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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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NewsLeeSan Gets Pumped Up for seawork
seawork2003 exhibitor Lee Sanitation has provided pump out facilities for a just completed new marina basin at Apsley Mill on the Grand Union Canal at Hemel Hempstead.
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News'Mount Stuart' is First Halmatic Cara Fast Pilot Launch
The first vessel to result from VT Halmatic''s acquisition of Cara Marine''s workboat range has been delivered this month to the Clyde Ports Authority.
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Holyhead Towing Company Orders from Hepworth
The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has once again returned to Humber based Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull for their next new tug. Due for delivery in January 2004, the new tug will be larger than any of the existing vessels in the Holyhead fleet but similar in configuration to the ...
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NewsTugs Attend Atlantic Casualties
Winter gales and machinery breakdowns have resulted in a number of shipping casualties in the Atlantic Ocean needing tug assistance.
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NewsA New Tug and Barge Service for Aggregates
Starting earlier this year, a new tug and barge combination has entered service between the Isle of Wight and the mainland for the transportation of sand and ballast. Harbrown Shipping Ltd of Newport, Isle of Wight has purchased a tug and barge to replace an elderly coaster on the trip ...
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NewsTowlines
Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem has delivered the ASD Tug 3110 Righa 1 to Enterprise Portuaire de Skikda (PS) of Algeria. The 30.8m vessel is powered by two MAK 6M20 diesels generating a total of 3058bhp to drive a pair of Rolls Royce US 155 fully azimuthing propulsion units. On trials ...
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NewsQuiet Spanish Tractors for Israel
The Spanish shipyard Union Naval Valencia (UNV) is gaining a considerable reputation for the construction of modern shiphandling tugs and Voith tractors in particular.
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NewsNavaid Solar Power Supplies Top Tough Testing
Dartmouth UK based BecoSolar has been specialising in navaid power supplies since 1976, turning to solar electric (photovoltaic) in 1989. All products made by Beco and BP are manufactured to ISO9001 and ISO9002.
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NewsTideland Tower Beacons for Gulf
The Kuwait Oil Company (KOC) has awarded Tideland Signal Ltd a contract to supply tower mounted beacons to mark two navigational reefs in the Arabian Gulf.
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NewsUpgraded Irish VTS Gets Tracking Bonus
By combining their purchasing power with EC grants, the four Irish ports of Cork, Shannon, Rosslare and Waterford have installed VTS systems that are technically more advanced than those of some ports many times their size. The STN Atlas VTS systems at Shannon, Cork and Waterford also include a Thales ...
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Wheel Mark Approval for New GPS Chartnavigator
Simrad''s newly launched GN33 B/W GPS Chartnavigator is the first GPS Navigator with built-in chartplotter to gain the Wheel Mark approval awarded by BSH in Germany. Aimed at all sizes of commercial and coastal vessels, the GN33 succeeds the GN30 DGPS, which was also awarded Wheel Mark approval upon its ...
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BHS Type Approval for New UAIS Control Unit
STN Atlas Marine Electronics'' new Debeg 3401 UAIS Display and Control Unit (DCU), designed for operation and primary display of data in support of its European Wheelmark certified 3400 UAIS, has been type approved by the German Maritime & Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
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NewsNewNavigation Echosounder From Lilley and Gillie
Lilley and Gillie have launched a new Type Approved MED Wheelmark Navigation Echosounder, the Walker 9090.
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MCA Brings Successful Prosecution of Pollution Ship
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency successfully prosecuted Freedom Investments of Panama earlier this month following an incident last year when one of their general cargo vessels breached the Prevention of Oil Pollution Regulations.
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Nyet In My Back Yard, say Norwegians
The Norwegian parliament is considering a new Act that will extend the country''s territorial sea from four to 12 nautical miles. The proposed Act is designed to reduce the threat of environmental pollution from oil spills and comes in the wake of the recent Prestige incident.
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NewsminimaXx Scoops 'Product of the Year'
The minimaXx separator type OSD 2 from Germany''s Westflia Separator has scooped the prestigious Product of the Year 2002 award at a ceremony in Washington DC USA sponsored by the highly regarded trade journal ''Filtration and Separation''.
