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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

With the four major container terminal planning applications under consideration in the UK all situated in the South East, Scottish West Coast ports operator Clydeport has revealed its intention to submit a…

1st February 2004

Clydeport Takes Planning North

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Involvement in the creation of the worlds largest man made islands has led marine services provider Inchscape Shipping Services (ISS) to enhance its fleet of construction support vessels in the Middle East.

1st February 2004

Inchscapes Fleet Grows With The World

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Sileby Marina in Leicestershire UK has chosen the new fibreglass non slip decking product, DeckGrip from FibreGrid Limited , as a replacement to their old timber decking boards.

1st February 2004

Marina Gets to Grips with New Decking

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd and Norways Eidesvik Subsea AS have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly provide offshore drilling services to the site investigation and mineral coring industries.

1st February 2004

Seacore/ Eidesvik Joint Venture

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Pendennis Shipyard at Falmouth in the southwest of the UK says development work is progressing well on the conversion of the No 1 Dock at the yard into a new, hi-tech painting…

1st February 2004

Converted Dock Approaches Completion at Pendennis

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on a new marina on the Clyde estuary in Scotland could get underway in 18 months time.

1st February 2004

Marina Development Scheme on Clyde Estuary in Scotland

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agencys pioneering strategy to provide increased flood protection for people and property around the Humber Estuary is forging ahead, with a large programme of improvement work about to be put…

1st February 2004

EA Forges Ahead with Humber Flood Defence Plans

1st February 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A pilot project that the British Marine Federation (BMF) and other marine organisations involved in it hope will enable them to streamline the consents process for much need dredging in marinas, harbours…

1st February 2004

Pilot Dredging Project Underway

1st February 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) has invited tenders for a geotechnical study and report as the first stage in the development of a new oil jetty and expanded berthing facilities in the…

1st February 2004

New facility planned on Mauritius

1st February 2004

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Maritime Systems has introduced a new AIS designed specifically for installation on aids to navigation, including buoys, beacons, light ships and light houses. V-track is capable of full integration into port…

1st February 2004

Buoys Zoned In with Bespoke AIS

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The UKs RNLI and training provider ITE have worked together to provide a formal accreditation for the RNLIs boat riggers. No specific formal qualification had previously existed for marine riggers.

1st February 2004

RNLI Riggers Learning the Ropes

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Southampton based Ocean Safety Ltd has announced that it will be supplying the Dacon Rescue Frame within the UK.

1st February 2004

Rescue Frame From Ocean Safety

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new training initiative has been launched to improve and standardise the way workers first respond to potentially hazardous liquid spills in marine and industrial environments. The training is the idea of…

1st February 2004

BSIF Launches Spill Response Training Standard

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port Authority at the Port of Leixoes in Portugal has placed a large order with Isle of Wight UK based SeaSafe Systems for their new SOLAS TC180 all in one foul…

1st February 2004

SOLAS Approval for New SeaSafe Jacket

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In a recent visit to China, where they lectured on fast rescue at Shanghai Maritime University , researchers from Swedens Landsort Maritime visited an emerging cluster of lifeboat and rescue boat builders…

1st February 2004

Chinese Lifeboats Cross to Europe

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An influential group of visiting MPs has been warned that the security of Pembroke Port in Wales UK could be compromised if a decision to withdraw customs officers from the port is…

1st February 2004

LNG Port Warns of Customs Withdrawal

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The crew of the Stolt-Nielsen SA ship S tolt Capability hasbeen named recipient of the 12th annual Lloyds List International Rescue at Sea Award for 2003. The award was presented this month…

1st February 2004

Lloyds List International Rescue at Sea Award for Stolt Capability

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine telematics company MarineTrack Ltd has had its SeaGuard Ship Security Alert System (SSAS) UK flag approved by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .

1st February 2004

MCA Approval for SSAS

1st February 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

McMurdo s new 4th generation SART, the S4 Rescue , is smaller and lighter than earlier SART models, enabling it to be easily carried in a liferaft or lifeboat.

1st February 2004

Approvals for S4 SART and MT-1 UAIS

1st February 2004

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The new Afon Alaw is one of only two tugs currently scheduled for completion in a British shipyard this year.

1st February 2004

Vessel Launch Afon Alaw

1st February 2004