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NewsSeabed Investigation into Climate Change
Cornwall UK based Seacore has been awarded a £ 2.5m contract by the Natural Environmental Research Council on behalf of the European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling . The company will perform a marine site investigation of the seabed at three offshore locations around the coast of the French Polynesian ...
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NewsMudflats Investigation Brings Relief
Kent County Council in the UK are proposing to build a road bridge across the mudflats of Milton Creek, a tidal waterway to the north of Sittingbourne that connects the town to the Swale and Thames Estuary. The bridge will carry the Sittingbourne Northern Relief Road at a point where ...
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NewsGPS Goes to Heart of Europe
Established UK tugs, dredgers, hopper barges and crane barges operator GPS Marine Contractors Ltd , based at Chatham Dock in Kent, is developing the business further and entering the marine contracting and services market in mainland Europe.
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NewsJoint Venture to Develop Rochester Riverside
Medway Council and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) have awarded a civil engineering joint venture between Edmund Nuttall and Van Oord the main ? 44m contract to carry out infrastructure works at the Rochester Riverside regeneration site.
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NewsEnhanced Access to Brunel's Kingdom
The installation of new inner lock gates for the Bristol Port Company in the UK, following the earlier installation of similar outer lock gates, has given the port enhanced flexibility with equipment which is operational through its considerable full tidal range. The innovative gates were designed, constructed, installed, tested and ...
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NewsHRO for EastPort Great Yarmouth
EastPort Great Yarmouth , the £ 43.5m project to construct a new outer harbour to provide the shortest North Sea crossing from the UK to the Netherlands, has been granted a Harbour Revision Order from the Department for Transport (DfT). The development will incorporate one ro-ro berth (with scope for ...
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NewsFlexcrete Completes High Profile Marine Project in Qatar
Flexcrete , the British company that specialises in repairing and protecting concrete structures, has completed an important project in Doha in the Middle East. The project saw the company coat a sea wall spanning 500m in Doha, the capital of Qatar on the east coast of the peninsula in the ...
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Van Oord Consortium Wins Extension Project
Netherlands based Van Oord has been awarded a contract for the extension of the coal terminal and port basin at the Port of Richards Bay , South Africa. The client is the National Ports Authority of South Africa . The project will be executed in cooperation with several local companies ...
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New Marina Proposed at Rhyl
A new marina is being proposed at Kinmel Bay at Rhyl in North Wales UK on the site of a well known local landmark, a historic fun-fair.
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NewsLydney's Historic Docks Reopened After Renovation
July saw the re-opening of the historic docks at Lydney, near Gloucester in the UK after a two year project to restore and enhance the historic landmark on behalf of the Environment Agency (EA).
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Radar and ARPA Manual (2nd Edition)
Radar systems are fitted on all commercial vessels and are widely used in the marine leisure sector as well as Vessel Traffic Services (VTS).
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Boats, Boffins and Bowlines
Most salty dogs and even the general public know about modern sailing heroes such as Sir Francis Chichester, Clare Francis, Dame Ellen MacArthur, and Ben Ainslie MBE who wrote the forward to this book.
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Reliable Monitoring of Onboard Gases
Sheffield UK based International Mining and Marine Limited (IM& M) has further extended its range of specialised safety services for the shipping industry with the addition of the Draeger X-am 3000 and X-am 7000 gas detection systems.
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NewsStrong First Half for ABP
Associated British Ports Holdings PLC issued its trading statement for the six months ending 30 June 2005.
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NewsPort of London Authority Chasing Olympic Gold
The Port of London Authority has welcomed London''s surprise victory in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games. PLA chief executive Richard Everitt said, ''This is excellent news for London and the UK. The announcement also presents important opportunities for greater use of the River Thames.''
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NewsSalvors Deploy the World's Most Powerful Helicopter
The Tsavliris Group hasdeployed the world''s most powerful helicopter for lightering duties in works to free the 25,500dwt bulk carrier Kiperousa , which ran aground off South Africa following flooding in its engine room. The vessel was on a voyage from Gabon and Cameroon to China fully laden with 23,000 ...
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NewsFlexible Power for Newbuild Feeder
Wartsila Corporation has won a contract to supply two Wartsila 46F engines to power an Ice class 1A open top container feeder vessel ordered by Dutch owner Wagenborg Shipping and being built at the Kinderdijk yard of IHCHolland Dredgers BV . The new Wartsila 46F was launched at the SMM ...
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Thamesport Adds Dublin Feeder
X-Press Container Line (UK) Ltd has introduced a third service at Thamesport (London) Limited .The specialist feeder operator''s RDX service will provide a weekly service from Thamesport to Dublin, with the port rotation continuing from Dublin to Rotterdam before returning to Thamesport.
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NewsCranes Upgrade Lifts Thamesport's TEUs
In order to accommodate the new generation of larger container vessels being used on Far East shipping routes, Thamesport (London) Limited has undertaken an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes.
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Elliott Transfer to Tees
Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd has transferred ownership, all intellectual rights and all new sales, service and spares of Elliott White Gill Thrusters, White Gill Thrusters , and Gill Thrusters to Cleveland UK based Tees Components Ltd . Tees has been Elliott''s principal subcontractor for the manufacture and assembly of thrusters units ...
