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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Cosalt Safety & Protection hassecured a £ 700,000 contract with A&P Tyne to install the fire safety systems on board the worlds largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy .

1st August 2004

Fire Safety Systems for Hospital Ship Conversion

1st August 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The second new vessel this year for Cattewater Harbour Commissioners of Plymouth attended seawork2004 on its delivery voyage from the Great Yarmouth UK based boatbuilders Goodchild Marine Services Ltd . Following on…

1st August 2004

Cattewater Harbour Commissioners Meet Their Maker

1st August 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

It is proving to be another eventful summer for the Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain. In the week following seawork ASRY was awarded the ISPS Code Certificate bythe Bahrain Security…

1st August 2004

ASRY Gets ISPS and US Boost

1st August 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch tug owner Engelsman Towage & Salvage of Makkum has taken delivery of the multi-purpose coastal and contracting tug Dutch Partner , just five months after the order was signed. This attractive…

1st August 2004

Dutch Partner – Delivered in Record Time

1st August 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV has exercised an option to build a further offshore support vessel at the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore. The original contract was placed with Keppel in…

1st August 2004

More Vessels Ordered by Smit

1st August 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Bremen based Unterweser Reederei AG (URAG) has acquired the towage business of Rhenus Midgard taking over the operation of two shiphandling tugs and their crews.

1st August 2004

Towlines

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Holyhead Marine Services to construct the replacement Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) for the Royal Marines . The contract has been issued for…

1st August 2004

Holyhead Marine Raids Key Military Boatbuilding Contract

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A survey undertaken by the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency has revealed that nearly half of all parents (49%) do not know that the Coastguard is an emergency service and can be…

1st August 2004

Ignorance Risks Lives, Says MCAs Survey

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two UK port services companies, one in west Wales and one in Southampton, signed an agreement this month to form a new joint company. The Milford Docks Company , part of the…

1st August 2004

New Port Services Joint Venture Launched for South Wales

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Bankrupt German small ship yard Cassens Werft has been given a new lease of life following investment by business partners and is now building three 700 TEU container feeders.

1st August 2004

Fresh Start for Small Ship Specialist Cassens

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of Liverpool has been added to an illustrious list which includes the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Great Wall of China after its bid to become…

1st August 2004

Mersey Waterfront Is World Heritage Site

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The British Government has trebled its marine research development fund for wave and tidal energy technology. The £ 50 million allocation from the Department of Trade and Industry is intended to encourage…

1st August 2004

UK Government Boost for Marine Renewables

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With the arrival of its new dry dock, Thames Craft Dry Docking Services Ltd (Thames Craft) is able to take larger vessels and pontoons out of the water for regular maintenance and…

1st August 2004

Londons Mayor Lauds Thames Yard Expansion

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Shipping accountant and business consultant Moore Stephens has expanded its specialised shipping presence in the UK by opening an office in the maritime centre of Southampton.

1st August 2004

More Moore Stephens

1st August 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dredging is in the awkward position of being an indispensable invisibleessential of modern life while often portrayed as the villainous wrecker ofthe marine environment.

1st July 2004

Dredging for Development

1st July 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With less than a month to go before the 1 July implementation of theInternational Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, an alarmingly highpercentage of ships and ports worldwide are not in…

1st July 2004

ISPS Code: 2004 Update – A Practical Guide

1st July 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Just out in mid-May is the Lloyds Maritime Directory 2004, the latestedition of an annual publishing event which provides global maritime decisionmakers with a comprehensive directory vessel and 45,000 ship owners, managersand…

1st July 2004

Lloyds Maritime Directory 2004

1st July 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Construction started last month in Alabama on the largest aluminium ships ever to be built in the USA. The two 105m LOA catamaran ro-ro fast ferries will each be powered by four…

1st July 2004

Power Wow for Americas Biggest AliCats

1st July 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

MTU Friedrichshafen, the main entity of DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway, has taken over MDB-Roodenburg of Dordrecht, DaimlerChrysler Off-Highway distributor in the Netherlands.

1st July 2004

New MTU Benelux Subsidiary

1st July 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Scania updated its marine engine range with the quayside launch of a new model on the first morning of seawork2004.

1st July 2004

Scania Launches New Engine at seawork

1st July 2004