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NewsLighthouse History Enlivens National Curriculum
Trinity House is relocating part of its collection of historical lighthouse artefacts to visitor centres at the Lizard and Pendeen Lighthouses in a move part funded by the European Union as part of the Atlantic Lights project, which supports initiatives to make lighthouses more accessible to the public.
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NewsNew VTS for Ghent - Terneuzen
Visualisation specialist Barco advanced into the VTS market last month, winning a home market contract from the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community to install a VTS system along the Ghent - Terneuzen canal. Earlier this year the company won a contract to supply advanced visualisation ...
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NewsTransas Signing Success at Seawork
Transas Marine (UK) Ltd hasbeen recently awarded a prestigious contract to supply a Vessel Traffic Services System for Drogheda Port Company (DPC) in the Republic of Ireland.
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NewsPlatinum Aims to Top the Charts
Navionics has launched what it hopes will be ''the next big thing in electronic chart technology'' in Navionics Platinum , the first multi-dimensional electronic charting product for marine chartplotters. It offers charts, 3D bathymetrics, cruising guides, satellite and photographic images and more, all integrated and geo-referenced on a single plug ...
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NewsHand Held Radios Race Into the Fast Lane
Icom UK has taken pole position as the official radio communication supplier to the Honda Formula 4-Stroke race series championship that kicked off last month at Largs in Scotland and continues later this month with a first time race around the Isle of Man. The offshore power boat series sees ...
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Norway/Florida Strategic Alliance
Norway''s Maritime Information Systems AS MARIS has entered into an alliance with Florida USA based ACR Electronics Inc to share proprietary software, engineering and manufacturing systems to design, build and market a suite of maritime and safety electronics systems.
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NewsSpecialised Pump Deployed in 'Prestige' Oil Recovery
After the Prestige sank off Spain in November 2002, contaminating several hundred miles of coastline, it settled in 3,838m of water and continued to leak oil. Cracks in the hull were initially sealed by a submarine to prevent further contamination but a large quantity of heavy viscosity oil remained inside.
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NewsMixed Thrust Repower for Triple Engined Fast Ferry
The first engine sale by the newly appointed Cummins distributor for Japan, Komatsu Diesel , has resulted in a successful repower creating a triple engined high speed ferry.
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NewsNewage Gears Up for Seawork 2005
The PRM 1750, Newage Transmissions '' highest capability marine gearbox to date, will form the centrepiece of the company''s joint presentation with its distributor, Albatross Marine , on Stand 31 at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsPowerful Innovation for Dedicated Yacht Carrier
The Wartsila Corporation haswon an order to supply the 19.68MW power plant for a yacht carrier contracted by Netherlands based heavy transport specialist Dockwise Shipping BV , to be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China for delivery late next year.
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NewsWaterMota Motivates Back to Seawork
Seawork regulars WaterMota Ltd return to Seawork from new premises at Newton Abbot in Devon which were opened in recent festivities attended by representatives from Daewoo, Dong-I, JMP, Westerbeke, Twin Disc, ZF, Maritime Journal andothers. The official ribbon cutting was conducted by James Grazebrook, past president of the British Marine ...
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NewsBarrus Power Proliferation on
Marine engine supplier E PBarrus returns to its familiar quayside location for Seawork 2005 with the new range of Shire workboat engines and John Deere engines from 50hp to 562hp plus representative ranges from Yanmar and MerCruiser .
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NewsKeeping Fuel Water-Free
Boat operators who have experienced fuel contamination first hand or are aware of its consequences will welcome a new product from Middlesex UK based Water-D-Tech Ltd .The D-TX Fuel Safe 250 makes the D-TX Fuel Safe water in fuel monitoring, detection and warning system available to larger inshore and offshore ...
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NewsPusher Power for the Amazon Barge Trade
Over the last two years, MANB&W Diesel AS of Denmark has won contracts to provide 19 engine and propulsion packages to Brazilian tug owners. Ten medium speed engines, five of type 6L23/30A-F and five of type 8L23/30A-F , were recently selected for a series of single screw pusher tugs under ...
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NewsUniversal Joint Coupling Cures Misalignment Blues
A new rubber in compression coupling and universal joint assembly for power transmission applications where misalignment is likely to occur has been developed by Renold Hi-Tec Couplings .
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NewsRope Cutter Rockets from Seawork Launch Pad
The value of exhibiting at Seawork is being proclaimed enthusiastically by H4 Marine Ltd , which made its debut appearance at Seawork 2004 shortly after being appointed as distributor for the quicKutter rope cutter from Australia''s Quickwater Marine .
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NewsHigh-Tech Five Cylinder Test Bed for New Marine Oils
Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new $2m test engine at its TOTAL Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyons in France.
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NewsChinese Checkout By UK Lifeboat Builders
Aberdeen UK based lifeboat manufacturers and safety equipment maintenance specialists Survival Craft Inspectorate is taking the rare step of repatriating its production facilities from low wage China to a new 10,000ft 2factory now under construction at Findon Shore.
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NewsFishermen Get a Grip
A section of the Spanish fishing industry has been convinced that Vynagrip safety matting, traditionally used in the rugged environment of heavy industrial plants, makes an ideal safety covering on the open decks of trawlers.
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NewsNew Oz EPIRB Located in Europe
Plymouth UK based SM Group (Europe) Ltd have added to their range of equipment from Australian marine equipment manufacturer GME with the launch of a full specification 406MHz EPIRB.
