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NewsUSCG Approval for Sealite LED
The Sealite SL125-2 LED marine lantern has received US Coast Guard Approval for Class ''A'' structures. Incorporating 2 tiers of 36 LEDs (72 in total), the SL125-2 provides a luminous range of up to five nautical miles, with each LED tier utilising Sealite''s patented omni-directional LED Reflector to increase the ...
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Navaids Restored In the Congo
Sussex UK based Tideland Signal Ltd has supplied a complete package of solar powered lanterns and associated equipment under a $500,000 contract to restore the aids to navigation in the Congo River and on the Popular Republic of Congo''s 170km coastline after decades of instability and damage.
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Lamor Wins EMSA Spill Response Contract
Finnish environmental protection specialist Lamor Corporation AB has been awarded an international tender by the EU funded European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for improving oil spill response readiness in the entire Baltic Sea. The three year stand-by response readiness contract is worth more than 4m and will result in Lamor ...
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NewsSuccess for First Sea Water Scrubber
The first sea water scrubber to be installed on board a commercial vessel is now operational on P& O Ferries'' Pride of Kent which sails on the Dover to Calais route.
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NewsVikoma Take Delivery of Three Workboats for Pollution Control
Oil pollution control and recovery equipment designer and manufacturer Vikoma International Ltd has taken delivery of three identical 18m steel boom-laying workboats, designed and constructed by Portchester UK based commercial and military workboat builder VT Halmatic.
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NewsWildcat Survey Boat Prowls Tees Ports
Andrew Ridley, conservation manager at PD Teesport, Middlesborough UK, wanted to upgrade multi-beam sonar capability for the port''s hydrographic survey operations but was concerned that an expensive new sonar head would be vulnerable in the conventional deployment practices used on an existing monohull survey boat.
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Propulsion Plant for Feeders
Wartsila Corporation has been awarded a contract by Bijlsma Shipyard BV in the Netherlands to deliver propulsion plants for two 350teu container feeder ships ordered by the Dutch VeKa Group. For each vessel Wartsila will deliver an eight cylinder Wartsila Vasa 32LN main engine rated 3,280kW at 750rpm, A Wartsila ...
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NewsDutch Pilots Get Second SWATH
The Dutch pilots'' association Nederlands Loodwezen BV has taken delivery of Perseus, the second of a potential six SWATH pilot tenders. The naming and commissioning in Rotterdam was attended by Princess Margriet, the sister of Holland''s Queen Beatrix, other Dutch officials and officials from Belgium and Germany.
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Anschutz On Course
The 100th anniversaries of both the gyrocompass and the founding of Anschutz & Co has inspired Kiel, Germany based Raytheon Marine to reinstate the Anschutz name in the company''s branding and logo. With effect from the start of this year the company is known as Raytheon Anschutz GmbH, a subsidiary ...
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Carrier's New Name
With a view towards becoming a global leader in outbound logistics for finished vehicles by 2010, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Lines has renamed itself Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics with effect from last month. The company deploys 60 vessels serving trade routes to five continents. Global revenue was expected to reach $2.8bn in 2005 ...
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NewsTug of War for Ferry Contract Ends
The small Rean Shipyard in Sassnitz on the Baltic has been chosen out of ten EU shipyards to build the new ?470,000 German river cable ferry Else for local authorities in North Germany. The award ends a contract tug of war among shipyards, five of them in Germany, and reflects ...
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Dubai Wins P&O Bid Battle
A brief bidding war which saw the value of the P& O ports and ferries group escalate by £ 1.6bn in a matter of weeks has been decided in favour of Dubai Ports World (DP World).
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Bow Wow in Trondheim
The Norwegian Engineering Feat of the Year Award for 2005 was presented to Ulstein Design AS at a recent seminar in Trondheim for their Ulstein X-BOW hull design.
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Mammoet Moves Into Salvage
Heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet has added salvage to its range of activities with the creation of Mammoet Salvage BV.
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NewsCaptain and Crew of ETV to Get Award
The Captain and crew of the Klyne tug Anglian Princess are to be awarded a Letter of Thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Chief Executive in recognition of the professionalism and skill demonstrated by the crew when the boat went to the assistance of the motor vessel Galina.
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Ferry Hard Times
Freight is providing the dominant force in shortsea ferry trades with an 84% rise through Dover in the past ten years while tourist car traffic has declined by 13% according to SeaFrance managing director Robin Wilkins. Demand has been such that estimates suggest truck volumes through Dover could exceed cars ...
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News'Titanic' Tender Returned to Sender
Precisely a year after its plight was last covered in MJ (January 2005), the White Star Line tender S/S Nomadic, the last floating link to S/S Titanic, was purchased at auction by the Northern Ireland Office and will be returned to Belfast where it was built.
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Neptune Is King at Humber Ceremony
The first of a new fleet of pilot launches commissioned by Associated British Ports'' Humber Estuary Services was officially named Humber Neptune in a ceremony at the Port of Grimsby''s 5 Quay late last month.
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NewsMaritime Careers Sighted on Essex Exercise
Pupils from six schools in Essex UK have been praised for the way in which they dealt with a ''disaster at sea'' in a special exercise staged within the Haven Gateway.
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NewsPLA Opts for Low Wash Launches
As a measure to conserve the environment of the tidal river Thames and better serve Upper District river users, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has signed a contract with Cornwall UK based Ecocats Ltd for two Javelin 31 low wash patrol launches.
