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NewsScania is 'Cool' on Seawork Quayside
Scania launched a new 12 litre marine diesel engine at the Seawork 2007 exhibition in Southampton last month.
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News'Emerald' Green Power at Seawork
Sailing yachts may not have been as commonplace as tugs and pilot boats on the Seawork floating pontoon last month but the Beneteau 411 ''Emerald'' had lots to show with regard to the likely future of marine on board power.
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Largest FF Waterjet Seen First at Seawork
Rolls-Royce introduced the largest waterjet to appear thus far in its Kamewa FF series at Seawork 2007 in Southampton last month. The FF600 unit extends the power range of the axial flow waterjets to 1,800kW.
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Acoustic Enclosures for Marine Power
Ipswich UK based diesel generator manufacturer G& M Power Plant Ltd has designed and built a new sliding door acoustic enclosure which can be specified with sound levels from 70 dB(A) to as low as 60 dB(A) at 1m.
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Hot Schottel Having Busy Season
An offshore supply vessel due to enter service in 2009 will be fitted with Schottel Twin-Propellers and a Schottel retractable Rudderpropeller.
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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.
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Advice Bales Out
With over 100,000 tyres replaced in the UK every day and the EU Landfill Directive now preventing them going to landfill, the need to develop end of life uses is acute.
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NewsRenewables Power from Mersey Waterwheel
A giant waterwheel stretching across the River Mersey could be used to generate renewable electricity for the Northwest, according to a new study that identifies the river as one of the top sites for tidal renewable energy in the UK.
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NewsTri-Modal Terminal is 'Money Well Spent'
A new tri-modal logistics hub on the River Elbe could make a big contribution to German efforts to master increasing hinterland traffic to and from Hamburg and better integrate regional traffic flows.
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Plans for UK 'Energy Coast'
Proposals to transform West Cumbria into ''Britain''s Energy Coast'' are gathering pace following a positive meeting last month with then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling and other key ministers before Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister and formed a new government.
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NewsUSCG Group Joins IHMA
Some 44 US Coast Guard ''Captains of the Port (COTP) are the latest regional organisation to join the International Harbour Masters'' Association. The recruitment includes all the USCG Sector Commanders.
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NewsLower Elbe Sounding Ship for Germans
The new 23.9m modern sounding boat Wedel is now in service on the Elbe after completion for north German shipping authorities by the Fassmer Shipyard in Berne as a replacement for two older vessels.
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NewsPay for Port Links says FTA
The UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA), whose members consign over 70% of the freight moved by sea, has called on the Government to use its forthcoming Ports Policy Paper to accept responsibility for funding inland transport links from ports, as happens in other developed nations.
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Construction Start at Great Yarmouth
The Great Yarmouth Port Company has awarded a contract valued at some £ 50m to a joint venture of Van Oord UK Ltd and Edmund Nuttall Ltd to build the long awaited Outer Harbour Development, which is expected to be a major catalyst for economic growth both in the port ...
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NewsDragon Boat Day Funds Seafarer Support
The first ever British & International Sailors'' Society Dragon Boat Challenge took place last month at the 2012 Olympic rowing venue at Dorney Lake, Eton.
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NewsOstensjo to Build Offshore 'Flotel'
Ostensjo group member Edda Accommodation has placed an order for the offshore industry''s first purpose built ''flotel''. ''Edda TBN'' will be an Offshore Accommodation Vessel for a total of 600 personnel.
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News'Ground Force' Launch for Wisbech Boatlift
Tommy Walsh, of Ground Force TV fame in the UK, put in a star studded performance when he launched the new Fenland District Council boatlift facility, in front of an audience of more than 50 invited guests.
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NewsCrane Takes the Slow Boat to China
A £ 4m gantry crane which was standing idle at the inward end of Felixstowe''s Trinity Container Terminal for more than a year has finally been returned to the manufacturers in Shanghai for repair.
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Gunnebo Up for GrabiQs
One year after making a survey of customer requirements, Gunnebo Lifting has responded with an expanded supply of products which includes a 20mm grade 10 chain addition to its popular GrabiQ range.
