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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’ s Maritime and Coastguard Agency announced the publication of its ' Our Plans for 2009-10' leaflet last Friday.

28th May 2009

MCA publishes Our Plans for 2009-10

28th May 2009

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

LD Lines' brand new catamaran, Norman Arrow, arrived in the Dover Straits and the Port of Dover last month following  completion of a three week delivery voyage from  Hobart, Tasmania.

26th May 2009

Fast cat arrives for Ro-Ro breakthrough

26th May 2009

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

A second attempt at the ‘ Motorway of the Sea’ between France and Italy will open in the autumn, connecting the ports of Gijó n in Spain and Nantes - St Nazaire…

26th May 2009

Motorway of the Sea tries again

26th May 2009

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

The brand new Lisco Maxima, the biggest ferry to sail under the flag of Lithuania, was given an official welcome last month to mark its first call in Kiel’ s Ostuferhafen. The…

26th May 2009

Ostuferhafen grows to accommodate Lisco Maxima

26th May 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

UK industry support group Marine East has made excellent progress in the last few months since having a full time resource in place to assist marine businesses across the East of England.

26th May 2009

Business direction delivered at Marine East

26th May 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Following a merger last year interest in Seawork exhibitor Red7Marine Limited (R7M) has been exceptional, with record sales reported by the company.

26th May 2009

Red7Marine jacking up business at Seawork

26th May 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

The Filey Bay Initiative in North Yorkshire has acquired new underwater search equipment to assist in their efforts to identify a sunken wreck off the coast of Filey as the Bonhomme Richard.

26th May 2009

Magnetic attraction for legendary Bonhomme Richard

26th May 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Endangered White-Beaked Dolphins and Balearic Shearwaters are to become the focus of a research collaboration between marine conservation charity Marinelife and Natural England in Lyme Bay, Dorset.

26th May 2009

Endangered species research at Lyme Bay

26th May 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Oddly enough, Seawork exhibitor John Simpson is becoming increasingly used to having his Echomax radar reflectors shot at as various navies around the world have found that they are very good for…

26th May 2009

Black art into the spotlight at Seawork

26th May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK marine electronics distributor C A Clase will showcase its extensive range of communication and navigation products at Seawork International 2009.

26th May 2009

NavComms products debut at Seawork 2009

26th May 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

At the Port of Tyne’ s annual review last month, Andrew Moffat, CEO of the port, reported an excellent 2008 trading performance, but added a cautionary note that 2009 will be a…

25th May 2009

Top turnover in tough times at Tyne

25th May 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Hydrosphere will be using this year' s Seawork, its ninth consecutive appearance at the exhibition, to demonstrate its growing range of buoys, lights and auxiliary navigation products from Carmanah, Mobilis and Vega…

25th May 2009

Buoys for the boys at Seawork

25th May 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Italian Navy, which provides technical assistance to the Albanian Lighthouse Authority, has chosen stackable lanterns with high performance EFF LED flashers to replace traditional rotating beacons in lighthouses around the coast…

25th May 2009

LED lanterns replace rotating beacons in Albanian lighthouses

25th May 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Hard on the heels of winning a contract to design and develop a passive marker for the UK’ s Minstry of Defence (MoD), Subsea Asset Location Technologies (SALT) will be appearing at…

25th May 2009

A tale of dolphins and SALT at Seawork

25th May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

The Slovenian Navy has taken delivery of a Sonardyne Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) for the underwater protection of key installations in the northern Adriatic Sea.

25th May 2009

Slovenian Navy finds Sentinel fault free

25th May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

The Abu Dhabi Police Force has become the first to buy Microdive scuba systems from Mini B Ltd, for use during operational policing.

25th May 2009

Police force chooses Microdive scuba systems

25th May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

London based International Apparatus Consultants Limited will be on Stand 233 at Seawork 2009 providing information on HNS and oil pollution equipment, imbiber beads, and oil pollution control boats, including the ‘…

25th May 2009

See a slick operation at Seawork

25th May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Rochester UK based Ships Electronic Services (SES) will attract many visitors to its stand at Seawork 2009 with display which includes both a live radar and a working FLIR infra red camera.

25th May 2009

Spill detecting radar processor at Seawork

25th May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Ro-Clean Desmi attended the Interspill 2009 exhibition in Marseille last month with the intention of meeting customers, and also launching their new skimmer, the Desmi Giant Octopus.

25th May 2009

Giant Octopus a hit in Marseilles

25th May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Bay-Houston Towing Company in the USA has taken delivery of their third Z-Tech 7500 tug, built to a design which is the largest of the Robert Allan line of Z-Tech tugboats.

25th May 2009

Long line to latest Z-Techs

25th May 2009