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NewsDamen Celebrate 75th Year Anniversary
Early in November the Damen Shipyards Group, with headquarters at Gorinchem, celebrated 75 years of shipbuilding under the Damen name and 34 years of unique progress under their present chairman Mr Kommer Damen.
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NewsDestroyed Destroyer Gets Long Lift Home
MV Swan, the 22,788 tonne semi-submersible heavy lift vessel, is en route from Sydney, Australia to Portsmouth UK carrying the badly holed Royal Navy destroyer HMS Nottingham.
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London Salvage Summit Scheduled for March
New initiatives concerned with effective marine casualty response will be debated at the International Marine Salvage Conference, to be held 19 March 2003 at the IMO''s London headquarters.
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NewsNew Identity for Ferry Operation
The English Channel and North Sea ferry operations of the P& O Group took on a new branding identity under the collective name of P& O Ferries last month.
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NewsIncrease in Lawsuit Number Triggers Safety Surfaces Boom
A massive increase in the number of personal injury lawsuits being brought by people hurt at work or in public places has resulted in a business boom for a company which manufactures and installs slip-proof stair tread covers and gratings.
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NewsRed Bay RIBs Away to Islay
Red Bay Boats has delivered a fifth Rescue RIB for the Highlands and Islands airport in Scotland. The 8m boat features a cuddy cabin forward and a large deck area designed for working casualties from a helicopter.
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NewsChildren in Need Appeal Gets Stuck on the Thames
Four replica historic warships, built only from basic materials and bonded together with Sikaflex elastic adhesive, take part in a sponsored trip down London''s River Thames this month in aid of Children in Need.
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NewsHigh Speed, High Payload Cat Design Contract
Southampton UK based naval architects Nigel Gee and Associates have won a design contract from the US Navy for a 1,000 tonne, 50 knot catamaran capable of carrying its own weight in payload and fuel. Together with the American Titan Corporation, Nigel Gee and Associates will furnish the completed contract ...
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NewsMajor Refit for Williams' 'Wilcarry'
Williams Shipping Marine has just completed a major refit of its vessel Wilcarry, a multi-purpose work barge with an 80t/m hydraulic crane, 25t pull 3-drum winch, hydraulically powered spud legs and 350m 2of working deck.
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NewsABP Breaks Wind Blade Record
A landmark shipment of giant wind turbine blades and components for the fast-growing global wind energy market sailed from the ABP Port of Southampton for Australia late last month.
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NewsTop Marks for Echomax
The Tees & Hartlepool Port Authority have now fitted Echomax 230 radar arrays to all seven vessels in their fleet of pilot vessels and workboats.
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NewsSpeak Now on EC Water Framework Directive
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association''s (CEDA) Environmental Steering Committee has expressed concern that all who may be affected should be aware of and participate in framing the EC''s Water Framework Directive (WFD), which came into force in December 2000 and will be incorporated into national legislation in the Member ...
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New Company Launched from Wijsmuller Legacy
A new Dutch maritime services company emerged last month as an offshoot of the former Wijsmuller Group. WorldWise Marine will be globally active in tug design, maritime engineering, chartering and brokerage, serving clients in the marine salvage and towage sectors.
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News'Anglian Princess' - the Most Powerful Yet for Klyne
When Anglian Princess took up her duties with the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) in September it marked a significant milestone for her owners Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd and the Coastguard service. This latest delivery, new from the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China, is the most powerful deepsea tug to ...
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NewsBlack Adder is Another First for Robert Allan
Early in September the first Ramparts 2400 class tug went into service with the Lyttelton Port Company Ltd of New Zealand, emphasizing once again the importance placed on compact, highly efficient, ship-handling tugs in that part of the world.
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NewsHong Kong Gets Six New Tugs
Hongkong Salvage & Towage (HKST) is meeting new demands for towage services with the construction of six new tugs, all based on established stern drive designs previously introduced to the local fleet.
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NewsAzipod Propulsion for New USCG Icebreaker
ABB has been awarded a contract by the Marinette Marine Corporation to supply electric propulsion drives and azipod propulsion systems and to act as the engine room single system integrator for a new Great Lakes Icebreaker design.
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SAM Extends Shaft Alternator Range
STN Atlas Marine Electronics has extended its range of shaft alternators for supplying mains power driven via the ship''s engine with the introduction of a new series of PWM (pulse width modulation) controlled systems providing improved rates of power generation at lower cost.
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NewsSuzuki Supplies Power for New MCA Pollution RIB
A new Sea Rover workboat powered by twin Suzuki 50hp EFI 4-stroke outboards has entered service with the Counter Pollution Branch of the UK''s Maritime & Coastguard Agency.
