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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Debuted at the Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam last month is Cyprus-based OmniQual Ltd, offering an impressive range of German-built portable fire fighting units.

1st December 2005

Mobile Fire Fighting Launch at Europort

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding is expanding its Asian manufacturing activities by building its KISS lifeboats in China. The company is also developing a 32 person freefall lifeboat for dry cargo vessels…

1st December 2005

Schat-Hardings Manufactures Chinese KISS Lifeboats

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Harwich Integrated Ports Course run by South Tyneside Colleges School of Maritime Studies and Engineering has become the first of its kind to be approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.…

1st December 2005

Integrated Ports Training at South Tyneside

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding…

1st December 2005

Sanmar Spread Their Wings

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage…

1st December 2005

Svitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the companys ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.

1st December 2005

Changes Come Thick and Fast at Adsteam

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Stevns Arctic, an Ice Class ASD tug and sister to the earlier Stevns Ocean, has been delivered to Danish management company Nordane Shipping of Svendborg by Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

1st December 2005

TOWLINES

1st December 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The P& O ports and ferries group has agreed to a £ 3.3bn takeover bid from Dubai Ports World (DP World), which is owned by the Dubai government. P& O announced that…

1st December 2005

P&O Accepts Dubai Takeover Bid

1st December 2005

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KEY DEALS

The Port of London Authority has been awarded the EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificate in recognition of its work to maintain high environmental standards. PERS is a European standard system…

1st December 2005

PLA Awarded PERS

1st December 2005

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Ship and boat builders who want to know how best to match ship propulsion components and systems, perhaps avoiding costly mistakes, will take interest in the second international Matching Marine Propulsion Workshop,…

1st December 2005

Matching Marine Propulsion Workshop

1st December 2005

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KEY DEALS

The Simon Group, which operates the Humber Sea Terminal (HST), has signed an agreement with A P Moller-Maersk Group subsidiary Norfolkline BV to supply port and terminal services between HST and Vlaardingen…

1st December 2005

More Traffic for HST

1st December 2005

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Short sea shipping has been identified as a sector for attention by EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas. Alongside ship building, Mr Dimas believes new legislation for Europes maritime industries is necessary under…

1st December 2005

EU Short Sea Focus

1st December 2005

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The London P& I Club has warned of the potentially fatal consequences of failing to observe the highest levels of care and attention, on board and ashore, during the mooring and unmooring…

1st December 2005

Moor Care Needed

1st December 2005

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The following Merchant Shipping Notices and Notes have been published recently by the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) - an executive agency of the Department for Transport.

1st December 2005

Merchant Shipping Notices

1st December 2005

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Marine aftermarket products manufacturer MICAD Marine Specialty Products (MMSP) has launched the website www.MICADSHOP. com to make its range available to boat and ship owners worldwide. A debut product on MICADSHOP is…

1st December 2005

MICAD Moves Online

1st December 2005

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Dutch nautical instrumentation and control systems specialist Stork-Kwant, which was taken over through a management buy-out in January 2004, has changed its name to Kwant Controls BV with effect from the first…

1st December 2005

Kwant Controls Future

1st December 2005

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KEY DEALS

The first commercial application of a new type of tunnel thruster technology is being deployed on a UT 712 CD anchor handler currently under construction at Aker Yards Soviknes for Olympic Shipping…

1st December 2005

New Type Tunnel Thruster Debut

1st December 2005

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RingProp PLCs innovative ringed propeller for outboard motors received Special Mention in the Machinery, Propulsion, Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Fittings category from the international jury for the DAME 2005 Awards handed…

1st December 2005

RingProp Cops Award

1st December 2005

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The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) made a successful transition along with Europort last month when CEDA Dredging Days 2005 was held alongside the newly relocated Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam.

1st December 2005

Outlook Positive at CEDA Dredging Days

1st December 2005

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KEY DEALS

Historical animosities have been set aside to deliver the EU funded Summeri Project, which unites three major Gulf of Finland maritime training centres as one network capable of both training personnel and…

1st December 2005

Pollution Preparedness Bridges Historical Tensions

1st December 2005