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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The second in a series of new 10.1 m patrol boats for the German sea rescue service DGzRS has gone into service out of Glowe on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

1st December 2005

New Series for German Sea Rescue Body

1st December 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch salvage company Multraship, working with Belgian salvor URS, has successfully refloated the 3,758gt chemical tanker Philipp Essberger, which grounded in the River Scheldt near Flushing following a reported engine failure.

1st December 2005

Successful River Scheldt Salvage

1st December 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The new Yanmar ECO Diesel range of low emission marine engines has been developed with an AMOT custom designed self-actuating temperature control valve for the water cooling system.

1st November 2005

Control Valve Streamlines Marine Diesels

1st November 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Set up earlier this year in Gloucestershire UK as a sister company to land based air quality monitoring specialist Enviro Technology Services, ET Marine has had its compact SeaNox nitrogen oxides analyser…

1st November 2005

Analyser NOx Sox Off Emissions

1st November 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

When ships are loaded with liquids such as gasoline, fuel oils or naptha, vapour is displaced from the hold. This vapour can either be recovered or destroyed using an enclosed flare. The…

1st November 2005

Gas Vapour Monitors Satisfy US Coast Guard

1st November 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Littlehampton UK based Kittiwake, which specialises in fuel and lube oil testing in the marine industries, has launched a new range of remote online sensors for lubricant and machine condition monitoring. The…

1st November 2005

Online Sensors Deliver Root-Cause Monitoring

1st November 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The European Commission Directive on Ship Source Pollution is misconceived, unnecessarily harmful to the maritime industry and contrary to international law, according to Epaminondas Embiricos, chairman of the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.

1st November 2005

EC Pollution Directive Criticised

1st November 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The importance of keeping your terms and conditions under review can be overlooked in the struggle to make bigger and better profits, writes Linda Jacques, partner at LA Marine, the specialist shipping…

1st November 2005

Keep Those Terms and Conditions Under Review

1st November 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Prettys Solicitors sponsored a dinner last month to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar which was attended by the Haven Gateway shipping community and visitors from about a dozen overseas European ports.

1st November 2005

Port-Net Partners Victory Dinner

1st November 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Associated British Ports has named Andrew Garner as the companys new General Counsel in an appointment which became effective from the first of this month.

1st November 2005

New General Counsel at Associated British Ports

1st November 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Operational Oceanography and EEZ Management are among ten main topics scheduled for the second triennial World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006), to be held in Londons Queen Elizabeth…

1st November 2005

World Maritime Technology Conference

1st November 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A detailed review of methods now being increasingly adopted for digital encoding and recording of video data for offshore survey applications has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which…

1st November 2005

IMCA Digital Video Review

1st November 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Rostock, Germany based Innomar Technologie has extended its SES-2000 series of parametric sub-bottom profiling systems for open sea and shallow water applications with introduction of a fan-type model incorporating three common parametric…

1st November 2005

New Innomar Sub-Bottom Profiler

1st November 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, representing organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, South Africa and the UK, is to hold its 15th biennial international hydrographic symposium in Antwerp from 6-9 November 2006.…

1st November 2005

Hydro 06 Antwerp Issues Call for Papers

1st November 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Trimble has provided details of the work that it is doing in support of dredging contractor Van Oord NV of the Netherlands on the huge land reclamation projects it is working on…

1st November 2005

Precise Positioning Helps Island Builders

1st November 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

UK Dredging (UKD), a division of Associated British Ports, recently signed a three year maintenance dredging contract with the Port of Waterford in Ireland to maintain its harbours waterways.

1st November 2005

UK Dredgings New Irish Contract

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The historic sea lock at Spencer Dock in Dublin is to be restored under a new project managed by Royal Haskoning.

1st November 2005

Lock Restoration Will Open Up Irelands Waterways

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

First announced in 2003, the overall Masterplan for developing the port area at Barrow in Cumbria includes 400 waterfront homes, offices, retail units, a 300-berth marina, powerboat racing course, water sports centre…

1st November 2005

Masterplan for Barrows Port Development Picks Up Speed

1st November 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port Authority of Jamaica has awarded Mott MacDonald, engineering and management consultant, a contract to help expand cruise terminal facilities at Montego Bay, Jamaica.

1st November 2005

Mott MacDonald Wins Contract to Expand Montego Bay Cruise Terminal

1st November 2005

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Cornwall County Councils Emergency Planning staff were called into action last month to respond, for exercise purposes, to a major oil pollution incident. A full emergency team was assembled in the incident…

1st November 2005

V Booms Victorious Pollution Trial

1st November 2005