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Cargo Handling Simulator for Maine Maritime
KMSS has won a contract to supply eight workstation based Cargo Handling Simulators to the Maine Maritime Academy in the USA. The system is being delivered in the spring and will consist of both the VLCC and Product Carrier Cargo Handling Models.
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NewsBobcat Bulks Up at Port of Hull
The UK''s first Bobcat T40170 17m telehandler has been purchased for material handling applications and routine maintenance work on dockside cranes at the Port of Hull.
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NewsCranes Pack Power as Holyhead Gets Tough
Effer cranes are to be fitted to two tugs belonging to Holyhead Towing, one a newbuilding currently under construction at the Hepworth Shipyard on Humberside, the other a refit of an existing boat to follow at the same shipyard.
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Get Decked Out at a Megastore Near You
Deck equipment in abundance comprises only a portion of the 14,000 products listed in a new 630 page mail order catalogue launched last month by Scotland''s Gael Force Marine.
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NewsNight Time Lift Spectacle Illuminates Central London
The 400 tonnes lifting capacity Smit sheerlegs Taklift 5 has recently paid a visit up the River Thames to central London to erect steelwork for a Millennium Commission project at Hungerford Bridge, near the Houses of Parliament.
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Research for Stronger Ropes
Rope testing being conducted this year for the Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) by Dutch rope specialists Lankhorst Touwfabrieken BV will lead to further advances in high strength fibre ropes for deepwater applications.
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NewsCatchbolt Shines Light on Work of the RNLI
Two Protex Catchbolts in stainless steel are specified by the RNLI to secure two folding deck worklights fitted to the forward end of the wheelhouse top on the RNLI Mersey and Tyne class all-weather lifeboats.
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NewsChallenge at Rumble Rock
The Northern Lighthouse Board is responsible for over 350 lights, buoys and navigation beacons in the north of the UK, stretching from Chicken Rock on the Isle of Man to Muckle Flugga in Northern Ireland.
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NewsWalcon Rides High on Marina Mania
Hampshire UK- based Walcon Marine enters 2002 with a healthy order book of marina construction projects maintaining the momentum of a successful 2001.
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Trinity Set for Inquiry Quartet
The precarious nature of obtaining planning consent for UK container terminals has been highlighted at Felixstowe, where the objections of a single individual look set to precipitate a public inquiry.
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NewsMultidisciplinary Site Investigation Close to Shipping Lanes
A multidisciplinary investigation has been completed by Foundation and Exploration Services Ltd (FES) at Harwich UK, where both land and marine drilling were required.
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NewsVersatile Plastic Pilings Are On The Up Down Under
Plastic Pilings Inc, the American manufacturer of marine piles and timber made of recycled plastic, has had a significant entry to the UK market via the Portsmouth Naval Base, where fender piles, wales and vertical fender planking have been selected by the Royal Navy to replace damaged hardwood fenders.
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NewsHigh-Point in Complex Port Design
Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel are providing verification of difficult designs for a £ 250 million deepwater port with a container terminal and free trade zone to be built in the Dominican Republic.
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NewsABP Acquires Ailsa-Troon Shipyard
Associated British Ports (ABP) has acquired the former Ailsa-Troon shipyard at ABP' s Port of Troon under a 50-year lease. The 5.5ha site - which contains two dry docks, a pier, two warehouses and 14,600sqm of land available for development - has not been used since December 2000.
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NewsUK-based Fender Manufacturer in Parallel Motion
Fentek, the UK-based manufacturer of fenders for ports and harbours, says the popularity of its Parallel Motion fender system continues to grow. Recent installations and orders have put the total number of Parallel Motion Fenders commissioned or under construction to over 160 systems since the first units were installed in ...
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NewsNews Rugged Bearings for Trimaran Concept Ship
Orkot TLM Marine Bearings were specified for rudder and stern shaft bearings on the RV Triton, a 90m long test vessel built in the UK to prove the trimaran concept on a full size ship.
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Rolls Royce Power Package for Wind Energy Vessel
Rolls Royce Marine has won the contract to supply an integrated power and propulsion package for the first of Mayflower Energy''s innovative Wind Turbine Installation Vessels being built at a shipyard in China.
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Wartsila Corporation Pays for Lips Service
The Wartsila Corporation has purchased marine propulsion systems supplier John Crane-Lips from its UK-based parent Smiths Group for ?350 million. Wartsila entered into a strategic agreement with John Crane-Lips in October 2000 and now sees integrated engine/propulsion systems accounting for up to 40% of its engine sales.
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Spanish Group Looks Set to Purchase HBG
A surprise ?756m cash offer from Spanish construction firm Grupo Dragados looks set to win control of Holland' s Hollandsche Beton Groep (HBG) and with it the recently merged Ballast HAM Dredging.
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NewsMajor Works at Renewed Lisnave
Portugal''s Lisnave shiprepairers continue to make good use of new facilities at the Mitrena Yard, 50km south of Lisbon in Setubal, undertaking extensive refurbishment and conversion work on 39,655dwt FPSO Jamestown.
