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NewsNew Smit Broncho Class Almost Complete at IHC
Smit Broncho, the first of three new pusher tugs, has been delivered by the IHC Holland Delta Shipyard to Smit Transport BV. Designated a Delta Multi Purpose Pusher Tug 2500 (DMPT 2500), the vessel was subjected to extensive trials and is now in service.
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NewsContainer Security Struggles for Standards
Governments and port authorities acknowledge that the 17 million cargo containers in use around the world are a weak link in national security arrangements. Importers/ exporters and manufacturers understand that poor container security poses a risk to the goods they contain. Yet because there are so many players in the ...
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NewsFast Security Craft for Russia
Swedish boat builder Dockstavarvet delivered a second security craft to Russia last month. Smaller than the first boat, the HSPC 11.3 M was turned over to Moscow based brokers Autogrand Marine Ltd for operation on Russia''s inland waterways.
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NewsImproved Surveillance Camera for Marine Security
A new design surveillance camera from Texas USA based Night Vision Technologies will enhance safety and security by improving the operator''s ability to detect, observe and identify objects and activity in total darkness, daylight or mixed light.
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NewsABP's Summer Safety Campaign
For the second year running, Associated British Ports (ABP), which owns and operates 21 ports around the UK, has launched a summer safety campaign to warn children of the dangers of trespassing and swimming in its docks and harbours.
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NewsPorts Academy Anticipates Expansion
Proposals to set up a Ports & Logistics Skills Academy within the UK''s Haven Gateway have taken an important step forward, with work starting on a detailed business plan for the project. The Haven Gateway Partnership has commissioned a consortium of three companies to develop a business plan for the ...
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NewsPrepared is Shared in Gulf of Finland
In what is thought to be a world first, crisis response simulator training has taken place simultaneously at marine institutes in Russia, Finland and Estonia as part of the EU funded long term project Gulf Of Finland Marine safety and marine Environment protection Cooperation (GOFMEC).
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NewsPaints and Paintings for Seawork Star
One of the outstanding vessels on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006 was Skomer, the new 19m pilot boat for Milford Haven Port Authority built by Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd to a Camarc design. Noticeably larger than other pilot boats on the Seawork pontoon, Skomer will also serve as a ...
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NewsSeawork Duo Doing Fast Patrol Craft
Two exhibitors at Seawork 2006 are collaborating on the new 15m Fast Patrol Craft for the UK Ministry of Defence. First time exhibitor Composite Mouldings Limited (CML) has made the plug, mould and mouldings for the first of class vessel being built by Holyhead Marine Services Limited. The first hull ...
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NewsChichester's Cheetah a Hit at Seawork
Isle of Wight based workboat builder Cheetah Marine has exhibited at Seawork for many years, with their popular boats and welcoming staff a regular feature on the floating pontoon. For Seawork 2006 the new Harbour Patrol Boat for Chichester Harbour Conservancy attracted considerable attention.
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NewsMantsbrite named Koden's exclusive UK distributor
Changes are afoot in the way that the range of Koden marine products will be distributed in the UK and Ireland. From the first of this month, Seawork exhibitor Mantsbrite, which has been jointly distributing Koden''s marine products, will become Koden''s exclusive distributor.
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NewsZodiac Lifts 'Spirit of Innovation' Award
It was an eventful Seawork for Zodiac International, with Zodiac Boats'' new ''Minuteman'' First Responders craft carrying off the prestigious Spirit of Innovation Award on its world debut appearance at the show and the Zodiac Training Academy promoting its own UK debut next month.
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NewsDredging Boulogne En Route to Seawork
Essex UK based Eco Dredging Ltd returned to Seawork this summer. Eco Dredging is a member of the Vis Group of companies in the Netherlands and specialises in the maintenance dredging of marinas and fishing ports, inland rural and urban waterways, canals and rivers, ponds and lakes.
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NewsShifting Sands for Marine Aggregates Dredging
Hanson Aggregates Marine, which dredges and delivers to 20 wharves around the UK, Holland, Belgium and France, has surrendered two areas of licensed seabed earmarked for aggregates dredging. The move reflects the company''s stated wish to reduce the sea space under its control whilst recognising the granting of new licenses ...
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Brewaba at Work in Bremerhaven
Brewaba, the German subsidiary of Dutch dredging giant Van Oord, has been awarded a contract in Bremerhaven from client Bremenports Consult GmbH.
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Boskalis Bags Big Offshore Contract
Netherlands based international dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster has won a major contract to construct a gas pipeline in Taiwan. The five month project, which will start next April, has a contract value of some 70m.
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Dredging Prescribed for Channel Siltation
The UK''s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) published a report last month examining the 5 December 2005 grounding of the French ro-ro ferry Dieppe at the port of Newhaven, which found the grounding occurred due to a build up of sand in the approach channel after a period of bad ...
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NewsNavigation Dredgings Help Create UK's Largest Man-Made Wetland
A sea wall at Wallasea Island in Essex in the UK was deliberately breached in early July, creating the UK''s largest man-made marine wetland. The UK Government''s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs'' (DEFRA) Wallasea Wetlands Creation Project is creating a 115 hectare wetland to replace similar bird habitats ...
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Aker/Damen Joint Venture
Aker Yards and the Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard at Mykolayiv in the Ukraine.
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News£2.8bn Bid for ABP
Associated British Ports looks set to be taken over by a consortium led by American investment bank Goldman Sachs after that group' s improved bid, valuing ABP at £ 2.79bn, forced a rival Australian led group to pull out.
