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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With all of the hardware needed on a vessel, it is difficult to keep the deck clutter free.

1st May 2002

Hazard-Free Retractable Chocks

1st May 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Solar Solve, the South Shields UK-based manufacturer of anti-glare roller screens for navigation and control room windows, has been so successful in penetrating foreign markets that its Member of Parliament, David Milliband,…

1st May 2002

MP Spotlights Anti-Glare Success

1st May 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Scottish winch manufacturer Alfred Cheyne Engineering (ACE) has reacted to a downturn in its traditional fishing industry market by investing in new design and quality systems which have allowed the company to…

1st May 2002

Alfred Cheyne Finds Overseas Projects for New Winch Designs

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

European Union Transport Ministers meeting in Brussels have given an official go-ahead for continued development of the Galileo satellite positioning system which will provide an alternative to the comparable GPS network operated…

1st May 2002

EU Go-ahead for Galileo

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Two new survey vessels being built at the Royal Schelde yard in Flushing for delivery to the Royal Netherlands Navy in 2004 are to be equipped with integrated bridge systems designed by…

1st May 2002

Imtech Systems for Dutch Vessels

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

US sidescan sonar specialist Klein has launched a new advanced all-digital Model 3000 system featuring improved transducers, circuitry and designs adapted from its Model 5000 multibeam-focused sonar equipment.

1st May 2002

New Klein Advanced All-digital Sonar

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Gardline Surveys of Great Yarmouth has been awarded a further two-year contract by the Ministry of Defence for surveys in support of updating UK nautical charts on behalf of the UK Hydrographic…

1st May 2002

UKHO Contract for Gardline

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Rear Admiral Alexandros Maratos, Director of the Greek Navys Hydrographic Services, has been elected President of the International Hydrographic Organizations Bureau Directing Committee which will oversee the Monaco-based inter-governmental bodys work for…

1st May 2002

New IHO Officials Elected

1st May 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Metoc of Liphook, Hampshire has signed a licensing agreement with the UK Hydrographic Officer under which it will supply Admiralty charts in a geographical information system (GIS)-compatible vector format.

1st May 2002

METOCUKHO Licensing Agreement

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Working in collaboration with a consortium of companies, Hollands Van den Noort Innovations has designed a self-closing flood barrier, the Self-Closing Waterdam (SCW).

1st May 2002

Self-Closing Quayside Flood Barrier

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Fugro Survey (Middle East) Ltd of Abu Dhabi has been awarded a $5 million contract by Dolphin Energy Ltd to conduct onshore and offshore surveys and environmental impact assessments.

1st May 2002

Integrated Survey for Subsea Pipeline

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

One of Britains most magnificent examples of Victorian engineering, the Anderton Boat Lift in Cheshire has been formally reopened following restoration which features a modern electrohydraulic system designed and installed by Bosch…

1st May 2002

21st Century Restoration of 19th Century Boatlift

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

In August of last year construction work began on the latest Associated British Ports (ABP) development at Humber International Terminal Phase II, more simply known as HIT 2.

1st May 2002

Dredging Works Make a HIT on Humberside

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Mowlem Marine is constructing a new berth for Scrabster Harbour Trust, Thurso Bay, for ferries to Stromness in the Orkney Islands. Consulting engineers are the Babtie Group.

1st May 2002

Tie Rod Protection for Scottish Ferry Berth

1st May 2002

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The public opening of The Falkirk Wheel in the UK, which was scheduled for 1 May, is now unlikely to take place until June at the earliest because of damage caused by…

1st May 2002

Vandalism Delays Boatlift Inauguration

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Ballast Ham Dredging says it will be shipping the largest vertical drainage rig in the world to a project in Singapore later this year. The jumbo rig can sink vertical drains to…

1st May 2002

De-watering Rig Bound for Singapore

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster, the Dutch dredging company, has acquired a substantial order in Singapore for the construction of a large outfall in the Changi area.

1st May 2002

Royal Boskalis Orders in Nigeria and Singapore

1st May 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Specialist marine civil engineering and geotechnical drilling contractors Seacore has completed the design and installation of a navigation transit day mark on the Tins Walbert rock outcrop on the northwestern extremity of…

1st May 2002

Seacore Installs Scilly Isles Navigation Day Mark

1st May 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Jan de Nul has provided an update on its recent activities in the Caribbean region.

1st May 2002

Jan de Nul Busy in Caribbean

1st May 2002

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

With universal automatic identification systems (UAIS) becoming a new requirement from 1 July 2002, McMurdo has collaborated with their Portsmouth UK neighbours, Transas, to jointly develop the MT1 UAIS system.

1st May 2002

Safety Kit on Show at Posidonia

1st May 2002