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  • DEFRAs marine spatial plan will provide a basis for a simplified approach to consenting developments at sea - such as in ports and harbours -in order to improve protection of environmentally sensitive areas (photo: Vismedia)
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    DEFRA Funds 'Planning System for the Sea'

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Government Ministers in the UK have given their backing to a pilot project which could lead to a new, plan-led approach for protecting and managing Britain''s seas in a more sustainable way.

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    Brunei EDB Appoints Halcrow for Port Study

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Brunei has launched a global campaign to find a partner for its planned US$1.7 billion deepwater port, which is a major plank in the tiny Asian nation''s economic diversification plan.

  • Flexcretes new clutch filler is designed to help combat ALWC.
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    Flexcrete Unveils Solution to Sheet Piling Problem

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Flexcrete , which specialises in repair to marine and other structures, has launched a new product, Cemprotec Clutch Filler , to complement its successful Cemprotec E942 system.

  • HR Wallingfords new hydraulic modelling facility is due to be opened shortly.
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    Hydraulic Modelling Alive and Well at HR Wallingford

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    HR Wallingford in the UK has unveiled details of a major investment it has made in a new modelling hall that covers an area more than 11,000m 2.Responding to record demand for hydraulic modelling, HR Wallingford is replacing its well-known modelling hall that has served engineers in the UK and ...

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    Mott MacDonald to Provide Design Services for Wind Farm

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Mott MacDonald has been appointed as a sub-consultant by AREVA T&D Systems inStafford in the UK to provide electrical design services for an offshore wind farm to be built 7km off the coast of Walney Island in Cumbria.

  • The Archimedes is seen below the Falkirk Wheel. Photo courtesy of British Waterways.
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    Wheel of Fortune Year for Beta Marine

    2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Beta Marine has reported a successful trading year in 2004, with over 1,800 propulsion engines and marine gensets sold to over 50 distributors worldwide. Beta''s range of small propulsion engines from 10 to 90hp are based on Kubota diesels, which are also used in the company''s small genset range from ...

  • RNLI Bronze Medal for Gallantry winner Aileen Jones, also seen at the helm of the Porthcawl lifeboat.
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    RNLI Lifeboat Woman Awarded Gallantry Medal

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The RNLI has announced that Porthcawl helmsman Aileen Jones is to be awarded the Institution''s Bronze Medal for Gallantry for her part in the rescue of two fishermen on August 24, 2004. Aileen is the first lifeboat woman in 116 years to be given such an accolade, the last medal ...

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    Port of Koper Coping Better

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Slovenian Port of Koper , which receives some 2,000 ship calls per year, has installed a Transas AIS Network System procured by the Slovenian Maritime Directorate . The new system covers the whole of the Slovenian coastline and helps operators to observe the traffic situation not only within the ...

  • WaterMota Ltds Mike Beacham and the Williams Shipping Groups Philip Williams on the Daewoo stand at Maritime Rotterdam last month.
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    Daewoo Deal Done in Rotterdam

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Two British companies travelled to Rotterdam Maritime last month to complete the sale of two Daewoo marine engines by South Devon based WaterMota Ltd to Williams Marine & Port Services Ltd ofPembroke Port in Wales. The eight cylinder, 15 litre Daewoo V158TIH engines will re-power Williams'' 19m Multi-cat type vessel ...

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    Glow In the Dark Online

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Beele Engineering BV of Aalten in the Netherlands has totally renovated its website www. beele. com to now display practical applications of its marine fire prevention and evacuation safety equipment in typical environments such as construction and shipbuilding.

  • A diver using a UMC Mini Pamper adapted to underwater cleaning.
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    UMC Goes Into Hull Cleaning

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    UMC International Plc have decided to launch a range of hull cleaning equipment based on the huge global interest shown in their Mini Pamper hull cleaning machine, which features technology adapted to underwater cleaning. Its advanced cleaning mechanism has scrub pressure control, allowing the diver to ensure only the required ...

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    Barcelona Sees Shortsea Future

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The Spanish Port of Barcelona is focusing on growing shortsea traffic and has allocated part of its ongoing expansion for a dedicated terminal to accommodate the sector. Port authority chairman Joaquim Coello told a recent shortsea conference in Barcelona that the creation of new port capacity, alongside economic and strategic ...

  • The new free fall lifeboats are available for cargo ships or tankers.
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    NorMar Launches as Lifeboat Choice

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS has developed a new range of lifeboats and rescue boats which includes enclosed lifeboats and free fall lifeboats as well as semi-enclosed lifeboats and rescue boats.

  • Wangeroog: fifth in a series.
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    Talks Underway on More German SWATH Boats

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Abeking & Rasmussen hasreported it is in ''intensive negotiations'' about further repeat orders for small SWATH pilot tenders after delivering the 25.65m long Wangeroog to German waterway and shipping administration (WSV) authorities.

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    QE2's Longest Voyage

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    In recently completing 35 years, six months and three days in service, Cunard ''s Queen Elizabeth 2 has become the longest serving liner in the company''s history, surpassing the Aquitania . The vessel has covered more than 5 million nautical miles, equivalent to sailing around the world 230 times, and ...

  • An intrepid paparazzi captures Santa and Rudolph during secret Working at Height Regulations trials.
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    Secret Santa Meets Working at Height Regulations

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    The forthcoming Working at Height Regulations in the UK represent a very different approach to health and safety.

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    Macduff Has The Right Stuff

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Macduff Ship Design hasreceived two accolades reflecting the company''s provision of high quality professional technical services to the marine industry.

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    Tall Oil Tales in Yorkshire

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Rix Shipping ''s coastal tanker RixHawk recently became the first vessel since the early 1990s to discharge at the UK''s Drax Power Station on the River Ouse between Goole and Selby.

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    Ports Hunger for Feeders

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    A new report from Netherlands based shipping consultancy Dynamar says the shortsea feeder trade is an important part of an integral port network. Efficient feeder links act as a catalyst to the growth of containerisation and hence play an important role in growing business volumes. Transhipment cargo, in addition to ...

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    Rail Rockets from Thamesport

    2004-12-01T00:00:00Z

    Thamesport (London) Ltd has introduced a fourth train operating company, Direct Rail Services , which will operate a full daily service to Daventry from the Medway based container port.