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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

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

KBV003, the third of a trio of sophisticated emergency response vessels ordered from Damen Shipyards by the Swedish Coastguard, was launched on 18 May at the Galatz yard in Romania (see Maritime…

1st June 2009

TOWLINES – June 2009

1st June 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Seawork 2009 will see the introduction of Linak UK into the marine industry, introducing their range of Techline electrical linear actuators which can transform any application requiring an extension or retraction function.…

1st June 2009

Actuator action at Seawork

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Since the digital Wiley Almanac went live last month, the response from sailors to the free to download service has exceeded all expectations. The website www.wileynautical.com has been receiving over 1000 hits…

1st June 2009

Digital almanac uptake

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Belfast welcomed Her Majesty the Queen last month. She was accompanied on the visit by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and Secretary of…

1st June 2009

Queen at Belfast MRCC

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter. Readers can either sign up to ‘ follow’ us or subscribe to…

1st June 2009

MJ all a Twitter

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Southampton based international seafaring charity, the Sailors’ Society, has thanked their recent London Marathon runners for pledging a record £ 25,000. The charity has since received more than 30 enquiries regarding entry…

1st June 2009

Sailors Society runs

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Following a year of record vessel tonnage and healthy cargo throughput, Aberdeen Harbour has announced strong financial figures for 2008. With total vessel tonnage increasing to 24.17m tons and cargo throughput remaining…

1st June 2009

Aberdeens good health

1st June 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Designers of seawater systems looking for materials offering resistance to seawater corrosion, high inherent resistance to biofouling and good fabricability should consider specifying copper-nickels that offer all of the above. A new…

1st June 2009

Pipe bending guidance

1st June 2009