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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Eurospray Systems Ltd travels from Loughborough UK to make a first appearance at Seawork , where it will show the Wiwa Magnum high performance airless spray pump which has been designed for…

1st June 2005

Be Crafty with Coatings at Seawork 2005 International

1st June 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Germanys biggest light-ship, the 62-year-old Elbe 1- Burgermeister OSwald , has been given an overhaul and spruce-up at small shipyard Peters Schiffbau in north Germany.

1st June 2005

Peters Revamps Most-rammed Light-ship

1st June 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The 33,933 grt cruise vessel Thomson Celebration (formerly Holland America Line s Noordam ) enters service this month following a five month refit at A&P Falmouth under the supervision of Columbia Ship…

1st June 2005

Cause for Celebration After Major Refit at A&P Falmouth

1st June 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Southampton based marine outfitters Trimline have helped to bring Saga Cruises new passenger ship Saga Ruby into service following a refit at drydocks in Malta. Trimlines factory had shipped four containers of…

1st June 2005

Passenger Ship Saga Ruby Gets a Trimline Outfit in Malta

1st June 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Reading UK based Marine Ventures Ltd make their first appearance at Seawork this year, where they will be introducing Straub pipe joining technology, which offers low stress, progressive sealing of Cunifer tubes…

1st June 2005

Firm But Gentle Grip at Seawork

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Members of the International Salvage Union recovered over 700,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 266 vessels carrying cargoes and bunkers with a potential…

1st June 2005

Work Load Up for ISU

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Americas Bisso Marine has salvaged a 110ft crewboat in Sabine Pass, Texas which had sunk in 50ft of water following a collision with another ship.

1st June 2005

Swift Salvage Clears Channel

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage hasjoined the ICall team of Resolve Marine Group (Resolve) and National Response Corporation (NRC), which provides comprehensive OPA 90 emergency response services to both tankers and non-tank vessels at any…

1st June 2005

Dutch Salvage Group Joins US 1Call

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd has successfully completed tow to location, positioning and associated deck operations for the FPSO Kizomba B offshore Luanda in Angola last month. This project follows the…

1st June 2005

Semco Completes Big Tow to Angola

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMITWIJS has been contracted to tow the cruise ship Norway from Bremerhaven in Germany to breakers in the Far East - possibly India or Malaysia. The task of towing the 76,049gt liner…

1st June 2005

TOWLINES

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Romulo and Remo , two terminal tugs claimed to be the most powerful of their type in Spain, are now both in service ( MJ - December 2004).

1st June 2005

Romulo and Remo are Now in Service in Tarrogona

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The popularity of small compact, highly agile and powerful shiphandling tugs is spreading rapidly worldwide and the first examples are now being seen in Europe. Spanish tug builders Union Naval Valencia ,…

1st June 2005

UNV Complete First RAL Compacts in Spain

1st June 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has secured an order for two of its popular 30m series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for Partrederiet Stevns of Denmark. The tugs are…

1st June 2005

Irving to Build for Denmark

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls-Royce has won a £ 137m long-term service and support contract for gas turbines which power 27 ships in service with the British Royal Navy as well as the French, Belgian and…

1st June 2005

Navy Gravy for Rolls-Royce

1st June 2005

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Williams Shipping has been appointed as agents for Jotun Paints following talks which were initiated on the Williams Shipping stand at Seawork 2004 .

1st June 2005

Seawork Encounter Paints the Town

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Serving a growing global market for marine equipment valued at ? 70 billion per year, preparations for SMM 2006 are in full swing, with the final date for registration set for 30…

1st June 2005

Growth Fuels Growth for SMM

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MAN B&W , which leads the global market for two stroke diesel engines with 75% market share, has entered into a cooperative agreement AMOT which places the AMOT XTS-W bearing condition monitoring…

1st June 2005

AMOT Wears Well

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Saab Transponder Tech has won a major order to supply shipboard Automatic Identification Systems to the Canadian Coast Guard .Under the contract, Saabs licensed integrator/reseller ICAN Ltd will supply 105 Saab R4…

1st June 2005

Saab Sees It Coming

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Heavy duty handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar , part of Kone Cargotec , has acquired the Dutch companies Peinemann Kalmar CV and Peinemann Kalmar Rental BV from parent organisation the Peinemann Group for…

1st June 2005

Kalmar Extends Port Handling Interests

1st June 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Commission has given Italy approval for a 240m subsidy scheme for the next three years to encourage the transfer of heavy goods vehicles from road to sea. The EC will…

1st June 2005

EC Approves Modal Shift to Water

1st June 2005