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Jonathan Swift AKA Dublin Swift  

Irish Ferries Install SOLASOLV Sunscreens On Jonathan Swift

Solar Solve Marine, the South Shields based manufacturer of SOLASOLV® anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows ...Read more >

Julie Lightfoot MBE  

Solar Solve's Julie Lightfoot Awarded An MBE

A Second Generation MBE for a family business guaranteed they were celebrating after Julie Lightfoot followed in her father’s footsteps by being awarded an MBE for her Services to International Trade ...Read more >

Workboat Show  

Successful USA Workboat Show For Solar Solve Marine

Solar Solve Marine’s Chairman John Lightfoot and Sales Executive Paul Hopkins recently returned from a very successful booth ...Read more >

Italthai Marine  

Thailand Shipbuilder Continues To Order SOLASOLV Sunscreens

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine has just received another order from Italthai Marine Ltd...Read more >

Kormarine  

Half Million Dollar Deal For Solar Solve Marine

Solar Solve Marine’s John and Julie Lightfoot returned from their visit to the Kor-Marine Exhibition in Busan with a contract worth in excess of $500,000 over the next 12 months, ... Read more >

West Aquarius  

Oil And Gas Sector Continues To Boost Solar Solve Sales

2011 has seen sales for SOLASOLV® anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge and control room windows increase in the offshore oil and gas market ... Read more >

PH and LR 10 Year Anniversary  

Another Solar Solve Long Service Awards Party

All eighteen of Solar Solve Marine’s employees enjoyed a meal at a local Indian food restaurant in Ocean Road, South Shields to celebrate Leanne Reilly and Paul Hopkins ten years service with the company ... Read more >

Spring Splendor  

Wallem Places orders for SOLASOLV Sunscreens

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine has just received an order for the vessel Spring Splendor from Wallem Shipmanagement in Hong Kong... Read more >

City of St. Petersburg  

Japanese 2010 Ship of the Year is Protected by Solar Solve

Earlier this year the Japan Society of Naval Architects and Ocean Engineers selected the CITY OF ST. PETERSBURG for their 2010 Ship of The Year Award to honour the most distinguished ship or marine construction built in Japan during the year. . ...Read more >

Svitzer Stanlow  

Svitzer Places Orders for SOLASOLV Sunscreens

Solar Solve Marine, manufacturer of the SOLASOLV® brand of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows has just received its seventh order from Svitzer for their fleet of Tugs. ...Read more >

 

Same Day Service from Solar Solve Marine

The team at South Shields based Solar Solve Marine were delighted when they received another order from Nico Middle East, one of Dubai's leading offshore vessel owners and operators ...Read more >

Service  

Super Fast Customer Service

Solar Solve Marine, the British manufacturer of the SOLASOLV® brand of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for wheelhouse windows received an urgent enquiry from SMIT at the beginning of July...Read more >

Borealis  

Heavy Lift Ship of the Future is SOLASAFE

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine has just dispatched one of its biggest ever orders for a single vessel to Singapore, for the Dynamically Positioned Pipelay and Heavy Lift Construction Vessel Acergy Borealis...Read more >

Topaz  

Topaz Zenith Orders SOLASOLV sunscreens

Solar Solve Marine, the British manufacturer of the SOLASOLV® brand of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows has received an order for the Topaz Zenith.. ... Read more >

World  

Solar Solve Marine is Protecting the World

On a sunny day in June nine of Solar Solve Marine’s employees travelled across the river from their South Shields headquarters in the Port of Tyne, to install 41 SOLASAFE roller sunscreens on The World . ... Read more >

Brazil  

Brazil Visit

On Wednesday 1 June 2011 Solar Solve was host to a Brazilian Government Official who had travelled to the North- East region . ... Read more >

Award  

Gazette Sports Award

At the end of May Solar Solve Marine joined forces with their local evening newspaper “The Shields Gazette” and were one of the main sponsors at the recent “Shields Gazette Sports Awards” . ... Read more >

Service Award  

Solar Solve's Long Service Awards Party

On the 6th May all eighteen of Solar Solve Marine’s employees held a party in the local Sea Hotel to celebrate Julie Lightfoot and Carl Johnson’s long service with the company. ... Read more >

IIP  

P&O Chooses SOLASOLV Sunscreens... Again

Solar Solve Marine, the UK manufacturer of SOLASOLV® anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows, was contracted to supply 17 new sets of screens to the Cruise Ship Oriana... Read more >

IIP  

Solar Solve's Exemplary Support for IIP

The 22nd March saw South Shields based Solar Solve Marine’s second Investors In People Post Recognition Review since achieving the Standard in 2005. ... Read more >

VOS Vigilant  

Vroon Zamakona ERRV Vessels Fitted with SOLASOLV Roller Screens

Solar Solve Marine the British manufacturer of the SOLASOLV brand of anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge windows has just received the penultimate order in a series of 10 vessels... Read more >

Oberon  

World's Biggest Car Carriers are SOLASOLV Protected

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently shipped a consignment of 53 of their SOLASAFE anti-glare roller screens to the company’s distributor in South Korea ... Read more >

Eirik Raude  

Oil & Gas Sector Boosts Solar Solve's Sales

The start of 2011 has seen sales for SOLASOLV® anti-glare, heat rejecting roller screens for navigation bridge and control room windows increase in the offshore oil and gas market. . ... Read more >

SOLASOLV 20 Years of Quality  

Solar Solve's 20 Years of Total Quality Compliance

Since February 1991 South Shields based Solar Solve Marine has been supplying solar protection products and services to the marine industry that have been totally Quality Assured. ... Read more >

35th Anniversary  

Solar Solve Wins US Navy Orders

At the end of 2010 South Shields based Solar Solve Marine won 2 orders in quick succession that were destined for US Naval vessels. ... Read more >

35th Anniversary  

Solar Solve Staff Celebrate 35 Years

Staff from South Shields based Solar Solve Marine and their guests, recently headed for the town’s Sea Hotel to celebrate the family business’s 35th Anniversary... Read more >

Be Green  

SOLAR SOLVE LAUNCHES NEW GREEN BRAND AWARENESS CAMPAIGN

October 1 st saw the launch of South Shields based Solar Solve Marine’s latest Brand Awareness campaign reinforcing the company’s claim that their SOLASOLV ® brand products are still the global market leader. ... Read more >

Stolt Island  

SOLAR SOLVE supplies significant ship

Chemical tanker ‘STOLT ISLAND’, one of a series of six sister vessels, has been selected as a Significant Ship of 2009 by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects... Read more >

SKS Tyne  

SOLAR SOLVE supplies more screens to AET Group

An order for 19 Type Approved SOLASAFE anti glare, heat rejecting roller screens from South Shields based Solar Solve Marine have now been installed at Read more >

SKS Tyne  

Korean Built Gas Carriers are SOLASAFE

May 1st saw the delivery of 2 different liquefied gas carries from 2 different shipbuilders in Korea both have wheelhouse windows that are protected by SOLASAFE. Read more >

SKS Tyne  

Solar Solve wins TWELVE car carrier orders

Early January saw the delivery and hand over of Hoegh Caribia, a new pure car and truck carrier (PCTC), owned by Gram Car Carriers Pte Ltd. Read more >

     
USAV
 

Praise for SOLASOLV from US Army Sergeant

After receiving an enquiry via their website from a US Army Sergeant First Class, the team at South Shields, UK based Solar Solve Marine were not only able to satisfy his requirements but ended up being praised for their service..... Read more >

     
Sally M
 

SOLASOLV - Proud to be British and on Sally McLoughlin

Macduff Shipyards in Scotland handed over the British built, British owned and British registered tug Sally McLoughlin to new owners John McLoughlin and sons of Larne, N.Ireland in October 2009 after carrying out her official trials.... Read more >

     
NVQ
 

Solar Solve Marine's Super Seven Exam Passes

All seven members of the South Shields based Solar Solve Marine team who started taking NVQ’s and equivalent training courses at the beginning of this year have passed with flying colours.... Read more >

     
OSA Goliath
 

Big Job for Solar Solve Distributor

Solar Solve Marine recently provided its long standing Netherlands based World Wide Distributor, Temaro BV, with 39 SOLASAFE sunscreens for installation on-board the multi-purpose offshore construction vessel OSA Goliath. Built at Drydocks World, Dubai for Singapore-based Coastline Maritime, the diesel-electric powered vessel was delivered on 24 April of this year... Read more >

     
USNS Wally Schirra
 

Solar Solve protects US naval personnel!

South Shields based Solar Solve Marine recently supplied another 2 shipsets of their Brand Leading SOLASOLV roller sunscreens to the US Military Sealift Command through their World Wide Distributor in the USA. . Read more >

     
     
Skinney SF 20  

Fishing Vessels Protected by SOLAR SOLVE !

Two Icelandic fishing vessels based in Hornafjördur were recently delivered from Taiwanese shipbuilder Ching Fu Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., complete with a full compliment of SOLASAFE. Read more >

     
SKS Tyne  

Solar Solve Protects SKS Entire Fleet!

Solar Solve Marine, the South Shields based marine equipment manufacturer recently completed a significant order to supply 14 vessels in the SKS fleet. Read more >