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A&P Birkenhead Land Deal
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 ...
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'Voe Viking' Gets First New Model Effer Crane
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 .
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Multraship Completes Danish Dredger Salvage at Esjberg
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.
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ACE Set the Pace in Winch Delivery
Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd (ACE Winches) continue to demonstrate their ability to deliver large winch packages in short delivery times.
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VOSTA LMG Flourishing in the East
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, ...
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FTA Considers Dire Port Congestion Options
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
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 ...
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'Beluga 11' Yard Goes Bankrupt Over Cost Row With Greenpeace
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
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 ...
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John Deere Diesels for Dredgers
IMS , a division of Liquid Waste Technology LLC , has opted to install John Deere engines on its entire Versi-Dredge product line.
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EC Gives Go for Galileo
The European Commission adopted a communication last month on moving to the deployment and operational phases of the European satellite radio navigation system.
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Maritime Journal Celebrates Milestone with Bumper 200th Issue
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.
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'Xplorer' Returns from Wreck Surveys
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
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.
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New Gardline Vessel
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.
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SHIPMATES' Money Lifts Repair Technology
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'
New computer models of the endangered Victorian tea clipper Cutty Sark are to be made by its neighbour, the University of Greenwich .
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Bahrain Repair Yard In Top Gear
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.
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Hebburn Village Nurtures FPSO Refit
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 ...
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Intercontinental Underwater Repair
A 30,000dwt, 200m long bulker needed urgent crack repairs when it arrived in the Brazilian port of Portocel in September.