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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DEME in Belgium says that, amongst several new assignments in the Middle East, an important contract has been awarded to Dredging International, a DEME Group company, for site preparation dredging and reclamation…

1st June 2009

DEME provides details of Middle East contract

1st June 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

DHI in Denmark has provided details of Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) techniques it has developed to model artificial surf reefs, in which there is growing interest in Europe and elsewhere.

1st June 2009

CFD modeling of artificial surfing reefs

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Most crew on modern vessels have become used to relying heavily on electronic navigation systems, but what happens if there is a system malfunction or power failure?

1st June 2009

Navigation back-up pops up at Seawork

1st June 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Cummins Inc showcased its EPA Tier 2 certified and IMO Tier II compliant Quantum System 50 litre engine at the NorShipping 2009 exhibition in Oslo last month, marking the first time a…

1st June 2009

Cummins launches QSK50 at NorShipping

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Nine lifeboats presently operating in the Ekofisk oil field are to be refurbished by Schat-Harding.

1st June 2009

Upgraded lifeboats for offshore operations

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK based marine safety equipment supplier Cosalt will be showing off its new Premier 2010 lifejacket and the new Cosalt Personal Recovery Device (CPRD) at this year' s Seawork exhibition.

1st June 2009

See MSC lifejacket a year early at Seawork

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port of Tyne’ s marine department were put through their paces recently during a successful emergency training day. Held at South Tyneside College’ s marine simulator, the exercise scenario involved a…

1st June 2009

Port of Tyne simulates tug collision

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new form of marine rescue sled from an equally new company is to be launched at Seawork 2009.

1st June 2009

ResQsled sleighs them at Seawork

1st June 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An emergency services test named ' Exercise Piran' , took place last month to put local response teams through their paces. This involved both the Brittany Ferries ship ' MV Armorique' playing…

1st June 2009

Major response to fire at sea exercise

1st June 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Based at Volendam in the Netherlands, Habbeke Shipyard has been building aluminium vessels since 1966, winning the Dutch Aluminium Prize for innovation, quality and service in 1994. The yard has established excellent…

1st June 2009

Habbeke delivers a Rotterdam pilots taxi

1st June 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

For well over a decade the names Holyhead Towing Company Ltd and Hepworth Shipyard Ltd have become virtually synonymous. The two companies have collaborated closely to produce a succession of custom designed…

1st June 2009

The shallow draft tug AK Bars nears completion at Hepworth

1st June 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first of four vessels from Shetland booked for drydocking with Dales Marine Services this year was recently at the Aberdeen facility.

1st June 2009

Dales hails another busy year

1st June 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A hull paint that makes itself ‘ invisible’ to fouling organisms has received the Ingeniø rens Product Award 2009. The engineering prize is given by Ingeniø ren magazine to recognise Danish products…

1st June 2009

Barnacles blind to invisible hull paint

1st June 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Miko patches came to the rescue on recently when the 60m stern trawler MV Nybo was struck by another trawler whilst at anchor at Vadsø in the Varanger Fjord, Norway. The early…

1st June 2009

A patch in time and the catch is fine

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A punchy new Malaysian built anchor handling tug and a Singapore built ocean going pontoon have been sent from Asia to northern Europe as deck cargo on another ship also newly built…

1st June 2009

Piggyback delivery for Malaysia tug newbuild

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Barely a month goes by without news of more tugs being completed to designs from the Vancouver based design team of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) naval architects. Among those designs are those…

1st June 2009

RAL influence continues to spread

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A recent design by Robert Allan Ltd is the new RAstar, a powerful ASD tug introduced to meet the stringent requirements of gas and oil terminal operators. The first examples of this…

1st June 2009

A tough new RAstar 3200 is delivered to Mexico

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new versatile pusher tug has been delivered to German operators Hans Schramm & Sohn GmbH of Brunsbuttle. Named Christian, the tug is the second vessel of its type to be built…

1st June 2009

A Versatile push tug design for German owners

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Capt Mark Nicholson, operations director of J P Knight (Caledonian) Limited, took up the appointment of managing director of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Limited on 25 May. He will have responsibility for the…

1st June 2009

Klyne Tugs appoint new MD

1st June 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The safety and effectiveness of escort tugs operating in the indirect towing mode is a matter of concern to many owners and designers. When operating in this way the tug’ s towline…

1st June 2009

Auto-Position Escort Winch System

1st June 2009