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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam has delivered the first Alphabridge INS bridge to the Jamaican Coastguard vessel Cornwall , which is currently under build at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands.

1st September 2005

Alphatron Marine Bridges Technology Gap for Jamaican Coastguard

1st September 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Navmaster ECDIS developed by PC Maritime has been awarded type approval by DNV , certifying that it complies with IMO A817(19) and the latest edition of all associated specifications.

1st September 2005

Type Approval for Next Generation ECDIS

1st September 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Of particular interest to many visitors to the Transas Marine UK stand at Seawork 2005 was the companys recent installation of a port monitoring system at Portland Harbour inDorset UK.

1st September 2005

Port Monitoring Roll-out Continues

1st September 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The new National Maritime College of Ireland has begun training the countrys next generation of seafarers using a complete range of lifeboats manufactured by Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd of Aberdeen.

1st September 2005

Irish Eyes on Lifeboat Training

1st September 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Seawork regulars MarineCo Ltd had an unexpected but welcome experience at Seawork 2005. As the companys Chris Dinham explained, A group of fishermen came onto the stand and, after the usual negotiation,…

1st September 2005

Money for New Rope at Seawork

1st September 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A security system for the new £ 11m Lifeboat Crew Training College at the RNLI headquarters in Poole UK was planned and built fromthe outset, with local security specialists Meggitt Marsh Guardian…

1st September 2005

CCTV Security Solution for RNLI

1st September 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

When BP Shipping decided to establish their own three tug fleet at their refinery and terminal at Coryton in the Thames Estuary they chose an established and well developed design from Damen…

1st September 2005

A New Tug Fleet for BP at Coryton

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Named after the famous Spanish artists, Ramon Casa and Salvador Dali are the first two US designed Ship Docking Modules (SDMs) to have entered service in Barcelona with Spanish towage company Remolques…

1st September 2005

Spanish SDMs – a New European Art Form?

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Hamburg based tug owner Fairplay Towage and their Belgian associate company URS have placed an order for four new tugs with Astilleros Armon in Spain. Two of the vessels, due for delivery…

1st September 2005

Fairplay Towage and URS Order Tugs from Spain

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

During a recent series of meetings, the shareholders of SmitWijs Towage , comprising Smit International (50%) and Svitzer-Wijsmuller (50%), have reconfirmed their commitment to the ocean towage business and their efforts to…

1st September 2005

Smitwijs Towage Stays in Business

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

International Towage Contractors (ITC) of the Netherlands has successfully completed negotiations leading to the purchase of the identical ocean going anchor handling tugs Smitwijs Typhoon and Smitwijs Tempest .

1st September 2005

ITC Acquire Tempest and Typhoon

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Multraship Towage & Salvage ofTerneuzen has purchased the Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services (BTS). BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian…

1st September 2005

Multraship Purchases Bulgarian Tug Fleet

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd introduced their most powerful tug to date at a reception held for local dignitaries and industry guests on the 16th of August. A subsidiary of J P…

1st September 2005

Kinnaird Enters Service with JP Knight

1st September 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV have named the first two of four new Rotor Tugs to be completed at the ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore.

1st September 2005

TOWLINES

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Crewsaver has gifted its new Crewfit Lifejackets to all the boats in the Scottish Ocean Youth Trust Fleet . The gift includes some 40 275 and 150 Newton Lifejackets , all with…

1st September 2005

Lifejacket Gift to OYT

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Maurice Storey, recently chief executive of the MCA and currently the 103rd president of IMarEST , will deliver a topical Presidents Lecture in London on 11 October in which he will criticise…

1st September 2005

President Promotes Engineering

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

IMCA Group, the parent company of Amsterdam Ship Repair, has announced its decision to decline from all industrial activities and toconcentrate instead on real estate development. However, the present managers of the…

1st September 2005

Dutch Shiprepair Cooperation

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Commission has approved a 27m scheme in Germany to provide innovation aid to shipbuilding. The scheme is the first of its kind to be approved after the entry into force…

1st September 2005

EC Shipbuilding Aid Approved

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The offshore oil industry has contributed to a 5% increase in the volume of cargo handled at Lerwick Harbour in Shetland over the first half of 2005. The high level of industry…

1st September 2005

Offshore Upsurge at Lerwick

1st September 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Fifteen scientists and 20 crew members aboard the tough research vessel Gauss were recently involved in Germanys annual month long check on the ecology of the North Sea.

1st September 2005

Hamburg Research Ship Probes North Sea Ecology

1st September 2005