April 2011 – Off to visit Hamburg

Never miss an opportunity to visit, a small team went out to Hamburg to visit all of our existing customers. Another excellent trip to the Region and always a delight to be there.

March 2011 – Leading European Bulk Carrier opts for the Portascanner II

This March, yet another leading European Bulk Carrier Operator has decided that the Portascanner II is the equipment of choice for their Bulk Carrier Fleet. This is exciting news form Coltraco Limited and yet more confidence that our Ultrasonic Watertight Integrity Tester is the unit of choice for Operators looking to monitor the condition of their Hatch covers and to reduce the risk of water ingress damage. Our Travels continued at Coltraco Limited with George Hunter, our Manager Business Development, travelling out to Antwerp, Belgium.

February 2011 – Middle East tour continued

Earlier this month, our delegation spent a week in the UAE, visiting Dubai, Sharjah & Abu Dhabi. It was an exciting trip for us returning to the UAE as we have not travelled out there for many years. Meeting customers in many different market sectors, Agents and Partners it was a truly beneficial and successful trip.

January 2011 – Coltraco Limited tour of the Middle East

Straight into 2011, and we had a team touring the Middle East visiting countries including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait & Bahrain.

Two more successful Projects began to materialise for us this month with both the Royal Navy and US Coast Guard procuring our Portascanner II and Portamarine units respectively. We have supported both of these organisation for over 20 years and it is always exciting for us to see this relationship continuing.

December 2010 – A very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from Coltraco Limited!

May we wish you all happy Holidays during this Christmas period and wish you all the prosperity and success for the New Year.

November 2010 – Travelling back out to Singapore

In November, we travelled back out to Singapore in order to visit our Customers in the Far East and in order to develop our relationship with the Singapore Navy.

Back at home, we also finalised out relationship with Solenvis Flow Meters, a leading supplier of Flow Meters to numerous different sectors across the UK and Europe. In our new relationship we will be jointly our product ranges and we look forward to a long and successful relationship with Solenvis.

October 2010 – Demonstration to the Italian Navy in Toranto

The Portamarine, Portascanner II and Portagauge II were demonstrated to the Italian Navy this week, at their main Naval Base in Southern Italy, Taranto. We enjoyed a few days with the Italian Navy displaying the application and accuracy of our equipment on board one of their Aircraft Carriers, the Giuseppe Garibaldi. As well as interest from the Surface Fleet we also received noticeable interest from the NBC (Nuclear Biological and Chemical Warfare) & CW (Chemical Warfare) Departments who saw considerable benefit in using the Portascanner in maintenance and surveys of these seals around the vessels.

September 2010 – Portascanner II achieves Classification Society Approval

This month the Portascanner II successfully passed the final testing procedures and has been awarded Type Approval from the Italian Classifications Society and member of IACS, RINA. We look forward to launching this new approved unit into the market.

During September we also had delegations travelling to the SSM Show in Hamburg, our Managing Director visited Singapore and we also visited Rotterdam.

August 2010 – Commissioning of the Next Generation of Technical Support from Coltraco Limited

This month, we have commissioned a big step forward in the way that we deliver post sales support to our customers. We will soon create a sophisticated, interactive, online training scheme for our Portascanner II, Ultrasonic Watertight Integrity Tester. This system will include a detailed visual tutorial of the optimum operation of the unit, depicting a realistic visual environment in which this equipment would typically operate. There will be interactive demonstrations using the equipment, for the user to imitate what has been previously taught and finally a resource of information showing the ideal methods of remedying any problems that are located. Coltraco Limited also finalised a marketing agreement with Intoximeters, USA, the world leaders in the Manufacture and Design of Alcohol Breath Test Equipment, and we look forward to supporting them in the Maritime Sector.

July 2010 – Sellafield order 2^nd Generation of the Permalevel

Sellafield Limited, the Nuclear Waste Management facility in the UK, specially commissioned Coltraco Limited to created a fixed Liquid Level Indicator in early 2000, to monitor some of their tanks. This month we are delighted to announce we will be delivering a second Generation of Permalevel’s to Sellafield and we look forward to supporting them further for the next 10 years.

The Managing Director and some of the Business Development team also travelled out to Hong Kong this month where they enjoyed a successful week visiting customers and creating new relationships.

June 2010 – Demonstrations in the Far East with the Singapore Navy

A delegation from Coltraco Limited travelled out to Singapore this month in order to demonstrate the use of our equipment to the Singapore Navy. We were displaying the Portascanner II, Portamarine and Portagauge II units to them and spent a few days carrying out extensive trials and tests with our equipment. Whilst in Singapore we took the opportunity to visit many of our existing customers in the Region and enjoyed a wonderful few days renewing old friendships.

Throughout June as well our Business Development team travelled to Paris and a bright future relationship was also finalised with a company in China who we are looking forward to working with over the next few years.

May 2010 – Leading Monaco based Tanker Fleet acquires Portamarine

A Leading Tanker Fleet based out of Monaco acquired Portamarine, Ultrasonic Liquid Level Indicators for their whole fleet this month. The Portamarine is the world leading Ultrasonic Liquid Level Indicator in the world with well over 11,000 units in operation globally. They are capable of identifying the liquid content of fire extinguishing cylinders and provide Ship Operators an ideal method of monitoring their Fire Suppression systems.

April 2010 – Delighted to appoint Commander Tim Forer as Naval Advisor

We are delighted to announce that Commander (Retired) Tim Hayden, formerly of the Royal Navy, has joined Coltraco Limited as Naval Advisor. He will be assisting with the numerous Defence related projects that we are working on around the world. His timely arrival has corresponded with the introduction of our Portamarine, Ultrasonic Liquid Level Indicator, into the French Navy on a trial period.

Our sister company, Anglo Marine Overseas Services Limited have recently completed the redevelopment of their website. They have also finalised a Marketing Agreement with a leading On-Board Entertainment provider, in order to target the European based Ferry companies.

March 2010 – Coltraco Limited Travels to Hamburg

Earlier this month, a small delegation from Coltraco Limited travelled over to Hamburg to visit a number of our existing customers. We have worked in this great Hanseatic Trading City for many years and enjoyed a successful week.

In addition to this, we had the pleasure of launching our Portascanner II, Ultrasonic Watertight Integrity Tester into a major US Bulk Carrier fleet, in order to monitor the condition of all their Hatch covers.

February 2010

Carl Hunter, Business Development Director, and George Hunter, Business Manager have just enjoyed a week in Singapore visiting our customers. In January they also visited Coltraco customers in Hong Kong, Denmark and Germany.

January 2010

We are delighted to announce that the Portamarine and Portalevel liquid level indicator have been fully Approved by RINA, the Italian Classification Authority and Member of the International Association of Classification Societies (IACS), for the monitoring of shipboard CO2 extinguishing systems.
The process for securing RINA Approval for the Portascanner is also underway and we look forward to confirming the award of official RINA Approval shortly."