All News articles – Page 1182
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NewsBSIF Steers Debate on New PPE Directive
The first draft of the proposed new Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive will be released for general discussion in December 2002, according to the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF).
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NewsSmit Bridges Gaps in the Market
Smit''s Transport & Heavy Lift Division has been awarded a contract to provide heavy lift services during the construction of the world''s largest self-propelled cutter suction dredger. The newbuild for Belgian dredging giant Jan de Nul is being built by IHC Holland at their Rotterdam yard.
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NewsIncrease in Lawsuit Number Triggers Safety Surfaces Boom
A massive increase in the number of personal injury lawsuits being brought by people hurt at work or in public places has resulted in a business boom for a company which manufactures and installs slip-proof stair tread covers and gratings.
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NewsInshore Fishing Boat Gets Perkins Sabre Power
A Perkins Sabre M130C engine has been chosen to power Lorraine Ruth, a new Kingfisher K26 static-gear, inshore netting fishing boat built and now operated by Keith Isles, based on Tresco, one of the Isles of Scilly.
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NewsGearbox Certification Lands French Police Boat Order
In choosing transmissions to team with its MAN engines, Nanni Diesel Industries considered several factors for completing the construction of 24 new French Gendarmerie boats. When it was confirmed that one of the major factors, Lloyds Registry of Shipping (LRS) approval, was part of Twin Disc''s overall package, the decision ...
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NewsPort Lifting Equipment Blitz by Kalmar
Kalmar Industries, which manufactures a range of mobile container handling equipment and heavy lift equipment for port and other applications, has launched a range of new equipment which includes 9 to 18 tonne fork lift trucks, two reachstackers and a terminal tractor.
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NewsCrews Clued Up with Bespoke Boat Safety Manuals
The tragic event in the UK this summer when celebrity Chris Evans and his horrified friends watched helplessly as their skipper vanished overboard highlights the need for all persons stepping on board a boat to be fully aware of safety procedures and the location of equipment.
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CorrOcean Wins Contract for Belfast Harbour
CorrOcean Ltd Aberdeen has been awarded a major contract by Belfast Harbour Commissioners to supply and install cathodic protection systems for the Port of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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NewsAzipod Propulsion for New USCG Icebreaker
ABB has been awarded a contract by the Marinette Marine Corporation to supply electric propulsion drives and azipod propulsion systems and to act as the engine room single system integrator for a new Great Lakes Icebreaker design.
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NewsRed Bay RIBs Away to Islay
Red Bay Boats has delivered a fifth Rescue RIB for the Highlands and Islands airport in Scotland. The 8m boat features a cuddy cabin forward and a large deck area designed for working casualties from a helicopter.
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UKHO Contract Awarded to LSC Group
LSC Group of Tamworth has been awarded an innovative and high profile contract by the UK Hydrographic Office for digitisation of its archive of navigational data, including software development, scanning, meta-data capture and geo-referencing as part of a proposed state-of-the-art archive repositry at its Taunton base which will be open ...
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NewsASD Tugs Built for Pushing in Turkey
The Uzmar-Uzmanlar Shipping and Trading Company Ltd of Izmir, Turkey have delivered two high performance ASD tugs to the German company Egon Oldendorff to handle a pair of 10,000dwt self-unloading coal barges at an offshore lightering station at lskenderun in the south of the country.
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NewsChildren in Need Appeal Gets Stuck on the Thames
Four replica historic warships, built only from basic materials and bonded together with Sikaflex elastic adhesive, take part in a sponsored trip down London''s River Thames this month in aid of Children in Need.
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Aquatonics Limited Announces Results of Research Effort
Aquatonics Ltd in the UK, a company that has been researching the use of clean dredged clays for removing metals from mine waters and industrial effluents, has released details of the results of its work.
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News'Anglian Princess' - the Most Powerful Yet for Klyne
When Anglian Princess took up her duties with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September it marked a significant milestone for her owners Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and the Coastguard service. This latest delivery, new from the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, is the most powerful deepsea tug to ...
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SAM Extends Shaft Alternator Range
STN Atlas Marine Electronics has extended its range of shaft alternators for supplying mains power driven via the ship''s engine with the introduction of a new series of PWM (pulse width modulation) controlled systems providing improved rates of power generation at lower cost.
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NewsBlack Adder is Another First for Robert Allan
Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling tugs in that part of the world.
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NewsABP Breaks Wind Blade Record
A landmark shipment of giant wind turbine blades and components for the fast-growing global wind energy market sailed from the ABP Port of Southampton for Australia late last month.
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NewsCall for Reform at Hydro 2002
Nothing less than a total reform of the inter-governmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco is necessary for continued advancement of the hydrographic industry if it is to meet its obligations enshrined in the recently revised Chapter V of the Annex to Solas, said Dr Peter Ehlers in a hard-hitting keynote ...
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News'Hands On' Format at ShipRepair & Conversion 02
The 11th staging of ShipRepair & Conversion returns to London''s Grand Hall, Olympia on 27 and 28 November with product launches, company presentations in a new workshop facility and a new format discussion-based conference underlining the ''hands on'' theme.
