All News articles – Page 1198
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NewsFriction Stir Welding Workshop Will Benefit Shipbuilding
A workshop on the benefits of using the friction stir welding process in industrial applications such as shipbuilding is to be held at TWI Ltd in Cambridge UK on 16 July 2002.
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News'Polar Bound' Boat Boasts BTL Belts
The first circumnavigation of the globe around the North Pole via both the North West and North East Passages is scheduled to be launched next month in a specially adapted boat, whose key services will be powered by detachable V-belts supplied by Leeds UK-based BTL.
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NewsDutch JV Begins Installation Work on Offshore Wind Turbine Project
Two Dutch contractors - Mammoet and Van Oord ACZ - have revealed details of the jack-up barge they have built and started to use as a platform to serve the rapidly growing market in Europe for offshore wind turbine installation work.
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Barrus Debuts New John Deere at seawork
E P Barrus Ltd returns to its familiar quayside location at seawork2002, where it will introduce the new John Deere PowerTech 6068SFM marine engine.
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NewsThe 'Best Environmental Project' Award for PPP Flood Defence
seawork2002 exhibitor Westminster Dredging is part of a consortium which has just scooped the ''Best Environmental Project'' Award 2002 for the first Public Private Partnership (PPP) flood defence scheme to be let in the UK.
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seawork Exhibitor Wins Groyne Innovation Award
Portsmouth UK-based Plasti Ltd, which will be exhibiting at seawork2002, has won a prestigious Government SMART Development Award to develop, construct and install a beach groyne using patented composite piles in combination with other sustainable materials.
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Titanic Scenario Averted by Harland and Wolff Land Deal
The British Government''s Department for Regional Development has given formal approval to Belfast Harbour Commissioners to conclude an agreement between famed shipbuilding and repair yard Harland and Wolff and Titanic Quarter Ltd. The agreement will hopefully secure the yard''s future as some 80 acres of land identified as surplus to ...
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Hydrolink Team with ASRY
Hydrolink, the Sharjah-based specialist engineering company, have teamed with the ASRY ship repair facility of Bahrain to provide a complete range of hydraulic services to vessel owners and operators.
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NewsEast Isle Build ASD Tugs for Panama Canal
The East Isle Shipyard of St. John, Canada, part of the Irving Group, has two powerful azimuthing stern drive tugs under construction for the Panama Canal Authority.
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English Nature: No Change on Marine Conservation Areas
English Nature, the statutory body responsible for advising the UK government on the designation of marine Special Areas of Conservation (marine SACs) has confirmed that it does not intend to alter the way it designates the areas, even though a study it has recently completed indicates that other countries in ...
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NewsApproval Extension for Marine Diesel Exhaust Hose
Rediweld Cerambond of Hampshire UK have extended Lloyds Register approval for their marine diesel exhaust hose to include up to 508mm nominal bore hose with extended temperature range up to 140º C. This reflects the growing market for large bore hose as engine sizes increase.
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A&P Shipcare Spreads It's Skills
The ship repair, maintenance and conversion yard A&P Southampton has recently completed an unusual project with the refit of Coflexip Stena Offshore''s CSO Seawell, an offshore support vessel, at their King George V drydock.
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NewsAnti-Vibration Marine Engine Mounts
Trelleborg Industrial AVS, the recently formed amalgamation of Metalastik and Novibra, has launched a versatile new anti-vibration mounting for small to medium sized engines and other equipment in mobile applications, both marine and land-based.
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NewsStabilised Antenna Systems Extend to Smaller Vessels
Aberdeen UK-based DMS, a subsidiary of Schlumberger Network Solutions, has launched the latest addition to the SpaceTrack 4000 portfolio of VSAT stabilised communication antenna, which facilitates VSAT communications for all maritime vessels regardless of their size.
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NewsDouble Drum Remote Control American Winches
American manufacturer Jeamar Winches Inc is now offering a series of double drum winches in a variety of configurations.
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BMT Continues American Expansion
British Maritime Technology acquired the American engineering firm Syntek Technologies last month, making it the fourth BMT operating company in North America. Syntek specialises in naval engineering, product development and counter intelligence.
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UKHO Dutch Licence Agreement
The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a licencing agreement with Nautical Information Services BV for direct electronic transmission of Admiralty Notices to Mariners to vessels at sea under the Digital Folio and Notice Service (DFANS).
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First African VTS Installations for Transas
Transas completed its first VTS projects in Africa last month with the installation of navi-Harbour 3000 VTS systems in the Moroccan ports of Jorf Lasfar and Mohammedia. Transas won these orders following the success of Soremar, its local distributor in Morocco and North Africa, in the international tender.
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Briggs Group Acquires Keliston
The Briggs Group of counter-pollution and marine specialists has acquired the name and assets of the Ipswich UK-based marine civil engineering company Keliston. The new marine civil engineering company will trade under the name Keliston Marine Civil Engineers Ltd and the scope of services it will offer will include dredging, ...
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Desmi Acquires K&R Pompen
Danish pump manufacturer A/S De Smithske, also known as Desmi, acquired the Dutch company K&R Pompen BV last month, which has distributed Desmi products in the Netherlands for more than 40 years.
