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Car Goes Up at Southampton
As a result of rapid growth in deep sea car trade which has seen volumes more than double since 2000, the ABP Port of Southampton is to get a second multi-deck car park.
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NewsAdvanced Bunkering Facility Opens at Portland Harbour
A self-declared ''most advanced bunkering facility in the UK'' has commenced service at Portland Harbour , providing a weather sheltered fuelling option within easy reach of the main shipping lanes in the English Channel.
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New Technical Director Joins Boatbuilders VT Halmatic
RNLI engineering manager Professor Bob Cripps has joined boat builders VTHalmatic as technical director with effect from the 9th of this month.
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Grid Unlocked by Charge Cap?
The British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has announced a decision to cap transmission charges payable by electricity generators in the Western and Northern Isles of Scotland. The cap ensures that renewable energy generators in the far north of Scotland will not pay disproportionately to use the grid ...
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Kone Cargotec Buys MacGregor
Kone Cargotec , the cargo handling business of KONE Corporation , has purchased the entire share capital in global marine cargo flow solution and service provider MacGregor International AB from the Swedish companies Industri Kapital and Gambro . The transaction was completed last month.
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Ship Design Online
In order to broaden its customer base, Macduff Ship Design haslaunched a comprehensive website at www. macduffshipdesign. com .Aimed at both the fishing and commercial marine markets, the site highlights all of the company''s services together with a photographic gallery showing the many and varied vessels it has designed since ...
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NewsIsambard Kingdom Brunel's Birthday Big in Bristol
A year long programme of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 2006 has been announced by Bristol Cultural Development Partnership (BCDP). The Brunel 200 programme will celebrate Brunel''s life, times and legacy with exhibitions and publications as well as arts and educational ...
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Personnel Preferences
''We had such a great show in 2004, we''re coming back for the second year running!'' So says Lynne Burch, managing director of Seamariner Ltd, the only marine recruitment company exhibiting at Seawork 2005. Specialising in the recruitment and placement of professional seafarers of all disciplines, Seamariner is the UK''s ...
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Have a Blast On the Quayside
XLentcleaning journeys from Canterbury UK to Seawork, where it will be giving demonstrations of its Farrow System method of removing surface coatings on the quayside. XLentcleaning is a licensed operator of the Farrow System, which enables the removal of protective coatings such as marine anti-fouling from fibreglass without damaging the ...
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SCOUT Marks Sonardyne’s Seawork Debut
Sonardyne International will be presenting its latest SCOUT Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) acoustic tracking system on Stand 16 at the Seawork 2005 International exhibition next month.
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Stauff Sticks with Seawork for Teflon Launch
Stroud based Stauff UK, returning to Seawork for a fourth successive year, has chosen the exhibition as a launch pad for three new additions to their range of hydraulic pipework and accessories. Stauff will be deploying their all new mobile presentation unit, customdesigned around a 6m trailer, which will serve ...
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NewsSterntube Seal Change for 'Endurance'
Coventry UK based Metalock Engineering is seldom called upon to demonstrate its expertise in deep hole drilling in-situ but it was put to the test recently, enabling Deep Sea Seals to retrofit new sterntube seals to HMS Endurance , the British Royal Navy ''s ice patrol and research vessel.
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NewsCygnus to Protect the 'Warrior'
During the recent drydocking of the historic warship HMS Warrior , the Warrior Preservation Trust requested that Selman Marine Design Ltd carry out an ultrasonic hull survey from the waterline to the keel for both their historical records and to identify areas of concern.
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News'Abeille Bourbon' takes up station
Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to the French navy.
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NewsFoss Modify their Voith Tractors
Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith tractors, the Wedell Foss and Henry Foss .
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News'Afon Braint' - the Latest of a Successful Breed
Once again the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has gone back to Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug.
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MOBi-lert to Raise the Alarm at Seawork
The prestigious Safety at Sea Award at the 17th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner in London last month went to the MOBi-lert Recovery System, an active crew monitoring system dedicated to preventing the loss of life at sea.
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Workboat Training Needs Met at Seawork
Ever mindful of small workboat training needs, Seatrek Training Limited comes to Seawork 2005 with a new Competent Deckhand Course. The course has been designed by Seatrek''s John Robertson specifically to address this neglected aspect of commercialworkboat training.
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NewsNorth Sea Winches Pull In For Seawork
Specialist marine winch manufacturers North Sea Winches return for Seawork 2005 next month, where they will be found on Stand 104. The company has just completed its biggest ever winch, a hydraulic anchor handler supplied to Hepworth Shipyard for use on their 25.5m tug for Holyhead Towing , MTV Afon ...
