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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

P&O Ports has signed a 40 year concession with Antwerp Port Authority to equip and operate the Deurganckdok east side container terminal in the Port of Antwerp as part of the Antwerp…

1st May 2004

€450m Box Terminal for Port of Antwerp

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Council of the Isles of Scilly has secured just under £ 200,000 of investment (including Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Objective One) for technical investigations in St Marys Harbour ,…

1st May 2004

New Quay Planned at St Marys Harbour

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) and English Partnerships have announced the appointment of Brown and Mason Ltd , one of the largest demolition, dismantling and asbestos removal companies in the…

1st May 2004

Demolition Firm Appointed for Woolston Site

1st May 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A new rock dumping record has been established by Van Oord s flexible fallpipe vessel Tertnes, the vessel having completed the protection of a cable crossing in water depths of 887m.

1st May 2004

New Rock Dumping Record Established by Van Oord

1st May 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mowlem Civil Engineering , part of international construction and support services group Mowlem Plc , has begun work extending and improving the Sandquay Base in Dartmouth for client VT Integrated Services ,…

1st May 2004

Mowlem Begins Sandquay Improvement

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Sweden based Marinfloc AB claims to be the first and only company currently manufacturing an Emulsion Breaking Bilge Water Cleaning System (EBBWCS) that gives shipowners and shipyards a solution to fulfil the…

1st May 2004

Bilge Cleaning System Meets IMO Regulations

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

London law firm Lawrence Graham says shipping is focusing on complying with ISPS requirements while another soon to be enforced Convention, which will have major ramifications for all aspects of shipping, goes…

1st May 2004

HNS Convention Sneaking Up On Ports

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Earlier this year Westfalia Separator launched its new WTC 2 high speed centrifuge for separating oil from bilge water down to 5ppm. The new machine can treat up to 1m 3/hr of…

1st May 2004

Baby Bilge Water Separator Suitable for Workboats

1st May 2004

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.

1st May 2004

Polkittens Are Slick In the Oil

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifting equipment on board the British registered, Sealion Shipping dive support vessel Toisa Polaris was given a clean bill of health from Water Weights recently after completion of the proof load testing…

1st May 2004

High Proof Heavy Water

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The work of Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd at the Chevron Texaco oil refinery in Pembroke, Wales has been officially recognised with the Good Contractors Safety Award .

1st May 2004

Safety Rewarded

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

As part of their overall ISPS Code security plan and safety management system, the UKs Trinity House lighthouse and navaids service has called on advice from Hernis Scan Systems , the Norwegian…

1st May 2004

CCTV Security for Trinity House Boats

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In response to ever increasing demand for workboat training, Scotlands Seatrek Training has added the 45ft twin engined Nelson Island Fox to its training fleet. The new Category 2 coded acquisition offers…

1st May 2004

Island Fox Delivers Workboat Training

1st May 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

During the past three months development of the well-known Damen Shoalbuster tug moved a major step forward with the delivery of the first three vessels of a new version.

1st May 2004

Shoalbusters Tackle The World

1st May 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ship lengthening projects are coming in thick and fast at Polands Stocznia Nauta Shiprepair Yard , which has just finished the last of three Norwegian jobs and taken two more for Norway…

1st May 2004

Polish Yard Bulges With Lengthening Work

1st May 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Germanys SET-Werften Group in Tangermunde on the River Elbe has created a pair of modern new double-hulled inland tankers from the bow and stern sections of two old ships and one new…

1st May 2004

Germanys SET Delivers New Ships For Old

1st May 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The construction of purpose built shiphandling tugs employing the unique Carrousel towing system took a major step forward with the announcement of a joint marketing agreement between Novatug and GE Marine .

1st May 2004

Another Step Forward for Carrousel Tugs

1st May 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seabulk International, Inc hasannounced the sale of a license for the construction of its patented Ship Docking Module (SDM) technology to European tug operator Remolques Y Servicios Maritimos, SL (REYSER) of Barcelona,…

1st May 2004

Ship Docking Modules to be Built in Europe

1st May 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

BP Shipping has ordered three Damen ASD 3211 tugs from Damen Shipyards , Gorinchem, for operation at their Coryton refinery terminal on the Thames.

1st May 2004

TOWLINES

1st May 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The delivery of new RAmparts series ASD shiphandling tugs, first introduced by Canadian designer Robert Allan in the autumn of 2001, continues to gather pace. Intended to offer owners and shipyards alike…

1st May 2004

RAmparts Tugs Roll Off the Production Lines

1st May 2004