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MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

As fuel is the single largest cost of marine diesel ownership, accurate metering is critical.

1st January 2005

FuelCom Goes With the Flow

1st January 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Working closely with Volvo Penta , Simrad has developed intelligent auto steering via CAN for the new Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) introduced earlier this month at the London Boat Show . The…

1st January 2005

Smart Steering for New System

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Swedens TTS Ships Equipment AB of Gothenburg, part of Norways TTS Marine ASA , has signed an agreement to purchase Finlands Liftec Products Oy of Tammerfors. The company will be renamed TTS…

1st January 2005

TTS Finnish Handling Expansion

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A 2,500 ton capacity crane mounted on an 84m LOA catamaran is helping the booming economic metropolis that is Shanghai meet its requirements for additional ports and coastal infrastructure.

1st January 2005

Cats Cranes Speed Expansion

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UKs Thamesport set about further boosting its productivity this month when it embarked upon an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes. The five post-Panamax cranes, which are now…

1st January 2005

Cranes Upgrade Expands Thamesport Capacity

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Germany based HATLAPA recently celebrated its 85th anniversary and in the same week shipped a 56 ton towing winch, the largest produced in the companys history, from its home port of Uetersen.

1st January 2005

Heavyweight Winch Marks Anniversary

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In January 2003 VOSTA LMG received an order from Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard for the design and supply of all dredging components for a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Chinese Harbor…

1st January 2005

European Expertise in Chinese Newbuild

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has issued a first Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days , a conference which traditionally takes place alongside the Europort exhibition.

1st January 2005

Dredging: The Extremes at CEDA Dredging Days

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Based at Zierikzee in the Netherlands, Seatec Underwater Systems BV hasunveiled its latest Dredge Head Monitoring System . It is designed to monitor the dredging process on various types of dredgers and…

1st January 2005

New DHMS Makes Dutch Debut

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch group IHC Caland has advised that negotiations with Rabo Participates (RaPar) is likely to lead to the sale of its shipbuilding activities.

1st January 2005

IHC Holland Management Buy-Out

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Fiercely competitive pricing has been blamed by the dredging industrys largest company, Royal Boskalis Westminster , for modest net results for 2004 of ? 20? 25mon a turnover of approximately ? 1…

1st January 2005

Royal Boskalis Vision of Recovery for the Industry

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Late last November Peter Madsen Rederi A/S of Denmark was awarded the contract to install the external J-tubes to the 30 offshore wind turbines being erected in the Thames Estuary at Kentish…

1st January 2005

Danish Dredger Does Wind Farm Duty

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service and the UK Hydrographic Office , as operators of Primar Stavanger and the International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (IC-ENC) respectively, have signed a letter of intent on…

1st January 2005

Primar & IC-ENC Agreement

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

German underwater specialist Innomar Technologie is hosting a 2nd international workshop on Seabed Acoustics , in Rostock-Warnemunde from 24-25 February. Following an opening address by Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns Minister for Economic Affairs, F Dorok,…

1st January 2005

2nd International Seabed Acoustics Workshop

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Spray , a novel unmanned glider-type submarine with no engine has recently completed extensive crossings of open seas measuring salinity, temperature and pressure in the Gulf stream between the surface and 1,000m…

1st January 2005

Unmanned Sub With No Engine

1st January 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Concerns over what UK Shipping Minister David Jamieson has called the vulnerability of satellite navigation systems means that a terrestrial alternative is needed, he said. Jamieson made the comments during recent launch…

1st January 2005

Calls for Satellite Alernative

1st January 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The British Marine Federation (BMF) has launched an Environmental Code of Practice for its members.

1st January 2005

Encouragment for Industry to Think Green

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In early January, China Harbour-Costain announced that it had been awarded a US$170 million contract by Sempra LNG s Energia Costa Azul to design and construct the breakwater for a liquefied natural…

1st January 2005

China Harbour-Costain to Design Breakwater for LNG terminal

1st January 2005

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

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

1st January 2005

DEFRA Funds Planning System for the Sea

1st January 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nations economic diversification plan.

1st January 2005

Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study

1st January 2005