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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

At a recent reception held in London by Svitzer-Wijsmuller, Stuart McNiven managing director of Wijsmuller Marine Ltd announced the order of a new tractor tug from the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Zamacona.

1st July 2002

Towlines

1st July 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of a pair of unique escort and shiphandling tugs is about to be put into service by Fortum Oil and Gas Oy for use at the Rorvoo and Naantali terminals…

1st July 2002

Unique Escort Tugs Bound for Finland

1st July 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Port of Antwerp Authority has taken delivery of the first of three new Voith Schneider tractor tugs from the local shipbuilder SKB NV.

1st July 2002

Antwerp Takes Delivery of Another Tractor

1st July 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc of New Orleans, USA, has completed the conversion of the first of a series of eight tugs from single to twin-screw vessels with new 4000hp propulsion systems. The 32m…

1st July 2002

Bollinger Converts Eight Tugs to Twin-screw Propulsion

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch construction firms Royal BAM NBM and the Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) have announced that the former will purchase the latter from Spanish construction firm Grupo Dragados.

1st July 2002

News Hollandsche Beton Groep Sold Back to Dutch Control

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

ChartCo has concluded successful sea trials for the delivery of weekly Electronic Navigation Charts (ENCs) in conjunction with Primar and the Stolt Nielsen shipping company. ChartCos services to date have focused on…

1st July 2002

Sea Trials Success for ENC Updates to Vessels at Sea

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The British Governments Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded an £ 8.5m Freight Facilities Grant to Staffordshire-based Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd (RWSL) for the development of an innovative transportation system that…

1st July 2002

UK Funding Diverts Heavy Road Transport to Water

1st July 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

seawork returned to its quayside location in the working Port of Southampton last month for the fifth consecutive summer to welcome record numbers of exhibitors and visitors.

1st July 2002

seawork2002 Exhibition Sizzles in the Sunshine as Sales Soar

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Singapore-based Transas Marine Pacific has received an order from Eastwind Shipmanagement Pte Ltd to supply the first multi-purpose simulation complex to be established in Myanmar, formerly Burma.

1st July 2002

Transas Bridges River Kwai and Launches Website

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

During the early hours of 20 May, SMIT commenced the final phase of its involvement in the construction of two new pedestrian foot bridges spanning Londons River Thames and located on either…

1st July 2002

Spectacular Lifts for New London Bridge

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Britains Energy Minister, Brian Wilson, invited UK industry to win itself a substantial share of growing global investment in new and renewable energy, expected to add up to £ 400bn by 2010.

1st July 2002

Aberdeen Conference Sees £Billions in Marine Renewables

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Southampton-based Ocean Safety has launched a new design, drawing and consultancy service created to provide technical and detailed safety specifications for shipbuilders and naval architects in the commercial, defence and leisure sectors.

1st July 2002

New Marine Safety Consultancy Service

1st July 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A practical partnership between the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, the Environment Agency, Ordinance Survey and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency to produce a shared methodology for definitive measurement of environmental data in…

1st July 2002

United Kingdom Treasury Supports Coastal Hydrography Project

1st July 2002

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Higher working pressures and longer life are two of the major design enhancements on the new AMOT 4418F turbine fuel shut-off valve, which also functions as an air start for diesel engines,…

1st June 2002

Major Design Enhancements for New Fuel Shut-off Valve

1st June 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

New at seawork2002 is the Innovations Showcase, providing the perfect focus on products and projects which have come to the market or been undertaken in the past year.

1st June 2002

Innovations Showcase Boosts Visitor Focus on New Products

1st June 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Lochin Marine International returns to seawork and will be occupying its usual spot adjacent to the gangplank from the quayside down to the shows floating exhibition.

1st June 2002

Lochin Debuts New Design at seawork

1st June 2002

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Oceanscan Ltd comes to seawork2002 with a selection of the equipment it has procured over the last 18 months as it consolidates its position as a leading supplier of technology and personnel…

1st June 2002

Oceanscan Brings VideoRay to seawork2002 exhibition

1st June 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

For applications that require mounting accessories on square rail, Johnson Marine of Connecticut USA has introduced a new accessory bracket which provides a simple but secure method of mounting accessories to an…

1st June 2002

New Accesory Bracket for Square Rails from the USA

1st June 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Birmingham UK-based crane and lifting tackle specialists Crane Care have installed a crane conversion system at vessel builder Vosper Thornycrofts Southampton yard. A total of eight crane structures were upgraded to a…

1st June 2002

Crane Upgrade Remedies Frequency Overlap Shut-Down

1st June 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A fleet of six new RAF air sea rescue launches designed to train Air Force crewmen in marine rescue techniques is being equipped with multi-purpose Effer Cranes supplied and fitted by European…

1st June 2002

Cranes a Key Component of RAF Rescue Craft

1st June 2002