All News articles – Page 1169
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NewsLine Protection in seawork Line-Up
New to the UK market and new to seawork for 2003 is Cheltenham based Chafe-Pro (UK) Ltd. The company manufactures and supplies a range of products for the protection of mooring tug/ towing lines from damage due to chafe and abrasion.
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NewsQuiet Spanish Tractors for Israel
The Spanish shipyard Union Naval Valencia (UNV) is gaining a considerable reputation for the construction of modern shiphandling tugs and Voith tractors in particular.
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NewsNew Marine Safety Helmet on Show at seawork
Heading to seawork2003 will be Gecko Headgear of Bude in Cornwall UK. The latest advances in design technology will be on display, incorporated into the Gecko Marine Safety Helmet (GMSH).
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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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Newsseawork to Get a 'Second Opinion'
Isle of Wight boatbuilders South Boats return to seawork''s floating exhibition with Second Opinion, the first example of the South Catamaran 36/11 Sports Fisherman class which measures 36ft LOA with a beam of 3ft 6in and an 8.5 tonnes displacement with full fuel and water. The boat will be available ...
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NewsLondon Gateway Inquiry Underway
The public inquiry into P&O and Shell''s proposals to regenerate the 1,500 acre site of the former Shell Haven oil refinery on London''s River Thames began late last month.
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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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NewsHydrosphere and Mobilis Join Forces for seawork
Following the recent appointment of Hydrosphere, the Hampshire based manufacturer and supplier of aids to navigation and monitoring equipment, as the exclusive distributor of Mobilis products for the UK and Ireland, the two companies will share a much larger combined stand at seawork2003.
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NewsHSS Turns on the Light at Samso Wind Farm
Electricity produced by the recently completed offshore wind farm at Samso, Denmark, was connected to the national grid in Denmark for the first time last month, following the official handing over of the new facility by the contractors responsible for building it.
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NewsSubsea Vision Surveys seawork Exhibition
Travelling to seawork for the first time from their Wimborne, Dorset base is Subsea Vision Ltd, a company offering a broad range of nearshore and offshore underwater survey capabilities.
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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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NewsEnergy White Paper Spells Opportunity for Maritime Industries
The British Government confirmed its commitment to renewable energy last month with the release of the long awaited Energy White Paper titled ''Our Energy Future - Creating a Low Carbon Economy''. A package which will be worth £ 1 billion per year to the renewables industry by 2010 aims to ...
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Marine Electronics Takeover
Rheinmetall AG of Dusseldorf has purchased the 50% stake in EuroMarine Electronics GmbH of Hamburg held by its Brussels-based joint venture partner Zenitel SA (formerly Sait Stento) in a deal subject to approval by relevant European cartel authorities.
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NewsNewNavigation Echosounder From Lilley and Gillie
Lilley and Gillie have launched a new Type Approved MED Wheelmark Navigation Echosounder, the Walker 9090.
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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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NewsSeats Make seawork Debut
German maufacturer PortnerSitze makes its seawork debut this year showing the comprehensive range of specialised marine seating and ancillary components which they manufacture.
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NewsSee in the Dark at seawork
A new exhibitor at seawork2003 will be Plate & Locate Ltd, Cheshire UK based specialists in the manufacture, supply and installation of vessel marking and warning signs as well as evacuation sign systems.
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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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NewsNew Hamburg Container Terminal is in Lubeck
HHLA, the biggest operator in the North Sea Port of Hamburg, has just opened a new ?50m container terminal and it is more than 60 kms away overland, in Germany''s biggest Baltic seaport, Lubeck.
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NewsHammar Nails Confusion with New Release Unit
Swedish safety equipment manufacturer CM Hammar has launched a new version of the Hydrostatic Release Unit which is a widely recognised component of innumerable liferafts and EPIRBs.
