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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Bank of Scotland Marine Finance, which is well established in the UK as a leisure marine finance provider, has expanded its activities to support commercial marine companies looking for asset funding. Paul…

1st April 2003

Commercial Marine Finance Makes seawork a Port of Call

1st April 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

VOSTA LMG will deliver a CSD350 cutter suction dredger this month to a Russian customer who has specified that the vessel must be able to operate in Siberia at temperatures as low…

1st April 2003

Deep Freeze Dredger Designed for Defiance

1st April 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Institute of Engineering Survey & Space Geodesy at Nottingham University is offering a range of funding opportunities for its postgraduate degree, diploma and short courses for 2003-4.

1st April 2003

IESSG Funding Grants

1st April 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Archival news from Liverpool Museum, which has inherited a century of global tidal records from Proudman Oceanographic Laboratory at Bidston (formerly the Liverpool Observatory & Tidal Institute).

1st April 2003

Century of Global Tidal Records Archive Inherited

1st April 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HMS Echo, the UK Royal Navys new multi-role hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessel, was formally commissioned at a ceremony in Devonport on 7 March. Built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Bideford under contract…

1st April 2003

New Royal Navy Survey Vessel Comissioned

1st April 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Innovation 4C, a new European joint venture company which aims to be a technology hothouse for the marine industry according to its Chief Executive, Stuart Heaver, has been established with headquarters at…

1st April 2003

New Joint Venture Company Established

1st April 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A new conference, Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments, is to take place on September 11 2003 at the National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI), Silsoe, UK.

1st April 2003

Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments

1st April 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is…

1st April 2003

First Caissons Floated Out for Durban Quay Wall Project

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Norwegian tug owners Bukser og Berging AS have entrusted Moen Slip A/S of Kolvereid, with the construction of the new state of the art escort tug. One of the worlds most advanced…

1st April 2003

New Escort Tug Under Construction for Norwegian Owners

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On Sunday 23 March the anchor-handling tug supply vessel Union Manta arrived at her home port of Antwerp following completion at the Orskov shipyard in Frederikshavn, Denmark.

1st April 2003

Union Manta is Delivered to URS

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new escort and shiphandling tug named TDI Zubeyde Ana is now on station in Istanbul.

1st April 2003

Bosphorus Gets a Powerful Escort Tug

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

TDI Zubeyde Ana is one of an increasing number of tugs being produced around the world to Robert Allan designs.

1st April 2003

Robert Allan Ltd is Busy Around the World

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seahorse Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Irish Mainport has recently purchased the anchorhandling tug supply vessel Pearl from Seacor. She recently arrived at Cork ready to enter service with Marathon and…

1st April 2003

Towlines

1st April 2003

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Seattle USA based marine fuel transportation and services specialist Olympic Tug and Barge has installed new Perkins Sabre gensets on board their vessel Sarina, a tug used to transport lubricating oil,…

1st April 2003

Perkins Gensets for USA Tug

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

German fishing authorities in Cuxhaven were reported very satisfied with the way German shipyard Bremerhavener Dock GmbH (BREDO) lengthened and converted three of their cutters and put them back into service on…

1st April 2003

Snappy Conversions for German Cutters

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

British Maritime Technology Ltd has acquired Nigel Gee & Associates Ltd, the Southampton based designers specialising in innovative, high-speed mono and multi-hull vessels. Recent high profile designs include the X-Craft for the…

1st April 2003

BMT Acquires Nigel Gee & Associates

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Croatia, best known for its repair and conversion work in Europe but also a builder of small specialist vessels, has now revealed it has also penetrated the…

1st April 2003

Croatian Shipyard Penetrates Ferry Newbuild Sector

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first e-learning package to train personnel in handling pollution incidents from offshore installations to UK standards has been accredited by the British Governments Department of Trade and Industry.

1st April 2003

Accreditation for Offshore Spill Training

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A newbuilding which combines the capabilities of shallow-water and deep-water cable laying and repair vessels has joined the fleet of Bohlen & Doyen Group subsidiary Submarine Cable & Pipe.

1st April 2003

Unique Cable Layer for Wide Range of Jobs

1st April 2003

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping Groups PD Teesport Hartlepool Dock facility has been chosen by Carbon International Ltd to provide cargo handling and storage services for up to 40,000 tonnes of…

1st April 2003

Bulk Petroleum Coke to Hartlepool Dock

1st April 2003