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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Ultra Dynamics has introduced a new JetMaster Joystick Control System driven by a programmable logic controller (PLC) which delivers enhanced manoeuvring power. The new JetMaster system provides features previously only available on…

1st December 2007

Year End Surge for UltraJet

1st December 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The series production of the latest Tamar Class lifeboats for the RNLI is continuing at a steady pace following the recent takeover of builders, DML Group, by Babcock Marine. In October the…

1st December 2007

Tamar Class is Most Advanced Lifeboat

1st December 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Seawind Barclay Curle launched and delivered the multi-purpose workboat ' Inish Davar' this month for client Waterways Ireland, which is a cross border initiative established by the Dublin and UK governments to…

1st December 2007

Demountable Workboat Free to Roam Ireland

1st December 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Buckinghamshire UK based Intelligent Engineering has completed an innovative project for Wallenius Lines to strengthen the decks of their sister ship car carriers ' Don Pasquale' , ' Don Quixote' and '…

1st December 2007

New Materials Technology Extends Carriers

1st December 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The ship repair and maintenance industry has been through some significant changes over the past few years. Increasingly, the larger scale vessel repair projects, involving significant steel renewals on bulk carriers, tankers…

1st December 2007

China, But No Crisis for Ship Repair

1st December 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Given the huge volumes of crude oil transported worldwide, the tanker industry has achieved a remarkable reduction in the number of significant oil spills, which has fallen to less than five per…

29th November 2007

Reducing Pollution Threat is Salvage Priority

29th November 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Avon Inflatables, which has built over 200,000 high Hypalon inflatables and rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) since 1959, has tasked its specialist Military & Professional division with creating a separate tube build facility.

29th November 2007

RIB Tubes To Go

29th November 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Leading figures from the marine science and ocean technology community will focus on the key themes of climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security when the Oceanology…

22nd November 2007

Oceanology 08 Appears on the Horizon

22nd November 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Following a competitive tender process, Drogheda Port Company has awarded Hydrosphere UK Ltd the contract for the upgrade to solar power of all of its seaward and estuarial navigational aids.

19th November 2007

Solar Power for Irish Lights

19th November 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

UK based Firdell Radar Reflectors Ltd is now offering turnkey solutions for floating object collision protection. The objective is to enhance both the visual and radar visibility of high value maritime floating…

19th November 2007

Navaid Reflectors for Collision Protection Systems

19th November 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

SAM Electronics has introduced SAM 4683, a new IMO and DNV compliant dual-axis doppler log for provision of onboard docking information by calculating a vessel’ s transversal speeds at bow and stern.…

19th November 2007

Onboard Doppler Docking System Launched

19th November 2007

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Signal' s AB-560 fog signals have been chosen to warn shipping in the vicinity of what will be the UK' s largest wind farm at Lynn and Inner Dowsing in the…

19th November 2007

Fog Signals for UKs Largest Wind Farm

19th November 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

It is uncertain just when Germany&rsquo

19th November 2007

Uncertainty Over Pod-Plagued Research Ship

19th November 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has supplied a the Type WES-32 electric anchor windlass to the Transocean owned drill ship ' Joides Resolution' as part of a major overhaul and conversion the…

19th November 2007

Electric Anchor Windlass for Joides Resolution Refit

19th November 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

International classification society RINA has joined forces with UK based coatings testing company Bodycote to launch a global Corrosion Prevention and Coatings (CPC) programme. The heart of the programme will be a…

19th November 2007

RINA Launches Corrosion Prevention and Coatings Programme

19th November 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

URS, the Belgian Towage and Salvage Union has added two new tugs to its fleet in the Port of Antwerp. Named ' Union Grizzly' and ' Union Kodiak' , the tugs were…

19th November 2007

Union Grizzly and Union Kodiak Reinforce the URS Antwerp Fleet.

19th November 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

United States tug operator TUGZ International, LLC, well known as owner and charterer of the 4,000 hp multipurpose ‘ Z class’ series of ASD tugs operating in a number of US ports,…

19th November 2007

US Operator Introduces the Handysize Tug

19th November 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold its deepsea tug ' Fairplay XIV' to Greece. The tug is well known throughout the towage industry, having worked reliably and economically worldwide, with its running…

19th November 2007

Fairplay XIV is Sold to Greece

19th November 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

One problem for any journalist specialising in the towage business at present is how to present any news feature without giving the impression that it is a Robert Allan newsletter. The Canadian…

19th November 2007

First RAscal Line Handling Tugs Delivered to UAE

19th November 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has taken delivery of all three of their recent purchases from Japan. Based in Invergordon, the company now operates a four tug fleet comprising the original purpose…

19th November 2007

TOWLINES

19th November 2007