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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Published last September, this 2nd Edition of Nigel Calders best sellingbook again focuses on the smaller end of the diesel spectrum, engines rangingin horsepower from 10 to 100.

1st January 2004

Marine Diesel Engines

1st January 2004

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

This handsome volume, published late last year with the full support of theInternational Lifeboat Federation, the UKs RNLI and the US Coast Guard,is subtitled An International History of Lifesaving & Coastal Rescue…

1st January 2004

Rescue at Sea

1st January 2004

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has developed a current limiter based on high temperature superconductors (HTS) technology to protect ship supply systems against short circuits. Short circuit currents are…

1st January 2004

Shipboard Short Circuit Protection

1st January 2004

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The new AutoChief C20 propulsion control system for medium and low speed diesel engines has received a prestigious Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council . Representatives from Kongsberg Maritime…

1st January 2004

Control System Design Award

1st January 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde.

1st January 2004

Safe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip

1st January 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Winch specialist Atlas Winch & Hoist Services continues the expansion of their operations in the Southern UK with a relocation to new premises at Great Dunmow in Essex. The development of hire…

1st January 2004

Atlas Southern Expansion Lifts Off

1st January 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine design consultancy Houlder has delivered two cranes for the Royal Navys Fishery Protection Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle . The cranes replace obsolete units and will be used to handle the two…

1st January 2004

Houlder Holds Sway With HMS Dumbarton Castles Cranes

1st January 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry…

1st January 2004

In-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader

1st January 2004

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowes Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old…

1st January 2004

Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes

1st January 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Sonardyne invites users to do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders.

1st January 2004

Test Facilities for Transponders

1st January 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europes largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000…

1st January 2004

Video Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping

1st January 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data…

1st January 2004

New HYPACK Software

1st January 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound…

1st January 2004

Valeport Tide Gauges for RN

1st January 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range…

1st January 2004

Multibeam Systems for Colombian Navy

1st January 2004

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Partrac , a recently formed UK-based company, which provides sediment transport consultancy and sediment impact monitoring on a worldwide basis, says it has won several contracts since it was formed in September…

1st January 2004

Partrac Secures Sediment and Particle Tracking Work

1st January 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

An MP in Norfolk in the UK is calling on the Government to take a fresh look at the impact North Sea dredging is having on coastal erosion.

1st January 2004

Coast Erosion and Dredging Link?

1st January 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Tenders for the construction of a new harbour and ro-ro terminal at Great Yarmouth on the east coast of the UK could be issued by the end of the second quarter of…

1st January 2004

East Port Great Yarmouth Awaits Key Decisions

1st January 2004

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

British Waterways has entered an important phase in dredging 28km of the Llangollen Canal between Hurleston and Whixall in the UK, in order to complete its £ 1m maintenance programme by this…

1st January 2004

Llangollen Canal Dredging Reaches Crucial Phase

1st January 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The fortuitous meeting of Caterpillar distributor Finning (UK) Ltd with Volkswagen Marine at the London Boat Show one year ago came to fruition with the announcement at this year' s show of…

1st January 2004

Finning Gets the Bug for Small Engines

1st January 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new 3412D propulsion engine is now available to the commercial marine market from Caterpillar . The V-12 four stroke cycle diesel engine offers higher horsepower than its predecessor, the Cat 3412C,…

1st January 2004

Cat Extends Range With 3412D Commercial

1st January 2004