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POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Finland based oil spill clean-up equipment manufacturer Lamor Corporation continues its global expansion with the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States. The office is the result of collaboration with Lamor…

1st November 2003

Lamor the Merrier With Global Growth

1st November 2003

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Transport Committee of the European Parliament has welcomed Commission proposals earlier this month designed to lead to criminal sanctions for ships that cause pollution at sea.

1st November 2003

MEPs Back Ship Pollution Criminal Sanctions

1st November 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Oil is the lifeblood of marine engines as it cleans, cools, lubricates and can reveal valuable information about internal conditions via oil viscosity testing. The Kittiwake Viscotube has just been launched to…

1st November 2003

Portable Marine Oil Viscosity Testing

1st November 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has received an order from HDW Fuel Cell Systems GmbH (HFCS) of Kiel in Germany to supply a transportable 160kW fuel cell system for…

1st November 2003

Siemens Box Clever With Demo Fuel Cell System

1st November 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Coventry based driveline equipment specialist Newage Transmissions Ltd has strengthened its UK marine sales network with the appointment of Albatross Marine as an authorised distributor for its PRM product range.

1st November 2003

Newage Appoints New PRM Distributor

1st November 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Ballycastle Charters has completed the refit of its Aqua Star 9m sea fishing charter boat Lord Moyle by repowering with a Perkins Sabre M265Ti engine.

1st November 2003

Tuna Tremble at Lord Moyle Repower

1st November 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The entire crew of the anchor-handling tug Stevns Power (ex: Seaward Fox ex: SeaWolf 1 ex: Maersk Beater ) were lost in a tragic accident whilst working off the Nigerian coast some…

1st November 2003

Towlines

1st November 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Iskes Towage & Salvage BV ofIjmuiden has taken delivery of the new azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug Thetis , after a somewhat protracted wait. This vessel, built by the IHC Delta Shipyard…

1st November 2003

Long Awaited Thetis is Delivered

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With two of the first four so-called ghost ships towed from America to the UK for scrapping now moored at Hartlepool and the other two mid-Atlantic, uncertainty surrounds their future as the…

1st November 2003

Ghost Ships Scare Up Government Reversal

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Swedish Road Administration operates a fleet of more than 60 ships and is thus the country’ s largest shipping company in terms of number of vessels. The Road Administration has overall…

1st November 2003

Venus in Green Call to Arms

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Oil Control Systems of the Netherlands has received an order from SMIT Salvage for the delivery of 400m of Ro-Boom 1100 Oilboom . The order contains four hydraulic operated reels, each including…

1st November 2003

OCS Goes Boom

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

EVIMAR A/S shareholders include British Maritime Technology Ltd, which has recently opened a subsidiary office in Belgium called BMT De Beer bv. The new office is strategically located at Stabroek, near the…

1st November 2003

Eurpoean Marine Institute A Virtual Certainty

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 4m reconstruction of the Queens Wharf in Falmouth has been completed, enabling ship repair and port services specialist A&P Falmouth to resume normal operations. The original structure was destroyed by a…

1st November 2003

Queen’s Wharf Rebuild Completed

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) has extended its marine surveying capability through the acquisition of US based Technical Maritime Associates Inc, which provides a wide range of marine surveying services around the…

1st November 2003

BMT Extends Survey Reach

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

European Marine and Machinery Agencies has been appointed UK distributor for Dutch heat exchanger manufacturer Klima Thermo-Tech B.V. Klima is providing the air to air cooling systems for the azimuth propulsion pods…

1st November 2003

EMMA Links With Klima

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UKs Maritime & oastguard Agency has issued the first flag approval of its kind for a SOLAS XI-2/6 compliant DSAS ship security alert system supplied by Pole Star Space Applications Limited.

1st November 2003

First UK Flag Approval for DSAS

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Warship building has returned to Portsmouth (UK) Naval Base after more than 35 years following the start of production at the VT Group snew facilities on the Royal Navy s Type 45…

1st November 2003

Shipbuilding Resumes at Portsmouth Naval Base

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Testing has begun of a prototype tidal energy turbine, the EXIM, which both its developers and local government bodies hope will establish Shetland at the forefront of renewable energy developments. Swedish owned…

1st November 2003

Tidal Turbine Testing Surge in Scotland

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The lengthy gestation of the FastShip project took a step closer to realisation last month when a feasibility study agreement was signed between the American company of that name and Spanish shipyard…

1st November 2003

IZAR Agreement Boosts FastShip

1st November 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-based antifouling specialist Cathelco Ltd has acquired the cathodic protection business of Jotun A/S, creating what is claimed to be the worlds largest combined manufacturer of electrolytic antifouling systems for seawater pipework…

1st November 2003

Cathelco and Jotun Join Forces

1st November 2003