The year 2020 was a very successful one for South Shields based Solar Solve, in spite of the Covid-19 setbacks all people and organisations have had to endure globally. Renowned worldwide as a prolific exporter, one of the marine equipment manufacturers many achievements was the supply of its brand leading SOLASAFE roller sunscreens, to a series of 8 Very Large LNG Carriers, built by HHI in South Korea. All of the vessels were constructed to exactly the same design and destin

SEVEN crab fishermen were injured when their boat was blasted out of the water by a suspected World War Two mine. The seven crew members of the 42ft boat Galwad-Y-Mor suffered life- changing injuries in the explosion 25 miles north of Cromer, Norfolk. The two British and five Latvian crew were hauling in a line of crab pots when they are believed to have dredged up the unexploded munition. The mine or bomb exploded under the water, propelling the boat out of the sea, before i

Optional extras Echomax radar reflector, St Andrews Cross or Solar Navigation light EM700 mooring buoy with optional foam filling with direct chain link to the mooring chain – colours to suit. Also available with an EM1250 float. EM1000 EM1000 - 1800 Channel Marker - Hazard buoys. EM1800 EM1250 mooring float with choice of 406 or 753kg gross bouyancy – direct connection to mooring chain. EM700 – 90 now with direct lifting eye in float to mooring chain. EM1250 buoys available

The 5,000 square-foot site joins six other lifting and rigging depots and the recently acquired Gemmak Engineering business, the manufacturing division within the RSS engineering services department. Having last opened a site in Warrington, this expansion represented an opportunity to move into a new-build in a prime location close to Plymouth and the surrounding area. RSS worked closely with the developer, RJM Property & Development Consultants Ltd., to ensure that the Broad

Rockford, Illinois-based The Caldwell Group Inc. has customized two 500-lb. capacity adjustable lifting beams for a Schneider Electric plant in Columbia, South Carolina. The beams, which measure 44 in. long, 5 in. wide, and 2 in. high, are used by the energy management and automation company to lift 300-lb. circuit breakers in and out of electric switchgear during the final stages of testing, prior to shipment. Once in the testing zone, the breakers must be lifted into the sw

A new USA material handling equipment store has gone live at fadequipmentstore.com, offering free shipping on all products. Headquartered in South Carolina, fadequipmentstore.com puts lifting, material handling, safety and load monitoring products a click away from end users in warehouses, manufacturing, construction, oil and gas, renewables, commercial and other markets. Solutions that can be used by anybody but feature cutting-edge design and state-of-the-art technology are

Dynamic Load Monitoring (DLM), of Southampton, UK, has manufactured two bespoke monitoring systems that have been installed by dive teams on subsea bend stiffeners at an offshore wind farm. The equipment has been commissioned, with the first round of data due to be collected in March 2021. Subsea Innovation’s Dynamic Bend Stiffener (DBS) is a retrofit assembly that is installed onto turbine cables of an offshore wind farm. The bespoke products were delivered to Darlington, UK

When it comes to fighting fires, quick response is vital – especially when lives and livelihoods are at stake rapid firefighting and rescue vessel, is designed for this task. As fast and furious as its namesake, it protects a 16 kilometer (10-mile)stretch of the-Demerara River, the gateway to the country’s economically vital North Coast and capital Georgetown. Barracuda protectsa 16-kilometer (I0-mile) stretch of Demerara River, the gateway to Guyana's NorthCoast and capital,