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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

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