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The International Salvage Union (ISU) has welcomed the release from detention in Pakistan of Tsavliris Salvage Master Nicolas Pappas and members of the crew of the tanker Tasman Spirit , which had…

1st May 2004

ISU Welcomes Release

1st May 2004

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Trinity House Lighthouse Service and Northern Lighthouse Board have appointed Burness Corlett and Partners Ltd to design and supervise the construction of two multi-function tenders and a rapid intervention vessel as part…

1st May 2004

Newbuilds Follow Fleet Review

1st May 2004

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

One of the most versatile port and harbour workboats available will make its seawork debut at seawork2004 , when first time exhibitor Liverpool Water Witch brings one of its innovative craft to…

1st May 2004

Liverpool Water Witch In seawork Debut

1st May 2004

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AMOT has announced a new, exclusive distributor partnership with AMG Actuators ofChichester UK for the AMOT CompACT electric actuator range, which has been developed for quarter-turn operating applications such as valves, dampers…

1st May 2004

AMOTs New Distributor

1st May 2004

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The majority of Cosalt Safety & Protection s 18-strong branch network has now been approved to the latest ISO 9001 (2000) standard by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance . The company recorded its…

1st May 2004

Latest ISO 9001 for Cosalt

1st May 2004

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Isle of Wight UK based Souter Marine has emerged from a recent change of ownership to deliver the 43rd Severn Class Lifeboat to the RNLI last month. Following the completion of crew…

1st May 2004

RNLI Delivery Marks Souter Return

1st May 2004

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Commencing on 26 April, the 18th International Tug and Salvage Convention - ITS 2004 attracted a record number of delegates and exhibitors to the Florida waterfront.

1st May 2004

ITS 2004 – Miami

1st May 2004

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Mayflower Resolution the unique, purpose-built offshore windfarm installation vessel which arrived in the UK shortly before Mayflower Group plc collapsed on 1 April, has been rescued from uncertainty by a management buy-out…

1st May 2004

Resolution Rises From Mayflower Ashes

1st May 2004

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The International Fund For Animal Welfare (IFAW) has unveiled its new £ 1.5m research vessel.

1st May 2004

IFAWs Sailing Workboat Surfaces

1st May 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine window wiper specialist Wynn Marine unveiled a newstand-alone window wash system for ships’ windows recently. As a compact off the shelf module, the 5010 makes he design, purchase and installation of…

1st April 2004

Wynn/Win Situation

1st April 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifting Gear Hire had to respond quickly to an emergency call from Montrose Harbour Port Authority when approximately 80m of the south quay unexpectedly collapsed into the water. Lifting Gear Hires Aberdeen…

1st April 2004

Modular System Lifts £1m Load

1st April 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norselight has developed its new BL35 MX xenon bow light in conjunction with several fast ferry operators and, following successful pilot projects, has placed it on the market. The powerful xenon light…

1st April 2004

Powerful Xenon Bow Light

1st April 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Ten new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) and one Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) have arrived at the UK Port of Felixstowe from Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) of Shanghai.

1st April 2004

Felixstowe Lifts its Capacity

1st April 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Due to limitations imposed by the clients busy seismic acquisition programme, Coventry UK based Metalock Engineering sent engineers to Ghana to in-situ machine two winch brake drums on the SRV Veritas Viking…

1st April 2004

All At Sea with Winch Repairs

1st April 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Americas Bisso Marine has lifted the sunken OSV Lee III from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, which it was completely blocking following a pre-dawn collision in the middle of one…

1st April 2004

Big Bisso Lift Re-Opens Mississippi

1st April 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The recent collision of UK south coast aggregates dredger Donald Redford with the Hythe Ferry Pier in Southampton Water has drawn attention to the limitation provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act and…

1st April 2004

Pier Collision Prompts Insurance Warning

1st April 2004

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

A rare 17th Century 49cwt Prince Rupert patent gun, retrieved from the Stirling Castle , King Charles IIs great 70 gun man o war, was put on public display late last month…

1st April 2004

Marine Historic Environment Consultation Underway

1st April 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A new Anglo-Swedish joint venture which will help shape the future of tomorrows survey technology, Admiralty Coastal Surveys , was officially launched by the UKHydrographic Office at last months Oceanology International event…

1st April 2004

Digital Video Proceedings UKHO Launches Admiralty Coastal Surveys

1st April 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

QinetiQ has announced the worlds first commercially available towed synthetic aperture sonar with integrated interferometric profiler, GeoSAS , which is to be marketed by GeoAcoustics (UK) of Great Yarmouth.

1st April 2004

QinetiQ Sonar Development

1st April 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Unveiled at OI 2004 were two new developments from VT TSS of Watford. The first, Marinus , is an attitude and heading reference system providing exceptional accuracy in extreme conditions for multibeam…

1st April 2004

New VT TSS Systems

1st April 2004