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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Classification society DNV had granted an approval in principle for a new offshore wind energy concept developed by Dutch offshore design company Sea of Solutions in close cooperation with partner Sparcs Products. 

16th December 2007

Oilfield Technology for Offshore Wind

16th December 2007

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KEY DEALS

St Petersburg in Russia has been announced as the setting for 2008 Congress of the International Harbour Masters' Association (IHMA). Hosted by the St Petersburg Maritime Port Administration with the support of…

16th December 2007

To Russia with the IHMA

16th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following the successful installation of Hernis Scan Systems' integrated surveillance systems onboard the Trinity House vessels ' Patricia and ' Mermaid' , Hernis has supplied its Hernis 400 system for the new…

11th December 2007

Cameras Keep Watch on Galatea

11th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Americ' s Markey Machinery has supplied of the second DEPCF-52 75hp electric hawser winch for a series of Nichols Brothers Shipyards built 6,800hp tugs. 

11th December 2007

System Software Drives Smarter Winch

11th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following a successful eight month sea trial on its Cosmerry Lake VLCC, Cosco Dalian found that, in comparison with steel wire mooring lines, ropes made with Dyneema enabled a reduction in mooring…

11th December 2007

Lighten Up for Easier Mooring

11th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine Travelift Inc has sold its very first self-propelled transporter onto the US market. The Marine Travelift TM 40C was purchased by Tiger Point Marina and Boat Works of Jacksonville in Florida. 

11th December 2007

Lift Efficiency Boosts Tiger Bay

11th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In ceremonies on the Van der Velden Marine Systems stand at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam last month, the wraps were pulled off an Effer 130 4S marine crane to signify the signing…

11th December 2007

Crane gain at Europort Maritime

11th December 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port of Hamburg’ s biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has turned to Kalmar to supply three more crane blocks with its automatic stacking crane (ASC) system…

11th December 2007

Hamburg Automates to Boost Capacity

11th December 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past two decades the towage industry has seen phenomenal changes in almost every sector and every aspect of the business. The industry has a history traceable with some accuracy to…

11th December 2007

Tugs & Towing – 20 Years On

11th December 2007

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Environmental experts from all over Europe and overseas will be gathering in Vienna for the first European congress for environmental technology and renewable energies, Envietech, which will run from 31 January to…

6th December 2007

Renewable Energy Congress Planned for Vienna

6th December 2007

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KEY DEALS

The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company, operator of the town’ s Higher Ferry across the River Dart, has signed a contract with Pendennis Shipyard for the construction of a replacement vessel to be…

6th December 2007

Contract Signed for New Dartmouth Ferry

6th December 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

As the ROV market is expanding rapidly, many ROV operators are forced to focus mainly on their direct operational performance, leaving them struggling with the maintenance and support for their valuable systems.…

1st December 2007

Mobile ROV Repair Saves the Day

1st December 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The new Sentinel Diver Detection System from Sonardyne International successfully completed a four-day series of intensive trials at the US Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island during October. Although full details…

1st December 2007

Sentinel Satisfies In Underwater Warfare Trials

1st December 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

When a fishing line and net became stuck between the seal rings of a 168m container ship, the underwater repair company, Hydrex, flew a highly qualified diving team to Salalah, Oman, to…

1st December 2007

Impossible Underwater Repair Now Routine

1st December 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

On a momentous day in 1987, Maritime Journal leapt into the lives of anyone interested or involved in any aspects of the maritime oriented disciplines, and little did we know then that…

1st December 2007

So What is New in Diving 20 Years on? By Roger OKane

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work proper has begun on what is being described as one of Europe’ s biggest current port engineering projects, the € 233m rebuilding and expansion of Bremerhaven’ s Kaiserschleuse sea lock to…

1st December 2007

Kaiserschleuse Key to Bremerhaven Vehicle Future

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) is providing the pontoon barge, crawler crane, support vessels and diving teams for a project underway to replace the inner and outer lock harbour gates at Sutton…

1st December 2007

New Lock Gates for Sutton Harbour

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a new cruise ship berth is underway in the port of Rostock as the German Baltic facility rushes to keep up with rising cruise business which this year has been…

1st December 2007

Rostock Construction Boosts Cruise Capacity

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The jack up barge ' Vagant' was towed into Harwich Haven last month to shelter from the North Sea storms and tidal surge which lashed the east coast of England and Continental…

1st December 2007

Busy Jack-Up Finds Haven in Harwich

1st December 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Much has changed in the marine civil engineering industry since  Maritime Journal was first published, but perhaps the most obvious trend or development is the scale of many projects.

1st December 2007

: Scale of Ambition Defines Marine Civils Projects

1st December 2007