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Study Focus on Fast Rescue Boats Recovery
Bristol based Dag Pike Associate s (DPA) has completed a study for the Health and Safety Executive in the UK designed to improve the performance of the Fast Rescue Boats (FRCs) used on stand-by and multi-role vessels used in the North Sea offshore oil operations. The study looked at both ...
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NewsCrane's Claim to Fame at Seawork Exhibition
One of the lifting equipment highlights of Seawork 2005 , on display in the Innovations Showcase and also represented on the Wave Seven Marine stand, was the new marina lifting crane manufactured by Vermeer-Holland .
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NewsZhen and the Art of Crane Delivery
With Berth 1 of the Eurogate Container Terminal nearing completion after 18 months of modernisation works, five giant container cranes arrived in the Port of Hamburg last month following an eight week voyage by sea from Shanghai.
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News'Epor' Spells End of Hull Damage
A new system for mooring boats without risking the unsightly and expensive scuffing of hulls has been invented by Richard Meredith of Silverpin Ltd who, describing his invention as ''the opposite of a rope'', has chosen to call it Epor .
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Funding Consultancy Set Up
Royal Haskoning and RGroup Advisory have set up the private limited company Maritime and Transport Business Solutions (MTBS) to respond to the growing demand for creative forms of financing in the maritime market.
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NewsLord Mayor Urges Maritime Unity
The Lord Mayor, Alderman Michael Savory, used the recent occasion of the Lord Mayor''s Appeal Maritime Dinner to urge London''s maritime sector to work together to preserve the City''s position as the centre of the global maritime industry.
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NewsISPS Birthday Warnings
As the first birthday of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code (ISPS) approached last month, maritime security services expert Securewest International expressed concern for companies whose ISPS plans were implemented last summer and for whom compulsory audits were just around the corner.
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NewsSubmersible Drive Motors for the Dredging Industries
Dutch Elektromotorenfabriek Nijmegen (EN) has introduced a new series of submersible motors which are used for submersible drives in the sand and gravel dredging industries. The oil or dry filled units can be supplied in any frame size at power ratings up to 6,500kW at 4,150V and at speeds to ...
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NewsWave Seven Adds Marine Environmental Workboats
United Marine International of New Jersey USA has appointed Wave Seven Marine Ltd as their exclusive agent in the UK to promote their Trashcat and Weedcat range of marine environmental workboats throughout the UK and in Europe.
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Souvenir UKHO Charts
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October, the UKHydrographic Office has produced the Trafalgar Chart reproduced from the original held in its Taunton archives.
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Mandatory ECDIS for HSC's
High speed craft could soon be required to carry ECDIS by 1 July 2008 following recommendations last month by the IMO ''s Safety of Navigation sub-committee.
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IHO Draft Manual
The International Hydrographic Organisation in Monaco, which represents the interests of 75 member states, has published the final draft of its proposed IHO Manual on Hydrography and now invites public comment.
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NewsNew UKHO Chairman
David Palmer, current chairman of two printing groups, executive trustee of the Mary Rose project and a yachtsman of repute, has been appointed Non-Executive Chairman of the UK Hydrographic Office .
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NewsSeawork Success for Survey Systems Supplier
As a result of Seawork 2004 , Del Norte Technology Ltd canadd another port authority to its growing list of customers.
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NewsRoyal Haskoning Providing Support for Teesport Plan
Consultants Royal Haskoning has provided an insight into some of the work it has been conducting in support of the proposed container terminal development at Teesport in the UK.
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NewsDutch Duo Sign at Seawork
Seawork again demonstrated its growing international significance last month when Dutch builders Damen Shipyards chose it as the venue for signing a letter of intent to build a Shoalbuster 2208 tug for fellow countryman (and woman) Jack and Wendy van Dodewaard, owner/operators of Herman Sr BV.
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NewsSeawork International Sails Into Southampton
The eighth annual Seawork Exhibition and Conference has arrived in the ABP Port of Southampton sporting its new title, Seawork 2005 International , which reflects the fact that the show''s reputation has spread far and wide to attract exhibitors from truly distant locales well beyond its European origins.
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NewsBig Business in Bespoke Pontoons
Hampshire UK based pontoon innovator Intermarine is celebrating the completion of over £ 1.5 million of bespoke projects in the last 12 months at sites ranging from Scotland to Cornwall, with each designed to meet the specific environmental and operational requirements of a diverse group of clients.
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Corrosion Halted at Seawork
Corrosion Technologies (Europe) travels to Seawork from Jersey with variously sized containers of CorrosionX , a product developed through aerospace research which stops corrosion, penetrates frozen parts and lubricates even better than products fortified with Teflon.
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NewsSalty Dog Finds New Life on Lakes
The 21m LOA ferry Totnes Castle has just been launched from Voyager Yachts at Millbrook UK after repair and conversion works which enable the vessel to leave its past life in salt water to become a passenger boat on Ullswater in the Lake District.
