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NewsStudy Underway Assessing Continental Transport
The future use of transportation corridors between Scandinavian and central Continental countries is being assessed by BMT Transport Solutions GmbH on behalf of 12 European governmental and industry organisations. The study will take into account increased congestion in the region and the need to facilitate trade.
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Maritime Research Website
The UK''s National Maritime Museum has launched the Journal for Maritime Research (JMR), the first fully refereed electronic journal in the field of maritime studies. The JMR''s purpose is to encourage research into the social, cultural and environmental contexts of maritime studies, both historical and contemporary.
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NewsDRACULA Ahead By a Neck
The shifting focus of the world''s major dredging contractors from jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers to equally large cutter suction dredgers can be seen in the latest order for IHC Holland from Belgium''s DEME Group , which operates both Dredging International and the French subsidiary SDI .
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NewsFrench Ministries Co-operate in Research Ship Venture
Construction is now under way in France of a new 107.6m long, general-purpose ocean research ship which will serve both naval and civilian masters.
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Bespoke Survey Cat Hits the Road
Kongsberg Maritime and Uniteam International have joined forces to showcase the recently developed ConCat Survey Catamaran with a''Road Show'' demonstration tour of the innovative turnkey survey platform, which kicked off at Oceanology International in London this month and will continue across the USA and Canada before returning to the UK ...
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Coastal AIS for Norway
Kongsberg Seatex AS has been awarded a contract to develop AIS infrastructure covering the coast of Norway. The contract includes delivery, installation and implementation of AIS base station equipment for 35 shore based stations. Contract work began last month with completion scheduled for the end of this year.
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NewsDanes Get Two More AHTS Ships From Germans
The latest in a series of the world''s most powerful anchor-handling/tug supply vessels was being named at east German shipyard Volkswerft in Stralsund March for Danish sister company Maersk Supply Service .
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NewsContract for First Azipull Coastal Tanker
NVC-Design , part of Rolls Royce , has won its first contract for a coastal product tanker which combines a bespoke hull design with a diesel mechanical propulsion system based on twin Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull aximuth thrusters with pulling propellers.
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'PAC' Range of Brackets Get Tough at seawork2004
seawork exhibitor Fire & Rescue Equipment Ltd will be showing the PAC range of tool and equipment mounting systems which they distribute in the UK, Europe and Australia.
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NewsLucky seawork 7 Sailing for Southampton
Snow falling on the day this is written cannot obscure the fact that the seventh annual seawork Exhibition and Conference, in more hospitable summer environs at the ABP Port of Southampton , is just around the bend in the navigation channel.
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NewsFinns Win Again with Sixth Police Targa
The Metropolitan Police Thames Division fleet has received its sixth Finnish built Targa patrol craft, supplied by seawork2004 exhibitor Wessex Marine .
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NewsSunshine Guaranteed at seawork
In recent years, seawork hashad the good fortune to coincide with fine summer weather. For seawork2004 a bit of brightness is guaranteed months in advance with the booking of first time exhibitor Sunshine Maritime .
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News'Jo Dan IV' Is a Safe Haven at seawork
Safehaven Marine are fast becoming Ireland''s most successful commercial charter boat builders and return to seawork with Jo Dan IV , the second of a new generation of high-buoyancy hull ''Wildcat'' catamarans built to provide operators with performance, stability and a huge deck area.
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Newsseawork Neighbourhood Newbuild for PHFC
The Portsmouth Harbour Ferry Company has awarded the contract for a new 32m passenger ferry to local boatbuilder and seawork stalwart VT Halmatic Ltd .
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NewsSouth Boats' RIB To Be Ready for seawork
The first launch of 2004 from South Boats '' prolific yard on the Isle of Wight is Private Venture a South Catamaran 32/10 Island class design commissioned for Lymington based charter angling skipper Arthur Savage. The 32ft LOA craft boasts a beam of 16ft 6in, which delivers 96ft of gunwhale ...
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NewsHovercraft Into View at seawork
Being based in Southampton UK makes it easy for Griffon Hovercraft Limited to exhibit at seawork . In the run up to the exhibition, Griffon has just sold a fourth 470SAR hovercraft to the RNLI , which will be used to rescue people in areas where it is difficult if ...
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NewsCorrosion-free Decking Makes seawork Debut
Cheshire UK based Fibreforce Composites Ltd is expanding into the markets for marina and pontoon decking having already established their fibreglass gratings in the offshore oil and gas and chemical processing industries.
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NewsChafe-Pro Ties Up at seawork2004
Chafe-Pro (UK) Ltd returns to seawork after a successful debut at seawork2003 . The British producers of an American designed product which prevents chafe abrasion damage to a ship''s mooring lines have a set a course to convince European freight and cruise shipping operators that Chafe-Pro line guards can make ...
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Small Hydro Survey System at seawork
One of the companies representing the hydrographic survey sector at seawork2004 will be Sadaret Ltd , which is the exclusive UK agent for the Valeport Midas Surveyor .The low cost, portable hydrographic survey system has proven popular since its market launch last summer, with early customers including British Waterways and ...
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K9 Bites Back on seawork Pontoon
Until recently most workboat operators have had no choice but to lock their vessel up in the evening and hope to find it as they left it in the morning.
