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NewsItalian CityCats Running in Rio
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil has delivered the first of three 29m CityCat all aluminium catamarans to Barcas SA Shipping Company in Rio De Janeiro.
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NewsNatural Power Ro-Ros the Boat
Scandinavian based car and Ro-Ro transportation specialist Wallenius Wilhelmsen hasdemonstrated its commitment to environmentally friendly shipping by designing a conceptual car and Ro-Ro carrier with ''zero emissions'' capability and with no ballast water onboard.
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NewsTideland's New Buoys Are UK Manufactured
Tideland Signal is now manufacturing its new SB-98P multi-purpose polyethylene buoy in the UK rather than importing supplies from North America, providing better availability for customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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NewsType Approval for 'Voyager' Integrated Navigation System
Furuno ''s new Voyage r Integrated Navigation System (INS) has received type approvals from BSH in Germany.
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NewsRescue and Coordination Centre for Ostend
Barco, Fabricom GTI and Tein Telecom are cooperating to build a new maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) at the Belgian port of Ostend. The new MRCC, commissioned by the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community , will replace the current monitoring system to become an ...
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NewsISU Call for 'Casualty Management Guidelines'
Western Europe has been the focus of regulatory developments in recent years concerning accidental pollution from ships. The total losses of the Erika and, subsequently, the Prestige have done much to harden attitudes in the wake of catastrophic pollution.
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NewsA New Compact Escort Tug for Ostensjo
The delivery of the new Voith escort tug Velox represents a number of ''firsts'' for the owner, designer, shipyard and propulsion system manufacturer. Handed over to Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund on 15 February, the vessel is a product of the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan SA of Figueras, Asturias.
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NewsUK To Lead Push for Renewables
With the global market for renewable energy technologies topping $25 billion last year, 11 UK renewable energy trade associations have joined forces to publish an eight point action plan aimed at rapidly expanding the use of renewables to a point where they provide a quarter of British energy needs by ...
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NewsUnited Nations' Tsunami Aid Role
The United Nations agency International Maritime Organisation is to help coordinate restoration of key maritime infrastructure in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami tragedy.
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SeaBritain 2005 Festival Online
This year will see a nationwide celebration of Britain''s long love affair with the sea, inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.
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MCA Awards Radio Contract
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has awarded a new contract for Maritime Radio Survey & Inspection to Selenia Communications Ltd .The three year contract, awarded following a full European tendering process commences on the first of next month and will include Port State Control, survey and general inspection as ...
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NewsFamous Buoy Successfully Upgraded in the Arabian Gulf
After 30 years acting as a key rendezvous point for tankers in the Arabian Gulf, the Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) buoy has been successfully upgraded to a high focal plane buoy adjacent to the main tanker lane exiting the Gulf.
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Bridge Equipment Goes Dutch
To obtain a further shortening of lead time, especially in the increasingly important retrofit market, Furuno has opened a new European Distribution Centre at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands.
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Large Leap for Inland Boxes
Box traffic on French inland waterways increased by 37% during the first nine months of 2004 and showed particularly strong growth in the River Rhone basin, where it increased by 53%. Growth in the Rhine and Seine basins and Nord-Pas de Calais was up by more than 30%. Overall traffic ...
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NewsSmall Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards
Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels.
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NewsCold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker
For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a remote research base in the Antarctic. The American plea came as food and fuel shortages threatened to halt ...
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Wartsila Thrust Into China
Finland based marine engine and propulsion supplier Wartsila is investing ? 6.6 million to establish a tranverse thruster factory at Wuxi, near Shanghai in China. The wholly owned Wartsila Propulsion (Wuxi) Co Ltd will employ some 120 people producing LIPS brand thrusters for the global shipbuilding market.
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NewsLondon Extends Thames Wharf Protection
The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing ''safeguarding'' policy but extends it to safeguard 25 wharves east of the Thames Barrier for the first time.
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Dutch Dredger Builders Detach
IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland''s approved the sale last month of the group''s shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.
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NewsJenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment
Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins'' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company.
