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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

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Swedens Gunnebo Lifting are complementing their component programme in the GrabiQ series with a new size of roundsling hook. The new hook will be the largest in the RH series and will…

1st July 2004

Hoisting Hooks Range Expanded

1st July 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The modern Al Jadaf ship docking yard in Dubai is equipped with advanced facilities, including the ability to lift boats out of the water and manoeuvre them using a system of rails…

1st July 2004

Al Jadaf Lifts Off on Hot Wheels

1st July 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd, ACE Winches, is continuing to deliver large winching packages in short delivery times. During 2003 and to date in 2004 ACE has continued to build up…

1st July 2004

ACE On the Pace With Winches

1st July 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Push convoys and barge trains have great problems with strong winds and waves on open waters such as the Markermeer, IJsselmeer and Westerschelde. Over the past two years, Hollands Van der Velden…

1st July 2004

Dutch Coupling Gives Barge Trains A Push

1st July 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kalmar has received an order for six super post-Panamax ship to shore container cranes from a consortium led by P&O Ports Antwerp.

1st July 2004

Tandem Lift Cranes for Antwerps New Mega-Terminal

1st July 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Associated British Ports Holdings PLC (ABP) trading statement for the six months ending 30 June 2004 have shown turnover from core UK ports and transport activities on schedule growth of at…

1st July 2004

ABP Looks North for Growth

1st July 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Consultant High-Point Rendel has been appointed by Dover Harbour Board to conduct the economic and financial component of a Master Plan outlining the Ports future for the coming 30 years.

1st July 2004

Money Matters in Dovers Plan

1st July 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Significant changes to the law governing limitation of liability have occurred as of 13 May 2004, writes Charles Hattersley, a partner in the Plymouth UK based maritime and international trade firm Foot…

1st July 2004

Theres Never Been a Better Time to Know Your Limitations

1st July 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In the run up to the introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code on the first of this month, Aberdeen UK based ships agents and freight forwarders Seletar…

1st July 2004

ISPS Ship Warden Boom

1st July 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office and Metoc in Hampshire are to further collaborate with the formation of SeaZone Solutions Ltd, a joint venture between Metoc and Admiralty Holdings Ltd (AHL), the latter operated…

1st July 2004

New UKHO Developments £1.5m Order for Sonardyne

1st July 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Bath UK based PCAL Technology Ltd has just released BDHA for Windows, a software system well suited for coastal engineering projects and asset management for port authorities.

1st July 2004

Swathe Check

1st July 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

New and unusual seabed features have been discovered in the Mediterranean just beyond the River Rhones mouth in France by a team from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC).

1st July 2004

SOC Discovers New Seabed Features

1st July 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Dutch arm of Canadian software specialists CARIS is organising a ninth international user workshop in Hamburg from 22-25 November with an agenda featuring hands-on training, presentations, demonstrations, discussions and networking opportunities.…

1st July 2004

CARIS Workshop

1st July 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Chichester Marina in the UK has confirmed that it has completed an innovative dredging project designed to improve access to the marina by deeper drafted boats.

1st July 2004

Innovative Dredging Project Improves Access

1st July 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans for a 350m investment to transform the River Shannon Estuary into one of Europes largest cargo hubs have been announced by state-owned Shannon Foynes Port Company (SFPC).

1st July 2004

Deep Water Container Trans-shipment Terminal Planned in Ireland

1st July 2004