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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Major US towage and transportation group Crowley has signed a contract with Bollinger Shipyards to build two newly designed ocean-going tugs, with options for additional vessels.

15th March 2010

Crowley to build new ‘Ocean’ class tugs – by Jack Gaston

15th March 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

US shipbuilder Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine has now delivered the ‘Loretta B Moran’ and ‘Catherine C Moran’ to Moran Towing of Lake Charles, LLC.

15th March 2010

TOWLINES MARCH 2010 – by Jack Gaston

15th March 2010

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Pembroke Dock based Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd travels to Seawork this summer buoyant in the knowledge that a new covered slipway enhances the company’s ability to carry out substantial conversion projects and…

14th March 2010

Enhanced facilities Mustang sails to Seawork

14th March 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Until just two years ago, ‘ committee opinion’ was the main input on passenger response times in fire evacuations, explains Jenny Gyngell, a project manager for BMT Group.

14th March 2010

Trials highlight evacuation problems

14th March 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hugely impressive but temporary engineering achievements will be only footnotes to the successful completion of ongoing works at Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland.

13th March 2010

Work In Progress: Rosyth refurbishment fit for a Queen

13th March 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The 2010 Oceanology International exhibition in London this month coincided with the celebration of 100 years of gyrocompass manufacture by S G Brown. The occasion was marked by the company with celebrations…

13th March 2010

S G Brown celebrates 100 years of gyrocompasses

13th March 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Gibraltar Port Authority (GPA) is set to get a new and updated VTS system from Transas International, based on Transas Navi-Harbour VTMIS solution.

13th March 2010

Gibraltar Port to get new VTS system

13th March 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Navcomms specialist Icom UK Ltd is introducing a new AIS transponder, the MA-500TR, which will help owners of small craft to benefit from the latest safety technology.

13th March 2010

New AIS transponder for boat owners

13th March 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The recently introduced C-Nav 3050 GNSS units from C&C Technologies Ltd have received full type approval under EN/IEC 61108-1 and EN/IEC 60945 standards for shipborne GNSS units.

13th March 2010

EU Marine Equipment Directive approval for C-Nav

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation manufacturer Valeport has signed a new distributor agreement with Swathe Services Australia.

13th March 2010

Valeport down under

13th March 2010

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

SES (Ships Electronic Services Ltd), which was recently appointed UK distributor for Raytheon Anschuetz GmbH, will show a range of products from Raytheon Anscheutz on Stand 151 at Seawork 2010.

13th March 2010

Marine electronics at Seawork

13th March 2010

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork 2010 exhibitor C-Quip Ltd will be showing a wide range of certified navigation lights that include Aqua Signal, Paters & Bey and Blue Water, which now accommodates all vessels from small…

13th March 2010

C-Quip on display at Seawork

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Wilhelmsen Ships Service is supporting the work of the Nautical Technical Training Academy (NTTA) by providing a range of the company’s Unitor branded safety equipment, including a brand new liferaft which will…

13th March 2010

Training academy sponsored

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

International maritime welfare charity the Sailors’ Society is backing the IMO Year of the Seafarer campaign with a new fundraising drive which is asking for just £1 for every one of the…

13th March 2010

Year of the Seafarer

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’s National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has added two new member companies. Kongsberg Maritime, which is headquartered in Aberdeen and Newcastle based Wellstream International bring NSRI’s industry membership to 17 in…

13th March 2010

Research institute grows

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

London’s National Maritime Museum will launch a free admission ‘Toy Boats’ exhibition on 1 May, featuring miniature ocean liners, toy paddle steamers, tin battleships and clockwork submarines alongside games, catalogues and photographs…

13th March 2010

Maritime toy story

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Chanel Islands company Huelin-Renouf Shipping adds the Normandy Port of Cherbourg this month to the lifeline freight link it operates between the Channel Islands and the UK, with a weekly visit…

13th March 2010

Cherbourg in the loop

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Vehicle logistics services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has renewed a contract with Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to ship its vehicles from the United Kingdom to North America and Oceania.

13th March 2010

Jaguar goes to sea

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With container traffic to and from Russia via Hamburg picking up again, growing demand for feeder transport capacity has prompted the launch of an additional service between the Ports of Hamburg and…

13th March 2010

Baltic bounces back

13th March 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The French shipping company CMA CGM has started operating a new feeder service between the Port of Hamburg and the Danish ports of Fredericia andCopenhagen, as well as Halmstad in Sweden and…

13th March 2010

Feeder from Hamburg

13th March 2010