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World Dredging Congress XVII Tied to Next SMM Exhibition
The World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA) has announced that the 17th World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will take place in Hamburg from 27 September through to 1 October 2004, coinciding with the 21st staging of SMM. WODCON will be held at the CCH-Congress Centrum, which is linked by a covered ...
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NewsVOSTA and STN Sign Dredging Partnership Agreement
VOSTA.LMG, the Amsterdam based dredger builder and dredging components supplier, has signed a partner agreement with Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics under which the two companies will co-operate in the development and worldwide marketing of automated dredging systems.
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NewsVT Ocean Sciences' Ship-Time Prize
VT Ocean Sciences, the joint venture between VT Group and the University of Wales at Bangor, has launched a scheme for applicants within the European marine science community who want funded ship-time aboard its research ship launched in the summer of last year, RV Prince Madog.
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IMarEST Accreditation
The London-based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST), the international professional body and learned society which claims to be the largest marine organisation of its kind with a worldwide membership of 16,000 in over 100 countries, is now offering accredited membership to hydrographers, geologists and oceanographers among others.
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Suez Canal Contract
Atlas Hydrographic, based in Cairns, Australia and Bremen, Germany, has been awarded a contract worth more than ¢ 500,000 by the Suez Canal Authority in Ismailia for supply of multibeam echosounding facilities and associated equipment. According to the company, the equipment will be primarily used aboard a survey launch for ...
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NewsGareloch Expands Fleet with Multi-Role 'Laura M'
Scottish marine plant operator Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd has taken delivery of a new MRV 20 multi-role vessel built by Halmatic at their Portchester yard. The Laura M becomes Gareloch''s flagship vessel, complementing an existing MRV 15 and a 10m Damen Multi-Cat.
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NewsIt's All Go for New Name MarineCo
Mid-Lothian, Scotland based Environmental Engineering has changed the name for the marine section of their business to MarineCo UK Ltd. The move follows feedback from participation in their first ever exhibition this summer, seawork2002 in Southampton.
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NewsDew Piles It On for Rosyth Ro-Ro Port
The Port of Rosyth already had much of the required infrastructure in place when it received the go-ahead early this year to become Scotland''s first ferry link to mainland Europe via a Superfast ro-ro service to Zeebrugge.
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NewsMilford Haven Goes Green with Plastic Timber
The Milford Haven Port Authority in the UK has demonstrated its commitment to conservation by using fender pilings made of recycled plastic in place of rain forest hardwood. During a £ 130,000 planned maintenance of their pilot jetty, the Authority and their consultants from the Babtie Group opted for fender ...
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NewsEA to Enlarge Lydney Docks Marina
The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK, which is planning a major regeneration effort at Lydney Docks near Gloucester, has increased the size of the marina it is planning to build to help pay for the project, and says it anticipates building a facility with 80-90 berths initially, in phase ...
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NewsDamen Deliver the First of New ASD 2810 Design
Italian tug owners SCAFI Societa di Navigazione S. p. a. based in La Spezia, Italy have taken delivery of the first new ASD 2810 tug from Damen Shipyards of Gorinchem in the Netherlands.
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STN Atlas 'Always a Step Ahead'
Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics does not have far to travel for SMM 2002, where it will show a comprehensive range of advanced ship automation, communication, navigation, propulsion and power management systems under the theme Always A Step Ahead.
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New Control System for Rotterdam's ECT
Germany''s Port Technology, Gottwald''s Terminal Systems Division, in co-operation with Navis LLC of California USA, have won an order from Rotterdam''s ECT Delta Terminal to replace several existing terminal management systems by a single integrated software system for terminal management.
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News'Prime Movers' Think Big at SMM
The MAN B&W Diesel Group will present two new marine engine developments as well as their next generation of turbochargers under the title Prime Movers across 350m 2ofexhibition space on Stand 6001 in Hall 6 at SMM 2002.
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NewsNew Flexible Driveshaft Couplings from Centa
The recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces the overall length of the unit.
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NewsVolvo D12 Launches Heavy Duty Diesel Range
Volvo Penta has introduced its new D12 Heavy Duty 12 litre marine diesel which, with totally electronic control, is the first of a new generation of engines for heavy commercial operations.
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NewsOrkot Marine Bearings on Show
Orkot TLM Marine Bearings, which will be on show at Stand 2174 in Hall 2 at SMM, have approvals from all the main classification societies for use as rudder bearings and water lubricated stern tube bearings.
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NewsLong Silence for Halyard
Portsmouth UK based Halyard has just celebrated the production of its 10,000th 3m length of filament wound GRP tube. Laid end to end they would stretch for 30km.
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NewsCouplings Provide Build Power for Record FPSO
Halifax UK based Renold Hi-Tec Couplings has helped provide temporary power for what is claimed to be the world''s largest FPSO unit while the vessel was under construction. Renold supplied five RB 3.86 flexible rubberin-compression transmission couplings for generator sets used on the 343,000 tonne vessel at the Hyundai shipyard ...
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NewsNew Caterpillar Unit Stalks Workboat Diesel Engine Market
Caterpillar has released a full line of ratings for its new C12 marine diesel engine.
