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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Cindy and Jon Smith of Southport in Maine USA both have their tug licenses but these days they are mostly shore based, running Interport Towing & Transportation.

1st September 2008

Lucinda Smith is a green machine

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Germanys Hatlapa Marine Equipment is headquartered in Uetersen, near Hamburg, so its staff will not have to travel far to man the companys stand A1.451 at SMM 2008.

1st September 2008

Deck equipment on display at SMM 2008

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

DP World Southampton marked the commissioning of its two new super post-panamax gantry cranes with an event on Southampton Water recently.

1st September 2008

DP World lifts two new cranes into action

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) of Aberdeen is now offering its successful Safelaunch, failsafe on/off load lifeboat release hook mechanism in titanium.

1st September 2008

Safelaunch lifeboat release hooks go titanium

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Specialist marine winch manufacturing company North Sea Winches enjoyed a busy time at the Seawork show this summer, with one order following on from the exhibition and the prospect of more to…

1st September 2008

Seventh Seawork for North Sea

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lemans Nederland BV is joining the Dutch Pavilion sponsored by Holland Marine Equipment HME at the SMM 2008 in Hamburg.

1st September 2008

Lemans goes the distance at SMM

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

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1st September 2008

New website for Rotzler winches

1st September 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Samson Rope Technologies have just fitted out a fleet of 11 tankers, each of 76,600 DWT, with synthetic mooring line, leading to increases in safety, savings and handling speed for BW Shipping…

1st September 2008

High-tech lightweight lines gain favour

1st September 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It may seem unusual that City types from the rarefied world of finance are getting involved in historic ship restoration, but the vessel in question is the Cutty Sark and the City…

1st September 2008

City helps keep Cutty Sark afloat

1st September 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

An asset finance deal has enabled Cornwall UK based super-yacht builders Pendennis to acquired a new travel hoist capable of carrying vessels of up to 400 tons.

1st September 2008

Finance deal gives Pendennis a lift

1st September 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

AC-CESS Co UK has been extremely successful of late selling their AC-ROV underwater inspection system to clients around the world.

1st September 2008

Global popularity of underwater inspection system

1st September 2008

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Contaminated environments can be something of a diving hazard, and it doesnt end when you get out of the water or the muck. Cable bundles are usually simply hosed down on deck,…

1st September 2008

Clean living with Slick Willie

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giants Van Oord and Royal Boskalis Westminster have responded to unprecedented levels of land reclamation works in the Middle East by expanding the capacities of already large trailing suction hopper…

1st September 2008

Dutch jumbos go super-size

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment of Nijkerk in the Netherlands has delivered a versatile cutter suction dredger to Sri Lanka, where it was urgently needed to clear small fishery harbours which remain silted by…

1st September 2008

Versatile dredger addresses tsunami legacy

1st September 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The keel laying of the Jan De Nuls mega trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson took place at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte inSestao, Spain, late last month.

1st September 2008

Jumbo big sister on the slipway

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Transas Marine UK in Portsmouth has been commissioned to supply and install its Navi-Sailor 4000 dual ECDIS systems aboard Cemex UK Marines fleet of seven vessels engaged in supplying dredged marine aggregates…

1st September 2008

Cemex opts for Transas ECDIS

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A $250,000 calibration laboratory and cable moulding facility doubling the size of its operations has been opened by Seatronics Inc at its Houston premises.

1st September 2008

Seatronics expands Houston base

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dutch survey software specialists Quality Positioning Services (QPS) of Zeist have extended their established QINSy 8 series of data acquisition and navigation software modules with introduction of a new low cost suite…

1st September 2008

Single beam survey software

1st September 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The accuracy of Galileo, Europes multi-billion euro satellite positioning network due to become operational around 2014, is better than GPS according to a team of three researchers from Delft Technical Universitys Faculty…

1st September 2008

Galileo signal accuracy measured

1st September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction was finally starting this month on the ¢ 1bn first phase of Rotterdams giant new North Sea Maasvlakte 2 complex, which will eventually house deepsea container, distribution and chemical industry facilities…

1st September 2008

Rotterdam starts construction at Maasvlakte 2

1st September 2008