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  • 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.

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    MCA SAR Improvements

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency search and rescue figures for 2005 show the total number of occasions where assistance was required went down compared to 2004, and the total number of persons rescued (where lives were at risk) was also down. The total number of alerts received by the ...

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    International ENC Cooperation

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS), operator of the Primar Stavanger electronic navigational chart service, has signed a distribution agreement for Japanese ENCs with the Japan Hydrographic Association.

  • The Capixaba is being fitted with a Cathelco ICCP hull corrosion protection system using the latest diver change anodes.
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    'Diver Change' Anodes Simplify Replacement

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    An FPSO conversion underway at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore will be protected against hull corrosion using a Cathelco C-Shield ICCP system incorporating the latest ''diver change'' anodes. The Capixaba is being converted from a VLLC tanker and will eventually be operated by Single Buoy Moorings in an oilfield off ...

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    Big Contract for Young Company

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Aberdeen based specialist marine and subsea services provider TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has won a contract worth up to £ 6.5m only 18 months after forming. The contract with SubSea Resources Plc will see TSMarine provide deepwater salvage support from its vessel MV Geomaster.

  • The Stealth AUV uses commercially available thrusters.
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    Nearshore AUV Unveiled at OI06

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Talisman autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), which was a focal point of the recent Oceanology International (OI 06) exhibition in London, is equipped with thrusters supplied by Fareham UK based Seaeye Marine.

  • Kongsberg Maritimes new OE90-100 Diver System.
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    OI06 Launch for Diver Inspection System

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Kongsberg Maritime introduced a new integrated diver deployed underwater inspection system at the recent Oceanology International (OI06) exhibition.

  • Boskalis expects heavy fleet utilisation over the next few years.
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    Boskalis Enjoys Dredging Renaissance

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The current good fortunes of the global dredging market are reflected in the 2005 results announced by Dutch giant Royal Boskalis Westminster, which has reported a spectacular 85% rise in net profit to 62.7m and a record turnover of 1,156m which was up 13% over 2004.

  • The London Olympics and Thames Gateway container terminal could both generate pressure for increased marine aggregates dredging.
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    Olympics Boosts Aggregates Dredging

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    London''s victorious bid for the 2012 Olympics looks set to contribute to a substantial increase in demand for dredged aggregates. Metoc plc has launched a new service to provide environmental engineering for the dredging of marine aggregates from the UK Continental Shelf to meet demand in the UK South East, ...

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    World Hydrography Day Set for June

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Wednesday 21 June will mark the inaugural annual World Hydrography Day as a result of a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York last November under its Oceans & Law of the Sea agenda.

  • Japanese Hydrographic Association president Osamu Owada and UKHO chief executive Dr Wyn Williams confirm their collaboration agreement.
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    UKHO-JHA Accord

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a collaboration agreement with the Japanese Hydrographic Association under which Admiralty customers will now have access to over 600 new electronic navigational charts of Japanese waters as well as the Malacca Strait.

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    IMCA Updates Multibeam Guidelines

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Offshore Survey Division of the International Marine Contractors Association has revised its guidelines on The Use of Multibeam Echosounders for Offshore Survey (IMCA S 003 Rev.1).

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    RoxAnn System Upgraded

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Seabed mapping specialists Sonavision of Aberdeen have re-designed their RoxAnn system with introduction of a smaller and lighter version, the GD-A. It can be powered using a USB connection from a computer, although a 5 volt DC laptop supply unit is also included.

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    Glasgow Harbour Surveys

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Clydeside Survey reports successful completion of extensive bathymetric surveys of Glasgow Harbour over distances of around 2.5km and in waters where visibility was less than 20cm. Aside from the effects of deformation, a number of construction cracks and rungs of disused ladders were identified.

  • UK Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has extended the existing principles of onshore electricity transmission to offshore.
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    Connection Regime for UK Marine Energy

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The drive to increase Britain''s offshore wind energy has been given a significant boost as details were announced of how their connection to the electricity network onshore would be funded and operated.

  • 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.