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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

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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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), attending their 53rd General Meeting in Cape Town on 30 - 31 October, have elected Arnold Witte, CEO of US salvor Donjon Marine, as president.…

19th November 2007

Arnold Witte is New ISU President

19th November 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Marine South East, the regional marine initiative of the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA), has recently expressed support for plans to include specific reference to waterfront sites in the development…

15th November 2007

Planning Support for UK Marine Businesses

15th November 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

With the season drawing to a close, the many commercial marine operators who are also leisure boat owners are likely to be planning where and when they are going to lay up…

15th November 2007

End of Season Insurance Advice

15th November 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Described in greater detail elsewhere in this issue of Maritime Journal, Trinity House' s new Polish built multi-function tender ' THV Galatea' is equipped with an impressive array of hydrographic equipment, enabling…

15th November 2007

Survey Options for New Trinity House Vessel

15th November 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Galileo, Europe' s multi-billion € version of the US global positioning system (GPS), which was originally supposed to become operational next year but is now delayed until around 2014, is a seriously…

15th November 2007

Galileo Under Fire

15th November 2007