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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

UK specialist marine warranty company ShoreGuard has introduced its marine warranty and breakdown assistance service to commercial vessel owners operating within the EU.

1st August 2008

Breakdown assistance extended to workboats

1st August 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 August 2008

A yacht in the new 400 ton travel hoist of Pendennis in Cornwall.

1st August 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The International Maritime Organisations Safety of Navigation sub-committee has finally agreed a series of deadlines for mandatory use of electronic chart display and information systems with a comprehensive timetable long-sought by bodies…

1st August 2008

IMO sets ECDIS deadlines

1st August 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Gardline Marine Sciences Ireland, a subsidiary of its parent UK organisation in Great Yarmouth, has acquired Imar Survey of Conamara, Co Galway, one of Irelands leading independent hydrographic and geophysical companies specialising…

1st August 2008

Gardline Irish acquisition

1st August 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dredging and land reclamation specialists Dredging International of Antwerp, recently retained to deepen and widen the Panama Canal, have commissioned a portable ES3-M10 integrated multibeam echosounder and motion sensor from Odom Hydrographic…

1st August 2008

Multibeam system for Dredging International

1st August 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SeaZone Solutions, a subsidiary of the UK Hydrographic Office, is to hold a series of six local government regional workshops throughout England from 30 September to 9 October.

1st August 2008

Seazone regional workshops

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in…

1st August 2008

Another famous Belgian

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in…

1st August 2008

Harbour Masters views sought

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.UK Shipping Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP met a delegation of port chaplains…

1st August 2008

Minister supports seafarers

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Brude Safety AS of Aalesund in Norway has purchased the boat and…

1st August 2008

Acquisitive big Brude

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Specialist marine exhaust systems designer and manufacturer Halyard has appointed Asafl ehf…

1st August 2008

Silence in Iceland

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) has launched a new website (see www.nci.org.uk)…

1st August 2008

Coastwatch website launch

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Teesport UK based PD Ports has signed a 15 year lease with…

1st August 2008

Quayside cable factory

1st August 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Associated British Ports (ABP) sustainable manager Peter Barham, in his capacity as Chairman of the Seabed User and Developer Group (SUDG), has welcomed SUDG and the Wildlife and Countryside Links (Link) joint…

31st July 2008

Marine industry and environmentalists unite

31st July 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

The first ferry ticket agency in the UK to address the environmentalissues associated with travel by sea has launched a website at which customershave the opportunity to offset carbon emissions during the…

30th July 2008

FerryGreen Way to Save the Planet

30th July 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

UK based Red Funnel was the original Isle of Wightferry operator, transporting passengers between Southampton and Cowes since 1861.

30th July 2008

ECDIS Upgrade for Red Funnel

30th July 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Seatruck Ferries,freight only specialists on the Irish Sea route, are about to introduce a majorincrease in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Seatruck is part of the majorshipping…

30th July 2008

New Seatruck Ferry Sets Sail

30th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

' Mobile workshops can be almost used on a plug and play basis on workboat decks said Simon Coote, general manager of Seawork exhibitor Richards Drydock & Engineering Ltd, which was showing…

30th July 2008

Plug & play deck workshops at Seawork

30th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The deep sea azimuth tractor tugs Bugsier 2 and Bugsier 3, delivered this year by the Dutch Shipyard K. Damen for German operator Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft GmbH, feature foldable knuckle boom…

30th July 2008

Big Cranes for Bugsier Tugs

30th July 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

THE UK government has announced that the package of changes to tonnage tax published in January for implementation through the 2008 Finance Bill, will not take place this year pending further developments…

30th July 2008

Tonnage Tax Withdrawn But EU Flagging Rules Apply

30th July 2008