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MTU Power for Fast Ferry
The new fast ferry for Spanish operator Fred Olsen will be driven by four 20V 8000 engines from MTU Friedrichshafen. The 126m long trimaran will be built at the Austal shipyard in Australia for delivery in the second half of this year.
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NewsA Cure for What AILs You
A new vessel which also embodies a new concept for taking Abnormal Indivisible Loads (AILs) off Europe''s crowded highways and onto commercial waterways and short sea routes could not wish for a more spectacular start to its working life than to transport the last British Airways Concorde from London''s River ...
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Wynn/Win Situation
Marine window wiper specialist Wynn Marine unveiled a newstand-alone window wash system for ships’ windows recently. As a compact off the shelf module, the 5010 makes he design, purchase and installation of complete window washing systems more efficient and cost-effective, whether for newbuilds or retrofit projects.
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Modular System Lifts £1m Load
Lifting Gear Hire had to respond quickly to an emergency call from Montrose Harbour Port Authority when approximately 80m of the south quay unexpectedly collapsed into the water. Lifting Gear Hire''s Aberdeen UK branch worked with consulting engineers Babtie, providing specialist knowledge and equipment to restrain the remaining quayside and ...
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Powerful Xenon Bow Light
Norselight has developed its new BL35 MX xenon bow light in conjunction with several fast ferry operators and, following successful pilot projects, has placed it on the market. The powerful xenon light is similar to the headlights of a car and allows the navigator to see obstacles such as logs ...
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Felixstowe Lifts its Capacity
Ten new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) and one Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) have arrived at the UK Port of Felixstowe from Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZPMC) of Shanghai.
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All At Sea with Winch Repairs
Due to limitations imposed by the client''s busy seismic acquisition programme, Coventry UK based Metalock Engineering sent engineers to Ghana to in-situ machine two winch brake drums on the SRV Veritas Viking II while it was at sea en route to Cameroon.
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Big Bisso Lift Re-Opens Mississippi
America''s Bisso Marine has lifted the sunken OSV Lee III from the Southwest Pass of the Mississippi River, which it was completely blocking following a pre-dawn collision in the middle of one of the world''s busiest deep draft waterways.
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Pier Collision Prompts Insurance Warning
The recent collision of UK south coast aggregates dredger Donald Redford with the Hythe Ferry Pier in Southampton Water has drawn attention to the limitation provisions of the Merchant Shipping Act and demonstrated the effect these have on both the ship owner and the property owner.
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NewsMarine Historic Environment Consultation Underway
A rare 17th Century 49cwt Prince Rupert patent gun, retrieved from the Stirling Castle , King Charles II''s great 70 gun man o'' war, was put on public display late last month at the UK''s Ramsgate Maritime Museum .
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Digital Video Proceedings UKHO Launches Admiralty Coastal Surveys
A new Anglo-Swedish joint venture ''which will help shape the future of tomorrow''s survey technology'', Admiralty Coastal Surveys , was officially launched by the UKHydrographic Office at last month''s Oceanology International event in London. Together with Airborne Hydrography AB and Topeye AB of Sweden, the UKHO plans to develop an ...
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QinetiQ Sonar Development
QinetiQ has announced the world''s first commercially available towed synthetic aperture sonar with integrated interferometric profiler, GeoSAS , which is to be marketed by GeoAcoustics (UK) of Great Yarmouth.
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NewsNew VT TSS Systems
Unveiled at OI 2004 were two new developments from VT TSS of Watford. The first, Marinus , is an attitude and heading reference system providing exceptional accuracy in extreme conditions for multibeam operations. Extending the company''s existing range of motion sensors, it is claimed to provide heading, heave, roll and ...
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Digital Video Proceedings
Proceedings of its UK Branch Scottish Region''s recent seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , held in association with the Society for Underwater Technology , are now available on CD for £ 15 from TheHydrographic Society .
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Marine Electronics Orders
Guernsey-based Marine Electronics reports Chinese and US orders for new titanium and aluminium versions of its Dolphin 6201 Obstacle Avoidance Sonar designed for navigation and pilotage of AUV''s and ROV''S.
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Macduff Pilot Cutter Nears Completion
Work is progressing at Macduff Shipyards Ltd in Scotland on a newbuild 15.25m steel pilot cutter for Aberdeen Harbour Board.
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NewsUK Government Rejects Dibden Bay Proposal
As Maritime Journal went to press, the UK''s Department for Transport announced its decision to block the controversial £ 600m Dibden Bay container port facility proposed by Associated British Ports for its Port of Southampton .
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Eye In the Sky Spies Wind Energy Risk
The financial and engineering risks associated with offshore wind development and operation could be significantly reduced as the result of an investigative project using Earth Observation (EO) data which has been commissioned by the European Space Agency .
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Chain Ferries Under Build
The Tamar Bridge and Torpoint Ferry Joint Committee hasawarded the £ 15m contract to build three new chain driven ferries for the service across the mouth of the River Tamar in Devon UK to Glasgow based Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd . The vessels are currently under build, with the contract specifying ...
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Floating Office Debuts
Marchwood UK based boat builders Blondecell Ltd have delivered their first ''Floating Houseboat'', a yacht-shaped structure with over 1,100ft 2offloor space which can be used for living accommodation, offices or as a restaurant. The Optimum 60 ''vessel'' was designed by Lymington Yacht designer Simon Rogers for London based company Waterspace ...
