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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Proceedings of its UK Branch Scottish Regions recent seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , held in association with the Society for Underwater Technology , are now available on…

1st April 2004

Digital Video Proceedings

1st April 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Guernsey-based Marine Electronics reports Chinese and US orders for new titanium and aluminium versions of its Dolphin 6201 Obstacle Avoidance Sonar designed for navigation and pilotage of AUVs and ROVS.

1st April 2004

Marine Electronics Orders

1st April 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The construction of a new marina at Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria – which seemed at to be risk because of a funding crisis at the UK’ s Northwest Development Agency (NWDA) now looks…

1st April 2004

Extensive Work Required for Barrow Port Project

1st April 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The MarCom Working Group 43 at PIANC on ‘ Minimising Harbour Siltation’ is conducting a worldwide search for techniques which have been developed and applied (or at least tested) with a view…

1st April 2004

PIANC Group Seeks Techniques for Reducing Siltation in Harbours

1st April 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dermot Ahern TD, the Irish Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, has announced a 6.5m upgrade of Clogherhead port in County Louth.

1st April 2004

Ahern Announces Go-ahead for Clogherhead Development

1st April 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new form of aggressive, localised corrosion that has occurred in unprotected marine structures constructed from steel over the past 20 years or so is to be the subject of a new…

1st April 2004

Joint Project Will Address ALWC

1st April 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DEME Environmental Contractors (DEC) and Dredging International (DI) have received a contract for the design and execution of an important remediation project at two lakes near the city of Hultsfred in Sweden.

1st April 2004

DEC to Clean up Swedish Lakes

1st April 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consulting engineers Kirk McClure Morton have been appointed by the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources in Ireland for the provision of engineering services related to the design of an extension…

1st April 2004

KMM Appointed to Design Dunmore East Harbour

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the introduction of the new 415GM genset engine, Perkins Sabre now offers seven genset engines with net engine power outputs spanning from 13.5kWm to 161kWm.

1st April 2004

New Genset Extends Perkins Sabre Range

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With power ratings of up to 6,000kW, Schottel Rudderpropellers (SRP) have proven themselves worldwide for over five decades as mechanical azimuth drives for all sectors of the shipping world and the offshore…

1st April 2004

Combi Drive Launch Crowns Record Year

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Volvo Penta has delivered 34 diesel engines for tugboat installations in the Ukraine since May of 2001. The latest delivery to this increasingly important market was for the tug 814 Bakai, launched…

1st April 2004

Complete Power packages for Ukraine Tugs

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Trelleborg Industrial AVS has designed a new mounting system to eliminate excessive engine movements in a fleet of twin-engined multi-hulls operated by City Cruises plc on the River Thames in London.

1st April 2004

Mounting a Challenge to Movement

1st April 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new fast ferry for Spanish operator Fred Olsen will be driven by four 20V 8000 engines from MTU Friedrichshafen. The 126m long trimaran will be built at the Austal shipyard in…

1st April 2004

MTU Power for Fast Ferry

1st April 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new vessel which also embodies a new concept for taking Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AILs) off Europes crowded highways and onto commercial waterways and short sea routes could not wish for a…

1st April 2004

A Cure for What AILs You

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The results of the International Salvage Union s (ISU) annual Pollution Prevention Survey show that the 605,677 tonnes of oils, chemicals, other pollutants and bunker fuel recovered last year represent a 37%…

1st April 2004

ISU Survey Sees Decline in Salvage Workload

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Tsavliris Salvage Group has redelivered the steel products laden cargo vessel Orion 1 to its owners after a lightering and refloating operation in Chioggia which was the third successfully completed Lloyds…

1st April 2004

Busy Start to 2004 for Tsavliris

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The flexible fallpipe vessel Rocknes , which capsized in January after hitting a shallow in the Vatlestraumen strait near Bergen in Norway, has been successfully parbuckled by Smit Salvage . After two…

1st April 2004

Rocknes Successfully Parbuckled

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of the unique Z-Tech shiphandling tugs ordered by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) has passed it acceptance trials with flying colours.

1st April 2004

First Z-Tech Tug Delivered

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV (a division of SMIT Internationale NV ) has ordered two new ships from the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore.

1st April 2004

Smit Orders New AnchorHandlers

1st April 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rotterdam based Kooren Shipbuilding and Trading BV has ordered two RT-60 class Rotor Tugs to be built at ASLShipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore.

1st April 2004

Kooren Announces Orders for Rotor Tugs

1st April 2004