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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex have developed the capability to produce bespoke mobile mini-drydocks (mobdocks) to effect major repairs underwater to vessels which would otherwise require drydocking.

1st October 2002

Bespoke Cofferdams Enable Rapid Underwater Repair

1st October 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch construction group Ballast Nedam has reversed its earlier position and decided to sell its one-third interest in joint venture Ballast Ham Dredging to majority co-owner Hollandsche Beton Groep The decision…

1st October 2002

Ballast Nedam Sells Interest in Ballast Ham Dredging

1st October 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA) has announced that the 17th World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will take place in Hamburg from 27 September through to 1 October 2004, coinciding with the…

1st October 2002

World Dredging Congress XVII Tied to Next SMM Exhibition

1st October 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The London-based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international professional body and learned society which claims to be the largest marine organisation of its kind with a worldwide membership…

1st October 2002

IMarEST Accreditation

1st October 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Atlas Hydrographic, based in Cairns, Australia and Bremen, Germany, has been awarded a contract worth more than ¢ 500,000 by the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia for supply of multibeam echosounding facilities…

1st October 2002

Suez Canal Contract

1st October 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Scottish marine plant operator Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd has taken delivery of a new MRV 20 multi-role vessel built by Halmatic at their Portchester yard. The Laura M becomes Garelochs flagship…

1st October 2002

Gareloch Expands Fleet with Multi-Role Laura M

1st October 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mid-Lothian, Scotland based Environmental Engineering has changed the name for the marine section of their business to MarineCo UK Ltd. The move follows feedback from participation in their first ever exhibition this…

1st October 2002

Its All Go for New Name MarineCo

1st October 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Rosyth already had much of the required infrastructure in place when it received the go-ahead early this year to become Scotlands first ferry link to mainland Europe via a…

1st October 2002

Dew Piles It On for Rosyth Ro-Ro Port

1st October 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Milford Haven Port Authority in the UK has demonstrated its commitment to conservation by using fender pilings made of recycled plastic in place of rain forest hardwood. During a £ 130,000…

1st October 2002

Milford Haven Goes Green with Plastic Timber

1st October 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK, which is planning a major regeneration effort at Lydney Docks near Gloucester, has increased the size of the marina it is planning to build to…

1st October 2002

EA to Enlarge Lydney Docks Marina

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norways Soviknes Shipyard, part of the Aker Brattvaag Group, has delivered a completely new multipurpose offshore vessel design which is said to represent a technological breakthrough in several areas.

1st October 2002

Super Quiet Vessel Marks Technological Breakthrough

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Schottel featured their new Schottel Electric Propulsor (SEP) at SMM in Hamburg last month.

1st October 2002

Schottel Shows Son of SSP at SMM

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Caterpillar introduced a major upgrade to its 3500B series range of marine propulsion and auxiliary engines at SMM in Hamburg last month.

1st October 2002

Dredging Input Breeds More Purrfect Cat

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Regulateur Europa has launched an Integrated Propulsion Controller (IPC) to the diesel engine industry.

1st October 2002

Integrated Propulsion Controller Launched

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Castrol Marine has extended its global operation to supply specialist marine lubricants to the northwest Russian port of St Petersburg.

1st October 2002

Marine Lubricants In Russian Market Expansion

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Diesel engine specialists Bartech Marine Engineering has recently completed an overhaul of the main engine and gearbox plus three auxiliary engines and all associated parts for the MV Goosander, an ex-Admiralty Duck…

1st October 2002

Engines Rebuild Gives New Life to Goosander

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new range of mobile high-pressure water jetting systems developed by Calder at its Worcester UK factory will take to the road with fully computerised controls that automatically decelerate the engine to…

1st October 2002

High Pressure Pump for Hull Cleaning

1st October 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Norway-based Jets Vacuum AS has launched a new system for small ferries and workboats which retains the advantages of normal Jet Vacuum toilet systems but in a scaled down version for easy…

1st October 2002

Jets New Small Vessel Toilet System

1st October 2002

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