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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Simek A/S delivered a newbuild platform supply vessel last month to Myklebusthaug Offshore AS, also of Norway, which is the 100th vessel to be built to the Rolls-Royce marine UT 755 design.

1st August 2007

Simek A/S Delivers 100th UT 755

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The pop song premise that silence is golden proved more than appropriate for Halyard Marine, which carried off the coveted ‘ Spirit of Innovation Award’ for the most outstanding new product in…

1st August 2007

Silence Prevails for Spirit of Innovation

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Each year at Seawork there are first time exhibitors who discover the incomparable value of the show for opening new markets, expanding existing ones, and building valuable contacts.

1st August 2007

Seawork Delivers for Baltec Werft

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Further proof that Seawork attracts serious boat building project managers and buyers who represent a wide range of boat types and yard locations comes from Neil Young of regular Seawork exhibitors H4…

1st August 2007

Enquiry Bonanza Secured at Seawork

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

One of the products shown by Poole UK based Marine Components International at Seawork 2007 was the new SST System by Bennett Marine. Bennett has been producing a trim tab system for…

1st August 2007

Trim Tab Takeoff at Seawork

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

From its base in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, Redbay Boats has built a reputation for producing extremely rugged and seaworthy craft. Its range of Stormforce RIBs, ranging in size from 6.1m to…

1st August 2007

Redbays Quality Confirmed at Seawork

1st August 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

One of the significant boatbuild transactions taking place at Seawork 2007 saw South Boats Special Projects Limited sign a £ 2.2m contract with MPI Offshore Ltd for two new designs of wind…

1st August 2007

Seawork Success Secures Second Production Line

1st August 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Commercial marine insurance providers Navigators & General (N& G), members of the British Marine Federation (BMF), have launched a new Commercial Marine Combined insurance product offering a tailored one stop solution for…

1st August 2007

Combined Commercial Marine Insurance Launched

1st August 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

A legislative proposal before the Lower House of Parliament in the Netherlands would revise the national Shipping Act to bring legislation into line with the EU Inland Waterways Directive (2005/44/EC).

1st August 2007

EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate

1st August 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Outsourcing to a freight audit company seems to be a solution to the problem of increased obscurity in financial control.

1st August 2007

Shippers saving billions on freight spend

1st August 2007

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £ 7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT),…

1st August 2007

New Funding for Tidal Turbines

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes have completed a major sound velocity equipment replacement and upgrade programme for the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM) fleet of survey…

1st August 2007

Anglo-French Contracts for Valeport

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Swiss based pipelay specialists Allseas Group has commissioned Sonardyne International’ s wideband deepwater Long BaseLine acoustic positioning systems, initially to support field wide operation of its fleet of vessels due to be…

1st August 2007

Sonardyne Acoustics for Allseas Group

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The fiercely competitive multibeam system market now has another contestant, Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge in the USA.

1st August 2007

Odom Enters Multibeam Market

1st August 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK National Physical Laboratory at Teddington is once more hosting three Seiche professional development courses on underwater acoustics from 10 to 14 September.

1st August 2007

Underwater Acoustics Courses

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.

1st August 2007

First Xbloc Project in Europe Completed

1st August 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the  re-design of Dubai Promenade.

1st August 2007

Dubai Award for Van Oord

1st August 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Van Oord’ s major Dutch rival, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has secured a large order from the Russian operation Rosstroy for the final phase in the completion of the storm barrier for St…

1st August 2007

Boskalis wins major order in Russia

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.

1st August 2007

Joint Venture Wins Transnet Contract

1st August 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand.

1st August 2007

Safer Shipping by Predicting Sand Wave Behaviour

1st August 2007