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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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The newbuild oil pollution control vessel Chrissi Akti Z has gone into service in Greece equipped with an oil spill containment and recovery package supplied by Vikoma International Ltd.

1st April 2003

New Pollution Control Vessel Joins Greek Fleet

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited (P-PHS) is a new name but an experienced player which now encompasses the traditional 30 year class heritage of the Dowty brand naval and commercial handling systems…

1st April 2003

P-PHS Born of Marine Handling Consolidation

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine window wiper specialist Wynn Marine has delivered the wiper system for two new ferries in production for Caledonian MacBrayne.

1st April 2003

Clean Screens for CalMac Newbuilds

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Smit Heavy Lifts Marine Projects Department completed the loading, dry tow, offloading and placement of a permanent production facility (PPF) in the UAE last month. The contract was awarded by the Anadarko…

1st April 2003

Precise Heavy Lift Placement Off Qatar

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port of Felixstowe UK is undertaking a major expansion of its container handling capacity, ordering three Ship to Shore Gantry Cranes (SSGCs) and 10 new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) from…

1st April 2003

Felixstowe To Lift TEU Total

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Brinkmann & Niemeijer Motoren b. v. of Twello in the Netherlands has developed the new Triton range of small gensets specially for the marine market.

1st April 2003

Dutch Launch Small Marine Genset Range

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired specialist fishing net company Leach & Turner (Fishing Gear) Ltd. The deal complements Cosalts existing fishing business in the UK South West and provides additional expertise…

1st April 2003

Cosalt Safety & Protection Lands a Fishing Net Specialist

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Bodewes Winches of The Netherlands has obtained the R4 quality rating for their 84mm Bodewes QuickLink, a connector link by which wire rope and chain can be connected/ disconnected rapidly.

1st April 2003

Bodewes Delivers Deepwater Mooring System

1st April 2003

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Alstom has won a $20m order to supply the propulsion and control systems for 10 new diesel electric platform supply vessels being built by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company of Alabama USA.

1st April 2003

Diesel Electric Power for US Platform Supply Vessels

1st April 2003

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Chinese shipbuilders are rapidly expanding both their product ranges and their newbuilding capacity. In addition to an already well established product line of large vessels such as tankers and bulkers, Chinese yards…

1st April 2003

Legal Issues of Chinese Shipbuilding Explained

1st April 2003