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Portchester UK based VT Halmatic have delivered four RTK Logistic Support Boats to the Mauritius Police for use as heavy duty general purpose workboats by the Coastguard Division.

1st May 2003

35 Knot Workboats Speed to Mauritius

1st May 2003

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Hamburgs Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP), which is responsible for the Elbe port citys rivers and estuary waters, has taken delivery of SW25, the second in a powerful new type of patrol boats from east…

1st May 2003

New Hamburg Police Boat Costs Less than Predecessor

1st May 2003

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It is an unusual book that requests reader input to plan future editions butthis new undertaking from Conway Maritime Press, subtitled The InternationalAnnual of the Historic Sailing Ship: Volume 1, celebrates the…

1st April 2003

The Age of Sail

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Halyard launched their new Baby Moduline Aquadrive system at the London Boat Show earlier this month. It marks the first major redevelopment of the Aquadrive, a flexible coupling which fits between engine…

1st April 2003

Halyard Delivers Quiet Baby at London Boat Show

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Netherlands Vetus Den Ouden adds to its range of side-directional bow and stern thrusters with the introduction this year of a small electric stern thruster which, in spite of a diameter…

1st April 2003

Vetus Adds Small Electric Stern Thruster to its Range

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Hatlapa Uetersener Maschineenfabrik and Becker Marine Systems of Hamburg have purchased the starting air compressor and Schilling rudder business from the UKs Hamworthy KSE Ltd last month. The partnership between Hatlapa and…

1st April 2003

Hamworthy KSE Non-Core Sales Continue

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first two Dolphin podded propulsion systems jointly developed by STN Atlas Marine Electronics and Wartsila Propulsion have successfully completed sea trials aboard Seven Seas Voyager, the new 50,000gt cruise liner for…

1st April 2003

Dolphin Pods Successful in Sea Trials

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Concern has been expressed that the article about Scania and Yanmars cooperation agreement on page 12 of the February 2003 Maritime Journal does not make clear that the agreement gives Yanmar the…

1st April 2003

Scania and Yanmar Agreement Clarification

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Cummins MerCruiser Diesel (CMD) 50/50 joint venture between Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine has announced its channel distribution plan for the UK.

1st April 2003

Cummins MerCruiser Diesel Announces UK Distribution Plan

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Briggs Marine Contractors have re-engined their multi-purpose barge Forth Constructor with a pair of Daewoo marine engines supplied by Daewoos South Devon UK distributor WaterMota Ltd. This is the third set of…

1st April 2003

Daewoo Re-Power for Forth Constructor

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls Royce has scored two breakthrough propulsion orders with the US Navy, its Kamewa waterjets having been selected to drive the experimental X-Craft high speed aluminium catamaran while its MT30 marine gas…

1st April 2003

Rolls-Royce Breaks Through Marine Propulsion Barriers

1st April 2003

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new test engine at its TotalFinaElf Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyon in France. The $2m MAN B&W innovator-4C test engine comes into service…

1st April 2003

$2 Million Marine Lubricant Test Engine

1st April 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

A first time exhibitor at seawork2003, West Sussex based Expresslube UK Ltd has developed and built a portable separator system which is taken to site for treatment of contaminated fuel tanks. Contaminants…

1st April 2003

seawork Exhibition Debut for the Workboats Friend

1st April 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Fleetwater Marine Ltd will have an easy journey to make its seawork debut as the company is based at Ocean Quay in Southampton. Fleetwater Marine has just launched a range of carbon…

1st April 2003

Flexible Carbon Fibre Propellers Make seawork Exhibition Debut

1st April 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Tideland Signal, recently relocated from Redhill to Burgess Hill UK, will be travelling yet again in June as it debuts and demonstrates its new MLED-120E lantern at seawork2003. This new version of…

1st April 2003

New lantern Shines Light on seawork

1st April 2003

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Marine Specialised Technology Ltd (MST) will be launching its new 750 Workboat at on its stand at seawork2003. Based on the successful MST 680 Workboat which is in service with commercial operators…

1st April 2003

MST to Launch 750 Workboat at seawork2003

1st April 2003

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The Spanish Izar San Fernando shipyard has entered the conventional ferry sector with the keel laying ceremony for a Ropax ferry that will operate in the harsh weather conditions around the Faroe…

1st April 2003

Spanish Building Ropax for Faroes

1st April 2003

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Scotlands Forth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre conducted an exercise with the Greek registered ro-ro ferry Superfast 10 last month as the vessel was on passage from Zeebrugge to Rosyth. The 30,285 tonne,…

1st April 2003

Forth Coastguard Conduct Ferry Coordination Exercise

1st April 2003

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A first shipment comprising 1,200 tonnes of recycled bottle-glass material left the Midland Glass Processing Companys (MGPC) new plant at the ABP Port of Southampton last month on board MV Sea Kestrel,…

1st April 2003

Southampton Has A Lotta Bottle

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rechargeable nickel-cadmium battery technology has been selected in preference to valve regulated lead acid (VRLA) batteries to provide 30 minutes of emergency back-up power for Royal Caribbeans fleet of Radiance Class luxury…

1st April 2003

Cruising the Comfort Zone of Back-Up Power

1st April 2003