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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

To meet the demand for clean, dry air for marine applications, Bromsgrove UK based Jun-Air produces a range of oil lubricated and oil-less air compressors which deliver reliability and a long service…

1st July 2005

Low Maintenance Compressors Deliver Clean Marine Air

1st July 2005

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The UKs Trinity House lighthouse service has purchased four low-weight, skid-mounted portable compressors from IngersollRand (IR) Portable Power foruse in maintenance work on nearly 600 aids to navigation, including 72 lighthouses.

1st July 2005

Airborne Air Compressors for Trinity House

1st July 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkish tug owner and shipbuilder Sanmar Denizcilik Makine ve Ticaret Ltd are celebrating their 30th anniversary this year and continue to forge ahead, with news of a healthy order book and a…

1st July 2005

VESSEL LAUNCH Al Bateen

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Nanjing Tong Kah Shipbuilding Yard , located some 300km up Chinas Yangtze River from the sea, is churning out barges and tugs for overseas owners. The relatively new yard has recently…

1st July 2005

Chinese Yards Tug Export Boom

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Owners and operators of bulk carriers, container vessels and other non-tankers now have very little time to comply with new US spill response requirements. The Oil Pollution Act 1990 response regime for…

1st July 2005

US/European Teamwork Meets OPA90 Extension

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seawork again demonstrated its growing international significance last month when Dutch builders Damen Shipyards chose it as the venue for signing a letter of intent to build a Shoalbuster 2208 tug for…

1st July 2005

Dutch Duo Sign at Seawork

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The globally based marine salvage company Titan Maritime LLC has just been awarded a contract to remove the wreck of the 6,693dwt cement carrier Sinar Andalas from the port of Lhok Nga…

1st July 2005

Titan Responds to Tsunami Casualty

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It has been confirmed that the historic steam tug/tender Daniel Adamson has been placed on the National Register of Historic Vessels (NRHV) Designated List , maintained by the National Historic Ships Committee…

1st July 2005

TOWLINES

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On the 15 June, Fairplay Schleppdampfschiffs-Reederei Richard Borchard Gmbh held a reception at the Royal Rowing and Sailing Club De Maas at Veerdam, Rotterdam to celebrate their 100th anniversary.

1st July 2005

Fairplay Towage Celebrate 100 Years

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) Small Craft Group Medal for 2004 was awarded Mr Robert G Allan PEng, FRINA, FSNAME at their Annual Meeting in London in April. The award was…

1st July 2005

Robert Allan is Awarded a Medal by RINA

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Ocean towage and heavy transportation specialists Fairmount Marine took delivery of the long range deep sea tug Fairmount Sherpa in May and the vessel has already sailed on its maiden tow. This…

1st July 2005

Fairmount Sherpa – the First of a Formidable Fleet

1st July 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The new, shallow draft, multi-purpose tug Duke of Normandy was completed in May and interrupted her delivery voyage to Jersey to be displayed at last months Seawork 2005 exhibition in Southampton. This…

1st July 2005

Duke of Normandy – a Very Special Shoalbuster

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Silja Oy AB and Aker Finnyards have signed a letter of intent for the order of two ro-pax vessels valued at 205 million.

1st July 2005

Ro-Pax Order for Aker

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Oceanographic services provider Fugro GEOS Ltd has been awarded a British Safety Council International Safety Award for2004. Only companies with low accident rates are eligible to apply, but winners must also have…

1st July 2005

Safety Award for Fugro GEOS

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Fassmer Shipyard has delivered the coastal police patrol boat Damerow , completing a series of four tough and fast 25.5m long boats, built for service in east Germany since 1997.

1st July 2005

Fassemers Damerow Completes Set of Four Fast Police Boats

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A reduction of commuter and tourist road traffic in the Lake of Constance region on the German-Swiss border is one of the main reasons for two new 33.64 m long passenger catamarans…

1st July 2005

New Catamarans for the Lake of Constance

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

HR Wallingford in the UK has announced that it is participating in a groundbreaking research and development project - the Ripples DRI programme - which is funded by the Office of Naval…

1st July 2005

HR Wallingford Wins R&D Work

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

THV Patricia , the flagship vessel of Trinity House , was deployed to lead the Royal Squadron last month at celebrations of the International Fleet Review , when some 150 vessels from…

1st July 2005

THV Patricia Escorts Her Majesty The Queen

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC) has concluded a successful general assembly in the Polish port of Gdansk, setting out its vision for maintaining the industrys competitive edge in the global marketplace.…

1st July 2005

EMEC Champions Marine Innovation

1st July 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Coventry UK based mechanical driveline equipment specialist Newage Transmissions Ltd , well known in the maritime sector for its PRM marine gearboxes, has been acquired by Cambridgeshire based Thornycroft (1862) Ltd .…

1st July 2005

New Owner for Newage

1st July 2005