Pollution Control

In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.

A new oil spill response vessel for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) was launched at the Galatz Shipyard in Romania last month and has been towed to Damen s Royal…

The Spanish Governments decision to put a half a billion dollar price tag on a place of refuge for ships in distress is counter-productive and in some situations could actually increase the…

Transas Marine USA has been awarded a contract to provide a Spill Management Simulator (SMS) to the California Maritime Academys Institute of Maritime Technology .

Finland based oil spill clean-up equipment manufacturer Lamor Corporation continues its global expansion with the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States. The office is the result of collaboration with Lamor…

Titan Maritime successfully refloated the M/V Kent Reliant at San Juan Harbour in Puerto Rico last month at the end of a 13 day salvage and response operation. The 522ft cargo ship…

Loodsboot 1, a large pilot cutter owned by the Belgian states pilot services recently became the first ship to be entirely coated in Ostend, Belgium with an STC (surface treated coating) called…

First time exhibitors, Finlands Lamor Corporation , adds to the increasingly international flavour of seawork . The company designs and produces workboats and dedicated oil recovery vessels in a range of standard…

seawork exhibitor Transas hasintroduced its next generation Potential Incident Simulation, Control and Evaluation System (PISCES 2).

The minimaXx separator type OSD 2 from Germanys Westflia Separator has scooped the prestigious Product of the Year 2002 award at a ceremony in Washington DC USA sponsored by the highly regarded…

Liverpool Water Witch Marine & Engineering have signed a contract to build a Water Witch Pollution Control Workboat for Glasgow City Council. The 10.5m LOA Mark 3 version of the companys versatile…

Netherlands based Oil Control Systems (OCS) have provided silt curtains to protect a famous diving area in Malta from siltation originating at the nearby construction of a ferry teminal extension.