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£6m for Marine Induction Motor
Following an initial joint £ 20m contract award by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the French Government for the design, build and operation of an Electric Ship Technology Demonstrator (ESTD) facility, Alstom has been awarded a further £ 6m contract.
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NewsCummins Power Supply Vessels
Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana USA has delivered the Seacor Eagle, the first of two nearly identical 145.5ft supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas USA.
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NewsDeutz Power for New Coastal Freighter
Six cylinder engines from the ubiquitous Deutz 628 series have been chosen as the main drive for a new type of ship, the Crescent Rhine river carrier, a coastal freighter which was built at the Bodewes Scheepswerf Volharding Foxhol BV in Waterhuizen, Germany.
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NewsAir Starters for Marine Engines
This month sees the launch of a new range of turbine air starters for diesel and gas engines of 1 to 300 litre capacity from Oldbury UK based IPU Starting.
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Good Vibes for Diesels with Flydamp
Geislinger, the Austrian torsional vibration specialist, has launched Flydamp, a product which replaces the conventional damper, flywheel and torsional elastic coupling and is mounted instead of the original flywheel.
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NewsBarrus Adds MerCruiser at London Boat Show
E P Barrus Ltd attended the London Boat Show for the first time as distributors of the MerCruiser engine range.
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Redbus Makes Spanish Splash
A Divecat version of the Redbus 520 workboat has been sold by Redbus Workboats to the Diving Marbella scuba diving company based in the popular tourist destination in Southern Spain.
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NewsAndrews Survey Goes ROVing Off Denmark
Aberdeen based survey contractor Andrews Survey has recently completed a pipeline inspection in the Danish section of the North Sea, working in tandem with ROV operators Rovtech Ltd.
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NewsHumberside Hails Arrival of 'Pat M'
Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat M), wife of Humber Work Boats'' Managing Director John Morgan.
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NewsBristol Boosts Survey Operations
The Hydrographic Department of Bristol Port Company, controlling authority for the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, has completed a major upgrade of equipment which has already realised significant improvements in operational capabilities, according to Conservancy Manager Giles Stimson.
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NewsJan De Nul Orders the World's Largest Deep Dredging Installation
The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the world''s largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper dredger Vasco da Gama.
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Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks
The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winter''s exceptional floods.
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NewsDredging continues on River Wensum
The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishop''s Bridge and Fye Bridge on winter weekdays to minimise disruption to river traffic.
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NewsInnovative Design Saves Road From Sea
Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known road on the Isle of Wight - the A3055 or the ' Military Road' protected from erosion by ...
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'Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works' Published
The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) reports that the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers or FIDIC), has produced a new Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works.
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DHI Undertakes Environmental Studies for Causeway Project
Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) Water and Environmental and COWI A/S have been appointed as consultants for the next phase of the project to build the world' s longest fixed link, between Qatar and Bahrain in the Middle East.
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NewsNational Park Blow to Dibden Bay Plans
Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay have been dealt a blow after a key Government agency decided that the site should be included in the newly designated New Forest National Park.
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HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Depletion in Italy
HR Wallingford has been commissioned by Europrogetti and Finanza SpA to provide a regeneration programme for the dunes and the depleted beaches along the coastline between Salerno and Agropoli on the West Coast of Italy.
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CleanSeaNet spots oil
Irish authorities requested assistance last month from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to combat an oil spill initially detected by EMSA''s CleanSeaNet service 50 miles southeast of Fastnet Rock off the country''s West Cork coast.
