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Recover-Reduce-Recycle at Seawork International 2006
H4 Marine Ltd returns to Seawork with another new product which could rival the popularity of the quicKutter rope and debris cutter which made its debut at Seawork 2004.
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NewsSouth Boats Sails Again for Seawork
It has been a busy year for Seawork regulars South Boats Ltd. The Isle of Wight based commercial boat builder has recently completed a major expansion by moving from Clarence Yard in East Cowes to the ex-FBM site in West Cowes, now called Medina Yard.
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NewsMulti-Purpose Monohull Moving Towards Seawork
Dorset UK based Marine & General Services Ltd will be exhibiting a new design 9m multi-purpose aluminium workboat at Seawork 2006 International. The vessel, which is currently under build, is a fully welded monohull designed by a Dutch naval architect.
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NewsIrish Pilot Boat Debuts at Seawork
In response to an international tender for their new pilot boat, Ireland''s Port of Cork has chosen an Interceptor 42 from Safehaven Marine to replace their current Halmatic 44. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in May and will be seen on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006 in June.
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NewsBMF 'Strongly Opposed' to Dramatic Increase in Dredging Costs
The British Marine Federation (BMF) says the Government''s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) is inviting comments on proposals to introduce changes to the Food and Environment Protection Act (FEPA) 1985 fee charging system and licensing process by Wednesday 3 May 2006, and says that it is ...
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New Aggregates Zoning Information Available
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have released the first set of zoning information for 2006. The seventh update since this initiative commenced, it confirms their guarantee to provide more detailed information on the zoning of marine aggregate licence areas located around the coastline of ...
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New Funding for Irish Harbours
Ireland''s Marine Minister, Pat the Cope Gallagher, has announced that he has approved the allocation of funding for a number of port infrastructure projects.
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NewsLong Term Solution for East Head Sought
The future of Chichester Harbour, the largest purely recreational harbour in the UK in terms of its size, number of vessels and range of boating activity could be in doubt if a long term plan is not put in place to prevent continued erosion of the feature known as East ...
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NewsCommission Denies Deficiencies in Environmental Legislation.
Speakers at the first GreenPort Conference in Antwerp in February had a clash of opinion as to whether European environmental legislation, and in particular the Habitats and Water Framework Directives, has inherent deficiencies causing bottlenecks for port development.
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Boat Building Techniques Illustrated
First published as a hardback volume in 1984 and reprinted many times, this is the first paperback edition of a book deemed ''quite the best on the subject'' by Yachts and Yachting magazine.
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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
Over recent years we have seen growing evidence of climate change, with statistics suggesting that 2005 was the second warmest year on record.
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The Atlantic Telegraph
Even today we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
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NewsFairplay Charter 'Barents'
Fairplay Towage of Hamburg has taken on bare boat charter the new terminal and offshore anchor handling tug Barents from Bukser og Berging of Oslo.
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News'Tenax' Gives Towage at Fawley a Boost
The arrival of the new Voith escort tug Tenax has given towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley on Southampton Water UK a considerable boost.
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NewsOldendorf Take Over Bauxite Transportation in Guyana
Oldendorf Carriers, one the world''s largest private shipping companies, has been awarded a major long term contract for all aspects of transportation of bauxite from Guyana.
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NewsDredging 'Under Represented in Water Framework Directive
The European Seaports Organisation (ESPO) has expressed concerns about the level of attention given to dredging in the development of the EU''s Water Framework Directive (WFD). As ESPO noted recently, dredging is of vital importance to many of the European Union''s ports, harbours and waterways, providing and maintaining adequate water ...
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NewsFelixstowe South Port Reconfiguration Approved
At the end of last month UK Transport Minister Derek Twigg announced that he has approved the proposals for a new container terminal at Felixstowe South. The proposals by Hutchison Ports involve the reconfiguration of the Port''s original Dock Basin, an area previously used by P& O North Sea Ferries, ...
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NewsBoskalis CEO Describes 'Unique' Dredging Market
Robert van Gelder, CEO of Netherlands based international dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster, says 2005, and particularly the second half of 2005, was a remarkable year for the sheer volume of work that came to the marketplace. He added that looking ahead to 2006 and beyond, there has never been ...
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News100 Years of Navaids for Pharos Marine
Aids to navigation specialist Pharos Marine is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Danish physicist Gustaf Dalen beginning works at the Aktiebolag Gassaccumulator Company which led to the development of the Dalen Mixer, a device which made it possible to automatically produce the mixture of acetylene and air (in a ratio ...
