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Call to Maintain Water Freight Grants
Sea and Water , the UK organisation promoting the use of short sea, coastal and inland waterways to move freight, have urged the government to maintain a dedicated budget for water freight grants. The call follows upon the recently published government white paper The Future for Transport , which outlines ...
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Volvo Penta Online Locater
Volvo Penta has launched a new internet based dealer locater that will enable customers to locate their nearest dealer regardless of location.
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NewsWind Blade Record for Southampton
The largest shipment of wind turbine blades ever exported from the UK left the ABP Port of Southampton recently on board MV Atlas Gracht , the longest vessel to be operated by Vestas Wind Systems (formerly NEG Micon Rotors Ltd ).
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NewsBranson Pickles Another World Record
Richard Branson, Britain''s most high profile entrepreneur, has added to his collection of maritime speed records by crossing the English Channel while skippering a Gibbs Aquada carboat in one hour and forty minutes.
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Port Designer's Handbook: Recommendations and Guidelines
This book should prove invaluable for practising port and harbour engineers involved in the layout, design and construction of berth and harbour structures.
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World Shipping Directory 2004-2005
With the merger three years ago of Lloyd''s Register Maritime Information Publishing Group with Fairplay Publications Ltd to form Lloyd''s Register - Fairplay, a maritime information powerhouse was created.
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Tugs of the World - 3rd Edition
Oilfield Productions have made a quantum leap forward with this new 3rd edition of their Tugs of the World directory.
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Bond with Lyngso Deepens
Essex UK based Bond Instrumentation has been busy since the start of this year securing orders for its partner Lyngso Marine A/S .
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Power Display with EVC
A new generation of programmable displays from TeleflexMorse is helping marine engine supplier Volvo Penta to evolve its electronic vessel control (EVC) system.
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Oil Monitoring Maintains Onboard Performance
Condition monitoring of fuels and lubricants used onboard has become one of the main weapons in the fight to reduce premature failure of marine propulsion units, gearboxes and hydraulic systems. In particular, determining the presence of water or the gradual degradation of TBN (Total Base Number) of the engine oil ...
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NewsWings on the River Dee
Earlier this year one of the most specialised transport vessels ever to enter service on Britain''s waterways commenced operation in North Wales. Named Afon Dyfrdwy and operated by the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd the vessel has the vital task of transporting aircraft wings from the Airbus factory at Broughton near ...
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NewsASRY Gets ISPS and US Boost
It is proving to be another eventful summer for the Arab Ship Repair Yard (ASRY) in Bahrain. In the week following seawork ASRY was awarded the ISPS Code Certificate bythe Bahrain Security Committee .
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NewsDutch Partner - Delivered in Record Time
Dutch tug owner Engelsman Towage & Salvage of Makkum has taken delivery of the multi-purpose coastal and contracting tug Dutch Partner , just five months after the order was signed. This attractive twin-screw tug vessel is the fourth of a series of sister-ships constructed by Kooiman Shipyards at Zwijndrecht for ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty Delivers 'Independent'
New azimuthing stern-drive (ASD) shiphandling tugs built in the USA for American owners are now beginning to show some commonality in design and configuration.
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More Vessels Ordered by Smit
Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV has exercised an option to build a further offshore support vessel at the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore. The original contract was placed with Keppel in March of this year for two 70-tonnes bollard pull anchor-handling tug/supply (AHTS) vessels ( Maritime Journal April 2004).
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News'Royal Oak' Oil Removal Continues
A major operation to remove oil from the wreck of HMS Royal Oak continues this summer. The warship was torpedoed by a German U-boat in 1939 while lying at anchor off Scapa Flow.
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UK Government 'Complacent' on Oil Spill Planning
The UK''s 10,000 mile-long coastline is under threat from oil spills due to outdated local authority contingency plans, according to a paper released last month by the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC).
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NewsIcom's Support for St Dunstan's Builds Blind Faith At Sea
Kent based Icom (UK) Ltd aresponsoring a training package for St Dunstan''s, the charity that provides lifelong care for blinded ex-servicemen and women. The sponsorship package is going towards VHF radio training and Powerboat Level 2 training for the charity''s staff and a team of volunteers for its RIB Ad ...
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NewsSir Jock Slater is the New RNLI Chairman
The UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has named former First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff Admiral Sir Jock Slater as its new Chairman. Sir Jock has been appointed following the retirement of Peter Nicholson CBE, who has served as Chairman since July 2000.
