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    Agreement on River Meuse Border Project

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Van Oord Nederland has signed a joint venture contract to execute the River Meuse Border Project .

  • The Marine Pollution Salvage Centre (MPSC) in Milford Haven storing the Maritime and Coastguard Agencys counter pollution and salvage equipment.
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    UK Pollution Response Contract Award

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Specialist incident response company DV Howells Ltd hasbeen awarded a major contract to store the equipment and run the teams that would be drafted in by the UK government in the event of a serious pollution incident at sea. The firm, which was awarded the contract by the Maritime and ...

  • Lamors 7.5m air transportable pollution response craft, with Lamor Bow Collector mounted, shows the effects of its recent emergency work in Turkey.
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    Rapid Response Rescues Turkish Reservoir

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Finland based oil spill response equipment manufacturer the Lamor Corporation understands that effective rapid response can mitigate against environmental damage and reduce clean-up costs dramatically. With that in mind, Lamor has been steadily building inventory at their production facility, thus enhancing their efforts to establish other Environmental Action Centres (EAC) ...

  • The specially constructed pontoons at Seawork 2005 International were a focus of interest for visitors.
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    Sales Soar at Seawork 2005

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    The ability of the Seawork Exhibition and Conference tocontinuously grow and improve was demonstrated once again at Seawork 2005 International .The eighth annual Seawork , in its unique presentational format in the working Port of Southampton , was up in all significant categories this year, with more exhibitors, more visitors, ...

  • Another group of thrill seekers leave the Seawork 2005 pontoon on board Holyhead Marine Services prototype Offshore Raiding Craft.
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    Mean Marine Machine Seen at Seawork

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Of the 60 workboats of all types on Seawork 2005 ''s floating pontoon, none was so fearsome yet popular as the prototype Offshore Raiding Craft built on Anglesey by Holyhead Marine Services Ltd .There were people queuing virtually throughout the show, waiting their turn to pull on waterproof military noddysuits ...

  • North Sea Winches supplied this 20 ton electric slipway winch with electro-hydraulic down-haul winch to Sri Lanka.
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    North Sea Makes a Haul at Seawork

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    North Sea Winches exhibited at Seawork for the third consecutive year and has already reaped the benefit with two confirmed orders and more in the pipeline. Business at the show proved brisk as an improved stand location attracted more casual visitors as well as those targeting specific products.

  • Macduff Ship Designs Donald S Cameron and Drogheda Port Company Harbour Master Martin Donnelly conclude the design and project management contract for the 13.7m Environmental Launch seen alongside them.
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    DroghedaMacduff Deal at Seawork

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    One of the many significant transactions officially acknowledged at Seawork 2005 saw Scotland''s Macduff Ship Design conclude a design and project management deal with Ireland''s Drogheda Port Company for a 13.7m Environmental Launch .

  • The easy to operate AC-ROV was very popular with potential customers in the Seawork 2005 quayside demonstration tank.
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    AC-CESS for All at Seawork

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    AC-CESS Co UK Ltd , which designs and manufactures the next generation AC-ROV , achieved multiple sales at the Seawork 2005 exhibition. With one order for multiple units of its mini ROV and another for a single unit already confirmed, the company is also busy processing the numerous leads and ...

  • Atlantas Marine unveiled the new All Weather Video Recorder (AWVR) at Seawork 2005.
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    Atlas Reveals New Products at Seawork 2005

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    New ranges of software for seabed classification were unveiled at Seawork 2005 byYeovil based Atlantas Marine, UK and Irish distributors for the developers, Quester Tangent ofCanada. They included QTCMultiview for classifying sediment types and defining acoustic diversity with an emphasis on image quality control and sophisticated data filtering.

  • A Reson Mediterranean engineer works on the Egyptian software installation.
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    Reson to Be Cheerful

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Southampton UK based hydrographic surveyors Emu Ltd have taken delivery of a Reson SeaBat 8101 multibeam echosounder. The integrated multibeam system is also comprised of Reson PDS2000 data acquisition and processing software, Reson SVP-15 sound velocity probe and a TSS MAHRS attitude and heading sensor.

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    Shallow Survey 2005

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Over 300 delegates are expected at the 4th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water , in Plymouth from 12-15 September.

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    Approval Sought for WinChart ECDIS

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    On prominent display at Seawork 2005 was the WinChart flat-panel ECDIS system from Gosport based Chartwork , the UK subsidiary of Norwegian software specialists, Navtech.

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    Ohmex Tide Gauge Orders

    2005-08-01T00:00:00Z

    On the Ohmex stand, director Ted Read reported strong interest from Dutch dredging contractors in the Lymington company''s latest Mk 4 Tidalite portable tide gauge system, three of which have recently been commissioned by ABP at Barrow-in-Furness.

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    Ro-Pax Order for Aker

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Silja Oy AB and Aker Finnyards have signed a letter of intent for the order of two ro-pax vessels valued at 205 million.

  • The Type 45 bow block leaves Portsmouth Harbour en route to Glasgow.
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    VT Takes a Bow in Portsmouth Harbour

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    VT Shipbuilding ''s 1,000 ton bow section for the first of class British Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Darling hassailed from Portsmouth to Glasgow. The steel structure is being transported on the barge VT Woolston having left a canalling lock in the Portsmouth Naval Base after being hooked up ...

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    Safety Award for Fugro GEOS

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Oceanographic services provider Fugro GEOS Ltd has been awarded a British Safety Council International Safety Award for2004. Only companies with low accident rates are eligible to apply, but winners must also have good safety policies and safety plans and commitment to health and safety at the highest board level. They ...

  • Damerow: last of four from Fassmer
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    Fassemer's 'Damerow' Completes Set of Four Fast Police Boats

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Fassmer Shipyard has delivered the coastal police patrol boat Damerow , completing a series of four tough and fast 25.5m long boats, built for service in east Germany since 1997.

  • On the Bodan-Werft slipway: one of two new passenger cats for the Lake of Constance.
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    New Catamarans for the Lake of Constance

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    A reduction of commuter and tourist road traffic in the Lake of Constance region on the German-Swiss border is one of the main reasons for two new 33.64 m long passenger catamarans and the new shipping company operating them.

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    HR Wallingford Wins R&D Work

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    HR Wallingford in the UK has announced that it is participating in a groundbreaking research and development project - the Ripples DRI programme - which is funded by the Office of Naval Research in the US.

  • THV Patricia maintained an ancient tradition of escorting the sovereign at sea.
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    'THV Patricia' Escorts Her Majesty The Queen

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    THV Patricia , the flagship vessel of Trinity House , was deployed to lead the Royal Squadron last month at celebrations of the International Fleet Review , when some 150 vessels from 35 nations participated in commemorations to mark the 200th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar.