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NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Victoria, Australia based Sealite Pty Ltd has celebrated its recent induction into the Victorian Manufacturing Hall of Fame with the introduction of Cell Phone Monitoring for its range of LED lanterns.

1st July 2006

Hall of Fame for Text Message Navaids

1st July 2006

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Leicester UK based VTMS Ltd has signed two major navaids maintenance contracts. VTMS will service and maintain the buoys and beacons of Forth Ports PLC in the rivers Forth and Tay over…

1st July 2006

Navaids Maintenance Double for VTMS

1st July 2006

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

With light dues reduced by some 50% over the last decade, the General Lighthouse Authorities for the UK and Ireland have, in response, made giant strides in cutting costs through operational efficiencies…

1st July 2006

Technical Progress Trims Navaid Costs

1st July 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Two exhibitors at Seawork 2006 are responsible for power and propulsion on sister ships Mercuria and Sapele, which have recently entered service on Londons River Thames.

1st July 2006

Duo Service Newbuild Ferries

1st July 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Hamilton Jet (UK) Ltd used the occasion of Seawork 2006 to launch their new blue ARROW waterjet control system, which is suitable for use with twin jet installations on a wide range…

1st July 2006

MouseBoat Makes Debut at Seawork

1st July 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Small craft with a high power to weight ratio tend to respond quickly to both internal and external disturbances. The characteristic high sensitivity of planing craft requires an advanced control system to…

1st July 2006

Enhanced Waterjet Control for Small Boats

1st July 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine engineers at Southampton UK based Golden Arrow Marine have given a new lease of life to one of the south coasts most instantly recognisable sightseeing boats. The old Poole Belle spent…

1st July 2006

Repower for Tour Boat Transplant

1st July 2006

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Maprom Engineering BV of the Netherlands is supplying water lubricated shaftline drive systems for a series of eight pushboats which are being upgraded and converted at two shipyards in Romania.

1st July 2006

Maprom Muscle Moves Danube Pushboats

1st July 2006

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Reflecting continued good fortune in small inland repair and conversion facilities, Germanys Koetter Werft has announced expansion while completing two conversions and booking a third project for later this year.

1st July 2006

Koetter Eyes Futura as Projects Boom

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has taken delivery of its fifth multi-purpose shallow draft tug/work vessel from Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull, on Humberside. Named Afon Caradog, it is the only tug…

1st July 2006

Afon Caradog, Britains Biggest Newbuild

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The capability of Falmouth based towage and marine services contractor Plantain UK Ltd has been given a major boost with the delivery of their new twin-screw tug Valiant B.

1st July 2006

Valiant B Gives Plantain a Major Boost

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairmount Marine, with its headquarters in Rotterdam, has taken delivery of the third of their new 200 ton bollard pull long range deepsea tugs.

1st July 2006

TOWLINES

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A powerful new tug/pilot vessel for the Lerwick Port Authority arrived at the Shetland port during the first few days of June. The 20m vessel, with a 20 ton bollard pull, is…

1st July 2006

Lerwick Port Authority Gets a Powerful New Tug/Pilot Vessel

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Captain Arthur Naismith, a familiar face and friend to many tugmen and tug companies around the world has retired as Voiths training tugmaster.

1st July 2006

Captain Arthur Naismith Retires

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In a move likely to have a profound effect on the towage industry globally and in Europe and Australasia in particular, SvitzerWijsmuller has made a cash offer for all of the shares…

1st July 2006

SvitzerWijsmuller Bids to Take Over Adsteam Marine Ltd

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Aker Yards and the Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard at Mykolayiv in the Ukraine.

1st July 2006

Aker/Damen Joint Venture

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Associated British Ports looks set to be taken over by a consortium led by American investment bank Goldman Sachs after that group' s improved bid, valuing ABP at £ 2.79bn, forced a…

1st July 2006

£2.8bn Bid for ABP

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Government agency CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), wishing to reach more people and increase the level of dialogue on coastal mapping issues, has relaunched its newsletter, Coast…

1st July 2006

Coast Map News Online

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of London Authority has launched a new free publication to promote the range of terminals and facilities within its jurisdiction. The full colour A4 size Port of London Handbook runs…

1st July 2006

Free PLA Handbook

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first of four more berths on the Bremerhaven Container Terminals (BCT) new 500m CT 4 expansion site is due for completion in Autumn with work reported largely on target.

1st July 2006

Bremerhavens CT4 Heads for First Berth Completion

1st July 2006