Shipyard News – Page 85
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Bis Inspection Boost as Micro ROV Guests at Seawork 2006
The usefulness of ROVs as underwater inspection systems to assess vessel repair and maintenance requirements was amply demonstrated at Seawork 2006, when exhibitor Ac-Cess Co UK Ltd volunteered to aid vessel operators on Seawork''s floating pontoon.
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Councillors Haunt 'Ghost Ship' Plans
The latest twist in the long running tale of the UK''s ''Ghost Ships'' unfolded earlier this month when members of Hartlepool Council''s Planning Committee refused applications for the development of Able UK''s Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC), where the company proposes to dismantle the derelict American military transport ...
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A&P Ramsgate Supports Local RNLI Fleet Refurbishments
As a registered charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reliesheavily on the support of local services and suppliers for the day to day operation of their fleet of around 330 lifeboats.
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'Boyne Protector' Delicered for Drogheda
The 14.6m environmental launch Boyne Protector is now in operation at its home port of Drogheda, Ireland. Designed by Macduff Ship Design (which also acted as owner''s project manager) and built by Richards Dry Dock and Engineering Ltd of Great Yarmouth, the Boyne Protector is a first of class vessel ...
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News'Stevns Icequeen' - Another Canadian Tug for Denmark
Irving Shipbuilding, at its East Isle yard in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been kept extremely busy with orders for their latest generation of ‘ ice class’ azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs. On the 1st of October, a naming ceremony was held for the Stevns Icequeen, the fifth ice ...
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News'Svitzer Stanlow', A New Escort Tug for the Mersey
Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before ...
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NewsPosidonia Deal on Underwater Seals
Dutch sterntube seals specialist AEGIR Marine and Belgian underwater repair specialist Hydrex have signed a contract for exclusive cooperation for underwater seal repairs.
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Decks Reinstatement for 'Sea Trident'
The survey vessel has had its shelter and main deck reinstated using Intelligent Engineering''s SPS Overlay technology. A total area of 361m 2of steel was renewed in two phases at Richards Dry Dock and Engineering in Norfolk UK.
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NewsTemporary Repairs Deliver Damaged Bulker
A 26,000 ton bulk carrier had been involved in a serious grounding and Hydrex was called out to do an inspection off the coast of Cyprus. The owners wanted a clear picture of the extent of the damage and temporary repairs to enable the vessel to arrive safely in an ...
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NewsYard Turns Out New Ship for Old
A 36 year old German river passenger vessel has been restored to much of its former glory and modernised during conversion which has seen the retention of its Detroit Diesel engines and much other original machinery.
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NewsWater Witch Delivers Workboat to Rivers Agency of Northern Ireland
The latest vessel from workboat builders Liverpool Water Witch Marine & Engineering Company Limited is an 8m multi-purpose waterway maintenance craft, which was delivered to Coleraine, Northern Ireland in May.
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NewsKoetter Eyes Futura as Projects Boom
Reflecting continued good fortune in small inland repair and conversion facilities, Germany''s Koetter Werft has announced expansion while completing two conversions and booking a third project for later this year.
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NewsSSA Marine Services Group Initiative
The Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association (SSA) has called for British marine industries companies to join together in SSA supported Marine Services Groups which are regional in origin but trans-regional in their collective ambition to put UK commercial shipbuilding back in the global spotlight.
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NewsStrength and Style in Milford Haven's New Pilot Launch
The new Pilot and Patrol Launch Skomer was delivered to the Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) last month and is one of the cutting edge vessels to be found on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006. Skomer has been built principally as a pilot boat to serve the Port’ s ...
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NewsRecycled Glass Best in Blasting Trials
Full scale tests at Dunstons Ship Repair in Hull UK have confirmed the advantages of using 100% recycled glass as a new grit blast medium for cleaning steel and preparing metal for painting. The groundbreaking trials are part of a wider series of trials commissioned and funded by the Waste ...
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NewsLocal Consortium Use Modern Skills to Perform Classical Refit
Earlier this year the Irish Government''s 32m sail training vessel Asgard II was brought to the Brooke Marine Facility at Lowestoft for an extensive refit ahead of its busy season of summer voyages.
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NewsSkyjacks Lower the Boom
Contractors working on Wightlink''s Our Lady Pamela passenger catamaran used two knuckle boom lifts from the AFI Aerial Platforms rental fleet to ensure that they could easily access all parts of the vessel.
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Modern Products Help Rescue Historic Lifeboat
Sika''s advanced Sikaflex adhesive bonding and sealing solutions are helping to restore the world''s oldest surviving motor lifeboat, the James Stevens No 14 to its former glory. Wheelmark accredited Sikaflex products were used throughout the 43ft historic vessel, originally built in 1900.
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NewsJoined Up Piping at Seawork
Reading based Marine Ventures Ltd returns to Seawork as UK distributor for the Swiss-made pipe couplings of Straub Werke AG , which have had such an impact on pipe joining practice in Europe and throughout the global marketplace.
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NewsFirst of Class 'Interceptor Pilot 42' for the Port of Cork
The Port of Cork''s new pilot boat will be among the selection of workboats on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006.
