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The Barefoot Navigator - Navigating with the skills of the ancients
This is an innovative book about marine navigating and way-finding from what you can see around you and from what you have in your head.
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Bis Inspection Boost as Micro ROV Guests at Seawork 2006
The usefulness of ROVs as underwater inspection systems to assess vessel repair and maintenance requirements was amply demonstrated at Seawork 2006, when exhibitor Ac-Cess Co UK Ltd volunteered to aid vessel operators on Seawork''s floating pontoon.
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Councillors Haunt 'Ghost Ship' Plans
The latest twist in the long running tale of the UK''s ''Ghost Ships'' unfolded earlier this month when members of Hartlepool Council''s Planning Committee refused applications for the development of Able UK''s Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC), where the company proposes to dismantle the derelict American military transport ...
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A&P Ramsgate Supports Local RNLI Fleet Refurbishments
As a registered charity the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) reliesheavily on the support of local services and suppliers for the day to day operation of their fleet of around 330 lifeboats.
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'Boyne Protector' Delicered for Drogheda
The 14.6m environmental launch Boyne Protector is now in operation at its home port of Drogheda, Ireland. Designed by Macduff Ship Design (which also acted as owner''s project manager) and built by Richards Dry Dock and Engineering Ltd of Great Yarmouth, the Boyne Protector is a first of class vessel ...
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News'Magnus' Delivered as Harms' Building Programme Gathers Pace
The rapidly growing fleet of Hamburg based Harms Offshore Gmbh received another major boost in September with the delivery of ''Magnus'', the first of a pair on new anchor handlers. Since the delivery last year of the smaller ''Primus'' (Maritime Journal February 2005), the company has announced orders for a ...
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NewsTug Company Bombed
Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship has insisted that it will not bow to intimidation after one of its company cars, and another vehicle owned by one of its employees, were set on fire in Bourgas, Bulgaria, on 27 September in a Molotov cocktail attack by unidentified assailants.
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NewsTowage Provision for LNG is Proving a Sensitive Issue at Milford Haven
With work on the necessary jetties and other facilities proceeding apace and the commencement of LNG shipments into Milford Haven moving ever nearer, speculation is growing as to the form supporting towage services will take. Two separate LNG plants are under construction at Waterstone and South Hook. Towage requirements for ...
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NewsNew 'Adsteam Shotley' Goes Straight to Work
Adsteam Shotley, the latest of a series of brand new Damen ASD Tug 2411 shiphandling tugs arrived at Felixstowe during the last few days of September and went straight into service. In common with the previous two deliveries, Adsteam Harty and Adsteam Warden (MJ - March 2006), the tug ...
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NewsA Busy Time for ABR with ITS 2008, 'Tugnology' and Publications
It is an extremely a busy time for the ABR Company Ltd, organisers of the well know ITS conventions, publishers of International Tug & Salvage magazine and the annual Tugworld Review. The next convention ITS2008, originally expected to be held in Hong Kong, has now had to be rescheduled for ...
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NewsISU to Press Case for Environmental Awards
Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), meeting in Singapore earlier this month, unanimously decided to continue to press the case for Environmental Awards for pollution prevention services. This matter will be taken forward by a new ISU Committee headed by Vice President Arnold Witte.
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News'CP Valour' Removal Completed
Salvage operations to refloat 'CP Valour' were completed last month.The wreck removal contract was awarded in late April. SvitzerWijsmuller mobilised equipment and personnel from the Netherlands, the Mediterranean and South Africa. CP Valour was found to be hard aground on sand over volcanic rock. The 1,000 TEU vessel, laden with ...
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NewsMultraship Completes Salvage of 'Gulizar Ana'
Salvage and towage company Multraship has successfully righted the Turkish general cargo ship Gulizar Ana, which capsized on September 10 in the Romanian port of Galati while loading cargo, and has redelivered the vessel to its owners. It is thought that the capsizing of the 3,300 dwt vessel was due ...
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News'Terramare 1' Repowered and Ready
When Keith Pope moved on from his vessel of many years, ''Josephine'', to acquire Terramare 1 recently, much of the refurbishment work had already been done by the original owner. The 24.5m LOA multi-purpose landing craft was built for use by the German Army, which had thoroughly modernised it in ...
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NewsHydrodynamics Helps Design New Thrusters
Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus den Ouden turned to countrymen at the Maritime Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for collaboration in developing their latest bow thrusters. In working together with the noted hydrodynamics laboratory, Vetus has optimised bow thrusters performance by uniquely shaping propeller blade profiles, resulting in little or no cavitation ...
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News40 Knots for Rapid Response Workboat
Skærgården 1 is propelled by twin UltraJet 340 waterjets and powered by twin Cummins 6 CTA8.3M diesel engines rated at 430 hp at 2600 rpm. The reversing deflectors are actuated by UltraJet hydro-mechanical control systems.
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News'Stevns Icequeen' - Another Canadian Tug for Denmark
Irving Shipbuilding, at its East Isle yard in Georgetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, has been kept extremely busy with orders for their latest generation of ‘ ice class’ azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs. On the 1st of October, a naming ceremony was held for the Stevns Icequeen, the fifth ice ...
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News'Svitzer Stanlow', A New Escort Tug for the Mersey
Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before ...
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North Sea Pulls Winches Order at Seawork
Specialist marine winch manufacturer North Sea Winches is reaping the benefits of participation at Seawork 2006, securing an order to supply the deck machinery package for a new 35m tug following a meeting on their stand between the customer, boatbuilder and North Sea Winches'' Technical Director, David McLorinan. Holyhead Towing ...
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New Winch Motor Bests Bognor Shingle
When the Bognor Regis Yacht Club in the UK had to renew the geared motor on their rescue boat winch, they looked on the internet and found Bedford based Lenze Ltd.
