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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

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

There is news of an important new addition to the fleet of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd .Late last year the company purchased the anchor-handling tug Maersk Logger from AP Moller - Maersk…

1st February 2004

Further Addition to Klyne Fleet

1st February 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Plans are now well advanced for the 18th International Tug & Salvage Convention & Exhibition , being held at the Bal Harbour Beach Resort in Miami from 26-30 April 2004.

1st February 2004

International Tug & Salvage Returns to the United States

1st February 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Netherlands-based Multraship Salvage has successfully completed an operation to recover three containers loaded with toxic cargo lost overboard in the North Sea from the Ethiopian vessel Andinet . The operation to recover…

1st February 2004

Multraship Completes Salvage of Toxic Containers

1st February 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Singapore based Semco Salvage & Marine has announced the delivery of two new 13,500bhp ocean-going salvage tugs.

1st February 2004

New Ccean Going Tugs Enter Service with Semco

1st February 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Cheoy Lee Shipyards in Hong Kong have launched the first of two Z-TECH shiphandling tugs built to a radically different and brand new design by Canadian naval architect Robert Allan.

1st February 2004

Towlines

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Harbour Masters can look forward to a busy but rewarding schedule over the months ahead with UKHMA s 2004 Spring Seminar taking place in London on 31 March, followed closely by the…

1st February 2004

Seminar Season for Harbour Masters

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Scottish based Briggs Environmental Services Ltd , a division of Briggs Marine , has announced the next phase in its joint venture with US sorbent and spill kit manufacturer, the NPS Corporation.

1st February 2004

Briggs Spilfyter Distribution Deal

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of Felixstowe closed out 2003 in spectacular fashion by breaking its own record for containers transported by rail three times in three weeks. The UKs largest container port closed out…

1st February 2004

Rail Record for Felixstowe

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Aberdeen based oil and chemical spill specialists Ceto Environmental Ltd , which is contracted to the MCA to deal with incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, has announced the opening of a…

1st February 2004

Cetos Third UK Response Centre

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The possibility of reviving British shipbuilding at the former Cammell Laird yard at Birkenhead has been raised by ship repair specialists A&PGroup , which has reached an agreement with site owner Reddington…

1st February 2004

A&P Looks to Revive Birkenhead Newbuilding

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The All-Energy Opportunities exhibition and conference returns to Aberdeen with the fourth in a series of annual events scheduled for 25-27 May. Devoted to renewable energy, All-Energy Opportunities will provide a topical…

1st February 2004

Marine Opportunities at All-Energy 2004

1st February 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The development and implementation of Galileo , Europes global navigation system, is moving towards its design and demonstration phase with testing equipment placed along the Danube and in several UK ports.

1st February 2004

Global Navigation System Gets Closer to Lift-Off

1st February 2004