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NewsDivers Deliver Underwater Repairs
Underwater ship maintenance specialists UMC International''s Plymouth UK team has carried out a diagnostic underwater inspection of a reefer ship during a call to the Torbay anchorage. The ship was experiencing vibration and the owners wanted to know why.
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NewsMobdocks Beat Drydock for Thruster Repair
Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex won the SMM/Lloyds List 2002 Award for ''Innovation in Naval Shipbuilding and Marine Technology'' last autumn in Hamburg. A significant factor in their victory was the innovative double-Mobdock system, which has again been deployed to repair a container vessel while it was in port loading ...
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Multibeam Proceedings
Of likely interest to shallow water surveying enthusiasts are proceedings of a Hydrographic Society Southern Region multibeam workshop in Reading last November, attended by over 100 specialists from all sectors of industry.
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NewsVT TSS Launches New Pipe Tracker
VT TSS has developed a new TSS 440 pipe and cable tracker with a claimed tracking range of up to 50% more than its predecessor, the TSS 340.
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New Simrad Navaid
Simrad has introduced its GN33 B/W GPS Chart Navigator suitable for all sizes and types of commercial, fishing and coastal vessels. The company says it is the first GPS Navigator with an integral chart plotter to be accorded Wheel Mark approval by the German Maritime & Hydrographic Agency (BSH).
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Sakhalin Shallow Water Surveys
Romona Geosolutions, a joint venture offshoot of Chessington-based Thales GeoSolutions and its Russian partner, J/S Romona, reports successful completion of major shallow water bathymetric surveys off Sakhalin Island, adjacent to the Lunskoye oil field.
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U-Tows For China
WS EnviroTech of Selborne, Hampshire has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk 3 undulating marine data-gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in China following a delivery of two earlier systems to the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration (CSOA).
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NewsCentrum Piles Up a Production Record
Centrum Pile Ltd, formed by Aarsleff Piling in 2001, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff following the collapse last November of a proposed 50/50 joint ownership deal with Stent Foundations.
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NewsLargest Limpet Dam In Action at the Port of Felixstowe
John Martin Construction Ltd has recently undertaken some essential maintenance work at the Port of Felixstowe.
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NewsGoteborg Goes With the Changes
The Swedish Port of Goteborg''s board has approved the Port''s largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for the future.
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NewsSeacore Left High and Dry in Devon
Cornwall based Seacore Ltd has demonstrated the versatility of one of its Skate II series jack up platforms during the replacement and extension of a seawall outfall pipeline down steep cliffs and out to sea to help enhance the water quality at one of the UK''s premier surfing beaches at ...
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Tests Underway to Enhance Recycled Decking
Portsmouth UK based Plasti Ltd are conducting a series of tests in conjunction with Anglia Waterblast, Jotun and the Royal Military College at Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University) aimed at further enhancing the non-slip properties of their decking planks, which are manufactured from 100% recycled materials.
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Studies for Nile Delta Terminal
EGS (International) recently completed a one year programme of metocean measurements in Egypt for the BG Group. BG are developing a new terminal to the west of the Nile Delta which will export LNG.
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News'Amazone' in Africa for Pipeline Dredging Works
The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny Island. The OGGS project is a final piece in Shell Oil''s programme to phase out all gas flaring ...
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NewsFelixstowe Expansion Underway
Civil engineering contractors Costain began work earlier this month on a £ 28m project to extend Trinity Terminal at the UK Port of Felixstowe. The Port was granted the Harbour Revision Order to proceed with the works last October following a Public Inquiry earlier in 2002.
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Timber Research for Coastal and Fluvial Engineering
Timber has traditionally been used for the construction of a wide variety of coastal and fluvial structures including groynes, jetties, lock gates and river bank protection throughout the UK.
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NewsDemand Surge for Rough Terrain Container Handlers
As mobilisation builds for a possible war with Iraq, the Tank Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) of the US Army has placed another delivery order with the Kalmar RT Center LLC for Rough Terrain Container Handlers (RTCH). The new delivery order totals 93 machines and other logistical items carrying a ...
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Solar Solve Launch ROLASOLV
South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine has supplemented its well established range of type approved SOLASOLV anti-glare sunscreens with the launch of ROLASOLV, a range of fire retardant roller blinds for crew and passenger accommodation areas.
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Norwegian Shipowner Earns Prestige
As controversy continues in the wake of the Prestige sinking off Spain, a refreshing approach to vessel management was seen in the UK earlier this month when the single hulled oil tanker Arendal was detained in Shetland after its owners requested a classification society surveyor inspect cracks reported by the ...
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NewsRussian Hulls for Germany's New Coast Guard Vessels
The German Coast Guard has taken delivery of Bad Bramstedt, the first of three advanced new patrol boats from Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder for service mainly in the German Bight region of the North Sea.
