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Vosper Thornycroft in Mediterranean Repair Agreement
Vosper Thornycroft Marine Products Ltd and Astilleros de Mallorca have signed a service agreement to cover the overhaul and repair of all VT equipment at Astilleros de Mallorca''s facility in Palma.
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NewsSuperstructures Added as 'Mistral' Heads for Completion
The last 125 ton superstructure section was lifted onto the French seismic research vessel Mistral late March as German repair and conversion specialist MWB worked through Easter to get the ship ready for scheduled re-delivery late May.
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NewsFast Start to New Year for A&P
The A& P Shipcare Group has made a flying start to 2002, having already completed a number of major contracts.
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NewsNew Voith Tractors for the French Navy
The first of two powerful Voith Schneider propelled tractor tugs is currently nearing completion for the French Navy at the Socarenam shipyard in Boulogne. Esterel, and sistership Luberon, are due for delivery later in the year and will be used to handle the aircraft carrier Charles De Gaulle at the ...
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International Tug and Salvage Event Set to Break Records
ITS 2002, the seventeenth International Tug & Salvage Convention and Exhibition, takes place in Bilbao, Spain from 13-17th May - a natural location bearing in mind the current strength of the host country''s tug building market.
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News'Supertug' for Charter
The 40,000ihp ''Supertug'' Fotiy Krylov has been offered for charter. Brokers Marcon International, Inc of Coupeville, WA, USA have been authorised by the Russian Navy to offer for long-term commercial bareboat charter the twin screw, ocean fire fighting salvage tugs Fotiy Krylov and the smaller SB-408.
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Volvo Penta Supply Engines for New Russian Tugs
Volvo Penta has signed an important order to supply engines for a series of new tugs for the Ukraine, in a deal involving the delivery of 15 diesel engines for three sister vessels to be built in 2002.
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Dredging Project is Precursor to New Facilities in Galway
The Department of the Marine and Natural Resources in Dublin, Ireland, has issued a tender for a major capital dredging project that will be carried out in, and adjacent to, the existing port at IRL-Rossaveel, Cashla Bay, on the north shore of Galway Bay.
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Good year from Van Oord ACZ
Van Oord Group, the Dutch dredging and marine construction firm, says it has ''a well filled order book'', and what it calls ''good prospects for profit in 2002''.
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NewsUK's Largest Ever Waterways Investment
Details of the largest ever programme of waterway restoration and construction undertaken in the UK - valued at more than over £ 500m, has been unveiled by British Waterways.
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NewsDevelopment Proposed at Gloucester Quays
At the beginning of April, British Waterways (BW) and Peel Developments announced plans for a major waterfront regeneration project in Gloucester in the UK. The project has the backing of the South West Regional Development Agency (SWRDA), and could cost in the order of £ 200m to bring to completion.
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NewsPublic inquiry Over UK Port Plans
The Port of Harwich in the UK has confirmed that the proposed £ 300m development of new facilities at Bathside Bay will be delayed by an as yet unknown period after the UK government ordered a public inquiry into the plan.
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Gwadar Port Work gets Underway
The first consignment of equipment for the construction of the new deep water port at Gwadar arrived in Pakistan in early March.
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NewsMTU Motors Ahead
For the eighth year in a row, marine engine manufacturer MTU Friedrichshafen has seen an increase in turnover led by advances in its most important individual market, the maritime sector.
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NewsScania Gensets Light Up 'St Clare'
Four Scania engines are supplying all on-board power for the ''St Clare'', the newest ferry to join WIGHTlink''s fleet of vessels plying the Portsmouth to Fishbourne route.
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NewsNew Tug and Workboat Range from MAN B&W
MAN B& W has followed up last year''s introduction of the L21/31 series of genset engines with a new marine propulsion generation of the medium speed engines in power outputs ranging from 1,200 to 1,900kW. The propulsion engine is largely based on the same engine components but with a different ...
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NewsDaewoo Starts the Year with Sales Boom
Exhibiting Daewoo marine engines at the Fishing 2002 event in Glasgow this month WaterMota Ltd, accompanied their main Scottish dealer, Morrison Engineering of Skye, and also Marine Mechanical Services of Co Down in Northern Ireland.
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NewsFutureproof Outboards for MCA 'Sea Rover' Workboat
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. The RIB has been fully tested and fitted out to MCA approval standards.
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NewsV-Line Compressors for Japanese Newbuilds
Hamworthy KSE has secured an order for its V-Line starting air compressors from the prolific Japanese shipbuilder Oshima.
