Sunday 7 September 08
 

Exhibitor's news

  • Electro-Tec lights way forward

    Electro-Tec will be showing off their innovative range of VX marina power pedestals and electrical equipment. 

  • MST announce major new contract at Seawork

    The MST team announces a prestigious new contract placed by an overseas Ministry of Defence for five fully-enclosed, all-weather single lift 10.5 metre RIB ‘daughter craft’ with diesel power, Hamilton Jet water jet drive and ‘mouse boat’ Blue Arrow joystick control system. The RIB’s will also feature state of the art military computers with a military specification Furuno navigation suite and will have a high top speed of 45 knots. 

  • Aussie acquisition for Royston

    Seawork exhibitor Royston Ltd, the diesel power specialist with established bases near most major UK ports, has now begun to generate a new market - in western Australia. 

  • Fugro goes further

    Established in 1976, Fugro Seacore is a specialist marine drilling contractor operating at the top of an industry where skill and experience count for everything. 

  • Services with environmental credentials at Seawork

    Marine industry electrical products specialist and Seawork exhibitor Maricer has recently completed the supply of electric and water service pedestals to the British Waterways Marinas Ltd (BWML) site at Diglis Basin in Worcester. 

  • Seawork combo for Orkney Islands pilot boat

    One of the great things about Seawork is that it provides an annual get together for the exhibitors, many of whom will have collaborated from distance on projects throughout the year in an almost infinite variety of potential combinations. 

  • Marine redundant control systems at Seawork

    The Bourbon Mistral platform supply vessel was the first to Ulstein's X-Bow design and won the Ship of the Year Award at the SMM 2006. The Mistral has been on duty for Bourbon's offshore operations since September 2006. 

  • Cat showcases services at Seawork

    Marine engine providers Finning will be on hand at Seawork International 2008 to promote the worldwide Caterpillar support network, designed to deliver on board maintenance and emergency repair services both in the UK and overseas. 

  • Build a bendy green boat at Seawork

    Salisbury UK based Seawork exhibitor Southern Cross Marine brings not a boat but a new boatbuilding material which makes its European debut at the 2008 show. 

  • Make less of an impact!

    A major objective has been to develop a range of deck cushioning for RIBs and High Speed Craft. The combined marine expertise of Shock Mitigation UK and the technical knowledge of Skydex Technologies USA has created IMBD, Impact Mitigating Boat Decking. 

  • Oil's well that ends well

    Although NTZ have proudly offered their Radial Micro Filtration units for 35 years they have not had a representative in the UK in recent times. 

  • See the largest Cheetah on the Seawork pontoon

    Isle of Wight based catamaran builders and Seawork exhibitors Cheetah Marine have launched the first of their new 11m series, the largest Cheetah ever built. 

  • Safehaven siblings on the Seawork pontoon

    Ireland's Safehaven Marine will make an even larger impression than usual at Seawork this year with not one but two of its Interceptor 42 pilot vessels available for viewing and demonstration runs from the exhibition's floating pontoon. 

  • WaterMota sign up Motores Baudouin

    WaterMota - the Doosan Distributors for the UK - will be signing an exclusive distribution agreement with Motores Baudouin at Seawork 2008. 

  • Foggy firefighting

    Ocean Engineering brings you Ultrafog, a firefighting system which 'scrubs' and reduces the smoke, so as to keep damage to a minimum. 

  • Two decades add up to RM7

    A merger agreement that has been developing for a year has now launched R7M into the specialist marine construction and diving market. 

  • Hippos give low-cost buoys a run for their money

    A 'Seameless' range of foam elastomer buoys are being offered for the price of a roto-moulded buoy. 

  • Battery monitoring and DC distribution

    Wiring between the battery and the electronic system has always been a burden, especially when it comes to marine installations. 

  • Craning around

    Hook Marine brings to the show a new Kranskan indicator that allows an operator to have clear visual indication of load and heel at the crane controls, without regard for the crane orientation. This combines with load moment monitoring and vessel heel angle measurements. 

  • SimBro at Solent Marine

    SimBro is a modular walkway manufactured with strategically placed holes designed to allow mooring fingers and pontoons to be located in any orientation and layout, plus pile brackets, mooring cleat facilities and service ducts at intervals. 

  • Try one and buy one at Seawork 2008

    Travelling all the way from the Shetland Island of Unst, Flugga Boats will be bringing the first of its new 9m range of incredibly rugged workboats to Seawork 2008. 

  • Fast, light and designed for guns

    The new Interceptor 1102 will be unveiled at Seawork 2008. 

  • Fewer vibes from Halyard

    Halyard, designer and manufacturer of specialist marine exhaust systems, will be helping to reduce noise and vibration on Offshore Progress, a 15m alloy wind farm service vessel. 

  • Less noise with Halyard

    Halyard is showcasing two of its newest products at Seawork. Their new water separator is specifically designed to comply with new emission standards. 

  • Cool Webasto

    Webasto is the first manufacturer in the world to offer a marine air conditioning system that operates from a central cooling air supply. 

  • Soft ride RIBs

    A new range of offshore commercial RIBs with an especially designed soft ride is being unveiled by Kent-based company V RIBS Ltd at the Seawork International exhibition in June. 

  • Versatile VersaDock

    The VersaDock system, unlike conventionally constructed docks, offers waterfront and anchored docking plus the versatility of being able make accessible the most awkward corners, mud flats or previously unusable areas. 

  • FSL To Exhibit At Seawork

    Portsmouth-based Fleet Support Limited (FSL) will be exhibiting at Seawork this year to highlight its increased presence in the commercial ship repair market. 

  • Measuring up with the new Cygnus 2

    It is a new ultrasonic thickness gauge, which ignores protective coatings, verifies readings (even on heavy corrosion) and gives error-checked measurements by using a digital multiple echo technique. 

  • Humminbird Side Imaging Sonar

    For the first time at Seawork, Johnson Outdoors UK is showing the new big screen Humminbird 1197 fishfinder which incorporates exclusive side imaging sonar technology. 

  • Durapipe, Salt of the Earth

    Leading plastic pipework manufacturer, Durapipe UK, is helping supply fresh water to people across the globe as part of Salt Separation Services’ specialist machinery, a company which builds units that turns sea and brackish water into fresh water. 

  • Buoys Go Out and About in Middle East

    Environmentally-friendly marine buoy specialist, XJF Plastics, is set to add to its international contracts through a Middle Eastern presence. 

  • A Simpler, Cleaner and Dryer Shaft Installation

    A bolt-on shaft system from Seatorque, shown at Seawork by H4 Marine, answers many of the problems associated with assembling and aligning a traditional open shaft system, as well as offering a number of other benefits. 

  • H4:Trailing Innovation

    Moving boats overland inevitably means trailers, and the bearings, which, typically, have to stand up to harsher environments than their land-based sisters, take a beating. 

  • Good to be Missed

    A new system will know when a fishing boat is missing within the hour, reducing critical response times. 

  • Echomaster Distribution for Suzuki and Hondex

    Echomaster Marine have recently announced they are now the sole UK distributor for both the Hondex and Suzuki Fishfinding ranges of echosounders and sonars. 

  • RIB On The Spot Repair

    If you are caught out at sea in an RIB with a puncture, you may have find yourself in a tricky situation. The surface can be too wet to repair on the spot, but without it, you can't get home... 

  • Kort brings new nozzle design to Seawork

    The Kort XL Nozzle and skewed Kaplan propeller system is to be exhibited at Seawork for the first time! 

  • Clean Up Your Act

    Industrial Apparatus Consultants (IAC) is exhibiting its range of marine environmental products. 

  • Sucking Up Gets Past Directive

    Cutter suction dredging was a very efficient method - until the new Water Framework Directive which will require all solids to be disposed of 'dry'. 

  • Pulling Power for Oil Fields

    The need was for a 'daughter' rescue craft capable of reaching high speeds and yet have a high enough bollard pull to enable it to tow lifeboats, as well as carry out general operations from the mother vessel. 

  • An Engine Capable of Creating Its Own Fuel

    Hendy Power is staking its claim to the most fuel flexible engines in the world, able to both run reliably on everything from crop extraction products to used cooking oils and capable of converting its own fuel with an added biorig (already available overseas). 

  • Swiss Bank On Seawork Propulsion Supplier

    Seawork exhibitor Hamilton Jet UK Ltd, the European headquarters for Hamilton Waterjets, has had major input to a new passenger ferry now operating across Lake Geneva. 

  • TowRescue Attachment Makes Seawork Debut

    Enthusiastic Dutchman Peter Leeuwenburgh of TurboSwing BV travels to Seawork for the first time this summer with a new workboat variant of his established for recreational use towing device which will be of interest to anyone operating rescue and patrol craft. 

  • An Uplifting Experience on the Seawork Quayside

    Miko Marine AS will travel all the way from Vika in Norway to demonstrate their new CCLS subsea lifting system from the quayside at Seawork 2008. 

  • Endless Collaborations for Seawork Exhibitors

    Seawork is an annual coming together and celebration of the European commercial marine industries, so it is natural that Seawork exhibitors collaborate amongst themselves throughout the year on all types of projects. 

  • Redfinn Lands Fast Craft at Seawork

    Based at Co Meath in Ireland, Seawork 2008 exhibitor Redfinn Boats Ltd will be showing a fine representation of its latest business venture on the floating pontoon at this summer's show. 

  • Workboat Firefighting on Seawork Quayside

    The team at Ocean Engineering (Fire) Ltd returns to Seawork from their base in Cornwall, where they design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission a full range of marine fire detection and fire extinguishing systems. 

  • Lots to Doosan at Seawork 2008

    Seawork regular exhibitor WaterMota Ltd has been going from strength to strength in its role as UK distributor for the extremely popular Doosan marine engines and generators, Dong-I reversing gearboxes, PTOs and steering systems, Westerbeke engines and gensets as well as JMP flexible impeller pumps. 

  • Pumps Turn Up Trumps at Seawork

    One of the many new exhibitors at Seawork 2008 will be Avon Boating, which will be showing the range of pumps, impellers and filtration systems which it supplies to the maritime industries. The star of Avon Boating's stand will be the new range of 'Endurance Pumps' which the company is developing with KPM Marine. 

  • Cheetah Marine Gallops Back to Seawork

    One of the enduring qualities of Seawork is the return of so many exhibitors year after year to both support the show and benefit from their presence there. One of many such exhibitors is the Isle of Wight based catamaran designers and builders at Cheetah Marine, who commute to the show daily in one of their latest newbuilds. 

  • Spanish Shipyard Docks at Seawork

    Recognising the volume of workboat newbuild contracts signed at Seawork International or sales resulting from a presence at the show, Astilleros Cardama S.A. of Vigo in Spain has signed up for the 2008 event. 

  • Powercat 695 Launches at Seawork

    Powered catamaran manufacturer Powercat will be using Seawork 2008 to unveil its very latest craft, the Powercat 695. 

Seawork International 2009 - 16rd to 18th June 2009