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Water Transport Call for Papers
With European road transport becoming ever more stifled by congestion, coastal ships and inland transport by waterways could become a more viable alternative in some instances. The Royal Institution of Naval Architects has issued a call or papers for a conference on the subject which will take place in London ...
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NewsSalvors Warn on STS Restrictions
Salvage operations involving the ship-to-ship (STS) transfer of cargo and bunkers from tankers and other vessels should be exempt from new controls proposed by Spain and Mexico and now under consideration by the International Maritime Organization''s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC). The International Salvage Union (ISU) believes that the proposed ...
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Maritime Industries Mourn Lord Donaldson of Lymington
Maritime safety has lost one of its greatest and most influential advocates with the sudden passing earlier this month of Lord Donaldson of Lymington.
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NewsKeel Goes Down for CAD Pilot Boat
A radical new design of pilot boat being built using some of the most advanced computer aided design and manufacturing techniques available has reached the keel laying stage on target.
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Doubled Capacity at Russian Port
P& O Ports has reached agreement with joint venture partner Transportation Investment Holdings Limited (TIHL) to double the size of its port operations at Vostochny in Russia. Vostochny is located at the eastern end of the Trans Siberian Railway, which provides competitive transit times for cargo from Asia to Europe, ...
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Buyout Secures Testbank
A secondary buyout has delivered the Southampton UK based Testbank Ship Repair and Boiler Company to a team led by its managing director and technical director, with the financial support of many senior employees. The company employs 42 staff at its facility in the Western Docks, providing vessel repair, welding, ...
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Sea Scan in Aberdeen
America''s Marine Sonic Technology Limited (MSTL) has appointed RUCO Limited of Aberdeen as exclusive UK and Ireland sales representative for its Sea Scan PC sidescan sonar system. When connected to a GPS, the Sea Scan PC''s integrated navigation plotter records the area searched and the location of any objects of ...
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Change of Venue Lifts ShipRepair Exhibition
China’ s Cosco Shipyard Group and Malaysian Marine & Heavy Engineering have joined a growing list of new exhibitors attracted by the change of location for the ShipRepair & Conversion 2005 exhibition and conference. The event leaves London for the first time in its 13 year history to take place ...
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Paperless US Navy
The US Navy has unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation, with paper nautical charts to be replaced by advanced, interactive electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The ECDIS-N will be based on the Voyage Management System software developed by Sperry Marine operating with digital nautical charts ...
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NewsSpanish SDMs - a New European Art Form?
Named after the famous Spanish artists, Ramon Casa and Salvador Dali are the first two US designed Ship Docking Modules (SDMs) to have entered service in Barcelona with Spanish towage company Remolques y Servicios Maritimos (REYSER).
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Fairplay Towage and URS Order Tugs from Spain
Hamburg based tug owner Fairplay Towage and their Belgian associate company URS have placed an order for four new tugs with Astilleros Armon in Spain. Two of the vessels, due for delivery in February and August 2007 will be used primarily in Hamburg and Rotterdam and two identical sisters will ...
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Smitwijs Towage Stays in Business
During a recent series of meetings, the shareholders of SmitWijs Towage , comprising Smit International (50%) and Svitzer-Wijsmuller (50%), have reconfirmed their commitment to the ocean towage business and their efforts to remain a market leader in this sector.
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ITC Acquire 'Tempest' and 'Typhoon'
International Towage Contractors (ITC) of the Netherlands has successfully completed negotiations leading to the purchase of the identical ocean going anchor handling tugs Smitwijs Typhoon and Smitwijs Tempest .
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NewsMultraship Purchases Bulgarian Tug Fleet
Multraship Towage & Salvage ofTerneuzen has purchased the Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services (BTS). BTS provides harbour towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of Bourgas. It has a fleet of four tugboats ranging from 1,500 to 4,300bhp and 50 employees.
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News'Kinnaird' Enters Service with JP Knight
J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd introduced their most powerful tug to date at a reception held for local dignitaries and industry guests on the 16th of August. A subsidiary of J P Knight Ltd of Rochester, the Invergordon based company has been in existence for 35 years, providing towage services ...
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NewsExperienced Shows that Boys Will Buy Buoys at Seawork
Eason Marine took the occasion of Seawork 2005 to launch their new 3m rotationally moulded navigation buoy. The EM3000 ispacked with new features aimed at making maintenance and deployment of the buoy much safer and simpler.
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NewsRacons Contract for US Coast Guard
Tideland Signal of Houston, Texas has won a three year contract to supply SeaBeacon 2 System 6 racons to the US Coast Guard .
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Data Buoys Debut
Surrey UK based Planet Ocean has announced a new ''off the shelf'' range of data buoy platforms for environmental instrumentation in all operational conditions. Starting with the low cost 1.24m DB-124 inshore buoy and rising to the open ocean 3m DB-300 model, all in the range incorporate high specification radar ...
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NewsNewNavComms for Tsunami Relief Boat
Marine electronics equipment manufacturer Raymarine is supporting the ongoing tsunami relief work being carried out by the crew on board Vega , ahistoric 115 year old sailing vessel. The company answered a plea from Shane Granger, the captain of Vega , to replace equipment damaged while delivering aid in Malaysia.
