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NewsMCA Takes Delivery of New Fleet
VT Halmatic has recently delivered the first vessels in a new fleet of eight boats to the UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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AND To Distribute Raytheon
AND Group plc have announced their appointment as the sole distributor for Raytheon Marine products, spares and service.
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Trinity House Extends Marine Renewables Activity
Trinity House, the statuary authority for the maintenance of aids to navigation for England and Wales, continues its expansion of commercial work for third parties with the deployment of a meteorological data buoy for the NoordzeeWind consortium at the first Dutch offshore windfarm.
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Goodchild To Build Aqua Stars
Goodchild Marine Services of Great Yarmouth UK has reached an agreement with Aqua Star Limited of Guernsey to build and market the Aqua Star range of fast pilot launches. The Aqua Star Pilot Launch range includes vessels of 38, 42, 47, 50, 60 and 65ft in length as well as ...
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Cummins Mercruiser Diesel Makes London Debut
Cummins Marine and Mercury Marine chose the London Boat Show this month to announce the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to supply integrated diesel propulsion systems to the worldwide recreational and commercial marine markets.
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NewsNon-Weld Cable Transits Boost Boatbuild Speed and Safety
A new non-weld cable and pipe transit frame for the marine industry was launched at the ShipRepair and Conversion Exhibition in London last month by cable and pipe transit specialist Roxtec.
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'Geo Prospector' in North Sea Survey
Fugro Survey AS has been contracted by Norsk Agip to undertake a site survey in the Norwegian sector of the North Sea. Fugro Survey Ltd''s Geo Prospector will make use of its Kongsberg Simrad EM300 multibeam sonar and dual frequency sidescan sonar for mapping seabed features.
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Internet Site Cleans Up
Suitable for newbuilds and refits of marine vessels, the fully tested and certified GHM frame avoids expensive welding, speeds installation and reduces possible hazards.Recent events with the sinking of the Prestige polluting the coast of Spain point out the timeliness of Cleanupoil. com, which has been developed over the last ...
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News'Severn' Turns the Tide of Naval Procurement
Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding launched the second of three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the British Royal Navy from its Woolston, Southampton shipyard last month. The vessel is due to be handed over in the spring.
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Wartsila Acquires JMC Marine
Norway''s Wartsila Corporation has finalised its acquisition of the Danish propulsion system service company JMC Marine A/S. JMC Marine specialises in propulsion system maintenance based on laser measuring technology and has a turnover of ?3.6m. The acquisition consists of laser measuring and alignment, vibration measuring, analysis and servicing of monitoring ...
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Lilley & Gillie Acquires Walker Marine
Tyneside UK based marine navigational instruments specialists John Lilley & Gillie Ltd has acquired the assets and brands of Thomas Walker & Son Ltd of Birmingham UK, which has a complementary product range.
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NewsABP Shares Rise in Bear Market
Associated British Ports continued its remarkable transformation into stock market favourite with an upbeat pre-Christmas trading update predicting underlying pre-tax profit for the year just ended would be slightly ahead of market expectations when the group''s preliminary results are announced on 19 February. Analysts forecast underlying taxable profits in the ...
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Multi-Lingual Marine Website
Marine Power Europe, the Belgium based distributor of marine engines, boats, parts and accessories, has redesigned its website to enable browsing of 8,000 pages and 22,000 documents in nine languages.
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NewsWorld's Biggest Offshore Supply Ship Delivered
What is said to be the largest offshore supply vessel ever built, and one of the most versatile to boot, has joined the fleet of Norwegian shipping company Ostensjo Rederi in Haugesund after completion at Norwegian shipyard Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk.
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News'CGG Mistral' Lost - Soon After MWB Conversion
The French seismic ship CGG Mistral went down in 750m of water in the eastern Caribbean just before Christmas, a few months after her 22m conversion at Germany''s MWB Motorenwerke in Bremerhaven.
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Tideland Maritime Goes Global
Tideland Maritime Systems, the new division of Tideland Signal dedicated to the supply, installation and servicing of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), has signed a worldwide service agreement with the Radio Holland Group. Rotterdam based Radio Holland, will install and service SOLAS AIS units globally as well as providing other technical ...
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NewsNew VT Halmatic Service Launches With Premier Contract
VT Halmatic celebrated the launch of a new Fleet Contract Hire and Support Division this month with the announcement of a ten year contract with the ABP Port of Southampton.
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NewsDamen Celebrate 75th Year Anniversary
Early in November the Damen Shipyards Group, with headquarters at Gorinchem, celebrated 75 years of shipbuilding under the Damen name and 34 years of unique progress under their present chairman Mr Kommer Damen.
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NewsHistoric Pilot Schooner is Transported Home to Hamburg
After 70 years in the United States, the Elbe pilot schooner No 5 Elbe has gone back to her home port Hamburg and the River Elbe, where she started her working life 120 years ago in 1883.
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IBIA Airs Response to EU Pollution from Ships Strategy
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) broadly welcomed the EU strategy for controlling air pollution from ships this month but expressed reservations over the practicality of aspects of the strategy which go beyond international regulations.
