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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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfasts Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.

1st February 2005

Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.

1st February 2005

Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The RNLI Trustees have given the go-ahead for a new lifeboat house and slipway to be built at Padstow as a home for the next generation Tamar class lifeboat.

1st February 2005

Green Light for New Padstow Lifeboat House

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK lifting gear distributor Certex has been bought out by its existing directors and will be run as a private limited company.

1st February 2005

MBO at Certex

1st February 2005

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KEY DEALS

Potential use of Alternatives to Primary Aggregates in Coastal and River Engineering (CIRIA C590) By Alan Brampton, Michael Wallis, Elizabeth Holliday. Published by CIRIA. ISBN 0 86017 590 1 Paperback, 134 pages.…

1st February 2005

Books

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls-Royce rolled up a strong second half performance in 2004, signing contracts for some £ 160 million worth of UT-Design vessels and equipment for the offshore market. The company signed contracts with…

1st February 2005

Rolls On A Roll

1st February 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Applied Acoustic Engineering, which is presently expanding its Great Yarmouth premises, reports an order worth more than £ 100,000 from PGS Physical in Norway for 32 of its 915 series acoustic positioning…

1st February 2005

AAE Transponder Order

1st February 2005