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Offshore Europe 2007 the Biggest Yet
In the current climate of increased activity in the offshore sector, the Offshore Europe 2007 exhibition and conference next month in Aberdeen looks set to be the largest event in the series, with more than 30,000 visitors expected from more than 100 countries.
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NewsSimek A/S Delivers 100th UT 755
Simek A/S delivered a newbuild platform supply vessel last month to Myklebusthaug Offshore AS, also of Norway, which is the 100th vessel to be built to the Rolls-Royce marine UT 755 design.
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NewsFirst Xbloc Project in Europe Completed
The first project in Europe to make use of the Xbloc interlocking armoured sea defence unit has recently been completed.
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Dubai Award for Van Oord
Dutch dredging and marine construction contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the re-design of Dubai Promenade.
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Boskalis wins major order in Russia
Van Oord’ s major Dutch rival, Royal Boskalis Westminster, has secured a large order from the Russian operation Rosstroy for the final phase in the completion of the storm barrier for St Petersburg.
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NewsJoint Venture Wins Transnet Contract
South African construction company Group Five has won 1.8bn Rand contract from Transnet to widen Durban’ s existing harnour by 100m and to increase the depth by 6m.
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Safer Shipping by Predicting Sand Wave Behaviour
Dutch researcher Joris van den Berg has developed a mathematical model to predict the movement of sand waves. Sand waves are formed by an interaction between the tidal current and sand.
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DP World to Upgrade Terminal in Fujairah
Port operator DP World reportedly plans to invest in the Port of Fujairah to make it suitable for larger container ships.
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News'Galatea's Arrival Complete GLA Trio
Trinity House’ s new vessel, ‘ THV Galatea’ , arrived in its home port of Harwich in Essex UK for the first time on 23rd July, docking alongside the Trinity House pier after completing the delivery voyage from the Stocznia Remontowa shipyard at Gdansk in Poland.
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NewsNavaids Light the Way to South Hook LNG
UK based aids to navigation specialist Tideland Signal has supplied a variety of LED lanterns to help ensure the safety of the new ships serving the South Hook LNG Terminal under construction near Milford Haven in Wales.
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News'Sunk' Traffic Separation Scheme Reorganised
The biggest reorganisation of aids to navigation in UK waters for 30 years came into effect last month with the introduction of a new maritime Traffic Separation Scheme at the Sunk.
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Seawork Debut for New Chart Plotter
Winchester UK based Seawork exhibitor Standard Horizon used this year’ s show to launch a new medium sized chart plotter, the CP300, which features a sunlight viewable 7” colour widescreen display, a host of navigation features and video input for a DVD player or remote camera.
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NewsNavComms in Action at Seawork 2007
Portsmouth based marine electronics supplier Raymarine was well represented at Seawork 2007, with all the latest equipment on its own stand within the show but also with a full integrated package of its navigation, communication and safety equipment on board a high performance RIB on the Seawork pontoon.
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Boat Show Debut for Wetterbox
Bristol UK based Marine Electronic Services Ltd is introducing the new Wetterbox WIB-Europe weather receiver at the Southampton Boat Show next month.
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'Workboat Navigator' Launches in America
America’ s Jeppesen Marine has launched Jeppesen Workboat Navigator, a piloting solution for commercial boats operating in coastal areas and inland waterways which provides mariners with a combination of detailed vector-based digital marine charts, location based data such as Notices to Mariners, and input from onboard sensors, such as GPS, ...
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NewsVikoma Lowers the Boom on 'Napoli'
To further facilitate salvage operations, the stricken container ship ‘ MSC Napoli’ was broken in two using a series of explosions last month.
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NewsNew Oil Spill Combat Cat for Rotterdam
The Port of Rotterdam Authority (PRA) has taken into service what it describes as a revolutionary oil spill response catamaran, the first of its kind for such work.
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NewsEMSA Exercises Oil Spill Muscle
The European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) recently sent a clear signal to polluters that thanks to modern technology and the commitment of EU Member States to tackle head on any threat to the environment, ships that think they can get away with illegal discharges while no one is looking could ...
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Ohmsett Hosts Oil Spill Training
Ohmsett, The National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in the USA, will host a one week Oil Spill Training Course from 17 to 21 September 2007.
