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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The arrival of the new tug/ workboat Jack James to J Butcher & Sons Ltd of Portsmouth passed quietly and without clamour on the 6 September. Within a day or two the…

1st October 2002

The Arrival of Jack James

1st October 2002

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Ro-Clean Desmi have delivered a 10m Pollkitten, the smallest in their range of Pollcat anti-pollution boats, to the CEPSA oil refinery at Spains rapidly expanding port of Algeciras. Within five days of…

1st October 2002

Ro-Clean Desmi Delivers Oil Skimming Catamaran

1st October 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

.The headquarters and registered office of Wijsmuller Marine Ltd has now been relocated from Woking in Surrey to Middlesbrough. In future all correspondence that would have been sent to Woking should be…

1st October 2002

Towlines

1st October 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Irish Mainport Holdings Ltd, the Cork based marine services and shipping group established in 1974, continues to increase its influence in the towage and marine construction sector.

1st October 2002

Mainport Group Expand Marine Activities

1st October 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The latest but probably not the last chapter in the life of a remarkable German workboat has just been written in Rostock where Fairplay has sold the last tug in what used…

1st October 2002

Former East German Workboat is Sold to the Adriatic

1st October 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Italian tug owners SCAFI Societa di Navigazione S. p. a. based in La Spezia, Italy have taken delivery of the first new ASD 2810 tug from Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem in the…

1st October 2002

Damen Deliver the First of New ASD 2810 Design

1st October 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Anglian Princess, the new flagship for Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd, entered service with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September and was host to an important event for the agency in…

1st October 2002

The New Anglian Princess Hosts Pool of London Reception

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls Royce and Spanish shipbuilder Izar announced plans at SMM for a new European High Speed Cargo Vessel (EHSCV) to provide a cost effective shortsea shipping alternative to road transport in Europe.

1st October 2002

Euro High Speed Ro-Ro Breaks Cover at SMM

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

North Germanys Kroeger Shipyard , part of the Luerssen Group and a specialist research vessel builder, has now won the contract to build the sophisticated 93.6m long, 17.8m wide ice-strengthened research ship…

1st October 2002

Kroeger bags contract for sophisticated research ship

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Portchester UK based Halmatic is providing a new fleet of eight boats for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .

1st October 2002

New MCA Boat From Halmatic Makes a Splash

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Delta Power Services travelled from their base in Cheshire UK to the Isle of Wight last month to launch the first of their new range of 14 to 21m RIBs.

1st October 2002

Delta 140 Patrol in Isle of Wight Launch

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Briggs Marine Contractors have played a key role in the recovery of an RAF aircraft which crashed into the River Humber near the town of Brough in Yorkshire UK.

1st October 2002

Contractor/ Military Co-Operation Raises Lost Aircraft

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

There has been much talk in the boatbuilding industry recently about a new product from Essex UK based Torkmaster Ltd which will make its debut at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam next…

1st October 2002

EMS is the Tork of the Town

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Maritime Research Institute Netherlands (MARIN) celebrates its 70th anniversary this month with the official inauguration of its upgraded Depressurised Towing Tank.

1st October 2002

MARIN Tanks Up for 70th Anniversary

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The European Maritime Pilots Association (EMPA) has warned that passage of the European Unions ports directive, which would force pilots to compete on a commercial basis, would compromise safety standards and discourage…

1st October 2002

European Maritime Pilots Warn of Deregulation Dangers

1st October 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

It is a rare occasion when two ships perpetuating the same illustrious name have a chance meeting on the high seas but just such an incident took place recently when the British…

1st October 2002

Echo Past Meets Echo Present

1st October 2002

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KEY DEALS

Secure-Marine of Rotterdam made a valuable contribution to the fast expanding marine security market when it presented a ship protection system to the US Maritime Security Expo in New York last month.…

1st October 2002

Shocking Debut for Ship Security System

1st October 2002

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Germanys Port Technology, Gottwalds Terminal Systems Division, in co-operation with Navis LLC of California USA, have won an order from Rotterdams ECT Delta Terminal to replace several existing terminal management systems by…

1st September 2002

New Control System for Rotterdams ECT

1st September 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The MAN B&W Diesel Group will present two new marine engine developments as well as their next generation of turbochargers under the title Prime Movers across 350m 2ofexhibition space on Stand 6001…

1st September 2002

Prime Movers Think Big at SMM

1st September 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces the overall length of the unit.

1st September 2002

New Flexible Driveshaft Couplings from Centa

1st September 2002