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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Self sufficiency is becoming more and more important for wind farm support vessels - especially as wind farm sites are getting ever more distant, with soon to be allocated UK Round 3…

10th July 2009

WSV cranes cannot be an afterthought

10th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office marked World Hydrography Day on 17 June with a formal reception aboard HQS Wellington, headquarters of the Company of Master Mariners on the River Thames in London. The…

10th July 2009

UKHO World Hydrography Day Celebration

10th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Falmouth UK based Coastline Surveys announced at last month’ s Seawork Exhibition that it has been awarded a second two year contract by Cardiff Harbour Authority for surveys of Europe’ s largest…

10th July 2009

Cardiff Bay project for Coastline Surveys

10th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Also featured at Seawork was the HydroLite TM, a new portable wireless hydrographic survey system from Ohmex of Sway, near Southampton. Easily assembled and dismantled, it was originally developed for US Army…

10th July 2009

New Ohmex development

10th July 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Tenix LADS, the Australian global supplier of airborne hydrographic services using laser technology to measure water depths, is to be acquired by the Dutch survey combine, Fugro, in a deal expected to…

10th July 2009

Fugro to acquire Tenix LADS

10th July 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Danish contractor Per Aarsleff has been installing one of its longest combination steel pile retaining walls ever for the extension to the container terminal in the Port of Muuga on the Gulf…

10th July 2009

Terminal extension underway in the Port of Muuga

10th July 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

John Deere engines supplied by Seawork exhibitor E.P. Barrus have been specified to power a fleet of five new, specially designed harbour patrol launches for The Port of London Authority (PLA).

10th July 2009

Power planning for PLA patrol launches

10th July 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

During this year' s Pentecost weekend the MS Stadt Kiel e.V. Society celebrated the 75th anniversary of its famous ferry boat with a big ‘ open ship’ event at Kiel' s jetty…

10th July 2009

55 years running from the same engine

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The appearance of the twin screw tug SD Jupiter at Seawork was noteworthy for a number of reasons. Jupiter is the last of three almost identical tugs to be delivered by Damen…

10th July 2009

The new Serco Denholm tug fleet is rapidly taking shape

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In spite of decades of experience and improvements to conventional screw powered tugs, reports of vessels being capsized while towing still occur with depressing regularity. Two such incidents occurred within days of…

10th July 2009

Two tugs capsize and sink within days of each other

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Panther, the first example of Damen’ s new ASD Tug 3213 design, is en route to its homeport of Rotterdam. The tug is one of a series of four powerful terminal…

10th July 2009

Smit Panther heads for home

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Many tug companies around the world are turning to ‘ shore power’ to economise on fuel and cut exhaust emissions when their shiphandling tugs are not in use and/or standing by.

10th July 2009

Tugowners turn to shore power to cut costs and emissions

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 2 July, Fairplay Towage of Hamburg formally handed over the 47 year old harbour tug Fairplay VIII to the ‘ Foundation Hamburg Maritim’ to join its collection of historic ships.

10th July 2009

Fairplay VIII is to be preserved

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairmount Expedition and Fairmount Glacier, two modern deepsea tugs from the fleet of Fairmount Marine, have been chartered by the French Government and dispatched to Brazil to participate in the search for…

10th July 2009

Towlines

10th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau is currently back in operation at Hayling Island UK for Phase 2 of the five year beach nourishment programme.

9th July 2009

Beneficial re-use brings rainbow to Hayling Island

9th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Tugnology 09, held in Amsterdam on 19 -21 May, has been proclaimed a great success by the delegates, exhibitors and organisers alike. This was only the second conference of its kind, devoted…

9th July 2009

Tugnology 09 – An intense and fruitful two days!!

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The story on page 59 of the June issue made reference to German media reports that an Irish company went bankrupt before taking delivery of the tug eventually named ‘ Jade-Service 1’…

9th July 2009

Clarification

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The top prize Gold Roman Bowl in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island race last month went to Williams Shipping director Philip Williams in the 25 foot Nordic Folkboat ‘ Tattarat’…

9th July 2009

Gold Bowl for Williams

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has signed a € 23m contract with Germany’ s Fassmer Shipyard to build the 57.9m Rainbow Warrior 111, the group’ s most advanced ship to date and its…

9th July 2009

German yard to build Greenpeace flagship

9th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Gillingham Marina Workshops are now into their fourth year and are celebrating the success of their refit involving the official Royal Barge on the River Thames, the Royal Nore, which is owned…

8th July 2009

Royal barge refitted at Gillingham

8th July 2009