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Felixstowe To Lift TEU Total
The Port of Felixstowe UK is undertaking a major expansion of its container handling capacity, ordering three Ship to Shore Gantry Cranes (SSGCs) and 10 new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) from the Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZMPC) of Shanghai. The latest order is part of the Options provided in ...
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NewsDutch Launch Small Marine Genset Range
Brinkmann & Niemeijer Motoren b. v. of Twello in the Netherlands has developed the new Triton range of small gensets specially for the marine market.
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Cosalt Safety & Protection Lands a Fishing Net Specialist
Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired specialist fishing net company Leach & Turner (Fishing Gear) Ltd. The deal complements Cosalt''s existing fishing business in the UK South West and provides additional expertise in the gill net market as the company focuses on delivering a comprehensive range of services under the ...
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NewsBodewes Delivers Deepwater Mooring System
Bodewes Winches of The Netherlands has obtained the R4 quality rating for their 84mm Bodewes QuickLink, a connector link by which wire rope and chain can be connected/ disconnected rapidly.
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Diesel Electric Power for US Platform Supply Vessels
Alstom has won a $20m order to supply the propulsion and control systems for 10 new diesel electric platform supply vessels being built by Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Company of Alabama USA.
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NewsLegal Issues of Chinese Shipbuilding Explained
Chinese shipbuilders are rapidly expanding both their product ranges and their newbuilding capacity. In addition to an already well established product line of large vessels such as tankers and bulkers, Chinese yards are now building a range of export vessels which extend from ro-ro and ro-pax vessels downwards in size ...
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Commercial Marine Finance Makes seawork a Port of Call
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance, which is well established in the UK as a leisure marine finance provider, has expanded its activities to support commercial marine companies looking for asset funding. Paul Ratcliffe, who was appointed Asset Finance Manager - Marine last December, will be visiting seawork2003.
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NewsDeep Freeze Dredger Designed for Defiance
VOSTA LMG will deliver a CSD350 cutter suction dredger this month to a Russian customer who has specified that the vessel must be able to operate in Siberia at temperatures as low as -40ºC.
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NewsWODCON XVII Call for Papers
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA), organiser of next year''s World Dredging Congress (WODCON), has issued a Call for Papers to be presented at the triennial event. WODCON XVII will take place on 27 September through 1 October 2004 in Hamburg, held in conjunction with the 21st SMM International ...
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Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments
A new conference, ''Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments, '' is to take place on September 11 2003 at the National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI), Silsoe, UK.
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NewsFirst Caissons Floated Out for Durban Quay Wall Project
Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is carrying out in a Joint Venture (JV) with the local construction firms Grinaker-LTA and BCW.
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Snappy Conversions for German Cutters
German fishing authorities in Cuxhaven were reported very satisfied with the way German shipyard Bremerhavener Dock GmbH (BREDO) lengthened and converted three of their cutters and put them back into service on time, all inside just six weeks.
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NewsBMT Acquires Nigel Gee & Associates
British Maritime Technology Ltd has acquired Nigel Gee & Associates Ltd, the Southampton based designers specialising in innovative, high-speed mono and multi-hull vessels. Recent high profile designs include the X-Craft for the US Navy''s Office of Naval Research. Nigel Gee has provided the concept as well as preliminary and detailed ...
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NewsCroatian Shipyard Penetrates Ferry Newbuild Sector
The Viktor Lenac Shipyard in Croatia, best known for its repair and conversion work in Europe but also a builder of small specialist vessels, has now revealed it has also penetrated the market for ferry new buildings and said demand in that sector is expected to rise.
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Accreditation for Offshore Spill Training
The first e-learning package to train personnel in handling pollution incidents from offshore installations to UK standards has been accredited by the British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry.
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NewsUnique Cable Layer for Wide Range of Jobs
A newbuilding which combines the capabilities of shallow-water and deep-water cable laying and repair vessels has joined the fleet of Bohlen & Doyen Group subsidiary Submarine Cable & Pipe.
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Bulk Petroleum Coke to Hartlepool Dock
The PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping Group''s PD Teesport Hartlepool Dock facility has been chosen by Carbon International Ltd to provide cargo handling and storage services for up to 40,000 tonnes of bulk petroleum coke imported annually.
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NewsSouth Boats Head West for Flying Fisherman
Eastern Point is the 18th catamaran to be built by South Boats'' Isle of Wight yard. It has been custom-built at 34ft 10in to comply with Canadian fisheries regulations as it''s owner is Earl Johnson, a commercial fisherman based at Placentia Bay in North Harbour, Newfoundland.
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NewsModel Behaviour Shapes Coastal Protection Scheme
A working-scale model of the Blackpool UK seafront has been constructed by ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) in the company''s laboratory at the Port of Southampton as part of a research project commissioned by Blackpool Borough Council to help develop the most appropriate seawall defences for the north west''s coastal ...
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NewsCORRECTION: Wessex Marine Deliver Fourth Targa 31
Our coverage in the March MJ of Wessex Marine''s delivery of a fourth Ta rga 31 patrol boat to London''s Metropolitan Police was inadvertently accompanied by the wrong photograph. To correct matters, we run this photo of the real Nina MacKay undergoing sea trials at Poole prior to delivery.
