 June at the Port of Southampton’s Canary Islands Fruit Terminal.  

  • SEA Group Sales Success

    01 May 2007

    SEA Group, which employs over 200 staff at sites in the UK’s West Country, has sold three of its 234 kHz Swathplus interferometric sonar systems to the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration and the Shanghai Water Supplies Bureau while in Europe, a further two configurations have been delivered to Electricite de France (EDF) for surveying hydro-electric dams on lakes and rivers.  

  • DTI Grant for Underwater Modem Advance

    01 Apr 2007

    Further development by Wireless Fibre Systems of underwater wireless modem technology (first described in this column last December).  

  • TSS Launches New INS Equipment

    01 Jan 2007

    Last month’s Ocean Business Exhibition and Conference in Southampton saw TSS International introduce its latest Orion series of Inertial Navigation Systems, providing precise attitude, heading and heave data for applications ranging from support of multibeam surveys and ROV operations to construction of major seabed installations.  

Marine Civils by David Foxwell

  • Van Oord Wins Reclamation Project in Gibraltar

    01 Apr 2007

    The Government of Gibraltar has awarded a harbour reclamation contract to Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV.  

  • Marine Environments Assessed for Conservation Designation

    01 Apr 2007

    Work is underway around the UK coastline to identify areas that may be suitable for designation as candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs).  

  • Dredging at Falmouth Harbour a Step Nearer

    01 Apr 2007

    The dredging of Falmouth Harbour in the UK has taken a step forward with Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and A&P Falmouth Limited.  

  • Ribble Link Dredging Work on Schedule

    01 Apr 2007

    British Waterways in the UK says the Ribble Link is on target to reopen on the 6th of this month following £600,000 of winter maintenance works, including channel dredging, repairs to a lock bywash and the filling of a number of voids behind lock walls.  

  • Two Major Contracts for DEME

    01 Apr 2007

    An important contract for trench dredging, backfilling and rock placement in India has been awarded to Tideway, the Breda, Netherlands based subsidiary of dredging and environmental group DEME.  

  • Green Light for Scottish Marina

    01 Apr 2007

    Scottish ministers have given the green light to plans for a £175m marina project at Bo’ness that will rejuvenate the town's 400 year old harbour, creating a marina, a hotel and new homes.   

  • TTS to Supply Linkspan for Rothesay

    01 Apr 2007

    TTS has won a contract to design, supply and install a linkspan and pedestrian bridge as part of the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project in the UK.   

Monitoring & Control

  • NIOT Deploys Tsunami Detection System

    01 Apr 2007

    The National Institute of Ocean Technology of India has successfully installed a Sonardyne Tsunami Detection System in the Bay of Bengal in 3,500m of water.  

News

  • Aberdeenshire Support for RNLI

    01 Apr 2007

    Aberdeenshire Council in Scotland has solidified its support for the Royal National Lifeboat Institution with a visit from chief executive Alan Campbell and a £1,000 donation.  

  • Dragon Boats Battle for Charity

    01 Apr 2007

    The British & International Sailor’s Society (BISS), a charity operating in almost 100 ports worldwide, has launched the BISS Dragon Boat Challenge 2007 fundraising event. Sponsored by BP Shipping and Cargill, the spectacular team event will take place on Dorney Lake at Eton UK, venue for the 2012 Olympic rowing events, on 16 June.  

  • AES 2007: The Vision Redrawn

    01 Apr 2007

    A Call for Papers has been published for AES 2007, a milestone event marketing its 10th anniversary.  

  • Europe-Oz Trade Link Spans 75 Years

    01 Apr 2007

    ‘MV Texas’, a 66,532gt ro-ro vessel operated by Wallenius Wilhelms led a flotilla of boats under the Sydney Harbour Bridge last month in a ceremony marking the iconic structure’s 75th anniversary.   

  • Ocean Theme for Irish Attraction

    01 Apr 2007

    An interactive exhibition examining the Atlantic Ocean is a feature of the Cliffs of Moher New Visitor Experience in Ireland, has been officially opened by An Taoiseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D., more than 17 years after the €31.5m project was first proposed.  

  • Boost for Merseyside ‘Superport’

    01 Apr 2007

    A lobbying campaign to raise the profile of Merseyside’s growing maritime sector is gathering momentum, with a number of well known figures publicly declaring their support.  

  • Pan-European Coastal Flooding Project Launched

    01 Apr 2007

    A pioneering EU funded project to promote the innovative use of multi-national maritime search and rescue (SAR) resources when dealing with major coastal inundation, caused by events such as tsunamis and tidal surges, was launched in London last month.   

  • Renewables Showcase Bursting at the Seams

    01 Apr 2007

    If records are made to be broken then All-Energy ’07, the UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference, looks set to shatter all the glass in its trophy case when the event returns to the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre on 23-24 May.   

  • MJ Goes Live Online

    01 Apr 2007

    A new online edition of Maritime Journal was lunched at the Ocean Business 2007 exhibition and conference in Southampton UK last month.  

  • Gdansk Terminal Readies for June Start

    01 Apr 2007

    Poland’s new deepwater container terminal, DCT Gdansk, is being readied for first phase commercial operation starting in June and plans, in time, to be the biggest on the Polish Baltic capable of handling a million TEUs a year.  

  • TUGNOLOGY 07 Does the Double with Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    Southampton will be the focus of the tug world for two days on 11-12 June when international delegates will gather in the famous port city for Tugnology ’07.  

  • Record New Lifeboat Order from RNLI

    01 Apr 2007

    Devonport UK based DML have recently secured a contract from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for what is described as the largest single contract ever awarded for lifeboat construction.  

  • Green Light For Offshore Gas/Wind Co-Development

    01 Apr 2007

    Eclipse Energy UK plc has been granted consent to construct and operate the Ormonde offshore wind farm and to generate and export electricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development, thus completing the series of principal permissions necessary to construct the world’s first co-development of offshore gas and wind.  

  • Dublin Pilots Take Delivery of Newbuild

    01 Apr 2007

    Cork based commercial boatbuilders Safehaven Marine have delivered a new Interceptor 42 ‘All Weather Pilot Vessel’ to the Port of Dublin.  

  • Seawork Inward Buyer Mission

    01 Apr 2007

    The Seawork Inward Buyer Mission will take place on the last two days of the Seawork International event (www.seawork.com) in Southampton on 13th and 14th June 2007.  

Power & Propulsion

  • The Show Must Go On On Board

    01 Apr 2007

    Worboats perform any number of roles but there can be few more unusual than that of ‘Amara Zee’, which is used as the performing platform for the Caravan Stage Company Tall Ship Theatre.   

  • XK’s Easy Ride for Marine Engines

    01 Apr 2007

    Trelleborg Industrial AVS has launched a new high performance member of its Cushymount range of mountings, specially designed to provide optimised shock and vibration isolation for large marine engines and gensets.  

  • Diesel-Electric for Fisheries Protection Newbuild

    01 Apr 2007

    The latest vessel being built for the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency (SFPA) will have an electric propulsion system provided by Rolls-Royce.  

  • European Skies Clear with John Deere

    01 Apr 2007

    John Deere Power Systems has progressed well beyond the limitation of early associations with American tractors and is now placing ever more marine engines on European workboats.  

  • Cummins Power for Crew Boat Surge

    01 Apr 2007

    The oil industry is one of the primary motivators in current boat building and the Middle East is one of the primary sources of oil.  

  • Hybrid Propulsion First for RiverQuest ‘Explorer’

    01 Apr 2007

    The launch last month in America of ‘Explorer’, the world’s first green engineered floating classroom, claims to herald a new era in marine design for environmental sustainability.  

Safety, Survival & Training

  • Breakthrough Coastline Mapping Programme

    01 Apr 2007

    UK marine data supplier SeaZone Solutions Ltd has announced the completion of the first pilot area as part of its ongoing Coastline Mapping Improvement Programme (CMIP), which it claims will ‘revolutionise’ our understanding of the relationship between land and sea.  

  • Marine Firefighting for Turkey and Egypt

    01 Apr 2007

    A new marine fire fighting system designed by Anglesey UK based company Marinex has won a deal to supply highspeed military patrol boats in Turkey.  

  • Sound and Vibration Reduction Training

    01 Apr 2007

    An international training course on ‘Sound and Vibration on Board’ takes place in Delft, the Netherlands on 5 and 6 June 2007.  

  • Harbour Patrol Trained for New Season

    01 Apr 2007

    The Patrol Team at Chichester Harbour UK have just completed a week of rigorous training.  

  • BMT Launches SAR Training Drive

    01 Apr 2007

    BMT Cordah Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Ltd, has become the first UK private sector company to offer a Maritime Search Planning (SP) training course to advise the industry and public funded SAR organisations on how to cope with real life SAR scenarios.  

  • New Lifeboat Freefall Drop Record

    01 Apr 2007

    Norsafe AS Lifeboat has claimed the record for lifeboat freefall drops with its GES 50 Lifeboat.  

  • Revived SASMEX Spotlights Maritime Safety

    01 Apr 2007

    The Safety at Sea Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX) returns to familiar haunts in Brighton UK this month.  

Seawork Update

  • Cost Effective Workboat Design at Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    The work of first time Seawork exhibitor Marine Design International (MDI) will be familiar to MJ readers who recall the Vessel Launch coverage in the November 2006 issue of ‘Bluefinn 40’, an 11.91m LOA category 1 offshore workboat built by Ireland’s Mooney Boats Ltd. MDI designed the Bluefinn 40.  

  • See Zeework at Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    Seawork 2007 will see the launch of Zeework Limited, a new joint venture company formed by the UK's three main Trimble agents to service the Hydrogeomatic equipment markets throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.   

  • Leading Light Returns to Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    One of the UK’s leading suppliers of aids to navigation, Hydrosphere, will again be exhibiting at Seawork 2007, presenting the latest developments and innovations in navigational lights from Vega and Carmanah plus updated buoys including the Mobilis Jet 2000.  

  • Inward Buyer Mission at Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    The Seawork Inward Buyer Mission will take place during Seawork International 2007 on 13 and 14 June.

     

  • Cleemann Sits Comfortably at Seawork

    01 Apr 2007

    Cleemann Chair Systems GmbH travels from Germany to exhibit its range of pilot chairs and customised chair systems with individualised upholstery and special accessories such as deck rails and multifunctional arm rests with or without integrated controls and harness belts.  

  • Seawork Adds Hydro Survey Conference

    01 Apr 2007

    Coastal and Ports Surveying, a new one day conference for hydrographers, port and harbour authorities and engineers, to be held at Seawork International in Southampton on 14th June 2007, has been welcomed by the Chair of The Hydrographic Society UK.  

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • ‘Union Amber’ Heads the Next Round of Replacements at URS

    01 Apr 2007

    ‘Union Amber’, the first of a new class of ‘compact’ tug recently entered service with Belgian tug owners Union de Remorquage & de Sauvetage SA (URS).  

  • Towlines

    01 Apr 2007

    Novatug, the marketing company responsible for the unique ‘Carrousel’ towing system, has revealed that the long awaited delivery of the first purpose built tug equipped with the system is unlikely to arrive in Europe at the end of 2007 as originally predicted.  

  • Foss Go ‘Green’ on US West Coast

    01 Apr 2007

    Foss Maritime, one of the largest tug and barge operators in the USA, has announced plans to build the world’s first true hybrid tug boat, a ‘green’ vessel that will significantly reduce harmful nitrogen oxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and carbon emissions.  

  • An Important New Contract for Ostensjo

    01 Apr 2007

    Østensjø Rederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contract with Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminal now under construction at Aukra in Norway.  

  • MacDuff Builds the First Tug with a ‘DOT’ Towing System

    01 Apr 2007

    A new tug under construction to a design by Macduff Ship Design will be the first commercial vessel in the world to be fitted with the novel Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system. 

  • SvitzerWijsmuller Take the Reins at Adsteam

    01 Apr 2007

    On 30 March SvitzerWijsmuller effectively took over management responsibility of Adsteam Marine in Britain and Australasia. In the UK the reins have passed to Svitzer Marine Ltd, which will manage the business from their existing headquarters on Teeside. Adsteam’s present headquarters in Marina Court, Hull, is expected to close and a number of key staff transfer to Svitzer.  

Tugs, Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

Vessel Launch

  • ‘Sort of Like a Floating JCB’

    01 Apr 2007

    Williams Shipping Marine Ltd celebrated the arrival of the latest addition to its fleet with christening and blessing ceremonies for ‘Willendeavour’ at its Empress Dock facilities in Southampton UK earlier this month.  

Vessel Repair & Maintenance

  • A Ferry Good Relationship for MSC

    01 Apr 2007

    Southampton UK based MSC has reported another major contract with long standing clients P&O Ferries.  

  • ‘Lyme Bay’ Gets Going at Govan

    01 Apr 2007

    The Marine Division of the Gateshead UK based Pyeroy Group has been awarded the painting contract for the RFA ‘Lyme Bay’ as part of the completion works now being undertaken by BAE Systems at its shipyard in Govan, Glasgow.  

  • Multi-Role Service Vessel Gets Refit

    01 Apr 2007

    Salterns Boatyard in Poole UK has completed a major refit and refurbishment of ‘Jethou Flyer’, a 10.4m Osborne 350 charter boat that doubles as a service vessel for the island of Jethou, five kilometres off the coast of Guernsey.  

  • €500,000 Revamp for Hamburg Ferry

    01 Apr 2007

    The 14 year old Hamburg excursion ferry ‘Wolfgang Borchert’ is being lengthened, widened and modernised for a new lease of life, at the same local shipyard where it was built in 1993.  

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