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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Poole UK based Marine Components International will be introducing a new mooring aid to the market at Seawork 2012.

2nd May 2012

Tideminders roll with the flow at Seawork

2nd May 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

High performance Italian Pellegrini marine cranes are currently being installed to upgrade the seven original cranes on the UK Environment Agency’s Thames Barrier in London.

2nd May 2012

Thames Barrier cranes on show at Seawork

2nd May 2012

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KEY DEALS

(Europe) International maritime security specialist Sea Marshalls Limited, which provides armed and unarmed security teams for vessels transiting pirate infested waters, is the first company to gain insurance which complies with BIMCO’s…

2nd May 2012

Security guard standard

2nd May 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards have delivered a Stan Tug 1205 to UK recycling and construction company S Walsh & Sons, based in Essex. The company purchased the tug, named SW Essex, as part of…

2nd May 2012

TOWLINES

2nd May 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An ‘open day’ with demonstrations of marine sanitation was more promising than it sounded, and a lot less embarrassing.

2nd May 2012

Portable pump-out proves popular on demo

2nd May 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV in the Netherlands has delivered a powerful new pusher tug for ThyssenKrupp Veerhaven BV, also in the Netherlands. The boat was delivered twelve months after the keel laying.

2nd May 2012

Powerful pusher tug from Gebr. Kooiman BV

2nd May 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

(UK) Businesses involved in the growing renewables sector are to be given practical industry support with the return of a flagship green energy conference.

1st May 2012

Renewing the Humber

1st May 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As correspondent for towage industry matters for several decades, I have reported on countless new concepts that appear among the designs for shiphandling tugs and equipment.

1st May 2012

Is the Industry ready for EDDY?

1st May 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Spain’s Fluidmecanica has been contracted by Pella Shipyard in Russia to supply deck equipment for the fourth of the PE65 series escort tugs which will be operating in particularly harsh conditions.

1st May 2012

Spanish winch for harsh Russian tug use

1st May 2012

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KEY DEALS

Jumbo Heavylift’s DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin has recently installed the first transition pieces (TP) for the Anholt Offshore windfarm in Denmark.

30th April 2012

Jumbo installation at Anholt windfarm

30th April 2012

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KEY DEALS

Three new Safehaven Marine vessels, the Wildcat 53 catamaran Orca III, built as a Cat 0 wind farm/crew transfer vessel and sister ships Diogo de Teive and Josse van Hurtere, the third…

30th April 2012

MJAPR12 Front Cover Story

30th April 2012

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KEY DEALS

ATOS International L.L.C. will be the authorised Schottel Service and Spares provider in the UAE, Bahrain and Oman, working in close cooperation with SME in Dubai.

30th April 2012

Schottel Middle East

30th April 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A detailed and far reaching report on the tragic accident involving the tug Fairplay 22 on 11 November 2010 has been published by the Dutch Safety Board.

30th April 2012

Far reaching report on the Fairplay 22 accident

30th April 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In recent months the Signet Maritime Corporation of Houston, Texas USA has taken delivery of three new ASD tugs, all from the drawing boards of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).

30th April 2012

A flock of three new tugs for Signet

30th April 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

After a number of challenges and one attempt abandoned due to weight complications, the replica of King George V’s J-Class yacht Britannia was finally lifted out for refurbishment.

30th April 2012

Apache to the rescue of Britannia lift

30th April 2012

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KEY DEALS

(UK) Devon based WaterMota, then sole UK and Republic of Ireland Hyundai SeasAll, WhisperPower and Craftsman Marine distributor is looking to appoint new dealers to its network.

27th April 2012

Looking for dealers

27th April 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Europe’s first hybrid shiphandling tug RT Adriaan has entered service with the KOTUG fleet in Rotterdam.

27th April 2012

KOTUG puts the first European ‘Hybrid’ into service

27th April 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

KOTUG will shortly be putting three Damen ASD 2810 tugs into operation just two weeks after signing the order.

27th April 2012

Damen delivers an ASD trio in two weeks

27th April 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Disassembling the topsides of offshore platforms has, in the past, meant workers manually separating the structure into individual parts whilst at sea, an activity both time consuming and hazardous.

27th April 2012

International team creates record lifter

27th April 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new type of extremely powerful, self propelled DP2 crane ship has been ordered combining a heavy lift capacity with an uncommon flexibility.

27th April 2012

Powerful yet flexible lift ship ordered

27th April 2012