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    A&P Birkenhead Land Deal

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Ship repairers A&P Birkenhead and Reddington Finance Ltd have reached an agreement for the sale and leaseback of some of A&P''s land at Birkenhead. A&P Birkenhead retains ownership of the drydocks but some surplus land will be sold to the property developers. A&P believes the arrangement will enable it to ...

  • Effer cranes have been installed on a number of Damen Multicats.
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    'Voe Viking' Gets First New Model Effer Crane

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A new Multicat under construction at Damen Shipyards '' Hardinxveld yard in the Netherlands will be the first vessel fitted with the new model 18000 3S crane from Italian manufacturer Effer .

  • Matador III raises the dredger Thor R from approaches to the Danish Port of Esjberg last month.
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    Multraship Completes Danish Dredger Salvage at Esjberg

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Terneuzen based Multraship Salvage has completed the lifting of the 79m trailing suction hopper dredger Thor R , which sank in the mouth of the Danish port of Esjberg on 26 September.

  • The 150 ton anchor handling towing winch leaves the ACE factory.
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    ACE Set the Pace in Winch Delivery

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd (ACE Winches) continue to demonstrate their ability to deliver large winch packages in short delivery times.

  • An artists view of VOSTA LMGs new cutter suction dredger for Malaysia.
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    VOSTA LMG Flourishing in the East

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Amsterdam based dredger builder and dredging components supplier VOSTA LMG has won an ''Engineering and Components'' contract for a packaged CSD500 cutter suction dredger from a partner in Malaysia. The contract includes the design of the dredger, critical components such as the dredge pump, cutter head and ladder, operator cabin, ...

  • European ports are under pressure to return empty containers to China. Photo courtesy Port of Felixstowe
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    FTA Considers Dire Port Congestion Options

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Members of the British Shippers'' Council (BSC) have expressed extreme concern that their supply chains are at breaking point due to the growing pressures of port congestion.

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    Dredging D-Day Looms for Port of Antwerp

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A report compiled by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) following a two year study into the deepening of the River Scheldt has found that such works would not have a negative impact on the environment or security. The river, with its estuary and a navigation channel running ...

  • New Greenpeace ship causes a row.
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    'Beluga 11' Yard Goes Bankrupt Over Cost Row With Greenpeace

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The Fridtjof Nansen Shipyard in east Germany has applied for bankruptcy proceedings after Greenpeace paid only part of the ¢ 1.4m price for its newbuilding Beluga 11 , saying the ship had not been properly finished.

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    Supplier's E-Commerce Award

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Martek Marine , the Rotherham UK based supplier of safety monitoring systems to the global marine industry, has won Best Use of Teleworking at the 2004 DTI/InterForum E-Commerce Awards ceremony in London last month. The company makes extensive use of voice over internet (VOIP) and Virtual Private Networking (VPN) to ...

  • The entire Versi-Dredge product line will now be powered by John Deere engines.
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    John Deere Diesels for Dredgers

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    IMS , a division of Liquid Waste Technology LLC , has opted to install John Deere engines on its entire Versi-Dredge product line.

  • AGalileo satellite under build.
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    EC Gives Go for Galileo

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission adopted a communication last month on moving to the deployment and operational phases of the European satellite radio navigation system.

  • Front cover and inside front cover of Issue 9, December 1988, Maritime Journal takes on a new look A4 format.
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    Maritime Journal Celebrates Milestone with Bumper 200th Issue

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    It is unusual to visit the offices of a marine industries company or enter the wheelhouse of a workboat and not find a well examined copy of Maritime Journal on the reception table or somewhere near the helm.

  • Xplorer was purpose-built as an MCA category 2 Survey vessel.
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    'Xplorer' Returns from Wreck Surveys

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The hydrographic survey vessel Xplorer , operated by Portsmouth UK based Sea-Trax , has just completed a six month contract surveying designated protected wreck sites between Northern Ireland and Falmouth.

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    Federation of Societies Formed

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), a newly constituted organisation serving the worldwide interests of hydrography at all levels of expertise, has been formally established as the successor body of the Hydrographic Society.

  • Coastal Surveyor extends Gardline Environmentals inshore survey capability.
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    New Gardline Vessel

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    At Hydro4 , Gardline Environmental announced an extension to its inshore survey capability with the acquisition of Coastal Surveyor , a specialist vessel equipped with a comprehensive suite of equipment which includes a Simrad EM3000 multibeam system, sidescan sonar, sub-bottom profiler and magnetometer.

  • SHIPMATES aims to make shiprepair yards more productive and environmentally friendly.
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    SHIPMATES' Money Lifts Repair Technology

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Shipyards used to repair and convert existing vessels are set to become more efficient and environmentally friendly with the help of a grant for ? 2,151,000 from the EU''s Framework Programme .

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    Greenwich University Scientists Work to Save 'Cutty Sark'

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    New computer models of the endangered Victorian tea clipper Cutty Sark are to be made by its neighbour, the University of Greenwich .

  • ASRY engineers are seen working below the hull of a 3,500 dwt jack-up platform.
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    Bahrain Repair Yard In Top Gear

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) of Bahrain has consolidated outstanding results from the first half of the year with a successful third quarter in which business and sales figures were up by some 7% on the previous quarter.

  • A module assembly awaits installation.
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    Hebburn Village Nurtures FPSO Refit

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A&P Tyne has successfully re-delivered the FPSO Haewene Brim to Holland''s offshore specialist Bluewater following an extensive upgrading to its process plant alongside a hull maintenance refit. The contract was won in a partnership between A&PTyne Ltd and McNulty Offshore Contractors Ltd of South Shields UK, who were the prime ...

  • Welding underway in the vessels ballast tank.
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    Intercontinental Underwater Repair

    2004-11-01T00:00:00Z

    A 30,000dwt, 200m long bulker needed urgent crack repairs when it arrived in the Brazilian port of Portocel in September.