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Four Minute Smile
The Thames passenger vessel Elizabethan observed a man fall into the Thames without a lifejacket while securing a workboat last month. The Elizabethan sent a distress call to London Coastguard.
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NewsGerman Yard Heads Into Busy 2003 After Delivering 'Loreley'
The Genthin facility of German shipyard Schiffbau und Entwicklungs-gesellschaft Tangermunde (SET) has handed over the police boat newbuilding Loreley to authorities in Mainz.
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SARIS II Wins Top Award
The search and rescue information system SARIS II, developed by British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT Cordah Ltd, has won the 2003 Maritime Excellence Award for ''Technological Excellence in Training''. The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been involved in the SARIS II project since its inception and operates the system ...
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NewsISS Ahead of Schedule
Inchcape Shipping Services'' (ISS) programme to expand support services in the Arabian Gulf is continuing apace, with the two launch vessels ordered last June on course to be delivered ahead of schedule.
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Alfa Laval Tanks Up in Denmark
Marine oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions specialist Alfa Laval has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group, which includes tank cleaning specialists Gunclean Toftejorg.
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Lights Due for a Rethink, Shippers Tell UK
A grouping of major shipping lines have warned the British government that they could end direct calls at UK ports and even go to court unless light dues are brought into line with those in most other European countries. The dues, which fund the provision of navigational aids, are paid ...
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Bountiful Year for Milford Haven
Milford Haven Port Authority has reported a strong performance in shipping activity for the year 2002, with the number of ships using the Welsh deepwater port up 3% to 3,445 while gross tonnage grew by 4.4% to 48,360,000. Recent innovations and investments at the port include the routine active escorting ...
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Cosalt Ropes Offshore Partnership
Cosalt Safety & Protection has formed an exclusive working partnership with Belgium based rope manufacturer BEXCOropes to promote, sell, manufacture and supply Single Point Mooring (SPM) hawser assemblies to the offshore marine market. The move extends Cosalt''s presence in the offshore sector, where it already supplies a range of products ...
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NewsSuzuki Tops Euro Outboard Sales
A 2002 sales increase of over 200% has given Suzuki a clear European lead in the fast growing 115-140hp outboard motor sector. Export figures published recently by ICOMIA handed Suzuki a 27.5% overall market share and 38.1% of four stroke sales, the only area in which Suzuki has an interest.
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NewsLeeSan Gets Pumped Up for seawork
seawork2003 exhibitor Lee Sanitation has provided pump out facilities for a just completed new marina basin at Apsley Mill on the Grand Union Canal at Hemel Hempstead.
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NewsIt's a Super Market for A&P Group
Ship repair in the UK is looking positive for 2003 according to the A&P Group, which has confirmed that all 14 of their dry docks are full with various vessels under repair, refit and conversion.
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NewsRebuilt Test Barge Makes Debut
Smit Transport Europe has welcomed the New Years delivery of the Smit Engineering designed test lift barge E3505, which will be used by offshore crane vessel operators such as Heerema and Saipem to test their cranes. The E3505''s first test is scheduled for this month with Saipem''s S 7000 in ...
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NewsOne Pass Thermoblast
A new high performance blast cleaning system which greatly reduces abrasive usage in removing thick and difficult coatings is now available from Sheffield UK based Hodge Clemco.
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NewsPilgrim Eliminates Bolts From the Blue
Removing the tail shafting from Caledonian MacBrayne''s Isle of Lewis ferry, which runs from Ullapool to Stornaway, is a regular operation at overhaul and for survey. Recognising that the time consuming task would be necessary a number of times over the ship''s remaining 20 to 25 year operational life, the ...
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NewsGlassmen Fly 8,000 Miles For Vessel Repair
In an astonishing tribute to British marine craftsmanship, a Falklands Islands shipping agent has flown GRP specialists the 8,000 miles to Port Stanley to repair an extensively damaged Aqua-Star 38 workboat.
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NewsASRY Enjoys Backyard Boom
The ASRY Ship Repair Yard in Bahrain has reported a successful 2002, with some 95 vessels repaired ranging in size from ULCCs to diving support vessels.
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NewsCathelco Mussels In On Retrofit Anti-fouling System Market
Although marine pipework anti-fouling systems are often installed in newbuildings, they are sometimes retrofitted in response to particular problems.
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NewsFreight Ferries Converted
Extra decks are being added to P&O Ferries'' European Pathway and European Gateway at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany as part of a £ 50m conversion project.
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NewsMore work for Smit with Bonga
Dutch based towage, salvage and marine contractors Smit are continuing to support work to complete the 300,000 tonne FPSO Bonga on Tyneside.
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NewsSvitzer Announce Huge Tug Order
The giant towage and salvage operator Svitzer-Wijsmuller, with it''s headquarters in Copenhagen, have announced a massive tug-building programme representing orders and options for 29 vessels of various types.
