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Leading Light Returns to Seawork
One of the UK''s leading suppliers of aids to navigation, Hydrosphere, will again be exhibiting at Seawork 2007, presenting the latest developments and innovations in navigational lights from Vega and Carmanah plus updated buoys including the Mobilis Jet 2000.
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NewsCost Effective Workboat Design at Seawork
The work of first time Seawork exhibitor Marine Design International (MDI) will be familiar to MJ readers who recall the Vessel Launch coverage in the November 2006 issue of ''Bluefinn 40'', an 11.91m LOA category 1 offshore workboat built by Ireland''s Mooney Boats Ltd. MDI designed the Bluefinn 40.
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See Zeework at Seawork
Seawork 2007 will see the launch of Zeework Limited, a new joint venture company formed by the UK''s three main Trimble agents to service the Hydrogeomatic equipment markets throughout the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland.
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NewsNorth Sea Winches Clinches Holyhead Double
Scarborough UK based North Sea Winches continues its provision of specialist equipment for the commercial marine sector with identical packages of deck machinery for two newbuild 35m tugs for Holyhead Towing.
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NewsVersatile Spreader Reaches a 'Century'
Clipper Elite Carriers (CEC) has ordered a Modulift Spreader System for permanent use on the 9,000dwt multipurpose container/heavy lift vessel ''CEC Century''.
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Markey Makes Its Plimsoll Mark
Professional Mariner magazine in the USA presented Markey Machinery Company with the 2006 Plimsoll Award for Innovation, during a ceremony held as part of the Connecticut Maritime Association''s Shipping 2007 conference.
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NewsHooked On for the Future
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has completely re-engineered its range of on-load release hooks.
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NewsLightweight Rope Lifts Pipelay Production
Allseas Group S.A., a Swiss offshore pipe laying company, has collaborated with DSM Dyneema to improve the safety and speed of underwater pipe laying using next generation rope technology.
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NewsGerman Ports Embrace Straddle Carriers
Kalmar Industries'' seventh generation ESC series has reaffirmed its position as the straddle carrier of choice for German ports with new orders for a combined 27 units received from the country''s leading terminal operators.
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Winch Control Package for 'Floating Port'
Siemens announced the award of a contract earlier this month from Oceaneering Advanced Technologies to provide an electric winch motor control system and an energy storage system for a crane designed to move large containers on US Navy ships at sea.
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DTI Grant for Underwater Modem Advance
Further development by Wireless Fibre Systems of underwater wireless modem technology (first described in this column last December).
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NewsTTS to Supply Linkspan for Rothesay
TTS has won a contract to design, supply and install a linkspan and pedestrian bridge as part of the Rothesay Pier Ferry Berth Improvement Project in the UK.
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NewsTwo Major Contracts for DEME
An important contract for trench dredging, backfilling and rock placement in India has been awarded to Tideway, the Breda, Netherlands based subsidiary of dredging and environmental group DEME.
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Green Light for Scottish Marina
Scottish ministers have given the green light to plans for a £ 175m marina project at Bo''ness that will rejuvenate the town''s 400 year old harbour, creating a marina, a hotel and new homes.
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Ribble Link Dredging Work on Schedule
British Waterways in the UK says the Ribble Link is on target to reopen on the 6th of this month following £ 600,000 of winter maintenance works, including channel dredging, repairs to a lock bywash and the filling of a number of voids behind lock walls.
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Dredging at Falmouth Harbour a Step Nearer
The dredging of Falmouth Harbour in the UK has taken a step forward with Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and A& P Falmouth Limited.
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Van Oord Wins Reclamation Project in Gibraltar
The Government of Gibraltar has awarded a harbour reclamation contract to Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors BV.
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Marine Environments Assessed for Conservation Designation
Work is underway around the UK coastline to identify areas that may be suitable for designation as candidate Special Areas of Conservation (cSACs).
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NewsOpportunity Knocks at Gulf Maritime 2007
The fifth annual Gulf Maritime event, Gulf Maritime 2007, will take place from 16 to 18 April in the United Arab Emirates at Expo Centre Sharjah, which is in close proximity to the business centres of Sharjah and Dubai.
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News'Personal Everest' Sails in May
Disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt launches his challenge this month to be the first disabled person to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain, a voyage of over 1600 miles.
