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NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Sealite SL125-2 LED marine lantern has received US Coast Guard Approval for Class A structures. Incorporating 2 tiers of 36 LEDs (72 in total), the SL125-2 provides a luminous range of…

1st February 2006

USCG Approval for Sealite LED

1st February 2006

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Sussex UK based Tideland Signal Ltd has supplied a complete package of solar powered lanterns and associated equipment under a $500,000 contract to restore the aids to navigation in the Congo River…

1st February 2006

Navaids Restored In the Congo

1st February 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Finnish environmental protection specialist Lamor Corporation AB has been awarded an international tender by the EU funded European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for improving oil spill response readiness in the entire Baltic…

1st February 2006

Lamor Wins EMSA Spill Response Contract

1st February 2006

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The first sea water scrubber to be installed on board a commercial vessel is now operational on P& O Ferries Pride of Kent which sails on the Dover to Calais route.

1st February 2006

Success for First Sea Water Scrubber

1st February 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairplay Towage of Hamburg has taken on bare boat charter the new terminal and offshore anchor handling tug Barents from Bukser og Berging of Oslo.

1st February 2006

Fairplay Charter Barents

1st February 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

From the first of this month propulsion specialist Voith Turbo Marine Gmbh & Co will be represented in the UK by Mr Tim Sale of Voith Turbo Ltd based at 6 Beddington…

1st February 2006

TOWLINES

1st February 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The arrival of the new Voith escort tug Tenax has given towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley on Southampton Water UK a considerable boost.

1st February 2006

Tenax Gives Towage at Fawley a Boost

1st February 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Oldendorf Carriers, one the worlds largest private shipping companies, has been awarded a major long term contract for all aspects of transportation of bauxite from Guyana.

1st February 2006

Oldendorf Take Over Bauxite Transportation in Guyana

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Wartsila Corporation has been awarded a contract by Bijlsma Shipyard BV in the Netherlands to deliver propulsion plants for two 350teu container feeder ships ordered by the Dutch VeKa Group. For each…

1st February 2006

Propulsion Plant for Feeders

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Dutch pilots association Nederlands Loodwezen BV has taken delivery of Perseus, the second of a potential six SWATH pilot tenders. The naming and commissioning in Rotterdam was attended by Princess Margriet,…

1st February 2006

Dutch Pilots Get Second SWATH

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 100th anniversaries of both the gyrocompass and the founding of Anschutz & Co has inspired Kiel, Germany based Raytheon Marine to reinstate the Anschutz name in the companys branding and logo.…

1st February 2006

Anschutz On Course

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With a view towards becoming a global leader in outbound logistics for finished vehicles by 2010, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines has renamed itself Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics with effect from last month. The company…

1st February 2006

Carriers New Name

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The small Rean Shipyard in Sassnitz on the Baltic has been chosen out of ten EU shipyards to build the new ?470,000 German river cable ferry Else for local authorities in North…

1st February 2006

Tug of War for Ferry Contract Ends

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A brief bidding war which saw the value of the P& O ports and ferries group escalate by £ 1.6bn in a matter of weeks has been decided in favour of Dubai…

1st February 2006

Dubai Wins P&O Bid Battle

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Norwegian Engineering Feat of the Year Award for 2005 was presented to Ulstein Design AS at a recent seminar in Trondheim for their Ulstein X-BOW hull design.

1st February 2006

Bow Wow in Trondheim

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet has added salvage to its range of activities with the creation of Mammoet Salvage BV.

1st February 2006

Mammoet Moves Into Salvage

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Captain and crew of the Klyne tug Anglian Princess are to be awarded a Letter of Thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Chief Executive in recognition of the professionalism and skill…

1st February 2006

Captain and Crew of ETV to Get Award

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Freight is providing the dominant force in shortsea ferry trades with an 84% rise through Dover in the past ten years while tourist car traffic has declined by 13% according to SeaFrance…

1st February 2006

Ferry Hard Times

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Precisely a year after its plight was last covered in MJ (January 2005), the White Star Line tender S/S Nomadic, the last floating link to S/S Titanic, was purchased at auction by…

1st February 2006

Titanic Tender Returned to Sender

1st February 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first of a new fleet of pilot launches commissioned by Associated British Ports Humber Estuary Services was officially named Humber Neptune in a ceremony at the Port of Grimsbys 5 Quay…

1st February 2006

Neptune Is King at Humber Ceremony

1st February 2006