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NewsFlying Start to Year for ASRY
The ASRY repair yard in Dubai has had a busy start to the year despite regional uncertainties. There has been no let up in the pace of work for the yard and sales were up by 10% on the same period in 2003, with 49 vessels being repaired and painted.
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Day Return to Antwerp
Earlier this month, Dutch towage operators Van der Wees Watertransporten returned a 420 tonne Gottwald type HMK280E to Antwerp from Le Havre.
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NewsBoosted Accommodation on Maersk Supply's Latest AHTS
Maersk Supply Service''s latest A-Type anchor handling/tug supply ship Maersk Advancer has bolstered accommodation capability and is also only the second in Maersk''s A-Type ship series to fly the British flag.
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NewsNew Semco Tugs Complete FPSO Tow
Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & } return false; ">see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation.
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NewsTOWLINES
.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the tug Afon Alaw completed earlier this year (Maritime Journal - February 2004) but with some items of equipment ...
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Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles
At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations.
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NewsA Triple Naming Ceremony for Svitzer Wijsmuller Tugs
The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania.
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NewsCoastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge
The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.
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NewsDamen Delivers 'Relume' for MENAS
Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) introduced its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a special naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards'' Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands on July 6.
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Navaids Future in '2020 The Vision'
In April the General Lighthouse Authorities published 2020 The Vision, a roadmap for provision and the development of aids to navigation in British and Irish waters over the next 20 years.
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NewsBringing It Home In Sierra Leone
Sussex UK based navaids specialist Tideland Signal has supplied over 30 buoys and solar powered lanterns to guide shipping into the estuary of the Sierra Leone River and the port of Freetown, the country''s capital.
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E-Sea Fix Does It for Milford Haven
Following successful trials of the E-Sea Fix pilot navigation system last year, Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine has won an order to install the system at the port of Milford Haven in Wales.
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NewsHoisting Hooks Range Expanded
Sweden''s Gunnebo Lifting are complementing their component programme in the GrabiQ series with a new size of roundsling hook. The new hook will be the largest in the RH series and will carry the designation RH 5-8+.
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NewsAl Jadaf Lifts Off on Hot Wheels
The modern Al Jadaf ship docking yard in Dubai is equipped with advanced facilities, including the ability to lift boats out of the water and manoeuvre them using a system of rails and wheeled trolleys for repair on dry land.
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NewsACE On the Pace With Winches
Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd, ACE Winches, is continuing to deliver large winching packages in short delivery times. During 2003 and to date in 2004 ACE has continued to build up a significant winch hire fleet.
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NewsDutch Coupling Gives Barge Trains A Push
Push convoys and barge trains have great problems with strong winds and waves on open waters such as the Markermeer, IJsselmeer and Westerschelde. Over the past two years, Holland''s Van der Velden Marine Systems, working in close cooperation with TNO and Alkyon, has developed a new type of coupling device ...
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Tandem Lift Cranes for Antwerp's New Mega-Terminal
Kalmar has received an order for six super post-Panamax ship to shore container cranes from a consortium led by P&O Ports Antwerp.
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ABP Looks North for Growth
The Associated British Ports Holdings PLC (ABP) trading statement for the six months ending 30 June 2004 have shown turnover from core UK ports and transport activities on schedule growth of at least 4% and underlying operating profit for the same period expected to grow by 2%.
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Money Matters in Dover's Plan
Consultant High-Point Rendel has been appointed by Dover Harbour Board to conduct the economic and financial component of a Master Plan outlining the Port''s future for the coming 30 years.
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There's Never Been a Better Time to Know Your Limitations
Significant changes to the law governing limitation of liability have occurred as of 13 May 2004, writes Charles Hattersley, a partner in the Plymouth UK based maritime and international trade firm Foot Antsey Sargent. On that date the 1996 protocol to the London Limitation Convention of 1967 came into force, ...
