Key deals

Singapore-based Transas Marine Pacific has received an order from Eastwind Shipmanagement Pte Ltd to supply the first multi-purpose simulation complex to be established in Myanmar, formerly Burma.

During the early hours of 20 May, SMIT commenced the final phase of its involvement in the construction of two new pedestrian foot bridges spanning Londons River Thames and located on either…

Oceanscan Ltd comes to seawork2002 with a selection of the equipment it has procured over the last 18 months as it consolidates its position as a leading supplier of technology and personnel…

The second Typhoon fishing boat to built by the UKs Cygnus Marine has been delivered to a charter business in Devon. Owned and operated by the Carter brothers of Exmouth, the 33ft…

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.

Portchester UK-based Halmatic has secured a contract to build 20 Halmatic Cougar Enforcer 33 Ultra Fast Patrol Boats for the Royal Oman Police Coastguard.

A contract worth over £ 1m to provide the MCA operated Channel Navigation Information Service (CNIS) system for the Dover Strait has been won by Norcontrol IT.

The Ice Challenger expedition has achieved its goal of becoming the first to cross the treacherous 24 miles of floating ice and open water which make up the Bering Strait between Wales…

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency in Southampton has found an ideal camera for its aerial marine pollution surveillance work in the unlikely world of microscopic research.

A major international gathering of navigation experts attended the Fourth International VTS Workshop of IALA, hosted by South Tyneside College in the UK.

Smits largest sheerlegs, Asian Hercules II, has installed a 1,000 tonnes transformer substation module for the worlds largest offshore windfarm at Horns Rev off Denmark. The lift was performed on behalf of…

Germanys lifeboat service DGzRS in Bremen has added the new delta-hulled, wide-stern rescue boat Woltera to its fleet of more than 60 versatile lifeboats and rescue cruisers.

German shipyard Fr. Fassmer in Berne/Motzen has delivered Hoben, second of three sturdy but sophisticated 25.5m long patrol boats being built and delivered to east German authorities over three years.