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MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Regulateurs Europa, based in Colchester UK, has won a contract to supply a new control and monitoring system for the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard.

1st January 2002

Refit Controls for Trinidad Coastguard

1st January 2002

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Swan Hunter at Tyneside UK, the lead contractor for new amphibious assault ships being built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has awarded the contract for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to Newcastle based…

1st January 2002

Infra-red Monitoring for Newbuilds

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A christening ceremony before Christmas saw Aker Yards, Soviknes Verft AS in Norway deliver the advanced multipurpose offshore vessel M/S Normand Rover to Norwegian operators Solstad Offshore. The Normand Rover is the…

1st January 2002

Compact Azipods for Offshore Vessel

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first Sulzer RT-flex low speed marine diesel featuring common-rail fuel injection completed its sea trials late last year in the self-unloading bulk carrier Gypsum Centennial.

1st January 2002

Common-Rail Sulzers Orders Up

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A new range of hydraulically powered bow and stern mounted thrusters has joined the QL marine accessory programme which is exclusively distributed by Volvo Penta through their worldwide dealer network.

1st January 2002

Hydraulic Thruster Range Takes a Bow

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Following an initial joint £ 20m contract award by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the French Government for the design, build and operation of an Electric Ship Technology Demonstrator (ESTD)…

1st January 2002

£6m for Marine Induction Motor

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana USA has delivered the Seacor Eagle, the first of two nearly identical 145.5ft supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas USA.

1st January 2002

Cummins Power Supply Vessels

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Six cylinder engines from the ubiquitous Deutz 628 series have been chosen as the main drive for a new type of ship, the Crescent Rhine river carrier, a coastal freighter which was…

1st January 2002

Deutz Power for New Coastal Freighter

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

This month sees the launch of a new range of turbine air starters for diesel and gas engines of 1 to 300 litre capacity from Oldbury UK based IPU Starting.

1st January 2002

Air Starters for Marine Engines

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Geislinger, the Austrian torsional vibration specialist, has launched Flydamp, a product which replaces the conventional damper, flywheel and torsional elastic coupling and is mounted instead of the original flywheel.

1st January 2002

Good Vibes for Diesels with Flydamp

1st January 2002

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

E P Barrus Ltd attended the London Boat Show for the first time as distributors of the MerCruiser engine range.

1st January 2002

Barrus Adds MerCruiser at London Boat Show

1st January 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A Divecat version of the Redbus 520 workboat has been sold by Redbus Workboats to the Diving Marbella scuba diving company based in the popular tourist destination in Southern Spain.

1st January 2002

Redbus Makes Spanish Splash

1st January 2002

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Aberdeen based survey contractor Andrews Survey has recently completed a pipeline inspection in the Danish section of the North Sea, working in tandem with ROV operators Rovtech Ltd.

1st January 2002

Andrews Survey Goes ROVing Off Denmark

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat…

1st January 2002

Humberside Hails Arrival of Pat M

1st January 2002

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Department of Bristol Port Company, controlling authority for the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, has completed a major upgrade of equipment which has already realised significant improvements in operational capabilities,…

1st January 2002

Bristol Boosts Survey Operations

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the worlds largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper…

1st January 2002

Jan De Nul Orders the Worlds Largest Deep Dredging Installation

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winters exceptional floods.

1st January 2002

Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks

1st January 2002

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishops Bridge and…

1st January 2002

Dredging continues on River Wensum

1st January 2002

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known…

1st January 2002

Innovative Design Saves Road From Sea

1st January 2002

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) reports that the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers or FIDIC), has produced a new Form of Contract for Dredging and…

1st January 2002

Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works Published

1st January 2002