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  • The Sealite SL125-2 LED marine lantern.
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    USCG Approval for Sealite LED

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • The effectiveness of the sea water scrubber installation on board the Pride of Kent has exceeded expectations.
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    Success for First Sea Water Scrubber

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • A long reach hydraulic crane and towing bitts are used to handle floating booms.
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    Vikoma Take Delivery of Three Workboats for Pollution Control

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Tees Navigators excellent directional stability makes it a good choice for hydrographic survey duties.
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    Wildcat Survey Boat Prowls Tees Ports

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Hydrex diver technicians prepare for a seal replacement.
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    Specialised Underwater Seal Repairs Go Global

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Antwerp based Hydrex has now launched a new phase in its cooperation with Eagle/Kobelco Marine to do underwater stern tube seal repairs and replacements.

  • The worlds largest mass flow excavator leaves the Scan Tech factory.
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    Mass Flow Excavator Mobilised

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Subsea equipment and service provider Scan Tech UK launched a new HydroDigger, claimed to be the world''s largest mass flow excavator, from their Bridge of Don premises recently.

  • The new cutter suction dredger will be the largest ever built at an Indian shipyard.
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    Dutch Deal for Largest India Built CSD

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG has received a contract from Indian partner shipyard Mazagon Dock Limited for the supply of an engineering and component package for a 1,500kW cutter suction dredger (csd) which will be the largest such vessel ever to be built at an Indian shipyard. The order for Mazagon ...

  • IHC Holland Merwedes healthy order book includes more Beaver cutter suction dredgers, to be built cooperatively in China.
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    Increasing Demand for IHC Dredgers

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Prolific Dutch dredger builders IHC Holland Merwede have made a flying start on 2006 with new orders booked to the value of ?250m. The orders suggest that IHC shipyards at Kinderdijk, Hardinxveld-Giessendam, Sliedrecht, Delfgauw, Goes and Litostroj (in Slovenia) will be utilised through most of 2007.

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    Marine Study Begins for Oman's 'Blue City' New Development

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Sultanate of Oman will be the location for the latest self-contained residential and tourist complex in the Middle East when the US$15bn Blue City project gets under way.

  • Water lubricated Composite bearings are installed in the new self propelled ocean going cutter suction dredger DArtagnan.
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    Bearings Bear Up In Tough Conditions

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Canada''s Thordon Bearings Inc has been making significant gains in the global market for cutter suction dredger cutterhead shaft bearings.

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    Irish Marine Data Website

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway has established a new website for scientific data and information on Irish coastal and marine waters (www. marinedataonline. ie).

  • RV Triton, now owned by Gardline Marine Sciences, will be on the quayside at OI 06.
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    Survey Ships Head for OI 06

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    At least six state of the art survey vessels from France, Sweden, Holland and the UK are scheduled to berth at the Royal Victoria Dock alongside the London ExCel Centre at next month''s biennial Oceanology International exhibition and conference from 21 to 23 March. Among them will be RV Triton, ...

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    Hydro Survey Work Wins Prize

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The first ever winner of the new CodaOctopus Prize is Katie Abbott BSc, who won the award for her Marine Geography dissertation which included data acquisition, processing and critical analysis. As part of her Marine Geography degree at Cardiff University, Katie undertook a year''s industrial placement as a hydrographic surveyor ...

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    Royal Opening for WMTC 06

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Duke of Edinburgh is to open the World Maritime Technology Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 6 March.

  • DeepOcean and Multraship are continuously enhancing the hydro survey capabilities of Multraship Commander.
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    DeepOcean and Multraship Add Hydro Capability

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The recently merged DeepOcean and Oceanteam Group of companies, now trading as DeepOcean out of Den Helder in the Netherlands, has renewed its arrangement with Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen for the charter of the latter''s 56.1m LOA vessel ''Multraship Commander''.

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    SA Hydro Society Joins IFHS

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Hydrographic Society of South Africa has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) which has a worldwide individual and institutional membership in over 60 countries and member organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark and the UK.

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    New Trimble GPS Receiver

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it can be used for positioning over large geographic areas either with or without a base station and external ...

  • Alderney has one of the best and most accessible tidal power resources in Europe.
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    Small Isles, Big Resource as Alderney Explores Tidal Power

    2006-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.