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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The A& P Shipcare Group has made a flying start to 2002, having already completed a number of major contracts.

1st April 2002

Fast Start to New Year for A&P

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new tug fleet has been formed by Soc De Rem L Thomas of Rouen to serve the port of Bordeaux. The four-tug fleet has been assembled by purchasing secondhand tonnage from…

1st April 2002

Towlines

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of two powerful Voith Schneider propelled tractor tugs is currently nearing completion for the French Navy at the Socarenam shipyard in Boulogne. Esterel, and sistership Luberon, are due for delivery…

1st April 2002

New Voith Tractors for the French Navy

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

ITS 2002, the seventeenth International Tug & Salvage Convention and Exhibition, takes place in Bilbao, Spain from 13-17th May - a natural location bearing in mind the current strength of the host…

1st April 2002

International Tug and Salvage Event Set to Break Records

1st April 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The 40,000ihp Supertug Fotiy Krylov has been offered for charter. Brokers Marcon International, Inc of Coupeville, WA, USA have been authorised by the Russian Navy to offer for long-term commercial bareboat charter…

1st April 2002

Supertug for Charter

1st April 2002

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The newly formed Humber Trade Zone Initiative (HTZI) is set to benefit from over £ 34m of regional aid to boost the long term development of an area which boasts the UK'…

1st April 2002

£34m Long Term Development Aid Boost for Humberside

1st April 2002

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A new report by the Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) has warned the UK maritime supply industries to prepare to bid over the next few months for major American contracts.

1st April 2002

America Opens Door to Foreign Suppliers

1st April 2002

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The new supply vessel North Mariner, named in a ceremony last month, is the first British ordered vessel to be built to DNVs new environmental class.

1st April 2002

New CLEAN Supply Vessel

1st April 2002

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County Antrim-based Fast Engineering has secured a contract which makes the Japanese Coast Guard the first overseas customer for its new Fastank Bund Secondary Containment System (FBSCS).

1st April 2002

Japanese Coast Guard Orders Fastank

1st April 2002

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Two UK south coast marine manufacturers who have been working closely together for seven years have joined forces, with exhaust systems specialists Halyard purchasing Sabre Fabrications. Sabre, to be renamed Halyard Fabrications…

1st April 2002

Halyard and Sabre Join Forces

1st April 2002

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The new Container Terminal Lubeck, opening in April, is a Hamburg operation from start to finish, but it will also add a serious box handling dimension to the increasingly intermodal Baltic port…

1st April 2002

Hamburg Terminal Adds dimension to Lubeck

1st April 2002

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The Transas Group celebrated 10 years as an international supplier of marine software and systems last month with events at its world headquarters in Portsmouth UK.

1st April 2002

Transas Group Turns Ten

1st April 2002

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Counter-pollution specialists Briggs Environmental Services have completed a major recruitment drive in a move aimed at adding fresh momentum to its ongoing global expansion plans.

1st April 2002

Briggs Environmental Services Expansion

1st April 2002

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Leading experts have joined forces to form a major new counter-pollution company which will work for the prevention and control of oil and chemical spills worldwide.

1st April 2002

Counter-Pollution Company Launches in Aberdeen

1st April 2002

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HMS Echo, the first of two new oceanographic and hydrographic survey ships for the British Royal Navy has been floated out from Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon and had its naming ceremony.

1st April 2002

New Generation Survey Vessel Named

1st April 2002

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The presence of an estimated 150,000 small craft operating in British waters has inspired UK seal manufacturer Economos to enter the market for marine seals for such smaller vessels.

1st April 2002

Marine Seals for Smaller Craft

1st April 2002

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The ABP Port of Southampton has become the first port authority to deploy the PC Rembrandt ship handling training simulator developed by British Maritime Technologys subsidiary BMT SeaTech.

1st April 2002

Rembrandt Gives ABP a Portrait of Southampton

1st April 2002

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A new benchmark for measuring safety in harbours was announced last month by the British Governments DTLR.

1st April 2002

Guide to Good Practice Boosts Safety Code

1st April 2002

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UK boatbuilder Halmatic Limited returns to seawork as an exhibitor in both the indoor and the floating exhibitions.

1st March 2002

Halmatic to Celebrate 50th Anniversary at seawork2002

1st March 2002

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Gemini Workboats of Colchester UK have launched and delivered their first Fastcat, a 12m version of their GRP catamaran, to skipper Dave Burden of Portsmouth-based Sea Trax.

1st March 2002

Gemini Delivers First Fastcat

1st March 2002