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Oceanology Exhibition is a Major Attraction
With over 90% of exhibition space already reserved by more than 300 organisations from around the world, this year''s biennial Oceanology International event at London''s ExCel Centre from 16-19 March promises to be a major attraction for hydrographic and oceanographic communities, say organisers Spearhead Exhibitions.
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NewsTake a Long Look at 'Shorty'
Kongsberg Maritime will launch several new products and focus on its range of underwater survey solutions on Stand 650 at this year''s Oceanology International exhibition . The company will launch a new modular ''Short MPT transponder'', depth rated for 4000m in response to the demand from the Offshore Survey & ...
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NewsTimely Dolphin Repair
Repairs were required after a small bulk carrier lost steerage and collided with one of the berthing dolphins at the Immingham Oil Terminal , one of the UK''s major oil importing terminals.
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NewsMarine Construction Day Returns to seawork
The seventh annual seawork exhibition and conference takes place in the ABP Port of Southampton from 22-24 June 2004. Recognised as the key forum for the commercial maritime industry, seawork2004 promises to be the most rewarding ever for participants, visitors and conference delegates alike.
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NewsMostyn Makes Most of Offshore Winds
The installation and staged commissioning of the UK''s newest wind farm off the coast of Wales has established the Port of Mostyn as a specialist base of operations for a significant new industry which looks set for continuing growth. The finishing touches will be applied to the 60MW North Hoyle ...
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Clydeport Takes Planning North
With the four major container terminal planning applications under consideration in the UK all situated in the South East, Scottish West Coast ports operator Clydeport has revealed its intention to submit a planning application this year for a brownfield container terminal development at Hunterston.
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NewsInchscape's Fleet Grows With 'The World'
Involvement in the creation of the world''s largest man made islands has led marine services provider Inchscape Shipping Services (ISS) to enhance its fleet of construction support vessels in the Middle East.
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NewsMarina Gets to Grips with New Decking
Sileby Marina in Leicestershire UK has chosen the new fibreglass non slip decking product, DeckGrip from FibreGrid Limited , as a replacement to their old timber decking boards.
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Seacore/ Eidesvik Joint Venture
Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd and Norway''s Eidesvik Subsea AS have signed an exclusive agreement to jointly provide offshore drilling services to the site investigation and mineral coring industries.
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Happy New Name for De Groot
Dutch dredger builder and dredging equipment supplier De Groot Nijkerk , which has been a member of the Damen Shipyards Group for some 13 years, has received a name change to Damen Dredging Equipment , effective from the first of last month. The company''s staff and products remain the same ...
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Christian's Fleet
In November 1795 the greatest fleet to leave Britain''s shores set sail for the West Indies.
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Marine Diesel Engines
Published last September, this 2nd Edition of Nigel Calder''s best selling book again focuses on the smaller end of the diesel spectrum, engines ranging in horsepower from 10 to 100.
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Rescue at Sea
This handsome volume, published late last year with the full support of the International Lifeboat Federation, the UK''s RNLI and the US Coast Guard, is subtitled An International History of Lifesaving & Coastal Rescue Craft.
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NewsShipboard Short Circuit Protection
The Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group (I&S) has developed a current limiter based on high temperature superconductors (HTS) technology to protect ship supply systems against short circuits. Short circuit currents are automatically limited to a non-critical value as soon as the current rises, owing to the sudden increase in ...
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Control System Design Award
The new AutoChief C20 propulsion control system for medium and low speed diesel engines has received a prestigious Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council . Representatives from Kongsberg Maritime were present to accept the award at a ceremony in late November. The award came shortly after Kongsberg ...
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NewsWijsmuller Salvage in Syria
A Wijsmuller Salvage team is removing bunkers from a Liberian flag ro-ro aground at the Syrian port of Tartous.
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NewsTwin Tows Top Fairmount's 2003
Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine successfully completed major ocean towage and heavy transportation projects in the final weeks of 2003.
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NewsTitan Pullers Release the 'Bowstring'
Titan Maritime, LLC were called upon when the abandoned research vessel M/V Bowstring sank at a pier adjacent to the Matthews Bridge at Jacksonville, Florida USA and came to rest on rocks listing to port in 16ft of water.
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NewsMultraship Advance on Several Fronts
In recent months there has been a rash of reports regarding new initiatives from the Ternuezen based company Multraship Towage & Salvage , all based on improving services and increasing the company''s market share.
