Latest News – Page 1105
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News'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece
Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel''s breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion.
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NewsNew Life for Oldest Steamship
Community involvement is at the heart of a valuable and ongoing vessel restoration project at Canary Wharf in London''s Docklands. The SS Robin is the world''s oldest complete steamship, having been built in 1890 at the Orchard House Yard on London''s Bow Creek by Mackenzie Macalpine .The vessel was then ...
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NewsHull Fouling Foiled by Ecopseed
In December 2004 a crowd of 50 people including ship owners, representatives of newbuiding yards, the Belgian and other national navies as well as government representatives gathered in anticipation at the Zeebrugge naval base. Their interest was to witness the efficiency and effectiveness of the Ecospeed system after it had ...
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NewsVeteran Survey Boat Gets New Home in Egypt
An Egyptian multi-millionaire has paid 136,200 for the German survey ship veteran Wittesand , built more than half a century ago as a dredger supply boat on the Weser.
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NewsIHC Delta to Build Multipurpose Tugs for Smit Transport Europe
SMIT Transport Europe BV has placed an order with the IHCHolland Delta Shipyard for the construction of three multipurpose tugs. The design for the new vessels, designated the Delta Multi Purpose Pusher Tug 2500 (DMPT 2500), is intended for a wide range of marine operations in sheltered, shallow waters and ...
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News'Primus' is Delivered and New Orders Placed
German operators Harms Offshore of Hamburg christened their new anchor-handling tug Primus atthe yard of Mutzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven on 4 December 2004 (see MJ - November 2004).
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Svitzer Marine Orders an Escort Tug for the River Mersey
Svitzer Marine Ltd has signed a contract with the ASL Shipyard in Singapore for a purpose-built escort tug for operation on the River Mersey.
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News'Braveheart' Lends Englishman a Hand
An epic example of seamanship has won a vote of thanks from one tugmaster to another.
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NewsA Major Step Forward in the use of Tug Models
The use of manned ship models in the training of ship-masters and pilots has now become well established practice.
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NewsLondon Boat Show Debut for Smallest SART
Simrad launched a new Type Approved Search and Rescue Transponder, the SA50 , at the London Boat Show last month, thereby increasing its product range for the GMDSS safety market. Several key factors differentiate the SA50 from other SARTs already on the market, and it claims advantages in size, price, ...
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NewsWind Farm Risk Assessed
The British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded BMT Renewables Ltd a contract to develop a formal safety methodology for offshore wind farms, placing the company at the centre of marine navigation, safety and emergency response standards for the offshore wind farm industry. BMT is also currently ...
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NewsNational Maritime Safety System for Bulgaria
Transas has completed the installation and commissioning of a National Maritime Safety System which covers the entire coastline of Bulgaria from Romania to Turkey. Transas won the contract in an open tender managed and financed by the European Community''s PHARE programme, which is aimed at supporting Central and East European ...
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NewsNew Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police
The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.
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Resin Trade Sticks to Thamesport
Thamesport (London) Limited has signed a new contract with Burton-upon-Trent UK based resin importer Resin Trade which will boost the company''s volume through Thamesport from 1,000 tons per month last year to 2,500 tons per month by the end of 2007. The agreement heralds the creation of six dedicated silos ...
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Marine Society/Sea Cadet Merger
The Marine Society and The Sea Cadet Association in the UK have merged to form a new organisation called TheMarine Society & Sea Cadets .Committed to serving seafarers and promoting the sea as a career, the move will strengthen the role of the voluntary sector in support of both commercial ...
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Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment
Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfast''s Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.
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Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract
Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.
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Green Light for New Padstow Lifeboat House
The RNLI Trustees have given the go-ahead for a new lifeboat house and slipway to be built at Padstow as a home for the next generation Tamar class lifeboat.
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MBO at Certex
UK lifting gear distributor Certex has been bought out by its existing directors and will be run as a private limited company.
