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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Gothenburg based TTS Ships Equipment AB has won a contract from Stena Line Scandinavia AB for the turnkey delivery of linkspan for the Stena Terminal at Verko, near Karlskrona in Sweden. It…

1st February 2005

First Ever Linkspan Order for TTS

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Montrose New Bridge , via which the A92 crossed the river South Esk on the East Coast of Scotland until last October, was in fact 73 years old and dying from…

1st February 2005

Bridge Removal Over Shallow Waters

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK Government Ministers have backed a pilot project which could lead to a new, plan-led approach to protecting and managing Britains seas in a more sustainable way.

1st February 2005

A Planning System For the Sea

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

At the end of January, the UK Secretary of State for Transport, Alistair Darling, set out his view on the proposal to support the Great Yarmouth Outer Harbour (EastPort) scheme with public…

1st February 2005

EastPort Project Moves Step Closer

1st February 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that the UKs seas are in crisis, with key species in serious decline as a consequence of inadequate planning and poor…

1st February 2005

Aggregates Extraction Tales Toll on Marine Life, says WWF

1st February 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A European project called EUMARSAND is being uses to determine the potential effects on the marine environment of aggregates extraction, MJ has learned.

1st February 2005

Euro Project Addressing Aggregates Issues

1st February 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Simrad launched a new Type Approved Search and Rescue Transponder, the SA50 , at the London Boat Show last month, thereby increasing its product range for the GMDSS safety market. Several key…

1st February 2005

London Boat Show Debut for Smallest SART

1st February 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Transas has completed the installation and commissioning of a National Maritime Safety System which covers the entire coastline of Bulgaria from Romania to Turkey. Transas won the contract in an open tender…

1st February 2005

National Maritime Safety System for Bulgaria

1st February 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Community involvement is at the heart of a valuable and ongoing vessel restoration project at Canary Wharf in Londons Docklands. The SS Robin is the worlds oldest complete steamship, having been built…

1st February 2005

New Life for Oldest Steamship

1st February 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

In December 2004 a crowd of 50 people including ship owners, representatives of newbuiding yards, the Belgian and other national navies as well as government representatives gathered in anticipation at the Zeebrugge…

1st February 2005

Hull Fouling Foiled by Ecopseed

1st February 2005

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

An Egyptian multi-millionaire has paid 136,200 for the German survey ship veteran Wittesand , built more than half a century ago as a dredger supply boat on the Weser.

1st February 2005

Veteran Survey Boat Gets New Home in Egypt

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMIT Transport Europe BV has placed an order with the IHCHolland Delta Shipyard for the construction of three multipurpose tugs. The design for the new vessels, designated the Delta Multi Purpose Pusher…

1st February 2005

IHC Delta to Build Multipurpose Tugs for Smit Transport Europe

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

German operators Harms Offshore of Hamburg christened their new anchor-handling tug Primus atthe yard of Mutzelfeldtwerft in Cuxhaven on 4 December 2004 (see MJ - November 2004).

1st February 2005

Primus is Delivered and New Orders Placed

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Marine Ltd has signed a contract with the ASL Shipyard in Singapore for a purpose-built escort tug for operation on the River Mersey.

1st February 2005

Svitzer Marine Orders an Escort Tug for the River Mersey

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

An epic example of seamanship has won a vote of thanks from one tugmaster to another.

1st February 2005

Braveheart Lends Englishman a Hand

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The use of manned ship models in the training of ship-masters and pilots has now become well established practice.

1st February 2005

A Major Step Forward in the use of Tug Models

1st February 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards Changde yard in China has delivered the first of three ASD 3111 shiphandling tugs to Hammersley Iron Pty in western Australia.

1st February 2005

TOWLINES

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.

1st February 2005

New Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Thamesport (London) Limited has signed a new contract with Burton-upon-Trent UK based resin importer Resin Trade which will boost the companys volume through Thamesport from 1,000 tons per month last year to…

1st February 2005

Resin Trade Sticks to Thamesport

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marine Society and The Sea Cadet Association in the UK have merged to form a new organisation called TheMarine Society & Sea Cadets .Committed to serving seafarers and promoting the sea…

1st February 2005

Marine Society/Sea Cadet Merger

1st February 2005