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Diver Detection Moves On from Military Origins
QinetiQ has secured a breakthrough sale of it Cerberus high performance diver and swimmer detection sonar system into the yacht market. The system will be deployed to provide security for a large private yacht and its passengers while at anchor or alongside in harbours.
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NewsTackling Light Pollution in Ports
Ports are potentially hazardous areas by virtue of their activities, operations and the interaction of vehicles, machinery and people. Ensuring that lighting systems provide a safe working environment is essential, as is the need to comply with light pollution requirements.
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NewsDevon Develops Emergendcy Marine Planning
There is a growing awareness of the economic and environmental pressures affecting the UK''s coastal zone and marine environment. Britain''s coastline stretches over 17,000 kilometres and is under threat like never before.
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NewsReality TV Meets Rescue at Sea
Advances in Personal Locater Beacon (PLB) technology have made transmission, location and rescue faster than ever before, a fact which became apparent to French journalist Daniel GrandClement after he was thrown into heavy seas off the coast of Yemen last month.
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NewsResearch by BMT Answers MCA's Concerns
An extensive programme of research has been completed by BMT SeaTech Ltd for the UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Concern regarding the behaviour of high speed craft, especially those carrying passengers in large seas from astern was expressed by the MCA. In such seas fast vessels may surf, broach ...
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NewsZodiac Says YES to Yacht Evacuation
A new evacuation system is being promoted by International Safety Products Ltd (ISPL), the UK distributor for Zodiac. The YES (Yacht Evacuation System) features a container permanently installed on the yacht''s side at evacuation deck level which, when activated, inflates an escape slide and floating transfer platform. This eliminates the ...
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NewsOzone Friendly Fire Extinguisher Launched by Tyco Fire and Security.
Tyco Fire and Security has announced the most suitable replacement for Halon 1301 for shipboard applications is the new Sapphire fire suppression system. Since its introduction it has been successfully installed in several hundred ships, including ferries.
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NewsDover Gets a New Pilot and Patrol Vessel
On the 11th of October the Dover Harbour Board formally introduced and christened their new pilot and harbour patrol launch. The vessel was named ''Dovorian'' by the wife of Dover Harbour Board''s current chairman, Mrs Dibble, at a short ceremony in the port.
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NewsIrish Eyes Smile on 'Bluefinn 40'
Ireland’ s Mooney Boats Ltd has built a versatile MCA Category 1 offshore workboat which will be equally at home potting, angling, carrying cargo, transferring crew, conducting hydrographic surveys or participating in rapid response situations. Co. Donegal based Mooney Boats has been serving the marine industy for over 40 years ...
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NewsInternational WorkBoat Show Returns to New Orleans
After a year hiatus following Hurricane Katrina, the International WorkBoat Show returns to New Orleans USA from 29 November through 1 December. The largest US maritime trade show and conference will again take place in the Morial Convention Centre, where all 12 halls will be available.
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NewsAcoustic Advances Aid Diver Safety
Oceanteam 2000 Ltd (ot2k) has deployed the Easytrak underwater tracking and positioning system from Applied Acoustic Engineering for mattress laying operations to protect power cables running from the offshore wind farm at Scroby in the North Sea.
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NewsUnusual 'Hol Blank' Takes Shape for Weser Ports
ContainerTerminal dredging in Bremerhaven. Hol Blank will ease the task.The dredger is urgently needed, officials said, particularly so because of the completion this year of Bremerhaven's new Container Terminal 4, which is adding 1,700m of new quayside and a new 100m wide basin on an eventual 16.2m of water.Hol Blank ...
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NewsDredging Delivers Denmark's New Container Terminal
Dredging contractor Rohde Nielsen A/S has moved more than 7m m3 of sand in helping to construct new container terminals at Aarhus Harbour in Denmark. The project''s origins date to 1998 when a 25 year plan for the development of what is Denmark''s largest and busiest port was published. Work ...
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NewsRotterdam Reduces Dredging Requirement
The Port of Rotterdam has awarded a contract to Stema Survey to deliver and implement the Silas acoustic data acquisition and processing system in combination with an OEM Odom Echotrac CV echo sounder for the purpose of monitoring siltation within the port. The equipment was ordered after the port''s hydrographic ...
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Busy Days for Jan De Nul
Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group continues it fleet renewal and expansion programme with an order for two newbuild trailing suction hopper dredgers which will be built by Heun Woo Steel Co Ltd in Busan, South Korea. Each vessel represents an investment of some ¢ 100m. The vessels are scheduled for ...
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NewsSonardyne USBL System for Norway
Yateley UK based Sonardyne International, in association with its local representatives, Aquadyne AS, has delivered its latest Ranger USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) acoustic positioning system to Artec Subsea AS of Norway.
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Dutch Ocean Group Formed
Nearly 20 leading domestic institutes, agencies and companies concerned with oceanography and related disciplines in Holland have pooled their resources and expertise as part of a new consortium recently established in Delft, the Dutch Ocean Group.
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NMA's Visitor Friendly ROVs
Atlantas Marine of Yeovil UK has supplied two of its VideoRay Pro lll ROVs to the National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth. Equipped with Tritech sonars and manipulators, both are now a major feature in the NMAs ExplorOcean water tank where visitors are able to race them against other mini-ROVs over ...
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Offshore Survey 07
Its joint organisers, Intelligent Exhibitions and TMS International, say that speakers will be drawn from leading international oil and gas organisations as well as global contractors and service providers along with government and academic institutions.
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NewsTOWLINES
The shallow draft offshore tugs Dutch Pride and Dutch Power have been sold by Netherlands based owners the Van der Wees Group and Hubrechtse respectively to ENCA, a Turkish construction company. Both tugs have been engaged in construction work in the Caspian oil fields and will remain in the area. ...
