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NewsSilence Prevails for 'Spirit of Innovation'
The pop song premise that silence is golden proved more than appropriate for Halyard Marine, which carried off the coveted ‘ Spirit of Innovation Award’ for the most outstanding new product in the Innovations Showcase at Seawork 2007.
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Seawork Delivers for Baltec Werft
Each year at Seawork there are first time exhibitors who discover the incomparable value of the show for opening new markets, expanding existing ones, and building valuable contacts.
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NewsEnquiry Bonanza Secured at Seawork
Further proof that Seawork attracts serious boat building project managers and buyers who represent a wide range of boat types and yard locations comes from Neil Young of regular Seawork exhibitors H4 Marine Ltd.
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Trim Tab Takeoff at Seawork
One of the products shown by Poole UK based Marine Components International at Seawork 2007 was the new SST System by Bennett Marine. Bennett has been producing a trim tab system for smaller vessels for some 45 years, but the new SST extends that range from 16m up to 46m ...
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NewsRedbay's Quality Confirmed at Seawork
From its base in Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland, Redbay Boats has built a reputation for producing extremely rugged and seaworthy craft. Its range of Stormforce RIBs, ranging in size from 6.1m to 11m, has been developed, tested and proven in the treacherous waters between the Cushendall factory and Scotland’ s ...
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NewsSeawork Success Secures Second Production Line
One of the significant boatbuild transactions taking place at Seawork 2007 saw South Boats Special Projects Limited sign a £ 2.2m contract with MPI Offshore Ltd for two new designs of wind farm service vessels which will enter service next year. Both new designs will be tank tested prior to ...
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NewsCombined Commercial Marine Insurance Launched
Commercial marine insurance providers Navigators & General (N& G), members of the British Marine Federation (BMF), have launched a new Commercial Marine Combined insurance product offering a tailored one stop solution for the specialist UK leisure and small commercial marine industry.
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EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate
A legislative proposal before the Lower House of Parliament in the Netherlands would revise the national Shipping Act to bring legislation into line with the EU Inland Waterways Directive (2005/44/EC).
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NewsShippers saving billions on freight spend
Outsourcing to a freight audit company seems to be a solution to the problem of increased obscurity in financial control.
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NewsNew Funding for Tidal Turbines
The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £ 7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), the developer of the world’ s first commercial scale sub-sea turbine.
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Anglo-French Contracts for Valeport
Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes have completed a major sound velocity equipment replacement and upgrade programme for the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service (SHOM) fleet of survey vessels based in Brest.
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NewsSonardyne Acoustics for Allseas Group
Swiss based pipelay specialists Allseas Group has commissioned Sonardyne International’ s wideband deepwater Long BaseLine acoustic positioning systems, initially to support field wide operation of its fleet of vessels due to be engaged for the KG-D6 project, India’ s largest offshore venture.
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Odom Enters Multibeam Market
The fiercely competitive multibeam system market now has another contestant, Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge in the USA.
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Underwater Acoustics Courses
The UK National Physical Laboratory at Teddington is once more hosting three Seiche professional development courses on underwater acoustics from 10 to 14 September.
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News'MSC Napoli' is Refloated & Re-Beached
The ongoing saga of the ill fated ‘ MSC Napoli’ took another significant turn on the 9th of July when the 53,409gt vessel was refloated.
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NewsTimber Contract Lifts King's Lynn
Associated British Ports'' (ABP) Port of King''s Lynn has been handling substantial volumes of forest products following the signing of a one year term agreement with Swedish timber company Vida Wood AB to handle approximately 50,000m3 of carcassing timber a year from Halmstad in Sweden.
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NewsYoung Engineers Sight Marine Careers
The UK independent educational charity The Smallpiece Trust is working with the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust to provide 140 teenagers in Southampton and Strathclyde with a valuable introduction to the marine industry and into the rewarding, well paid careers it can offer.
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NewsVirtual Ferry Cross the Mersey
UK Shipping Minister Stephen Ladyman had the opportunity to pilot a virtual ferry ''cross the Mersey on a recent visit to Liverpool John Moores University''s (LJMU) Lairdside Maritime Centre. Dr Ladyman took the helm of the UK''s only full mission ship bridge simulator with a 360 degree visual projection system.
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IHMA Papers
The International Harbour Masters'' Association has issued a first call for papers to be delivered at their 6th Congress, which takes place 12-16 May 2008 in St Petersburg, Russia.
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Adriatic Diving Conference
The Open University Libar in cooperation with AdriaMare Maritime Training Centre is organising the 1st Adriatic Diving Conference, which will take place on 8 and 9 November 2007 at the Hotel Punta in Vodice, Croatia.
