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NewsBilge Cleaning System Meets IMO Regulations
Sweden based Marinfloc AB claims to be the first and only company currently manufacturing an Emulsion Breaking Bilge Water Cleaning System (EBBWCS) that gives shipowners and shipyards a solution to fulfil the new IMO environmental regulations for newbuilding which come into force on 1 January 2005.
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HNS Convention Sneaking Up On Ports
London law firm Lawrence Graham says shipping is focusing on complying with ISPS requirements while another soon to be enforced Convention, which will have major ramifications for all aspects of shipping, goes largely unnoticed. Writing in the latest issue of Shipping Lawgram , the firm''s shipping partner Imogen Rumbold says ...
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News'Baby' Bilge Water Separator Suitable for Workboats
Earlier this year Westfalia Separator launched its new WTC 2 high speed centrifuge for separating oil from bilge water down to 5ppm. The new machine can treat up to 1m 3/hr of oily water and is well suited for small vessel applications such as port and harbour workboats.
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News'Polkitten's Are Slick In the Oil
In the continuing agitated wake of the Prestige disaster, Ro-Clean Desmi and its Madrid representative SENTEC have delivered a third specialised oil spill control vessel to Spain.
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High Proof Heavy Water
Lifting equipment on board the British registered, Sealion Shipping dive support vessel Toisa Polaris was given a clean bill of health from Water Weights recently after completion of the proof load testing of its lifeboats and cranes. Four lifeboats, giving cover to 104 personnel, and a 250 tonne offshore crane ...
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Safety Rewarded
The work of Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd at the Chevron Texaco oil refinery in Pembroke, Wales has been officially recognised with the Good Contractors Safety Award .
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NewsCCTV Security for Trinity House Boats
As part of their overall ISPS Code security plan and safety management system, the UK''s Trinity House lighthouse and navaids service has called on advice from Hernis Scan Systems , the Norwegian company that specialises in integrated CCTV systems.
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News'Island Fox' Delivers Workboat Training
In response to ever increasing demand for workboat training, Scotland''s Seatrek Training has added the 45ft twin engined Nelson Island Fox to its training fleet. The new Category 2 coded acquisition offers increased scope for larger vessel training and will be used to deliver all Seatrek''s RYA Advanced Powerboat, Coastal ...
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NewsShoalbusters Tackle 'The World'
During the past three months development of the well-known Damen Shoalbuster tug moved a major step forward with the delivery of the first three vessels of a new version.
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NewsPrecise Underwater Positioning for US Navy
Sonardyne Inc of Houston USA has sold two Fusion USBL (Ultra-Short BaseLine) acoustic positioning systems to the US Navy Office of the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV).
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NewsPings Can Only Get Better
When Raymond Ruth, Director of Aberdeen UK based Ruco Limited , saw Sonotronics EMT pingers on show at the recent Oceanology International exhibition in London he immediately saw their potential.
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NewsSeaeye Falcon Mussel Power
Fareham UK based Subsea Vision reports that they have just successfully completed an environmental seabed inspection and sampling contract for ERT (Scotland) Ltd on behalf of BP that also involved collecting Modiolus (horse mussels) in the vicinity of the Sullom Voe oil terminal in the Shetland Isles.
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Chichester Harbour Authority's Green Dredging Scheme
Chichester Harbour Conservancy , the statutory harbour authority for Chichester Harbour UK, has in association with the marinas in the harbour initiated a trial into the beneficial disposal of dredged sediments.
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News'Oranje' Ready for Boom
Oranje , the second of two new 16,000m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredgers for Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster , was launched recently at the Merwede Shipyard at Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands. The sister ship Prins der Nederlanden was launched in August 2003.
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NewsDredging Armour Does Dubai
Leicester UK based welding and metal fabrication specialists AceArc have developed heavy duty armour which is protecting cutter suction dredgers engaged in creating the world''s largest two man made islands off the coast of Dubai. The Ace700/700S saltwater wearplate manufactured by AceArc isbeing used by the company''s Dutch partner Breeman ...
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ENC Website Upgraded
The International Centre for Electronic Nautical Charts (ENC''s) has established a new, improved catalogue on its website (www. ic-enc. org) which displays not only ENC''s within its database, but also the latest status of production around the world. It additionally guides users on where charts can be purchased with links ...
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Imperial College London Acoustics Courses
Imperial College London is convening three short courses on technical developments in underwater acoustics, from fundamentals to applications, from 6-10 September.
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Metoc Buys Compass Data Systems
Technical and project management specialists Metoc of Liphook has strengthened its portfolio of marine and coastal data services with the acquisition of Compass Data Systems , also in Hampshire, which is a leading supplier of software and consultancy for processing of oceanographic data.
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NewsNew Multibeam Systems Announced
New ranges of multibeam echosounders for shallow water applications have been announced separately by Kongsberg Maritime of Norway and Atlas Hydrographic ofGermany. Operating on one of three available frequencies in the 300kHz band, the Kongsberg EM 3002 series is designed for detailed waterways and seafloor mapping as well as inspection ...
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NewsBathside Bay Inquiry Opens
On the same day last month that the British Government rejected Associated British Ports '' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay in Southampton, the Public Inquiry got underway into the proposed development of a new greenfield site deepwater container port at Bathside Bay in Harwich.
