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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA’ s) maritime emergency exercises are now regular events around the British coast. A Maritime Guidance Note (MGN) has recently been published providing feedback, including observations…

1st December 2007

MCA Provides Feedback Following Emergency Exercises

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bourbon Offshore has inaugurated its first training centre in Marseilles, which includes the first Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessel (AHTS) Simulator installed in France.

1st December 2007

First AHTS Simulator Installed in France

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Maritime Journal arrived at the start of a steep learning curve for the maritime industry. On 6 March 1987 the ' Herald of Free Enterprise' left Zeebrugge with its bow doors open…

1st December 2007

The 20 Year Safety Learning Curve

1st December 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Due to the ever increasing costs of raw materials, commercial vessel prices continue to rise well ahead of inflation and vessel acquisitions often require additional funding from banks and financial institutions.

1st December 2007

How Finance Has Helped to Change the Marine Market

1st December 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

After several years of mainly rich pickings, the shipping industry’ s eternal boom and bust cycle provided the inevitable focus of attention at the 20th annual Lloyd’ s Shipping Economist ship finance…

1st December 2007

Ship Finance Forum Debates Boom or Bust

1st December 2007

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The United Kingdom is a country worried by wild waves and troubled by truculent tides. The energy in our seas has always been vital to society, as a basis for the marine…

1st December 2007

The growth of marine renewable energy in all its forms means more work for ports, marine contractors and workboat operators.

1st December 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The growth of the marine leisure market, the increase in numbers of high speed, large craft and changes in traffic patterns coupled with emerging technologies are placing new demands on, and finding…

1st December 2007

Headline: The Future of Aids to Navigation

1st December 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

FenderCare subsidiary Hippo Marine has been selected by Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) to supply  five navigational buoys, including moorings, for the new South Hook LNG Terminal development.

1st December 2007

Navigation Buoys Deployed at South Hook

1st December 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Sealite Pty Ltd in Australia, have completed the Phase 2 expansion of their new manufacturing facility with an expanded rotational moulding division now in full production.

1st December 2007

More Buoys from Oz

1st December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

New ways of doing things tend to insinuate themselves into an industry’ s consciousness until one day you get out of bed and realise that everything has changed. For centuries the sextant…

1st December 2007

The 20 Years That Lost the Sextant

1st December 2007