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Aids to Navigation

  • VTMS Has Wreck Marking Success

    01 Oct 2007

    Barwell UK based Vessel Traffic Management Systems Ltd (V.T.M.S), Barwell, UK, has completed a successful operation to mark a partially sunk wreck just off the coast of Gibraltar.  

  • New Buoys Light Australian LNG Terminal

    01 Oct 2007

    Tideland Signal, the UK based aids to navigation specialist has supplied buoys and solar powered lanterns to guide tankers into the berths serving the new LNG terminal on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha in Western Australia.  

  • GLAs Award e-Loran Contract

    01 Oct 2007

    The General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) have awarded a fifteen year contract to VT Communications for the provision of an enhanced Loran (eLoran) radio navigation service to improve the safety of mariners in the UK and in Ireland.  

  • New Buoy Maintenance Facility at Harwich

    01 Oct 2007

    Sheffield UK based Hodge Clemco has completed the installation of a new £600,000 turn-key preparation and finishing facility in a new buoy maintenance unit at Trinity House in Harwich, Essex.  

Deck Equipment & Lifting Gear

  • Ship to Shore Cable Promises Cleaner Ports

    01 Oct 2007

    Cables and cabling systems specialist Nexans has developed an innovative hybrid MV (medium voltage) ship to shore connection cable that enables ships berthed in port to cut their engines and plug in to the local power grid, as well as providing an integrated data and telecommunications link.  

  • New Remote Control Firefighting Monitors

    01 Oct 2007

    Tyco Safety Products Fire Suppression Group has unveiled its new generation of SKUM brand remotely controllable FJM-EL fog / jet firefighting monitors for use on firefighting boats, multi-role pilot boats, tugs, workboats and merchant shipping. Pronounced 'skoom', SKUM is the Swedish word for foam.  

  • More Grunt for Latest Travelift

    01 Oct 2007

    America's Marine Travelift Inc has unveiled the latest development in its Mariner forklift series. The Mariner M2500 is capable of lifting 25,000 pounds, 5,000 more than the previous model as the result of a Cummins QSB4.5 Tier III engine, which has 130 HP output.  

  • New Crane Rail Installed at SCT

    01 Oct 2007

    A new crane rail has been installed 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.  

  • Airborne Viking Ship Clears Rooftops

    01 Oct 2007

    The Modulift modular spreader system has recently been utilised by Meade Crane Services Ltd to assist in the transportation of the replica Viking ship, the 'Sea Stallion of Glendalough', to the National Museum at Collins Barracks in Dublin.   

  • Reflex Reaction Builds Bigger Frog

    01 Oct 2007

    Aberdeen based marine transfer and lift solutions provider Reflex Marine responded to client requests in developing the Frog-6, a higher capacity version of the original, three-person Frog (Frog-3), for moving up to six people at a time by crane. The first Frog-6 units are in use in Indonesia and Reflex Marine is contracted to supply four to China, one to Angola and three of the low temperature version to Sakhalin Island this month.  

  • Rolls-Royce Lifts Heavy Contract

    01 Oct 2007

    Rolls-Royce has signed a £24m contract with SE Shipping in Singapore covering the supply of integrated equipment systems for four large heavy lift vessels. There are also options for systems for a further eight vessels which could triple the order value.  

  • Powerful Pulling with Markey's New Winch

    01 Oct 2007

    Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has completed of the first winch for the current series of tugs under construction at Nichols Brothers Shipyard. This Electric Hawser Winch, designated the DEPCF-52, is installed on the Crowley chartered tug  'Valor', which is on charter from Baydelta Maritime.     

  • Carrousel Turns to Bigger Things

    01 Oct 2007

    Ropes, stretchers and other materials incorporating the super strong polyethylene fibre DSM Dyneema are being tested on board the tug 'Multratug 12', the first vessel to be equipped with the Carrousel towing system.  

  • Hagglunds Goes ROVing with Subsea 7

    01 Oct 2007

    For a number of years Hagglunds have provided the motor/brake assemblies used by subsea engineering and construction company Subsea 7 on ROV deployment winches together with the power units and controls designed specifically o the working environment and the duty required. This includes the auxiliary systems to operate the 'A' frames and other equipment.  

Diesel Power & Propulsion

  • Diesel Power Drives History Ship

    01 Oct 2007

    'Amistad' a recreation of a 19th century schooner, visited the Port of London UK last month as part of its “Atlantic Freedom Tour”. A pair of Cat 3304B marine engines supported the vessel while it was navigating the River Thames.  

  • Danish Repower for Peterhead Trawler

    01 Oct 2007

    MAN Diesel PrimeServ’s Service Center at Frederikshavn in Denmark successfully completed a major re-engining job aboard the Scottish fishing vessel.  

  • Acoustic Enclosures for Marine Power at Seawork

    01 Oct 2007

    Ipswich UK based diesel generator manufacturer and Seawork 2007 exhibitor G&M Power Plant Ltd has designed and built a new sliding door acoustic enclosure which can be specified with sound levels from 70 dB(A) to as low as 60 dB(A) at 1m.  

  • Outboard Power for Olympics RIBs

    01 Oct 2007

    Two 21' Sea Rover boats fitted with Suzuki 70hp four stroke outboards have been supplied to Newham Council in East London by International Marine Services (IMS). The boats, used for tours of the Olympic Park before construction started, are now in use at the Watersports Centre at Surrey Docks.   

  • ZF Gears Up In China

    01 Oct 2007

    Less than one year after signing the joint venture contract was signed in Friedrichshafen last summer, the ZF Nanjing Marine Propulsion company in China has successfully tested its first transmission.  

  • Propulsion Prospers in Russian Building Boom

    01 Oct 2007

    As NEVA 2007, the 9th International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition kicked off  in St Petersburg, Russia late last month, German propulsion systems specialists Schottel were well placed to talk of local successes on their stand at the show.  

  • Hydraulic Power for King Harry Ferry

    01 Oct 2007

    The ferry crossing saves motorists a 43km round trip but the stretch of water between the Feock and the Roseland Peninsula on the River Fal in Cornwall UK is only 300m wide. There has been a ferry crossing here for a very long time but in 2000 news came that the current ferry was near the end of its useful life and the service would shut. Local people were so concerned that they formed a syndicate and the ferry company was purchased with a view to saving the service.  

  • JetMaster Extends Access to Joystick Control

    01 Oct 2007

    Ultra Dynamics, which designs and manufactures UltraJet waterjet propulsion and control systems, has introduced the new JetMaster joystick control system. The new JetMaster Joystick is a budget priced, fully featured control system driven by a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC).   

  • Seawork Debut for Yamaha Commercial Diesel

    01 Oct 2007

    The first new commercially rated 285hp Yamaha inboard diesel stern drive units, designated the ME432Sti P2, made their debut at the Seawork 2007 exhibition in Southampton this summer. Yamaha Motor (UK) this brought their total available inboard range up to five models and eight variants, including Twin Rotating Propeller (TRP) versions.   

  • Jet Propelled at Europort Maritime

    01 Oct 2007

    Those visiting Europort Maritime 2007 will see that Hamilton waterjets have come a long way since Bill Hamilton designed and built his first axial flow waterjet in New Zealand back in 1956. Since then Hamilton Jet can take credit for over 30,000 installations and produces two Hamilton Jet ranges (the HM and HJ series) that are shipped to its 50 distribution points located all over the world. Hamilton Jet (UK) is responsible for UK and European distribution of Hamilton Jets, training, service and product support and supply of spare parts.  

Diving & Underwater Services

  • Comanche Commands Attention

    01 Oct 2007

    Aberdeen based ROV designer and manufacturer Sub-Atlantic has received a £1m order for two Comanche electric ROV systems from Bluestream Group international subsea contractor, Bluestream NL.  

  • International Collaboration on Seaglider

    01 Oct 2007

    Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington’s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory in the USA.  

  • Guidance on Underwater Air Lift Bags

    01 Oct 2007

    Updated guidance on 'Underwater Air Lift Bags' has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). It addresses the initial and periodic examination, testing, certification and maintenance of underwater type bags (cylindrical totally enclosed, closed and open parachute bags) used by divers to lift submerged objects.  

  • Seabed Cranes Excavate Lost Cargo

    01 Oct 2007

    This summer the Netherland's Seatec Underwater Systems BV provided several underwater monitoring systems , subsea pump units, various subsea components and engineering assistance which enabled Mammoet Salvage to recover part of a cargo of aluminium bars from a sunken cargo ship in the Baltic Sea using two cranes located on the seabed.  

Dredging

  • Dredgers Commended for Mammoth Discovery

    01 Oct 2007

    The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has made special commendations for three sites operated by its member companies following their contributions to the advancement of marine archaeology and the understanding of our past.  

  • IHC Launches ‘Abul’ for Karachi Port

    01 Oct 2007

    IHC Holland Merwede has launched the 6,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger ‘Abul’ for Karachi Port Trust of Pakistan. Commissioning works continue in the Netherlands, with formal delivery scheduled for January 2008.  

  • 'Gambe d'Amfard' Begins Long Haul in Le Havre

    01 Oct 2007

    The hopper dredger 'Gambe d'Amfard' was christened in festive ceremonies this summer by  owner Dragages Ports. The new 700 m3 grab hopper dredger, built by Damen Shipyards' Galati yard in Romania, will undertake maintenance duties using either its grab crane or its trailing suction pipe at the port of Le Havre in France.  

  • Seabed Visualisation Aids Dredging Precision

    01 Oct 2007

    From its base at Beverley in East Yorkshire UK, SRD Ltd travelled to last month's Offshore Europe exhibition where it introduced a new multibeam seabed visualisation, measurement and control system which produces live 3D images of the seabed. It is designed for dredging, levelling and excavation applications.   

  • Dredging to Improve Access to London

    01 Oct 2007

    In the latest move to upgrade and invest in the infrastructure the Port of London Authority (PLA) recently awarded a £1.5m contract to Dredging International (UK ) for the deepening of the Princess Channel in the outer Thames Estuary, an area with deep channels close to large areas of shallow waters and drying sand banks as far as twenty miles offshore.  

  • Dredging Consultancy Luminaries Join Forces

    01 Oct 2007

    Two of the big names in ports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this month with the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging Research Limited.   

Events

  • Double Dutch Exhibition Season

    01 Nov 2007

    The annual autumn exhibition and conference season hits its peak this month with two of the year's biggest shows both lined up to take place in the Netherlands. For many of Maritime Journal's readers, the best targeted show of the year (after Seawork) is Europort Maritime, which returns to the Ahoy Rotterdam on 6 - 9 November. 

Ferries & Short Sea Operations

  • Rail No Snail in Shortsea Link

    01 Oct 2007

    Finland's short sea carrier Containerships is launching a weekly rail link between Liepaja in Latvia and Moscow using block trains to provide two-day transit for 45ft containers of up to 22 tons payload. The first train leaves Liepaja this month, arriving in Moscow 48 hours later without stopping at the Latvian - Russian border.  

  • Irish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple

    01 Oct 2007

    Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link’s Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacity available on Seatruck’s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding 'Clipper Point'.   

  • Stena Orders Newbuilds for Harwich - Hook

    01 Oct 2007

    Stena Line has ordered two new RoPax vessels valued at some £145m from Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea. The vessels will be put into service in 2011, when it is planned they will operate on the Harwich to Rotterdam route.  

  • Fastest Ever Diesel Powered Vehicle Ferry

    01 Oct 2007

    The first of two Multi-Purpose Auto Express 65m high speed ferries built for the Sultanate of Oman was launched at the Austal Image Henderson shipbuilding facility in Australia last month. With a top speed in excess of 50 knots the vessels will be the fastest diesel powered vehicle ferries ever built.   

Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow

  • Innomar Acoustic Workshop

    01 Oct 2007

    Sub-bottom profiling specialists Innomar Technologie of Germany are staging a third annual workshop on Seabed Acoustics in Rostock from 15-16 November.  

  • IMCA Revises Digital Video Document

    01 Oct 2007

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which now has over 400 offshore, marine and underwater engineering member companies in 47 countries, is presently revising its Digital Video Offshore guidance document first published in September 2005.  

  • New Klein Sidescan Sonar

    01 Oct 2007

    US subsea search and survey systems specialists L-3 Klein, well known in Europe for their series of sidescan sonars, have introduced a new portable digital model designed for search and rescue missions.  

  • Quicker ENC Permits

    01 Oct 2007

    The UK Hydrographic Office advises that its global network of distributors can now receive a permit for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs) in less than ten minutes.   

  • Massive ECDIS Delivery for Indian Navy

    01 Oct 2007

    The Russia originating marine electronics and software company Transas, which has established its international headquarters in Cork and also has a base in Portsmouth, has completed delivery of 139 of its Navi-Sailor ECDIS systems for the Indian Navy's fleet of vessels under a contract originally signed last year which also covers provision for training.  

  • The Tide Turns to Bluetooth

    01 Oct 2007

    TideM8 is a combination of the Ohmex TideM8 miniature tide gauge system and Trimble's Juno hand held Mobile PC with integrated GPS. The system is a brand new design based on the 'Winstrument' concept of an instrument using Bluetooth communications and Mobile PC equipment as the user interface.  

Marine Civil Engineering by David Foxwell

  • Mixing It In Marine Environments

    01 Oct 2007

    At the 9th International Conference on Nearshore and Estuarine Cohesive Sediment Transport Processes (INTERCOH) at Brest in France last month, researchers from HR Wallingford delivered results from broad ranging studies in estuary processes. Amongst these were the findings of HR Wallingford research on the behaviour of suspended sediments.  

  • Green Light for New Ferry Facilities

    01 Oct 2007

    Work to develop facilities at Cairnryan for ferries across the Irish Sea is continuing, with Royal Haskoning taking a leading role in the project. Once complete, the development will reduce the crossing time for Stena Line’s ferries and create improved facilities for P&O’s operation.   

  • Ceredigion Flood Defence Plans Unveiled

    01 Oct 2007

    Plans for a £1.6m project to protect homes and businesses from flooding in Ceredigion in Wales have gone on display. The scheme, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, will attempt to reduce the risk to 88 homes and 22 commercial properties in Tregaron.   

  • Record Works Plan for UK Waterways

    01 Oct 2007

    The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK has announced that £13.2m will be spent on essential repairs and improvements to hundreds of sites and structures along EA managed rivers this winter.  

  • Major Order for Van Oord Confirmed

    01 Oct 2007

    Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has secured a number of important contracts in recent weeks.  

  • UK First for Sand Dune Protection

    01 Oct 2007

    An innovative approach to strengthening sand dunes has been implemented at Blyth on England’s north east coast, which involves a number of 2.5 tonne sandbags having been buried into the dunes. The work along a 60m stretch of beach is strengthening dunes in an attempt to ensure the continued protection they offer, arresting erosion due to wave action at the base of the dunes.  

  • Boskalis and partners to build Khalifa Port

    01 Oct 2007

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has received a letter of intent from Abu Dhabi Ports Company for the first construction phase of the new offshore Khalifa Port in Abu Dhabi.  

Marine Renewable Energy

  • Surface Coating Protects Wave Power System

    01 Oct 2007

    The Armourcote division of Surface Technology plc and specialist hydraulics components manufacturer Sun Hydraulics both based in Coventry UK, have worked closely together on the development of a new multi-layer anti-corrosion and anti-wear surface coating, ‘TriCem 3800’, specifically to protect vital hydraulic components used in the innovative ‘Pelamis’ wave power generation system, designed by Edinburgh based Ocean Power Delivery Ltd.  

  • Forward Planning for Wind Farm Installation

    01 Oct 2007

    Thanet Offshore Wind Limited (TOW) has signed a reservation agreement with Denmark headquartered A2SEA A/S for the long term use of the vessel the 'Sea Jack' for the main construction periods for the Thanet project. Starting in the autumn of next year Sea Jack will be used to install the wind turbine foundations and will then continue with the erection of the turbines in the summer and autumn of 2009.   

  • Archimedes Installation at EMEC Next Year

    01 Oct 2007

    Scotland's AWS Ocean Energy is to receive further support from the Carbon Trust in the development of its Archimedes Wave Swing, the world's first submerged wave energy system. The support is part of the Marine Energy Accelerator Programme, the Carbon Trust initiative to accelerate the commercialisation of the marine energy sector in the UK. The announcement was made by the Carbon Trust last month at the Labour Party Conference in Bournemouth.  

Monitoring & Control

  • Solutions for Breath Testing at Sea

    01 Oct 2007

    Any vessel that might sail into waters governed by the USA and its territories is required to meet new US Coast Guard Marine Casualties and Investigation Regulations which have recently been amended to cover drugs and alcohol testing. Ideal for use in accordance with these regulations, the Draeger Alcotest 6510 and 6810 provide a fast, accurate and easy solution to the problems sometimes associated with evidential breath testing.  

  • Float Switch Control in Marine Tanks

    01 Oct 2007

    A new Mobrey magnetic float switch from Emerson Process Management is the first float switch to combine ATEX and marine approvals in one standard product.  

  • New Gas Detector Gets CO Too

    01 Oct 2007

    Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus its previous gas detector with the new model GD 1000, which in addition to flammable gases now also detects inert but deadly carbon monoxide.  

Navigation and Communication

  • Transas at Europort

    01 Oct 2007

    Marine electronics and simulation specialists Transas return to Europort Maritime with their new improved generation of onboard systems. This includes the 4000 series of Navi-Sailor ECDIS, Navi-Radar and Navi-Conning.   

  • Enhanced Features with New Chart Plotter

    01 Oct 2007

    Following on from the recently launched 7” widescreen CP300, Standard Horizon’s new CP500 completes their 2007 chart plotter line-up. With a big 12” sunlight viewable screen, the CP500 becomes the flagship of their range.  

  • New Autopilot Provides Safer Navigation

    01 Oct 2007

    As the successor to AP9 and the natural evolution of the AP50, the New Simrad AP50+, launched this summer, provides vast improvements in auto-steering performance, functionality and flexibility.  

  • Alphatron and JRC on Show at Europort

    01 Oct 2007

    Alphatron Marine and Japan Radio Co. (JRC) will be exhibiting jointly at Europort Maritime this year.   

  • ENC Services Launched at Europort Maritime

    01 Oct 2007

    Two new electronic charting services developed by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will be launched at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam next month.   

  • Garmins Adds New Radar to Range

    01 Oct 2007

    Following on from the success of the GMR 18, launched ten months ago, Garmin has added a new radar, the GMR 24, to its marine electronics product range. The new 24” unit features 4kW of transmit power, dual rotation speed for faster near target updates, plug and play reliability on the Garmin Marine Network and a size that will fit neatly on mid to large sized boats.  

  • SAM Plays It Again

    01 Oct 2007

    Hamburg based SAM Electronics has introduced a new low cost IMO compliant S-VDR, the SAM 4330, which is designed for retrofitting to cargo vessels of all types and sizes.  

News

  • Ship Recycling Association Forms

    30 Jul 2008

    Representatives of the shipping industry founded a global association on ship recycling this month. The International Ship Recycling Association (I.S.R.A.) launched with two Chinese, six Turkish, a Dutch and an American yard, together with the national Ship Association of Turkey having applied for membership.  

  • Marine Scientific Industries Boost to Renewables

    30 Jul 2008

    Members of the London based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) recently examined the business opportunities available in the expanding renewable sector at the first of their new style networking meetings. 

  • Climate Change Business Impacts Workshop

    30 Jul 2008

    All businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. An enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate prediction, enabling better informed business decisions. 

  • Conditional Support for Severn Tidal Barrage

    30 Jul 2008

    A report published in October by the UK's Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public leadership and ownership of the project, and full compliance with environmental legislation protecting the estuary. 

  • Dredging Consultancy Luminaries Join Forces

    01 Oct 2007

    Two of the big names in ports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this month with the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging Research Limited.   

  • Poseidon Meets Demand on Berlin Waterways

    01 Oct 2007

    It took East German shipyard Bolle just 21 weeks to build and deliver Poseidon, described as one of the most technically advanced and attractive passenger ships on the German capital’s waterways.  

  • MCA's New SAR Chopper Flies

    01 Oct 2007

    The first of four brand-new Sikorsky S92 helicopters, configured entirely for search and rescue (SAR), completed its maiden mission this month for Stornoway Coastguard. The helicopter airlifted a 77 year old woman from Kinlochbervie, who had been suffering with chest pains, and took her to Raigmore Hospital at Inverness. The Coastguard helicopter was used as the doctor advised that she should be taken to hospital as quickly as possible.   

  • Big Ferries Prompt Kiel Terminal Revamp

    01 Oct 2007

    The Port of Kiel’s answer to expected higher demand following the introduction of some of the world’s biggest cruise ferries has been the extension of its inner city Norwegenkai to serve Norway’s Color Line.  

  • Land Reclamation Project Management Event

    01 Oct 2007

    Following the success of the Contract Management Days for Dredging and Maritime Construction in 2006, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), in association with CIRIA and the Institution of Civil Engineers are organising a Contract Management for Land Reclamation Conference, a two day programme on the 23rd and 24th October 2007 at the Hilton Docklands in London.   

  • EU Integrated Maritime Policy Launched

    01 Oct 2007

    The European Commission adopted an Integrated Maritime Policy this month for the European Union, which aims to provide a strategic approach to decision making in maritime affairs.  

  • New Terminal HITs It Big

    01 Oct 2007

    Since it was opened in June 2000, Associated British Ports’ Humber International Terminal (HIT) has exceeded all throughput expectations, having recently handled its 50 millionth ton of cargo.  

  • Dredging Discovery of Plane Crash Sites

    01 Oct 2007

    The first phase of a study is underway into the thousands of planes which have crashed into the sea around Britain, many during WWII, and how they relate to the activities of the marine aggregates dredging industry.  

  • Port-Net Partners Meet in Hamburg

    01 Oct 2007

    After more than two years of workshops, conferences, best practice tours and several papers and studies being published considering the common challenges faced by ports across Europe, the EU’s Port-Net project held its closing conference and general assembly in Hamburg last month. Delegates focused on EU Port Policy at this final event, which presented a series of high profile speakers.  

  • Tragic ‘Jack-up’ Incident at Milford Haven

    01 Oct 2007

    An investigation was initiated in west Wales after one person died and seven others were rescued when the jack-up barge ‘JB 104’ partially collapsed at Milford Haven on Saturday 6 October.   

  • New Crane Rail Installed at SCT

    01 Oct 2007

    A new crane rail has been installed 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.  

  • Tidal Energy Summit Next Month in London

    01 Oct 2007

    Tidal energy, is more predictable than wind or solar and can produce 20% of the UK’s current energy needs. Capturing four times more energy than anything air based, tidal energy has real potential.  

  • ISU Pursues Environmental Salvage Awards

    01 Oct 2007

    The Lloyd’s Salvage Group’s newly formed Subcommittee on Environmental Salvage met for the first time this summer, providing the International Salvage Union delegation with their first opportunity to put forward a detailed case for acceptance of the ISU proposals for Environmental Salvage Awards. 

  • Cummins Has Edge

    01 Oct 2007

    Cummins UK is the East Midlands regional winner of the Edge Awards 2007, taking a £10,000 prize for further investment into training and development of young people. The diesel engine firm won the medium to large business category and goes through to the national finals in November.   

  • Thames Lock Signs

    01 Oct 2007

    The UK Environment Agency has introduced new signs on the River Thames to tell boaters whether or not a lock keeper is at the lock. The signs will be introduced at all 44 locks on the River by Christmas. A white board will be displayed when a lock keeper is available and an amber disc will be shown when one is not available.  

  • Ferry Travel Surges

    01 Oct 2007

    The trend for ferry travel among holiday makers continued to strengthen this summer as customers sought to avoid chaos at UK airports. The Ferrystat figures for the crucial month of August showed car carryings from the UK to the Continent were up by 4.6%, with car journeys on shortsea routes up by 9.5%.   

  • BP's Rotterdam Re-Focus

    01 Oct 2007

    BP Marine is restructuring its ports portfolio to take greater advantage of the strategic location of Rotterdam. The restructure will involve its Dover - Calais contract business being serviced via Rotterdam barges.   

  • Harbour Master for Lower Thames Appointed

    01 Oct 2007

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Roy Stanbrook harbour master for the Lower Thames District, which stretches along the Kent and Essex coasts from Crossness to the sea. He joined the PLA as deputy harbour master six years ago and has a wideranging maritime background.  

  • Diesel Power Drives History Ship

    01 Oct 2007

    'Amistad' a recreation of a 19th century schooner, visited the Port of London UK last month as part of its “Atlantic Freedom Tour”. A pair of Cat 3304B marine engines supported the vessel while it was navigating the River Thames.   

  • New Terminal HITs It Big

    01 Oct 2007

    Since it was opened in June 2000, Associated British Ports’ Humber International Terminal (HIT) has exceeded all throughput expectations, having recently handled its 50 millionth ton of cargo.  

  • Hamburg Boxes Up

    01 Oct 2007

    The Port of Hamburg has reported impressive first half figures showing container handling up by 14.3% to 4.8m TEU and the total volume of cargo handled up by 5% at 69.5m tons. Container handling at the Port has more than doubled since the most recent fairway deepening in the Lower Elbe in 1999. The Port believes it is on track for a record breaking transhipment volume of 140m tons by the end of the year, with container handling expected to reach 9.8m TEU.  

  • Bunkers Switch Warning

    01 Oct 2007

    The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) heard at its annual convention in Montreal last month that it would cost an estimated $67bn over the next five years to implement a wholesale switch from traditional bunker fuels to distillates only for the world merchant fleet. The IBIA was also told that the distillates only option, a possibility under stricter air emissions regulations imposed by a revised MARPOL Annex VI, would be unfeasible due to lack of sufficient refining capacity.  

  • Gulf Spill Contract

    01 Oct 2007

    Clean Globe Gulf (CGG), part of Finland's Clean Globe International environmental service centre network and the region's largest environmental service provider, has been awarded a five year oil spill response contract with Shell Oman Marketing. The scope of the contract will cover Shell's operations onshore, offshore and in several oil terminals.  

  • It's Close Up North

    01 Oct 2007

    Detailed research carried out independent supply chain consultants Logistics Support Services has dispelled the myth that Northern UK ports are disadvantaged geographically. The research highlights that northern ports are not too far away from the main population centres to compete with southern ports. PD Ports' unopposed successful planning application to develop a £300m container port at Teesport followed the research.  

  • RESON Med Buy-Out

    01 Oct 2007

    Mr Pietro Basciano acquired all the shares of RESON Mediterranean in Bologna, Italy last month and changed the company's name to REMED sri. The subsidiary of global hydrographic survey equipment supplier RESON A/S was established four years ago, with Mr Basciano as the local director. REMED sri will continue to collaborate with RESON A/S as their reseller in a number of Mediterranean countries.  

  • Kalmar Acquires ACT

    01 Oct 2007

    Cargo handling equipment supplier Kalmar has acquired Netherlands based Advanced Cargo Transhipment BV (ACT). The former business unit of Frog Navigation will assist Kalmar in its strategy to shape the future of automated port terminals by increasing its resources in automated horizontal transportation R&D and delivery projects.   

  • IMCA Hits 400

    01 Oct 2007

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) hit another milestone last month with the announcement that their membership had reached 400 companies in 47 countries. The rate of growth has been significant, as the 300 member milestone was reached only 17 months ago.  

  • US/Sweden Energy Initiative

    01 Oct 2007

    The US ambassador to Sweden, Michael Wood, spoke on energy and the environment at Interferry's 32nd annual conference in Stockholm last month. The US and Sweden signed an implementation agreement this summer on renewable energy cooperation which aims to make it easier to develop alternative fuels such as cellulosic ethanol and dimethyl ether in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  

  • New Shipbreaking Regulations in Pipeline

    01 Oct 2007

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is taking action to address the unacceptable working conditions and poor environmental standards at many shipbreaking yards around the world. A new convention is currently being drafted to regulate the breaking up of old ships.  

Pollution Control

  • Hungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste

    01 Oct 2007

    The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, 'Bibby Progress', to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months.  

  • Modular Oil Spill Recovery System

    01 Oct 2007

    Finnish designers and developers of  oil spill recovery technology, the Lamor Corporation AB, has built some 600 advancing recovery systems for vessels. The systems have been tailor made to fit each vessel and comprise several different components.  

  • 'Clean Up the World Weekend'

    01 Oct 2007

    When 35 million volunteers around the planet will take part in the annual United Nations backed 'Clean Up the World Weekend' this weekend, their activities will also break into cyberspace for the first time, with photos and videos posted onto Google Map under a new agreement which gives a global platform to every local initiative.  

Port, Harbour & Marine Construction

  • Pier Works Expand River Transport

    01 Oct 2007

    Wandsworth Riverside Quarter, next to Wandsworth Park on London’s River Thames, is making an additional £100,000 investment in moorings at the new pier which allowed the Putney to Blackfriars river taxi service to start calling there this summer.  

  • Extensive Design Study Prefaces Wind Farm

    01 Oct 2007

    A metocean design has been completed for the proposed ‘Round 2’ Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, planned for the southern North Sea off the UK’s North Norfolk coast, just inside the 12 mile territorial limit. Environmental design and risk management specialists Metoc plc did the work for operator Scira Offshore Energy.  

  • Growing Interest in Sediment Stability

    01 Oct 2007

    Glasgow-based marine consultants Partrac Ltd are seeing a continued and rising interest in sediment stability instruments, the Cohesive Strength Meter (CSM).  

  • Seabed Drilling for Chinese Port Upgrade

    01 Oct 2007

    Qingdao Municipal Government in China is investing some $183m this year to upgrade Qingdao Port, which will have a massive container handling capacity of 12m TEU when 23 new deep water berths are built as a result of integrating Weihai Port.  

  • Marine Refuelling Challenge Met on Jersey

    01 Oct 2007

    When a Jersey based marine engineering company required unusual provision for their refuelling needs, Barnsley UK based Cameron Forecourt was able to provide a successful bespoke solution.  

  • Refurbished Quay Boosts Tyneside Tourism

    01 Oct 2007

    The iconic Cunard liner 'Queen Elizabeth 2' berthed at the Port of Tyne on the only scheduled UK stopover of its 40th Anniversary voyage last month, thanks to a £4 million plus refurbishment of the Tyne Commission Quay by national regeneration agency English Partnerships.  

  • New Dock for River Cart

    01 Oct 2007

    The UK’s River Cart has been used for commercial traffic for the first time in at least 20 years by Steel Engineering, a tenant at the Westway Industrial and Distribution Park in Renfrew.  

  • New LNG Infrastructure for Zeebrugge

    01 Oct 2007

    The Antwerp based shipping company EXMAR NV has applied to the Zeebrugge Port Authority  for a domain concession for the construction of a discharging and ship to ship transfer installation for LNG and high pressure natural gas in the Port of Zeebrugge.   

  • Progress for Northern Gateway Container Terminal

    01 Oct 2007

    A major obstacle to the development of PD Ports' proposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removed last month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding rail freight network capacity.   

Port, Harbour and Marine Construction

  • Bremore Project Challenges Irish Government

    20 Sep 2007

    Ireland’s national ports are facing a capacity crisis. The growth in exports, the trend to outsourcing part of the production process and the boom in imports of construction materials has wiped out the capacity of most ports. Hence, the approval by the Government of the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Limited to establish a new deep water port at Bremore, located between Dublin and Drogheda, is very welcome to the export industry. 

  • Refurbished Quay Boosts Tyneside Tourism

    20 Sep 2007

    The iconic Cunard liner 'Queen Elizabeth 2' berthed at the Port of Tyne on the only scheduled UK stopover of its 40th Anniversary voyage earlier this week, thanks to a £4 million plus refurbishment of the Tyne Commission Quay by national regeneration agency English Partnerships.  

Safety, Survival & Training

  • RINA Invests in Crew Training

    30 Jul 2008

    International classification society RINA has invested in crew training in a bid to help owners overcome the major challenge of manning their growing fleets.   

  • Marine Firefighting for Turkey and Egypt

    01 Oct 2007

    A new marine fire fighting system designed by Anglesey based company Marinex, has won a five figure deal to supply high speed military patrol boats in Turkey.  

  • Expanded Maritime Training in Norway

    01 Oct 2007

    Kongsberg Maritime opened the doors to a new training facility at its Bekkajordet, Horten, Norway site at the end of August.   

  • InterManager Addresses Seafarer Training Issues

    01 Oct 2007

    InterManager, the International Ships Managers' Association, has emphasised its commitment to solving the acute officer shortage problem by announcing a number of initiatives it believes will help to bolster crew numbers and encourage an industry wide drive to improve the training of cadets entering he industry.  

  • Cosalt Adds Evacuation Systems Servicing

    01 Oct 2007

    European marine safety products and services provider Cosalt can now provide servicing of RFD Marin Ark evacuation systems, with the work carried out by RFD trained specialists.  

  • Flag States Crucial to Marine Safety

    01 Oct 2007

    The role of a flag state in assisting shipowners to achieve safe and efficient operation of ships cannot be understated, according to John Ramage, managing director of International Registries (U.K.) Limited, which administers the Marshall Islands Registry.  

Security

  • Bomb Threat Detection for Ports

    01 Oct 2007

    Leicestershire UK based 3DX-Ray has produced a detailed technical brochure on its advanced portable x-ray system, TPXi-675, for bomb and threat detection in suspect packages.  

  • Gurkhas Driving Port Vehicle Security

    01 Oct 2007

    Security specialist Octavian Security has been appointed by the GBA Group to provide manned guarding services for a number of its vehicle import terminals across the UK.  

  • Thermal Imaging for Calais’ Port Security

    01 Oct 2007

    The French cross-channel ferry Port of Calais saw more than 11m passengers through its facilities last year whilst freight traffic also increased by a remarkable 11.8% to nearly 2m trucks.   

  • Unmanned 50 Knot Harbour Security Craft

    01 Oct 2007

    Sentry, a fast unmanned reconnaissance and surveillance craft developed by QinetiQ, that brings together military design requirements with a compact waterjet propelled platform, was publicly demonstrated for the first time on QinetiQ’s stand at Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) in London last month.  

Ship & Boat Building

  • Orders Up for Anti-Pollution Boats

    01 Oct 2007

    The latest contract to be signed covers the design and equipment for a vessel ordered for the Icelandic coastguard, Landhelgisgæsla Islands. This multipurpose coastguard vessel is to be built by ASMAR in Chile. On completion in 2009 it will perform a variety of tasks, including coastguard duties and management of Iceland's exclusive economic zone, fishery control, standby and rescue, emergency towing, pollution prevention, oil recovery and fire fighting.   

  • Ostensjo to Build Offshore Flotel

    01 Oct 2007

    ØstensjØ Group member Edda Accommodation has placed an order for the offshore industry’s first purpose built ‘flotel’. ‘Edda TBN’ will be an Offshore Accommodation Vessel for a total of 600 personnel.  

  • Graham Gulf Commissions a Special Boat

    01 Oct 2007

    In America, the Graham name is well known in the Gulf of Mexico maritime world, with family ownership of fleet operator Graham Gulf and the C&G Boat Works in Mobile Alabama. As Graham Gulf’s newest crew boat leaves the C&G Boat Works and goes into service this month it will mark a special memorial.  

  • Launch of Boat Built By Boys

    01 Oct 2007

    Hundreds of pupils, parents, teachers and helpers gathered at Glasson Dock in Lancashire UK last month for the official launch of “Tenacity of Bolton”, a 48' sailing ketch built by pupils at Bolton School Boys’ Division.  

  • New Catamaran Charter Boat at Lowestoft.

    01 Oct 2007

    A new Blyth Workcat catamaran charter boat has arrived at Oulton Broad in Lowestoft UK, having been built at Blyth’s works at Canvey Island in Essex.  

  • RIBs On the Rise from Merseyside

    01 Oct 2007

    Liverpool UK based MST (Marine Specialised Technology Ltd) is experiencing increasing demand for its range of GRP, aluminium and advanced composite hulled RIBs (from 4.8m to 21m length). As a result, it has recently doubled its factory size and taken on extra CAD engineers, naval architects and engineers to handle its growing order book for rescue boats, patrol boats, work boats, high speed interceptors, rapid insertion craft, pilot boats and law enforcement craft.  

  • Culverwell Fits the Portland Bill

    01 Oct 2007

    Ireland's Safehaven Marine has supplied a new Interceptor 42 (13m) pilot boat to the UK Port of Portland, featuring the builder's renowned deep 'V' twin chine hull design which provides exceptional sea keeping abilities.  

  • Damen Versatility Delivers River Skimmers

    01 Oct 2007

    London's Thames Water put two specially designed and built £4million ‘Skimmer’ boats into service last month which will collect surface litter along the River Thames from its estuary to as far upstream as Kew in West London.   

Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston

  • TOWLINES

    01 Oct 2007

    Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Canada has announced a contract to build a series of three escort tugs for Atlantic Reyser to carry out LNG terminal operations.  

  • UK Coastguard ETVs Show Their Versatility

    01 Oct 2007

    In Britain the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of four powerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UK coastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.  

  • US ‘Line Haul’ Specialists Develop Well Tried Designs

    01 Oct 2007

    Thanks mainly to United States and Canadian manning regulations, tug and barge operators in North America continue to thrive and develop purpose built deep sea tugs suited to their own particular trade. An increasing number are turning to the push-tow Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) principle but others, for a number of reasons, remain firmly in favour of towing astern at sea, line haul in local parlance.  

  • First Vessels for Svitzer’s New Milford Haven Fleet Arrive

    01 Oct 2007

    As the port of Milford Haven embraces a new commercial era with the imminent arrival of LNG, Svitzer UK are preparing for the massive increase in activity. In February Maritime Journal reported on the towage organisation’s plans to introduce one of the worlds most advanced tug fleets to serve operations at the two LNG terminals currently nearing completion in the area and the existing oil related business.   

  • Fratelli Neri Get the First New Robert Allan Compact Tractors

    01 Oct 2007

    In August 2007, the first two of a series of new high performance, compact 24m ship handling tractor tugs, named ‘Fratelli Neri’ and ‘Porto di Livorno’ were delivered to Fratelli Neri Spa of Livorno, Italy.   

Tugs Towing & Salvage by Jack Gaston

  • Two Newbuilds Due for Rimorchiatori Riuniti

    01 Oct 2007

    A new tug for Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa in Italy to a design by Vancouver BC based naval architects Robert Allan Ltd is nearing completion at the Astilleros Armon yrad in Spain. A second nearly identical offshore support and escort tug will be built at the same yard.   

  • Salvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship

    01 Oct 2007

    Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship Al Shaymaa this summer after the Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port of Moerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel coils. The vessel was safely redelivered to its owner.  

  • Global Scope in Salvage Activity

    01 Oct 2007

    Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage included responses to a number of vessel groundings, including the 'Explorer', which ran aground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug 'Svitzer Maillaig' was mobilised to assist the casualty, which was successfully refloated last month and escorted to safety at Ayr.  

  • Holyhead's Newbuild Goes Out to Launch

    01 Oct 2007

    The launch of Holyhead Towing Company's recently delivered tug Afon Cadnant  from the yard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicated by the fact that there is no slipway at the facility.   

Vessel Launch Megan M

  • Megan M Emerges from a Clever Conversion

    01 Oct 2007

    Many multi-purpose work vessels have been described in these pages and all have one thing in common. They are constructed to fulfil the special needs of their operator’s business and each vessel reflects, as near as possible and within sensible financial constraints, the ideal vessel to meet the client’s demands. Equally, it is not uncommon for various other vessels to be converted to pontoon style work vessels.  

Vessel Repair and Maintenance

  • Regional Boom Boosts Bahrain Yard

    01 Oct 2007

    The first six months of this year were extremely busy for Bahrain's Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) with very high occupancy rates across all the docks. The outcome was that during the second quarter ASRY had its best ever set of results.  

  • Tight Timetable for Newbuild Conversion

    01 Oct 2007

    A&P Tyne Ltd, part of A&P Group, has recently completed the conversion of a newbuild Offshore Support Vessel into a pipe-laying vessel for Subsea 7. In line with the original schedule, the 130m vessel will shortly depart for Brazil to complete a contract laying flexible pipelines to a water depth of 2,000m.  

  • Vintage Tug Steams for Maintenance

    01 Oct 2007

    Most people's image of the bustling concrete and glass jungle that is East London’s  Docklands business community is probably the iconic skyline. Pockets of the area's rich  maritime history are, however, still to be found.  

  • Comprehensive Refit Renews Warlock

    01 Oct 2007

    Following a year of hard work off Angola, the anchor-handling tug 'Warlock' returned to Europe earlier this year to work in the North Sea on behalf of Delft based Allseas Engineering BV. Owned by Barry Towage & offshore SA of Madeira, Warlock assisted Allseas' 125m shallow water pipelay barge 'Tog Mor' on the GDF project.  

  • Irish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple

    01 Oct 2007

    Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link’s Dublin-Liverpool route. In addition, capacity available on Seatruck’s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding 'Clipper Point'.   

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