Seawork Exhibitors Re-Invent the Wheel

01 Jun 2007

The European office of Marine Travelift International, based close to Seawork at Waterlooville in Hampshire UK, has interesting stories to tell visitors to their Stand 160 at the event in Southampton this month.  

A New Crane at the Creek

01 Jun 2007

JJ Prior, the Essex based company which owns Brewery Wharf at Greenwich, London, has completed a major refurbishment of the facility in collaboration with Euromix Concrete Ltd.  

Hydraulic Drive Developments Motor to Seawork

01 Jun 2007

Sweden’s HagglundsDrives return to Southampton for Seawork 2007, where they will display not only the hydraulic drive motors and systems used mainly in marine applications but also examples of new product development enabling Markey diversification.   

Boat Hoist Lifts Wisbech Port’s Capability

01 Jun 2007

A new 75 ton Wise boat hoist is launched this month at Crab Marsh in the UK port of Wisbech.  

Seawork Exhibitor is ‘In the Groove’

01 Jun 2007

Seawork 2007 exhibitor LeBus International Engineers Ltd, manufacturer of LeBus grooved drums, sleeves, spooling systems and purpose built winch equipment, are certainly in the groove at the present time with both their UK Divisions securing major contracts and enjoying a healthy future order book.  

Integrated Package Powers Heavy Lifter

01 Jun 2007

Power conversion and system integration specialists Converteam have won a contract to supply a fully integrated power, propulsion, automation and dynamic positioning system package for the world’s first concrete hull heavy lifter, due to be built at Keppel Verolme’s Shipyard in the Netherlands for Norwegian owner MPU Enterprises AS.   

Markey’s Monster Gets a ‘Response’

01 Jun 2007

Markey Machinery Co Inc of Seattle in North America’s tug epicentre Pacific Northwest has created a monster constant tension hawser winch for Crowley Marine Services’ new oil tanker escort tug ‘Response’.  

Sublift Shows Off on Seawork Quayside

01 Jun 2007

Anytec Marine, manufacturers of the Sublift semi-submersible, self-propelled boat lift will be demonstrating a 12 ton model on the quayside (Q11) at Seawork this year.  

Work Starts on SCT Cranes Installation

01 Jun 2007

Work has started on the installation of a new crane rail at Southampton Container Terminals (SCT) to accommodate the two new post-panamax quayside gantry cranes which are due to be operational during the second quarter of 2008.  

Winch Hydraulics Sprcialists at Seawork

01 Jun 2007

Seawork exhibitor Rotec Hydraulics has just completed a high value contract to design and build an electronically controlled hydraulic system to power the winches, and ancillary items on the seismic survey ship ‘Viking Posedion’, which is under build in Norway.   

New Test Facility Aids Terminal Automation

01 Jun 2007

Port cargo handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar has designed and built a state of the art automation test facility to better aid the integration of its intelligent applications with its customers’ container handling equipment and terminal operating systems.