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| • | TIDELAND SIGNAL BUOYS WIN GOLD AT THE VANCOUVER 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS. Tideland Signal Canada Ltd has recently supplied twenty SB‐30 lateral marker buoys and three DM‐390 buoys for use at the 2010 Winter Olympics. February 2010 |
| • | Rijkswaterstaat selects Tideland racons. The Netherlands' Rijkswaterstaat has again chosen Tideland's SeaBeacon 2 System 6 dual-band racon for installation on buoys as an aid to navigation and to mark special locations in the Dutch sector of the North Sea. February 2010 |
| • | TIDELAND SIGNAL’S NEW SB-1000 BUOY HITS THE WATER Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, is proud to announce that our SB-1000 polyethylene buoy has already won the hearts of consultants and port authorities around the world; just 4 months after its launch. Pictured below is part of a consignment of 40 buoys currently being prepared for shipment to a client in Southeast Asia. January 2010 |
| • | Tideland aids to navigation for island in the Gulf. UAE-based marine specialist, Safe Sea Services has installed Tideland Signal's self-contained, solar-powered lanterns, buoys and breakwater lights to guide vessels into a small harbour in the south eastern corner of Sir Abu Nu'ayr Island, 80 km offshore from Abu Dhabi. January 2010 |
| • | New Technology for South Shore Harbour Marina. Since 1983, South Shore Harbour Marina, League City Texas has relied on Tideland Signal for all their marine navigation aid needs. Now, after using Tideland’s ML-300 lantern in their landmark lighthouse to safely guide boaters home for 26 years, a decision has been made to upgrade the incandescent lantern to the latest LED technology. December 2009 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for North Alwyn refurbishment. Tideland Signal has supplied Total E&P UK with a comprehensive package of Syncrolan light stations and fog signals for the refurbishment of warning systems marking the North Alwyn platforms in the North Sea. November 2009 |
| • | Hurricane Ida Emergency Marine Equipment Supply. Less than 24 hours after Hurricane Ida reached the coast of Louisiana, trucks were leaving Tideland Signal’s factory loaded with solar powered marine beacons and fog signals desperately needed to mark the Gulf Coast’s vital offshore oil wells. November 2009 |
| • | Major Contract Award Placed By US Coast Guard To Upgrade Range Lanterns To LED Technology. Tideland Signal Corporation, based in Houston, Texas has been awarded a contract to supply LED conversion kits for USCG range lanterns as a replacement light source to existing incandescent lampchanger and flasher assemblies. November 2009 |
| • | Tideland LED lanterns replace rotating beacon in Irish lighthouse. The Commissioners of Irish Lights have chosen two MaxLED‐600 lanterns from Tideland Signal to replace a PRB rotating beacon with incandescent lamps in its Straw Island lighthouse because of the MaxLED's compact, low‐consumption design, which makes it ideally suited to the limited solar power supply available given the restrictions of the site. October 2009 |
| • | More Tideland warning systems to mark Ekofisk complex. Tideland Signal has supplied a package of navigational warning systems for the Ekofisk complex in the North Sea to replace redundant older systems and to interface with earlier Tideland equipment which has been in service for some 25 years. October 2009 |
| • | Tideland buoys mark West African pipeline. Against strong international competition, Tideland Signal's new SB-2200 polyethylene buoy has been chosen to mark the West African Gas Pipeline which transports natural gas along the coasts of Ghana, Togo, Benin and Nigeria. September 2009 |
| • | Tideland navaids for Egyptian offshore platform. Tideland Signal, the international aids to navigation specialist, has won a second contract to supply warning lights and fog signals for a new offshore platform under construction for the Fanpetco consortium in Egypt. August 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal buoys mark completion of El Salvador’s first marine protected area. June 2009 saw the completion of a project to develop El Salvador’s first marine protected area. Known as Los Cobanos, the protected area is made up of ocean, mangrove forests, and sandy and rocky beaches. August 2009 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for Marathon Brae Alpha. Tideland Signal has supplied a package of navigational warning systems for Marathon's Brae Alpha platform in the North Sea to replace an earlier Tideland Syncrolan system which had protected the platform for approximately 25 years. July 2009 |
| • | Tideland self-contained LED lanterns mark Rodrigues coral ree.f Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, has won the contract to supply solar-powered marine lanterns to mark the coral reef surrounding Rodrigues Island in the Indian Ocean. July 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal Lights the Way for Belize. Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, continues its 30 year relationship with the Belize Port Authority by exceeding their illumination needs in the refurbishment of all nine lighthouses in place along the coast of Belize. July 2009 |
| • | Tideland helps to clean up the Mississippi River. Tideland Signal Corporation, based in Houston, Texas has recently provided fifty five solar powered marine signal lanterns and related pedestals to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s St. Louis District. This comes as part of a project to supply the USACE’s dustpan Dredge Potter with a new floating discharge hose system. July 2009 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for Saipem in Olowi offshore field. Tideland Signal has won a fast-track contract to supply navigational warning systems to Saipem for the wellhead towers and platforms of the Olowi oil field off the coast of Gabon. June 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal, in partnership with Safe Sea Services of Abu Dhabi, has won the contract to supply and deploy 32 Tideland SB98P polyethylene buoys to mark the new Yas Island (“Ferrari Island”) project, which will be used for Abu Dhabi's first Formula 1 Grand Prix from 30th October until 1st November 2009. May 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal, the UK based aids to navigation specialist, is supplying buoys, solar powered lanterns and range towers to guide shipping into the port of Ehoala currently under construction on the south eastern tip of Madagascar to service the new ilmenite mine near Fort Dauphin. May 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal has supplied a package of navigational warning systems for Marathon's Brae Alpha platform in the North Sea to replace an earlier Tideland Syncrolan system which had protected the platform for approximately 25 years. April 2009 |
| • | Warning systems for offshore wind farms Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, is offering consultancy services and a comprehensive range of equipment for the safe marking of offshore wind farms to protect against collisions and accidental damage caused by shipping. March 2009 |
| • | Polish port installs Tideland buoy-mounted automatic identification system . The Gdynia Maritime Office has installed ten new buoy-mounted AIS AtoN (automatic identification system) units from Tideland Maritime Systems as part of a major refurbishment of facilities within the port. March 2009 |
| • | Since the introduction of the SB-98P buoy in 2004, nearly 500 have been deployed globally with the heaviest concentration being in Caribbean Waters. Clients in the Caribbean region have the following remarks about the SB-98P buoy: Captain Olle Fagerlind with Martima Dominican, Dominican Republic states “absolutely a fabulous buoy, easy to deploy, maintain and virtually unsinkable” January 2009 |
| • | The Commissioners of Irish Lights have chosen two MaxLED‐600 lanterns from Tideland Signal to replace a PRB rotating beacon with incandescent lamps in its Straw Island lighthouse due to the MaxLED's compact, low‐consumption design, which makes it ideally suited to the limited solar power supply available given the restrictions of the site. January 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal Limited has recently won an order from the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships, DGLL, through its agent HITECH Elastomers, for a total of 16 large beacons to be deployed in automated lighthouses around the coast of the sub-continent. The equipment supplied by Tideland includes five TRB-220 rotating beacons and eleven ML-300 lanterns fitted with MaxiHALO-EFF LED Flashers, which have a range in excess of 10 NM. January 2009 |
| • | Over the last several decades the Canadian Coast Guard has used Tideland Signal Corporation’s TF‐3B OMNIBUS II Flasher/Lampchanger, considered the finest and most reliable marine light source on the market. A key feature of the TF‐3B OMNIBUS II is the proprietary two‐way communication protocol, simplifying field servicing and programming. January 2009 |
| • | Qatar Petroleum has selected Tideland to supply their model SB‐285P polyethylene buoys for Mesaieed channel. These buoys are equipped with Tideland’s SolaMAX‐140, latest technology 5NM self‐contained LED lanterns. These are the first lot of polyethylene type buoys to be deployed in Mesaieed port waters. Currently Mesaieed channel has around 65 steel buoys maintained by Qatar Petroleum. January 2009 |
| • | Tideland Signal once again proves to be the highest quality aids to navigation supplier in Brazil. Working jointly with Rio Interport, their agent in Brazil, Tideland has supplied 50 ML‐155 lanterns to light the Santa Fe do Sul Bridge over the Parana River as part of their latest re‐conditioning project. January 2009 |
| • | The Italian Navy, who provide technical and equipment assistance to the Albanian lighthouse authorities, have chosen Tideland’s MaxLED‐800 lanterns in a bi-form arrangement, to replace traditional rotating beacons along the Albanian coast. January 2009 |
| • | Dabbrook Services, a British‐based member of the Tideland group of companies, have begun the installation phase of its contract to supply the lock control systems for the Boston lock situated at the Black Sluice pumping station where the South Forty Foot Drain meets the Haven. January 2009 |
| • | Tideland navigational warning systems have been chosen to mark the new Petrobras FPSO converted in the Remontowa yard in Gdansk, Poland for deployment in the Siri field in Brazil's Campos basin, which is thought to have reserves of 11 billion barrels. December 2008 |
| • | 4 Nautical Mile Self-Contained Marine Lantern. Tideland has developed a cost effective, lighter weight, self-contained marine lantern combined with robust construction and cutting edge technology. The SolaLED marine lantern meets 4 nautical mile visual range requirements in all IALA approved colors, and naturally is capable of operating with standard IALA flash characters. November 2008 |
| • | Tideland buoys and lights to mark Port of Aden. Tideland Signal Limited, the UK-based aids to navigation specialist has won a major contract to supply buoys, lanterns and a racon for the port of Aden. November 2008 |
| Tideland Signal Limited has won a major contract to supply buoys and lanterns for the Kenya Ports Authority in the harbours at Mombassa and Lamu. Under the contract, Tideland will supply a total of 14 SB‐285 2.5metre Sentinel buoys, equipped with Tideland self‐contained, self‐powered SolaLED‐140 lanterns and moorings. October 2008. | |
| • | LED Range Light Takes IALA by Storm. On September 30, Tideland Signal launched its new LED range light at the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities conference in Copenhagen. The response from the world’s leading port authorities was overwhelmingly positive with orders being placed during the first day of the unveiling. September 2008 |
| • | Tideland Signal Re-lights 8 Lighthouses in Curacao, Bonaire and Aruba. After more than four years of lighthouse darkness all 8 lighthouses in Curacao, Bonaire and Aruba have been re-lit. Tideland Signal Corporation, in junction with their local agent, Radio Holland Curacao, provided the Director of Shipping & Maritime Affairs the solution needed to re-light all 8 lighthouses. The lantern of choice was Tideland’s MaxLED-200 long range marine signal lantern. September 2008 |
| • | Dabbrook’s new HQ is shining example. Specialist electrical and engineering group Dabbrook has unveiled its new Great Yarmouth headquarters in a move heralded as a great boost for the town. The new site at Signal House, Morton Peto Road, doubles the size of the premises for the company and its 30 employees. The move follows a “significant interest” taken in the company by US-based Tideland Signal’s UK subsidiary earlier this year. Stuart Smith, who founded Dabbrook nearly 30 years ago and is now managing director. September 2008 |
| • | Working through Hurricane Ike. In the wake of Hurricane Ike, which caused widespread devastation in the early hours of September 12, 2008 throughout the regions in and around Southeast Texas, Tideland Signal Corporation maintained production capabilities at their Houston, Texas headquarters. September 2008 |
| • | Tideland buoys and lights for Qatar's Pearl Island. Tideland Signal, the international aids to navigation specialist, has won a contract to supply buoys and solar-powered lanterns to mark the prestigious Pearl Island project off the coast of Qatar. The contract is for over 90 Tideland WB-390 buoys equipped with L-120 solar-powered LED lanterns and moorings, all to be installed and maintained by Safe Sea Services of Abu Dhabi. September 2008 |
| • | New Tideland buoy replaces steel in Shannon Estuary. The Shannon and Foynes Port Co. in the Republic of Ireland has chosen Tideland's newly launched SB-2200 polyethylene buoy to replace the “Kilkerrin Buoy”, an old, heavy steel buoy in Tabert race on the Shannon Estuary, where the narrowness of the river can generate currents up to six knots on a large spring tide ebb. August 2008 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for Saipem's Angolan FPSO. Tideland Signal's SeaBeacon radar beacon (racon) has been chosen to mark the new Gimboa FPSO currently being converted by Saipem for Sonangol P&P of Angola. July 2008 |
| • | Tideland warning lights for Nigerian Gas to Liquids Project. The new GTL ( gas to liquids) plant in Escravos, Nigeria will be equipped with an obstruction light system from Tideland Signal Limited to warn shipping in the vicinity. Tideland’s contract was awarded by Bilfinger Berger (Nigeria), which is responsible for the engineering and construction of the plant. The project, a joint venture between Chevron Nigeria Limited and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) will create one of the world's first facilities for the industrial conversion of gas to liquid fuels. June 2008 |
| • | Tideland Signal launches a recycling service for its range of polyethylene EPS foam filled buoys. Tideland Signal has been producing rotationally molded polyethylene buoys for 30 years. When they started in the business relatively few of their clients placed a priority on recycling, but now as the oldest buoys are reaching the end of their life cycle and customers have increased the importance placed on environmentally friendly products, Tideland Signal has responded with an innovative recycling service. June 2008 |
| • | Tideland Signal SB-2200 proves popular with expanding sales. Late in 2007 Tideland Signal released its eagerly awaited SB‐2200 polyethylene buoy. With a string of success in the development of polyethylene buoys since 1987, the SB‐2200 is the accumulation of experience and listening to our customers. “Our goal is innovation and the SB‐2200 has all the advantages of the 1.5m diameter SB‐98 but provides a larger focal plane and cross section” says Allen Mitchener, President of Tideland. June 2008 |
| • | SolaMAX-155 Marine Lantern. Shortly after midnight May 14, 2008 the seagoing tugboat Independence was heading west through the Carquinez Strait toward the San Francisco Bay when it collided with the Avon Wharf, operated by Tesoro Corporation Golden Eagle Martinez Refinery. May 2008 |
| • | New Tideland LED light beams out over the Kattegat The harbourmaster on Denmark's Læsø Island has replaced the incandescent bulbs and lampchanger in a conventional warning lantern with Tideland Signal's new MaxiHALO-60 LED flasher assembly in order to achieve a brighter light giving better visibility across the Kattegat. May 2008 |
| • | Tideland warning lights for New Zealand’s Kupe platform. Tideland Signal has supplied its offshore warning lights and other safety systems for the new Kupe gas platform in the Taranaki Basin, 30km off the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island. April 2008 |
| • | 10 Mile LED Lantern. Tideland Signal Corporation, leader in LED technology for marine navigation aids, is proud to announce the World’s first 10 NM lantern utilizing less than 8 watts; Tideland’s patented ML-300 Fresnel lens with MaxiHALO-60 EFF LED light source. |
| • | Tideland buoy-mounted AIS for Port of Barcelona. Against strong international competition, Tideland Signal Ltd recently won the public tender to supply its Informer V03 AIS (automatic identification system) to Barcelona Port Authority for installation on four of the port's most important buoys in order to improve identification by mariners and to make it easier to service the equipment. March 2008 |
| • | Tideland Racons for South Africa. South Africa’s National Ports Authority has chosen Tideland Signal’s SeaBeacon 2 System 6 racons for deployment in the Richards Bay and Cape Town areas. Of the six racons ordered, four will be stationed in Richards Bay and two at Cape Town. January 2008 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for Aker's SMART 1 FPSO. Tideland Signal, the international aids to navigation specialist, has supplied a package of safety measures for Aker Floating Production's SMART 1 FPSO, which is to be deployed in India's MD-6 offshore field. November 2007 |
| • | Tideland fog signals for UK's largest wind farm. Tideland Signal's AB-560 fog signals have been chosen to warn shipping in the vicinity of what will be the UK's largest windfarm at Lynn and Inner Dowsing in the Greater Wash, off the Lincolnshire coast. October 2007 |
| • | Tideland buoys and lights for new Australian LNG Terminal. Tideland Signal, the UK-based aids to navigation specialist, has supplied, 285P Polyethylene buoys and solar-powered lanterns to guide tankers into the berths serving the new LNG terminal on the Burrup Peninsula near Karratha in Western Australia. September 2007 |
| • | His Majesty, The King of Thailand, is celebrating his 80th Birthday. To commemorate this auspicious event, the Customs Department of Thailand has built a new lighthouse, which is the biggest and tallest in Thailand. This lighthouse is situated in Ranong province. Tideland’s TRB-220 rotating beacon has been chosen to mark this lighthouse for its quality, reliability and brilliance of its excellent optics. September 2007 |
| • | Tideland self-contained LED lanterns for Hay Point. Australia Maritime Safety Queensland has chosen aids to navigation from Tideland Signal Limited for the Port of Hay Point, one of the largest coal export ports in the world. August 2007 |
| • | Tideland LED lights for Milford Haven’s South Hook Terminal. Tideland Signal Limited, the UK-based aids to navigation specialist, has supplied a variety of LED lanterns to help ensure the safety of the new ships serving the South Hook LNG (liquefied natural gas) Terminal under construction near Milford Haven, Wales. June 2007 |
| • | Tideland warning systems for Thai mooring buoy. Tideland Signal, the international aids to navigation specialist, has supplied a package of safety measures for a CALM (catenary anchor leg mooring) buoy designed and built by Bluewater Energy as part of a tanker offloading facility in the Gulf of Thailand supplying the Thai Oil refinery in Sriracha. June 2007 |
| • | Tideland Signal is proud to supply marine warning markers to the world’s first operational Kinetic Hydropower System. Deployed in New York City’s East River, Verdant Power has chosen Tideland’s SB-98 buoy to warn and provide safe passage for mariners. June 2007 |
| • | Tideland Signal Corporation, an industry leader in LED lighting for marine applications is pleased to announce our receipt of USCG approval for Class A, B and C structures for our MLED-155 lantern with MaxiHALO-60 light source when operated under the jurisdiction of the 8th Coast Guard District. May 2007 |
| • | Tideland Signal supply a package of safety measures for a CALM (catenary anchor leg mooring) buoy which will be deployed off the coast of East Java, as part of the Tuban Aromatic Project. April 2007 |
| • | Tideland Signal to supply buoys for Port of Spain. After years of frustration in dealing with deteriorating pylons, Trinidad’s Port of Spain has purchased a total of 15 Tideland lighted buoys. Tideland will be supplying a combination of SB-285P, SB-138P and SB-98P buoys. February 2007. |
| • | Tideland Signal Corporation proves once more to be the choice for marine Aids to Navigation solutions to modern ports worldwide. The Port Authority of Paranaguá and Antonina have purchased twenty-two SB-138P buoys fitted with Tideland’s world famous MLED-120SC Self-Contained lanterns. February 2007. |
| • | After years of frustration in dealing with deteriorating pylons, Trinidad’s Port of Spain has purchased a total of 15 Tideland lighted buoys. Tideland will be supplying a combination of SB-285P, SB-138P and SB-98P buoys.
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