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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A simulated explosion in ship’ s engine room put crews from the Port of London Authority, emergency services and Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the test during an exercise on the River…

1st November 2007

Emergency Teams in Thames Training Exercise

1st November 2007

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Irish Sea freight only specialists SeatruckFerries have taken over Celtic Links Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacityavailable on Seatrucks fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about toincrease substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding ClipperPoint.

1st October 2007

Irish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple

1st October 2007

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

The first of two Multi-Purpose Auto Express 65m high speedferries built for the Sultanate of Oman was launched at the Austal Image Hendersonshipbuilding facility in Australia last month. With a top speed…

1st October 2007

Fastest Ever Diesel Powered Vehicle Ferry

1st October 2007

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus itsprevious gas detector with the new model GD 1000, which in addition toflammable gases now also detects inert but deadly carbon monoxide.

1st October 2007

New Gas Detector Gets CO Too

1st October 2007

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A new Mobrey magnetic float switch from Emerson Process Management is the first float switch to combine ATEX and marine approvals in one standard product.

1st October 2007

Float Switch Control in Marine Tanks

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

For a number of years Hagglunds have provided themotor/brake assemblies used by subsea engineering and construction companySubsea 7 on ROV deployment winches together with the power units and controlsdesigned specifically o the…

1st October 2007

Hagglunds Goes ROVing with Subsea 7

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rolls-Royce hassigned a £ 24m contract with SE Shipping in Singapore covering the supply ofintegrated equipment systems for four large heavy lift vessels. There are alsooptions for systems for a further eight…

1st October 2007

Rolls-Royce Lifts Heavy Contract

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has completed ofthe first winch for the current series of tugs under construction at NicholsBrothers Shipyard.  This Electric Hawser Winch, designated the DEPCF-52, isinstalled on the Crowley…

1st October 2007

Powerful Pulling with Markeys New Winch

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ropes, stretchers and other materials incorporating thesuper strong polyethylene fibre DSM Dyneema are being tested on board the tugMultratug 12, the first vessel to be equipped with the Carrousel towing system.

1st October 2007

Carrousel Turns to Bigger Things

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Aberdeenbased marine transfer and lift solutions provider Reflex Marine responded toclient requests in developing the Frog-6, a higher capacity version of theoriginal, three-person Frog (Frog-3), for moving up to six people at…

1st October 2007

Reflex Reaction Builds Bigger Frog

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Modulift modular spreader system has recently beenutilised by Meade Crane Services Ltd to assist in the transportation of thereplica Viking ship, the Sea Stallion of Glendalough, to the National Museumat Collins…

1st October 2007

Airborne Viking Ship Clears Rooftops

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Cablesand cabling systems specialist Nexans has developed an innovative hybrid MV(medium voltage) ship to shore connection cable that enables ships berthed inport to cut their engines and plug in to the local…

1st October 2007

Ship to Shore Cable Promises Cleaner Ports

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Tyco Safety Products Fire Suppression Group has unveiled itsnew generation of SKUM brand remotely controllable FJM-EL fog / jetfirefighting monitors for use on firefighting boats, multi-role pilot boats,tugs, workboats and merchant shipping.…

1st October 2007

New Remote Control Firefighting Monitors

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Americas Marine Travelift Inc hasunveiled the latest development in its Mariner forklift series. The MarinerM2500 is capable of lifting 25,000 pounds, 5,000 more than the previous modelas the result of a Cummins…

1st October 2007

More Grunt for Latest Travelift

1st October 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new crane rail has been installed atSouthampton Container Terminals (SCT) to accommodate the two new post-panamaxquayside gantry cranes which are due to be operational during the secondquarter of 2008.

1st October 2007

New Crane Rail Installed at SCT

1st October 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

This summer the Netherlands Seatec UnderwaterSystems BV provided several underwater monitoring systems , subsea pump units,various subsea components and engineering assistance which enabled MammoetSalvage to recover part of a cargo of aluminium…

1st October 2007

Seabed Cranes Excavate Lost Cargo

1st October 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Updated guidance onUnderwater Air Lift Bags has been published by the International MarineContractors Association (IMCA). It addresses the initial and periodicexamination, testing, certification and maintenance of underwater type bags(cylindrical totally enclosed, closed…

1st October 2007

Guidance on Underwater Air Lift Bags

1st October 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancydriven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists andengineers at the University of Washingtons School of Oceanography and AppliedPhysics Laboratory in the USA.

1st October 2007

International Collaboration on Seaglider

1st October 2007

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Aberdeen based ROV designer and manufacturerSub-Atlantic has received a £ 1m order for two Comanche electric ROV systemsfrom Bluestream Group international subsea contractor, Bluestream NL.

1st October 2007

Comanche Commands Attention

1st October 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Two of the big names inports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this monthwith the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging ResearchLimited.

1st October 2007

Dredging Consultancy Luminaries Join Forces

1st October 2007