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Humber Work Boats Branches Out
Marine and dredging specialists Humber Work Boats of Grimsby are now offering a hydrographic capability for northern Europe.
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Dive England's Greatest Wrecks
Published on the final day of seawork2003 , Dive England''s Greatest Wrecks is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring England''s most exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of sea power and majesty that has now passed into the history books.
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A Nautical Odyssey: A History of The Nautical Institute 1972 - 2002
After 27 years in the British Royal Navy, the author was Deputy Secretary of The Nautical Institute from 1984 until 1998 and is thus well placed to tell the story of a new organisation created in 1972 to meet the needs of professional mariners.
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Alfa Laval Acquires Gunclean Toftejorg
Alfa Laval , specialists in oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions for the marine, power and offshore industries, has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group , including the advanced tank cleaning operation Gunclean Toftejorg .
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NewsAdded Power for Solstad
Norway''s Ulstein Verft inUlsteinvik has added the powerful new Type A101 anchor handling tug supply vessel Normand Master to the fleet of Solstad Shipping for a wide range of offshore workhorse duties.
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New Port Management Alliance
A new alliance has been formed between British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and International Infrastructure Management Pty Ltd (IIM) in Brisbane, Australia. The new company, to be called BMTMaritime Consultants Pty Ltd , will provide port management consultancy services around the world.
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Norwegian Company in China Shipbuilding Joint Venture
Norway''s Ulstein has formed a joint venture company with Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding which will enable Ulstein to build their own design offshore vessels in the Far East.
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News'Strilbas' Supplies Survey Solutions at seawork
Andrews Survey will demonstrate a variety of nearshore/ continental shelf survey techniques from their new 55m vessel Strilbas , which will be berthed at the seawork2003 floating exhibition.
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MarineCo Go Large at seawork
Marine equipment suppliers and rigging specialists MarineCo return to seawork for a third time intending to make a bigger splash than ever before with a massive 40m 2stand. The company''s Managing Director, Chris Dinham, said, ''The show is one of the best trade events around and we felt we needed ...
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Construction to Follow Irish Sea Ferry Shake-Up?
P&O and Stena AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Stena ''s proposed acquisition of a significant part of P&O ''s ferry operations on the Irish Sea.
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Nuttall Wins Humber Sea Terminal Contract
seawork exhibitors Edmund Nuttall Ltd have won a £ 9.6m contract to extend the Humber Sea Terminal . Work for client Humber Sea Terminal Ltd hasstarted on a 40 week project to construct a 240m ro-ro jetty at the Killingholme facility.
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NewsMillbank Pier Turns On A Tourist Magnet
The new £ 1.8m Millbank Millennium Pier on London''s River Thames is now operational following opening ceremonies late last month presided over by London Mayor Ken Livingstone and attended by an unusual mix of artists, politicians and marine civil engineers.
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NewsTake Care, Bear - Bon Voyage from seawork
seawork2003 will provide the final UK opportunity for supporters to wish skipper Bear Grylls and his hearty crew ''Bon Voyage'' before they embark on a daring effort to become the first to complete a crossing of the North Atlantic via the Arctic Circle in an open RIB.
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NewsNorwegian Innovators Bring 'Magnetic Plasters' to seawork
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has recently purchased a significant quantity of magnetic plasters from new seawork exhibitor Miko Marine AS . The Norwegian company has developed, patented and marketed a heavy duty magnetic tarpaulin called Miko Plaster , which provides a temporary watertight seal over hull openings such ...
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NewsUKD Sealion
When UKD Sealion was delivered to UK Dredging Ltd it had already completed one of the most extensive sea trials likely to be undertaken by this type of vessel. This Damen Multi Cat 2510 was delivered by sea, under its own power, from the Damen Shipyard ''s Galatz yard in ...
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NewsMajor Refit of Shetland Pilot Launch
An extensive refit of Shetland Islands Council''s pilot launch Sullom Shoormal has been completed by VT Halmatic and, following successful sea trials, the craft was returned to service at the end of March.
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NewsMachinable Composite Delivers Shaft Bearing Solution
When the failure rate of the shaft line rope guards protecting external shaft bearings on British Royal Navy vessels was running at an unacceptably high rate, BMT Defence Services Ltd was asked to find a solution.
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NewsMobdock Plugs Gap in Survey Cycle
One of the largest crane vessels in the world was recently in need of its general five year survey, which would normally have to be done in drydock.
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NewsSMS Offer New Humber Towage Service
A new fleet is being formed by SMS Towage Ltd to offer towage services in and around the Humber ports. The Hessle based company acquired the stern-drive tugs Tradesman and Trueman in Hong Kong and they were transported to the UK as deck cargo aboard the MV Svenja , arriving ...
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