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NewsNew Trainers Take to the Waves
Sea Training International. The Sea Training International centre has the facility and staff to cater for specialist agencies, companies or individuals requiring specialist training in all aspects of fast offshore rescue, sea survival, VHF/GMDSS radio training, and all levels of power boat training. The centre also is the only establishment ...
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NewsFire Safety Systems for Hospital Ship Conversion
Cosalt Safety & Protection hassecured a £ 700,000 contract with A&P Tyne to install the fire safety systems on board the world''s largest non-governmental hospital ship, the Africa Mercy .
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NewsCattewater Harbour Commissioners Meet Their 'Maker'
The second new vessel this year for Cattewater Harbour Commissioners of Plymouth attended seawork2004 on its delivery voyage from the Great Yarmouth UK based boatbuilders Goodchild Marine Services Ltd . Following on the heels of Cattewater''s twin screw tug Prince Rock (see MJ January 2004), Maker is a first of ...
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Holyhead Marine Raids Key Military Boatbuilding Contract
The UK Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract to Holyhead Marine Services to construct the replacement Offshore Raiding Craft (ORC) for the Royal Marines . The contract has been issued for the construction of a one-off prototype vessel by the yard with options for further vessels.
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Ignorance Risks Lives, Says MCA's Survey
A survey undertaken by the UK''s Maritime & Coastguard Agency has revealed that nearly half of all parents (49%) do not know that the Coastguard is an emergency service and can be called by dialing 999 as for the Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance Service.
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New Port Services Joint Venture Launched for South Wales
Two UK port services companies, one in west Wales and one in Southampton, signed an agreement this month to form a new joint company. The Milford Docks Company , part of the Milford Haven Port Authority Group , and Williams Shipping have entered into the joint venture which will create ...
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NewsFresh Start for Small Ship Specialist Cassens
Bankrupt German small ship yard Cassens Werft has been given a new lease of life following investment by business partners and is now building three 700 TEU container feeders.
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Windscreen Wiper Merger
B Hepworth & Company Ltd has announced the merger of Hepworth Marine International and Wynstruments Limited .
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NewsMersey Waterfront Is World Heritage Site
The Port of Liverpool has been added to an illustrious list which includes the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Great Wall of China after its bid to become a World Heritage Site was approved by the United Nations. Liverpool''s waterfront site, including the famous Pier Head ...
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NewsUK Government Boost for Marine Renewables
The British Government has trebled its marine research development fund for wave and tidal energy technology. The £ 50 million allocation from the Department of Trade and Industry is intended to encourage investment in a marine sector where Britain has the potential to lead the world.
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NewsNorsafe and Sound at seawork
Norway''s Norsafe AS made its debut at seawork 2004 with a version of its Mako 655 fast rescue boat receiving considerable attention on the floating pontoon. Building lifeboats for more than 100 years, Norsafe has put more than 15,000 such craft into service, with its current range including rescue boats, ...
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London's Mayor Lauds Thames Yard Expansion
With the arrival of its new dry dock, Thames Craft Dry Docking Services Ltd (Thames Craft) is able to take larger vessels and pontoons out of the water for regular maintenance and emergency repairs. The new dry dock, which is securely anchored on the river bed to provide safe deep ...
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More Moore Stephens
Shipping accountant and business consultant Moore Stephens has expanded its specialised shipping presence in the UK by opening an office in the maritime centre of Southampton.
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News'SARfinder' Locates seawork Press Office
New products are always on show at seawork , witness the record 53 entries to the Innovations Showcase this year, and one so new it was still in prototype form appeared in the seawork press office in the hands of its developer, Marine Rescue Technologies chairman David Marshall.
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Newsseawork2004 Storms Ahead
Record numbers of visitors attended seawork2004 , including those from the USA, Australasia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. This, despite abnormal gale force winds and rain, served as testament to the solid and ever ascending stature of both the commercial marine exhibition and its concurrent conference.
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Newsseawork to Hard Work for Pepe's Patrol Boats
MJ had the good fortune to be on board when Carl Parke took the controls of his new 10m Patrol Boat for the first time at seawork2004 .
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NewsAli-it Surveys seawork Success
seawork2004 proved another successful show for Pembrokeshire based aluminium boatbuilders Ali-itmarine Ltd . The company''s spectacular Shockwave thrill ride boat was a hot ticket for regular outings from the seawork floating pontoon while on the new business side, Ali-it took orders for another two 14.5m shaft driven catamarans for UK ...
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NewsVOSTA LMG's Iranian Success
Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG has had a recent run of success supplying the engineering and dredging equipment packages for cutter suction dredgers which will be or have been built in Iran.
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NewsIHC Caland to Sell Shipbuilding
Holland''s IHC Caland group is divesting from its shipbuilding activities by proceeding with the sale of its IHC Holland and Merwede shipyards. The yards have been responsible for producing the majority of the world''s dredgers over recent decades.
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NewsSpill Responsibility for Iran's New Dredger
The launch and naming ceremony took place last month at IHC Holland ''sKinderdijk yard of the 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger Yasin for Ports & Shipping Organisation (PSO), the port authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
