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NewsSouthampton Welcomes 'Queen Mary 2'
The UK''s long tradition of making maritime history was extended this month with the spectacular naming ceremony for Queen Mary 2 , the world''s largest passenger liner, at the Port of Southampton and her subsequent departure on a maiden voyage to Fort Lauderdale USA.
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NewsA&R Pilot Tender Gets Fast Ballast System
Abeking & Rasmussen has fitted a fast ballast system on the German SWATH pilot tender Dose and not only speeded up pilot transfer involving low-freeboard ships but also eased the rescue of people in the water.
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Ceto Environmental's Third UK Response Centre
Aberdeen based oil and chemical spill specialists Ceto Environmental Ltd , which is contracted to the MCA to deal with incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, has announced the opening of a third regional response centre at Huddersfield.
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NewsNo Hanging About for Crash-Prone Ferry's Lifeboats
Swift action by lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding has helped the Silja Line to maintain its schedules while replacing damaged lifeboats and davits. Three lifeboats and davits on the port side of the Silja Opera were damaged in a collision at St Petersburg earlier this year.
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NewsSafe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip
Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde.
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NewsHoulder Holds Sway With HMS Dumbarton Castle's Cranes
Marine design consultancy Houlder has delivered two cranes for the Royal Navy''s Fishery Protection Vessel HMS Dumbarton Castle . The cranes replace obsolete units and will be used to handle the two RIBs on the aft deck. The RIBs, sited port and starboard, are the main part of the vessel''s ...
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NewsIn-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader
Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry to machine the 3.28m diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new ...
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Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes
The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe''s Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age.
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Test Facilities for Transponders
Sonardyne invites users to ''do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders'' by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders.
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NewsVideo Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping
Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europe''s largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000 personnel across the UK and US.
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New HYPACK Software
United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data collection, graphical editing, plotting, volume computations, surface modelling and contouring.
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Valeport Tide Gauges for RN
Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound velocity sensors.
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Multibeam Systems for Colombian Navy
Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic , in association with Ferrostaal de Colombia, has received an order from the Colombian Navy ''sHydrographic Service for a 30kHz Atlas Hydrosweep MD-2 multibeam echosounder with a depth range of 5,000m in addition to a 200kHz Atlas Fansweep 20 shallow water system combining bathymetric and sidescan imaging ...
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NewsAtlas' Southern Expansion Lifts Off
Winch specialist Atlas Winch & Hoist Services continues the expansion of their operations in the Southern UK with a relocation to new premises at Great Dunmow in Essex. The development of hire and sales activities at Atlas Winch & Hoist Services (Southern) Ltd is being led by Anton Lavery, joining ...
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Ship Knowledge: A Modern Encyclopedia
This English language version of ''Scheepskennis'' follows the success of the Dutch language version in the author''s own country.
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Cracking the Code
When the ISM Code was introduced in 1998 for passenger ships, bulk carriers and tankers it was received with mixed reactions by an industry that was struggling economically and burdened by legislation.
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NewsChristmas Cheer for Marine Renewables
Christmas came early for everyone involved in the fast developing marine offshore renewable energy industry with the British Government''s 1 December announcement that it would increase the Renewables Obligation scheme from 10% by 2010 to15% by 2015. The 50% boost in the Renewables Obligation follows extensive lobbying from the wind ...
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NewsUK Call for Early Boxport Decisions
The UK House of Commons'' Transport Select Committee has published its long awaited report on the nation''s ports industry. The report has recognised the need for additional container port capacity, stating that ''Suitable berths are essential if the United Kingdom is to retain direct shipping services rather than being served ...
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Lloyds Beal Acquires Enviroquip
Lloyds Beal , the once traditional anchors and chains group which now hires and tests all forms of lifting gear, is moving into the environmental services market with the acquisition of Enviroquip Ltd . The business also provides independent recycling and waste management consultancy services, including a recycling network to ...
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New Acquisition
As of last month, equity investor EquiVest , represented by Munich based CBR Management GmbH , has acquired from EMG EuroMarine Electronics , a Hamburg based Rheinmetall Group company, the business operations of STN Atlas Marine Electronics GmbH ofHamburg. The new company will operate under the name of SAMElectronics GmbH ...
