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New Year's Higher Resolution for RNLI
The three year SAR simulator at the RNLI''s Lifeboat College in Poole UK has been upgraded in a project designed and integrated by Antycip SAS, using 11 F2 SX+ DLP projectors supplied by Norway''s projectiondesign.
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Marine Propulsion Training from HME
This training offers the global marine industry an opportunity to gain knowledge of matching ship propulsion components and systems. Based on market developments, a separate module on the characteristics of electrical drives has been added. This international training enables marine professionals to understand more about the specific characteristics of ships ...
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NewsPortable Safety at a Pocketable Price
The current 121.5/243MHz analogue COSPAS SARSAT service will cease in February 2009 and only the 406 MHz digital beacon signals will be processed thereafter. The major benefits of a 406 MHz device over a 121.5 MHz device have long been recognised. These include faster, more accurate detection, personal identification of ...
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Chalmers' Simulator Emulates Any Vessel
Transas has supplied a large scale simulator for the Ship Simulator Centre at the Chalmers University of Technology at Gothenburg in Sweden. The Chalmers Ship Simulator Centre''s mission is to develop and implement standards in maritime training using aviation standards as the model.
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New Technology Records Ship's Data in Float Free Memory Capsule
The ACR S-VDR Float Free Memory Capsule, a floating and satellite detectable version of the black box, is now approved and available for sale in North America. Manufacturer ACR Electronics, based in Florida has begun shipping to its North American dealers and has been issued an approval number for the ...
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NewsDutch Heavy Lift Operator Dockwise Sold for $700m
International private equity and funds manager 3i has agreed to buy Dutch marine heavy lift operators Dockwise Transport BV from Dutch offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen in a deal valued at over $700m.
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NewsEvery Winch Way in the New Year
German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton line pull triple drum waterfall winch.
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News'World's Strongest Fibre' Boosts Synthetic Rope Technology
DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users, DSM Dyneema has been advancing synthetic rope technology by offering a range of rope and mooring application that ...
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NewsOsprey's Innovation Expedites Crane Delivery
Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution for the delivery of a new dockside crane for the UK Ministry of Defence''s Ernesettle Ammunition berth in ...
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NewsHandlers at the Heart of Operations
The first vessel in over a decade to collect scrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation made possible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed to the Norfolk port from Scotland with a cargo of sugar beet then collected the scrap ...
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NewsVuossari Port Orders Kalmar Cranes
Cargo handling equipment supplierKalmar has won an order from Finnsteve Oy Ab for four ship to shore (STS) cranes to be used at the new Vuossari Port in Finland. The cranes ill be capable of servicing post-Panamax vessels in twin lift operation, while preparations will be made or future tandem ...
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NewsTSS Launches New INS Equipment
Last month''s Ocean Business Exhibition and Conference in Southampton saw TSS International introduce its latest Orion series of Inertial Navigation Systems, providing precise attitude, heading and heave data for applications ranging from support of multibeam surveys and ROV operations to construction of major seabed installations.
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NewsEverard Aims for Paperless Bridges
''MV Speciality'', the first of four new 4,426dwt diesel-electric short sea product tankers built for Dartford UK based F T Everard & Sons by the Qingshan Shipyard in China, has been authorised to operate without paper charts.
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CARIS Upgrades Bathymetric Software
Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS, who will be staging their 11th annual user group conference in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of March, have introduced a new version of Bathy DataBase for creation and management of bathymetric surfaces.
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New DVRs from NETmc Marine
73fifty, a new range of low cost digital video recorder/players which can typically download a half hour file in less than four minutes for marine as well as ROV and diving inspection operations, has been launched by NETmc Marine of Aberdeen.
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Subsea 07
Aberdeen''s ,Exhibition & Conference Centre is the venue for what is claimed to be Europe''s largest subsea event, Subsea 07, on Thursday 8 February. Over 80 exhibitors and 800 visitors are expected to participate in the day long proceedings aimed at bringing together operators, contractors, suppliers and small niche technology ...
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NewsDredging International to Deepen Access to Bulgarian Port
Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a ¢ 30m contract for the expansion and deepening of the access channels to Port of Bourgas, the second biggest port in Bulgaria. In a statement, Dredging International said the contract was awarded after ''very stiff competition'' from two other groups. Work on site ...
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NewsABPmer Reaps Environmental Award
ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer), Associated British Ports''Southampton-based marine research arm, was commended at the Environment Agency''s Project Excellence Awards when it was awarded Joint-Runner-Up in the ''Innovation and Technical Excellence'' category.
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Tangier's New Transhipment Port Nears Completion
UK consultancy Royal Haskoning which has played a key role in the development of Morocco''s Tanger-Med port, currently under construction and due to begin operations in 2007, has provided an update on the company''s role in the project. The £ 1.3 billion project is located on the Strait of Gibraltar, ...
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Agreement on Increased River Tolls
The Broads Authority in the UK has accepted the Navigation Committee''s proposals that tolls should rise by 9.9% for private boat owners and 6.1% for hire boats from 1 April 2007 to pay for an extra £ 100,000 of dredging.
