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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

A group of European organisations involved in the marine navigation and dredging sectors have issued a position paper highlighting what they believe are some of the implications of the EU Water Framework…

1st July 2004

Navigation Bodies Warn on Water Framework Directive Implications

1st July 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The developers of a new super yacht marina which is under construction at Cartagena in Spain have started their marketing campaign to sell moorings at the facility, and say construction should be…

1st July 2004

Yacht Port Cartagena Makes Good Progress

1st July 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Anglesey Boat Company (ABC) in Beaumaris in Gwynned in Wales in the UK has obtained permission from Anglesey County Council for the re-development of an existing site at Beaumaris as a Marine…

1st July 2004

Go-ahead Given for Marine Enterprise Park at Beaumaris

1st July 2004

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) introduced its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a special naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands on July 6.

1st July 2004

Damen Delivers Relume for MENAS

1st July 2004

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

In April the General Lighthouse Authorities published 2020 The Vision, a roadmap for provision and the development of aids to navigation in British and Irish waters over the next 20 years.

1st July 2004

Navaids Future in 2020 The Vision

1st July 2004

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Sussex UK based navaids specialist Tideland Signal has supplied over 30 buoys and solar powered lanterns to guide shipping into the estuary of the Sierra Leone River and the port of Freetown,…

1st July 2004

Bringing It Home In Sierra Leone

1st July 2004

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Following successful trials of the E-Sea Fix pilot navigation system last year, Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine has won an order to install the system at the port of Milford Haven in…

1st July 2004

E-Sea Fix Does It for Milford Haven

1st July 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Sanmar Denizcilik Makine ve Ticaret Ltd, the Turkish tug owner and shipbuilder, has delivered their largest and most sophisticated tug to date.

1st July 2004

Sanmar Move up a Gear with their First ASD Tug

1st July 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The British Royal Navys Antarctic Patrol Vessel HMS Endurance berthed last month at A&P Falmouth for a multi-million pound mid-life refit that is scheduled to take four months. Its arrival followed by…

1st July 2004

A&P Falmouth Lands RN Refit

1st July 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The original Jubilee Clips on board the last of the World War II destroyers, HMS Cavalier, have been replaced recently after being damaged in ongoing restoration works.

1st July 2004

Destroyers Indestructible Clips Replaced

1st July 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Aster, a Belgian Navy minesweeper, has just been completed in Zeebrugge with the Ecospeed system, an innovate new approach to dealing with ship corrosion and fouling from Subsea Industries. This Navy…

1st July 2004

Ecospeed Rapidly Gaining Approval

1st July 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The ASRY repair yard in Dubai has had a busy start to the year despite regional uncertainties. There has been no let up in the pace of work for the yard and…

1st July 2004

Flying Start to Year for ASRY

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Earlier this month, Dutch towage operators Van der Wees Watertransporten returned a 420 tonne Gottwald type HMK280E to Antwerp from Le Havre.

1st July 2004

Day Return to Antwerp

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Maersk Supply Services latest A-Type anchor handling/tug supply ship Maersk Advancer has bolstered accommodation capability and is also only the second in Maersks A-Type ship series to fly the British flag.

1st July 2004

Boosted Accommodation on Maersk Supplys Latest AHTS

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & } return false; >see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation.

1st July 2004

New Semco Tugs Complete FPSO Tow

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the…

1st July 2004

TOWLINES

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations.

1st July 2004

Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania.

1st July 2004

A Triple Naming Ceremony for Svitzer Wijsmuller Tugs

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.

1st July 2004

Coastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge

1st July 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The chief executive officer of Wales largest port has warned that economic policy must give greater recognition to the vital role played by Welsh ports and deal fairly and efficiently with proposals…

1st July 2004

Call for Fairness in Port Development

1st July 2004