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  • UK Government funding will help to develop the Pulse Stream 100 shallow water tidal stream power generator.
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    Funding Flow for Shallow Water Tidal Stream Power Generator

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    BMT Renewables Ltd is part of a consortium that has been awarded a grant of £ 878,000 from the UK''s Department of Trade and Industry for a two year, £ 1.7m research, design and development project known as Pulse Stream 100.

  • The new mussel harbour and berth development at Warrenpoint has lowered the bed of the town dock to accommodate a new generation of large mussel trawlers.
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    New Mussel Harbour for Warrenpoint

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Dawson WAM, the river and marine engineers, have completed the construction of a new mussel harbour and berth development at Warrenpoint in Northern Ireland at a cost of £ 2.6m for the Warrenpoint Harbour Authority which has enabled the bed of the town dock to be lowered in excess of ...

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    £5m Kickstarts Barrow Masterplan

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The first step of a comprehensive masterplan to transform Barrow in the UK has been given the green light with an investment of over £ 5m from the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).

  • Geosynthetic clay liner (GCL) is installed along the new section of the River Glan in Austria.
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    Geosynthetic Liner Enables Austrian River Diversion

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    A river diversion project in Austria which has released an additional six hectares of land on which to build a new hospital was made possible by a self-sealing geosynthetic clay liner.

  • New ro-ro facilities in the Port of Boulogne are due to become operational next year.
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    Investment for 'Fast Jets' in Boulogne

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Boulogne Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced a 20m investment in a new ro-ro berth which is due to go into service in 2007.

  • Dikes to prevent Venice flooding will be placed in the three main canals connecting the Adriatic Sea to the Venice lagoon.
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    Venice Flood Barrier Works Underway

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Some 40 years after an abnormal high tide flooded the city and made 5,000 people homeless, the massive marine construction project to protect Venice in Italy is now underway. The Modello Sperimentale Elettromeccanico (MOSE) project involves a system of moveable, automatically operated dikes being placed at the entrance of the ...

  • Marina Deck non-slip covering on one of the Environment Agencys new pontoons.
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    No Slip-Ups at Seawork

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Visitors to Godmanchester''s inland waterways on the River Ouse can look forward to using four new public mooring pontoons this year. Operated by the UK Environment Agency, the existing mooring pontoons were ageing wooden constructions which were a potential safety hazard for users, especially in wet conditions.

  • Water injection dredging underway in the River Bure last month. Photo courtesy of Broads Authority and Van Oord UK Ltd.
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    Water Injection Trial May Cut Cost of Dredging The Broads

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    A pioneering trial that could cut costs for dredging on the lower areas of the Broads, the well known inland waterways in the UK, got under way in April. The Broads Authority said the scheme, costing £ 30,000, aims to remove 6,200 m3 of silt from the River Bure and ...

  • Halcrow is investigating new techniques to deal with coastal erosion.
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    Halcrow Assesses Coastal Erosion Risk

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Halcrow in the UK is close to completing a study for DEFRA to develop a procedure to provide coastal authorities with the means to better understand, appraise and quantify the coastal erosion risks they are obligated to manage.

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    HIT Bulks Up

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Immingham''s Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per year.

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    DNV Makes It Official

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows many years during which the experienced staff at some 51 Radio Holland Group subsidiary branches along the major ...

  • The first of three new police boats from Barthels.
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    First of Three 'Heavies' for Hamburg Police

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Now in service in Germany is the first in a series of three 17.56m long heavy harbour patrol boats for the Hamburg Wasserschutzpolizei, which is responsible for law and order on the City''s rivers and estuary waters.

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    Holyhead Freight Boom

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea fleet, commencing operations on the Central Corridor in July.

  • The HMS Daring foremast is loaded onto a barge at VT Shipbuildings Portsmouth facility.
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    'HMS Daring' Foremast Delivered

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navy''s first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.

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    Box Tops at Felixstowe

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on ...

  • The winning team from Bishops Castle Community College receive prize from FOTR Admiral Borley.
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    Young Engineer Drug Busters

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.

  • MV Fortuny begins sailing between the ports of Bilbao and Portsmouth this month.
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    Spanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of Bilbao on the 18th of this month.

  • Blue Cool marine air conditioning units will be on show at Webastos Seawork stand.
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    Hot Seawork Starts with Blue Cool

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    With Seawork expanded to unprecedented size for 2006, the arriving visitor will scarcely know where to begin. If the weather is hot, there may be even more reason to start at Stand Number 1, where Webasto will be showing new and advanced marine air conditioning systems which promise to deliver ...

  • Port-Net delegates from across Europe gathered in the Italian port of Ravenna.
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    Port-Net Partners Share Experiences

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Delegates from the Haven Gateway Partnership joined port representatives from across Europe last month to share and discuss their experiences in electronic data interchange (EDI) and cargo flows, in the latest of a series of workshops within the EU''s Port-Net initiative.

  • The novel new environmental service ship combination from Fassmer Werft.
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    Fassmer Produces First Oil Skimming Combination

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Fassmer Werft has handed over the first of a new type of small ship combination designed for environmental service with local authorities.