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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Scott Wharton, a North Devon skipper with 29 years’ experience fishing in the Bristol Channel, has joined the CWind boat share scheme taking on a new CTruk 20T vessel due for launch…

26th June 2013

CWind adds to fleet

26th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Angus Belcher Marine, operators of the Seasmart Motor Boat Sea School, based at Cowes, signed a deal on the opening day of Seawork 2013 to join forces with The Boat Development Co…

26th June 2013

Seaward Sea School orders Seaward 29

26th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Seawork Innovation Awards were presented on Tuesday night by BBC TV’s Sally Taylor at the new-format networking event, sponsored by ZF Marine.

26th June 2013

Seawork Innovation winners

26th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

HamiltonJet (stand B31) will be showing one of its larger jets at Seawork 2013 -the HM721, which is suitable for inputs up to 2700 kW.

26th June 2013

Largest water jet ever shown at Seawork

26th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Visitors to this year’s Seawork will see a raft of innovative marine survival and security products on BCB’s stand (A75), including unmanned aerial vehicles, air-pressurised pirate stopping devices and versatile rescue poles.

26th June 2013

Survival aces bring raft of innovations to Seawork

26th June 2013

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

France based navaids manufacturer ZTI has launched a new GPS based module deigned for buoys, beacons and lighthouses which it has designed in conjunction with French authorities.

26th June 2013

French manufacturer launches GPS module

26th June 2013

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Aids to navigation supplier Hydrosphere UK Ltd has supplied several Mobilis DB 8000 data buoy platforms to the UK Met Office to replace its ageing K series ocean data acquisition system buoys.

26th June 2013

Hydrosphere supplies buoys for Met Office

26th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rotterdam based tug operator Kotug has selected the Alphatron AlphaBridge as the standard wheelhouse fit for its newbuilding Rotortugs ART80.

26th June 2013

AlphaBridge command for Kotug’s new Rotortugs

26th June 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

When Essex UK based navigation equipment supplier Mantsbrite became the sole UK distributor of the David Clark Marine Wireless Headset Communications Systems in 2012, one of the first users was Tidal Transit.

26th June 2013

Communication innovation boosts windfarm safety

26th June 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dubai based boat builder, Grandweld Shipyards, has secured a contract worth over US$21m from Mexico’s COTEMAR.

25th June 2013

Grandweld crew boats for Mexico

25th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The conference programme for 25 June is below. Papers will be presented in the Mayflower Cruise Terminal, a few minutes’ walk up the road from Seawork. More detail on individual papers can…

25th June 2013

Seawork Conference – 25 June

25th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Below is the schedule for the Events and Demonstrations taking place at the Seawork Exhibition on Tuesday 25 June 2013.

25th June 2013

Seawork Events – 25 June

25th June 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The new SRA-750, aimed at offering even greater capabilities in the worst conditions, will be launched by Zodiac MILPRO at Seawork, which is celebrating 50 years since the introduction of the RIB.

25th June 2013

Zodiac Milpro launches new RIB at Seawork

25th June 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Lomax, a high specification ASD fire fighting terminal tug has entered service with Solent Towage Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Norwegian operator Østensjø Rederi.

25th June 2013

A close look at Lomax

25th June 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Terasea Falcon, the first of a quartet of ‘groundbreaking’ deepsea tugs, is now in service under the management of the new joint venture company POSH Terasea (MJ – Mar 2013).

25th June 2013

Terasea Falcon enters service

25th June 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Busy Hong Kong shipbuilder Cheoy Lee reports the delivery of three vessels in the third week of April.

25th June 2013

Three deliveries at Cheoy Lee in a week

25th June 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The ‘Report on Safe Tug Procedures’ has now been published and is widely available to all those involved in the operation of tugs during shiphandling manoeuvres.

25th June 2013

Safe Tug Procedures Report

25th June 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Ocean Sun, one of the two remaining Ocean class tugs being built for Crowley Maritime, was delivered on 9 May by Bollinger Marine Fabricators. The remaining vessel, Ocean Sky, is undergoing trials…

25th June 2013

TOWLINES

25th June 2013

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The International Salvage Union’s annual Pollution Prevention Survey for 2012 shows the quantity of pollutants salved overall was significantly up on the 2011 numbers.

25th June 2013

ISU Pollution Prevention Survey sees rise

25th June 2013

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The growing use of GNSS in recent years has stimulated marine navigation and AtoN capability, with many of those involved in the field predicting the replacement of racons with such systems.

25th June 2013

Ongoing development ensures racon future

25th June 2013