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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

C & S Survey Solutions has successfully coupled the Ohmex range of echo sounders to the 1200 Series GPS System, and their existing range of robotic EDMs. The company has been equipped…

1st October 2006

Marina Surveyors Stick to RIBs

1st October 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The harbour walls at Padstow in the UK are being given a £ 1.8 million facelift as the Environment Agency, working with Royal Haskoning, starts essential repairs in the popular North Cornwall…

1st October 2006

Padstow Flood Defence Repair Work to Start

1st October 2006

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

C Spencer Ltd in Barrow-on-Humber in the UK has completed work on a project to design and commission a new 30m by 12m lock gate and drive mechanisms at Dry Dock No…

1st October 2006

New Dry Dock Gates for Shipyard

1st October 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

When Keith Pope moved on from his vessel of many years, Josephine, to acquire Terramare 1 recently, much of the refurbishment work had already been done by the original owner. The 24.5m…

1st October 2006

Terramare 1 Repowered and Ready

1st October 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus den Ouden turned to countrymen at the Maritime Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for collaboration in developing their latest bow thrusters. In working together with the noted hydrodynamics laboratory,…

1st October 2006

Hydrodynamics Helps Design New Thrusters

1st October 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Skærgården 1 is propelled by twin UltraJet 340 waterjets and powered by twin Cummins 6 CTA8.3M diesel engines rated at 430 hp at 2600 rpm. The reversing deflectors are actuated by UltraJet…

1st October 2006

40 Knots for Rapid Response Workboat

1st October 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer…

1st October 2006

Svitzer Stanlow, A New Escort Tug for the Mersey

1st October 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The usefulness of ROVs as underwater inspection systems to assess vessel repair and maintenance requirements was amply demonstrated at Seawork 2006, when exhibitor Ac-Cess Co UK Ltd volunteered to aid vessel operators…

1st October 2006

Bis Inspection Boost as Micro ROV Guests at Seawork 2006

1st October 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The latest twist in the long running tale ofthe UKs Ghost Ships unfolded earlier this month when members of HartlepoolCouncils Planning Committee refused applications for the development of AbleUKs Teesside Environmental Reclamation…

1st October 2006

Councillors Haunt Ghost Ship Plans

1st October 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

As a registered charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reliesheavily on the support of local services and suppliers for the day to day operation of their fleet of around 330 lifeboats.

1st October 2006

A&P Ramsgate Supports Local RNLI Fleet Refurbishments

1st October 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The 14.6m environmental launch Boyne Protector is now in operation at its home port of Drogheda, Ireland. Designed by Macduff Ship Design (which also acted as owners project manager) and built by…

1st October 2006

Boyne Protector Delicered for Drogheda

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The rapidly growing fleet of Hamburg based Harms Offshore Gmbh received another major boost in September with the delivery of Magnus, the first of a pair on new anchor handlers. Since the…

1st October 2006

Magnus Delivered as Harms Building Programme Gathers Pace

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship has insisted that it will not bow to intimidation after one of its company cars, and another vehicle owned by one of its employees, were set…

1st October 2006

Tug Company Bombed

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With work on the necessary jetties and other facilities proceeding apace and the commencement of LNG shipments into Milford Haven moving ever nearer, speculation is growing as to the form supporting towage…

1st October 2006

Towage Provision for LNG is Proving a Sensitive Issue at Milford Haven

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

  Adsteam Shotley, the latest of a series of brand new Damen ASD Tug 2411 shiphandling tugs arrived at Felixstowe during the last few days of September and went straight into service.…

1st October 2006

New Adsteam Shotley Goes Straight to Work

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It is an extremely a busy time for the ABRCompany Ltd, organisers of the well know ITS conventions, publishers ofInternational Tug & Salvage magazine and the annual Tugworld Review. Thenext convention ITS2008,…

1st October 2006

A Busy Time for ABR with ITS 2008, Tugnology and Publications

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), meeting in Singapore earlier this month, unanimously decided to continue to press the case for Environmental Awards for pollution prevention services. This matter will be…

1st October 2006

ISU to Press Case for Environmental Awards

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The wreck removal contract was awarded in late April. SvitzerWijsmuller mobilised equipment and personnel from the Netherlands, the Mediterranean and South Africa. CP Valour was found to be hard aground on sand…

1st October 2006

CP Valour Removal Completed

1st October 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvage and towage company Multraship has successfully righted the Turkish general cargo ship Gulizar Ana, which capsized on September 10 in the Romanian port of Galati while loading cargo, and has redelivered…

1st October 2006

Multraship Completes Salvage of Gulizar Ana

1st October 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The small riverside wharf on the Thames atIsleworth to the west of London has been brought back into commercial use totransfer abnormal heavy loads from the roads to the water.

1st October 2006

Guinness Brewery Tanks Take to the Thames

1st October 2006