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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Reliability, performance, maintenance and running costs have always been a concern for applications that require the traditional signalling sounds of hooters, buzzers, bells and sirens. Now, using the latest in SMD class…

1st October 2008

Productivity improved Hootronically at Felixstowe

1st October 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The SafeWinch from Dutch winch manufacturer Machine- & Lierenfabriek C. Kraaijeveld BV was one of two innovative products to be nominated for that nation' s 2008 Maritime Innovation Award.

1st October 2008

SafeWinch makes Dutch innovation award shortlist

1st October 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

TTS Port Equipment is about to start building a new linkspan for the port of Ystad in the south of Sweden, due for handover in March 2009. Ystad is a significant port…

1st October 2008

New linkspan for Swedish port

1st October 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A& P Tyne in the UK has commenced operations to remove approximately 30,000m³ of silt that is contaminated with TBT from its quays and waterfront.

1st October 2008

A&P Tyne shipyard dredges contaminated sediment

1st October 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Lerwick Port Authoritys £ 12m dredging project has reached a significant stage. The dredging phase is almost complete. Drill and blast operations were completed ahead of schedule by the barge Playmate and…

1st October 2008

Lerwick dredging project almost complete

1st October 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

New research into the properties of alternative timbers will help those in the marine and freshwater construction industry make their work more sustainable, claims the Environment Agency in the UK, which is…

1st October 2008

New research project to shed light on lesser known timbers

1st October 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The management team for Bahrain' s new city, located off the northern shores of Muharraq, has announced that it has completed 70% of the reclamation work required for the development' s initial…

1st October 2008

Diyar Al Muharraq reclamation approaching completion

1st October 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Global warming will bring with it increased storminess, making stretches of the coastline more vulnerable to flooding and erosion. One way of protecting against this is to build detached breakwaters parallel to…

1st October 2008

Design solution sought for detached breakwaters

1st October 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Among several recent news items emanating from the rapidly changing Fairplay Towage group of Hamburg is the delivery of the new tug Fairplay 30, the most powerful to date. The new vessel…

1st October 2008

Fairplay 30 – The most powerful yet for its German owners

1st October 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A maritime rags to riches story is coming true for both a Scottish dry dock and its new manager.

1st October 2008

Hard graft brings growth to Dales

1st October 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.

1st October 2008

Green ship recycling underway on the Mersey

1st October 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Maritime engineering and service solutions provider MacGregor has been involved in an unusual conversion of a Panamax bulk carrier into the dynamically positioned deepsea pipe-laying vessel Audacia for Swiss based Allseas Group…

1st October 2008

: Audacious conversion of Panamax bulker

1st October 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A clean bottom is an important asset. It allows optimum speeds, faster passage times and reduces fuel costs by minimising drag.

1st October 2008

Happiness is a clean bottom

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Following hard on the heels of the news that Fairplay Towage of Hamburg was taking a 50% stake in Belgiums Multraship (Maritime Journal September 2008) the companies have launched a joint project…

1st October 2008

Antwerp get a new tug company

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

After many years of planning and negotiation the construction of a new waste to energy facility has started at Belvedere in Greater London. The facility will be developed and operated by Riverside…

1st October 2008

New tugs ordered to transport Londons refuse

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In recent months the popularity of Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs has spread to western Europe in spectacular fashion as newly completed vessels appear in Belgium, the Netherlands and now…

1st October 2008

Bukser Bergings gets its first Rampart 3200

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has made a cash offer of EURO 62.50 per share for all outstanding shares of Smit Internationale NV. The offer values Smit at EURO 1.13…

1st October 2008

Boskalis cash offer for Smit is rejected

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out…

1st October 2008

Fowey Harbour purchases a Voith tractor

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch…

1st October 2008

TOWLINES

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF,…

1st October 2008

Progress cutting up stranded ferry

1st October 2008