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SECURITY

SECURITY

Moscow Mills Manufacturing and Foster-Miller Inc of Massachusetts USA have announced a new non-lethal system for stopping small boats such as those used by pirates, drug traffickers and terrorists. The companies are…

1st May 2009

Boat Trap a net loss for pirates

1st May 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

The US Naval Underwater Warfare Center (NUWC) in Rhode Island has placed a contract with Sonardyne Inc for the supply of an additional Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar system.

1st May 2009

Underwater surveillance sonar boosts port security

1st May 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Amsterdam Seaports have recently announced plans to upgrade and expand their network of cold ironing shore power supply facilities for small vessels including inland waterway barges and river cruisers.

1st May 2009

Cold ironing not just for the big boys

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

We are all used to thinking of sailors as a hardy lot, but what happens when you are at sea and one of the crew suffers a sudden cardiac arrest?

1st May 2009

Shock tactics ensure survival at sea

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A different kind of fast-rescue boat is hitting the water. ' It may look like similar boats, but it' s not’ , said Knut Erik Håheim of Norwegian company Brude Safety AS.

1st May 2009

Fast rescue craft keeps weight advantage

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

SAFEDOR, the maritime research project on risk-based ship design and approval has been concluded after four years of intensive study.

1st May 2009

SAFEDOR ship design research project concluded

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Specialist dynamic positioning (DP) training is available for the first time in Ukraine following the launch of a new facility by Bibby Ship Management.

1st May 2009

New TP training facility for Ukraine

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

There' s a good chance that groundings will increase over the coming years, says Bob Couttie, in a recent update on Maritime Accident Casebook.

1st May 2009

Beware of ECDIS shocks on the rocks

1st May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The V100 VPIRB (VHF Position Indicating Radio Beacon), a new man overboard device from marine safety specialist Mobilarm, will make its European debut at Seawork 2009.

1st May 2009

MOB device makes European debut at Seawork

1st May 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Another highly distinctive new tug has been delivered to the independent Dutch tugowners G. Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV of Zierikzee by the Gebr Kooiman BV shipyard of Zwijndrecht. The new Mustang,…

1st May 2009

Mustang: an impressive delivery

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight…

1st May 2009

New Flame wreck removal reconvenes

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship…

1st May 2009

SMIT Salvage teams keep busy

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three multi-functional patrol and emergency response vessels to the Swedish Coastguard – Kustbevakning. Named simply KBV001, the construction of the vessel and its two sister…

1st May 2009

Damen deliver first Emergency Response Vessel to Sweden

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Ocean Towage is in the process of modernising all three deepsea tugs (Singapore, Rotterdam and London) taken over from SmitWijs in 2007. The first tug to undergo this important modernisation programme…

1st May 2009

Svitzer modernise their deepsea sister ships

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Farstad Shipping of Norway has put into service ‘ Far Samson’ , the most powerful offshore vessel in the world in terms of bollard pull.

1st May 2009

Far Samson breaks bollard pull records

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

US based shipbrokers Marcon International is well known worldwide for its special interest in tugs and barges. Although its business is very much orientated towards the American market, Marcon maintains a massive…

1st May 2009

A Beegles eye view

1st May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a further five new Z-Tech tugs to its fleet of dedicated tugs used to assist ships transiting the waterway.

1st May 2009

Towlines – May 2009

1st May 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Trimble has introduced two new Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers designed specifically for marine construction applications. The Trimble SPS361 and Trimble SPS461 GPS dedicated marine heading receivers deliver both precise GPS heading…

1st May 2009

Marine construction receivers

1st May 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Netherlands’ Beele Engineering BV has launched a website for its fire safe sealing solutions for metallic and plastic pipes. Visitors to www.rise-nofirno.com will find a full overview of the Rise/Nofirno and…

1st May 2009

Fire safe sealing site

1st May 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two small hovercraft operated by local volunteers from the Burnham-on-Sea Area Rescue Boat (BARB) were involved in the successful rescue last month of seven cows which were trapped in mud at low…

1st May 2009

Cows mooved from mud

1st May 2009