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  • Manuplas will display its range of bespoke sprayed fendering systems at Seawork
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    Manuplas sprayed fender systems

    2017-05-10T16:17:00Z

    Returning Seawork exhibitor Manuplas will showcase its range of bespoke sprayed fendering systems, designed for protecting the sides and bows of commercial vessels this year.

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    A case for quality and reliability

    2017-05-10T12:14:00Z

    According to Seawork exhibitor Esprit Electronics’ Sales Director, Russell Otter, price isn’t always a deal breaker when competing for new contracts. Potential customers also care about service levels, quality and reliability.

  • Falmouth Harbour Commissioners pilot boat 'Arrow'
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    Vessel operating cost workshop

    2017-05-10T11:58:00Z

    A workshop to explore saving fuel, reducing emissions and vessel optimisation will take place at Seawork International 2017 on Tuesday, 13th June 2017, 1530 – 1700 in the Upper Deck Conference Room.

  • The KP-99 series of plotters have a built-in Class B AIS transponder that transmits and receives AIS data
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    Chart plotter with in-built AIS

    2017-05-10T11:34:00Z

    The Chinese company Onwa makes a wide range of navigation and marine electronics but it is only just beginning to make its presence felt in the competitive international markets where there is a wide range of manufacturers already established.

  • Cruise 10.0R
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    Torqeedo to showcase motors at Seawork

    2017-05-10T11:09:00Z

    German-founded Torqeedo will display its Cruise 10.0R, Deep Blue Saildrive and Travel 1003 outboard electric motors at this year’s Seawork International exhibition.

  • The Pro-Tech is a heavy-duty polyester coated cover for Spinlock lifejackets and provides a resistant barrier for dirty industries
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    Award-winning Spinlock responds to commercial sector demands

    2017-05-10T10:45:00Z

    Spinlock, a UK-based designer and manufacturers of rope holding equipment and personal safety products for leisure and commercial water users, will once again be attending Seawork International. Spinlock will be launching two new products at the show - the Fluorescent Deckvest DURO and the Pro-Tech.

  • The Dutch Police valued the Stormer Rescue range's aluminium hull
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    Stormer Marine wins Dutch Police tender

    2017-05-10T10:20:00Z

    After a long and intensive tender process, Netherlands-based boatbuilder Stormer Marine has won a 20 boat order for the Dutch Police in the IPC-category.

  • CMAL's Oban ferry terminal- protected by CCTV
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    Integrated CCTV system for port and ferry terminal security

    2017-05-10T09:45:00Z

    Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) provide efficient, cost-effective harbour and port infrastructure services for operators and communities in and around Scotland, UK. The company owns and manages 26 ports, harbours and slipways, as well as the infrastructure necessary for vital ferry services serving the West coast of Scotland and the ...

  • MacGregor Virtual Reality suite showing a duplicate of what the subject is seeing on his headset
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    Engineering meets virtual reality

    2017-05-10T09:03:00Z

    These days, deck equipment and lifting gear needs simulation testing before full development, Geir Roland of MacGregor told MJ. “Working on a scale model – even a detailed, 3D printed model - won’t copy the physics. You need try things out on a computer.”

  • Hoyer motors will be driving the mooring winches for new icebreaking support vessels
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    Chill test at sixty below

    2017-05-10T08:59:00Z

    Reliability is a prerequisite for the type of rugged motors that lie at heart of marine winches – but while even normal support operations are demanding, icebreakers like the ones being built in Russia’s Vyborg yard add another layer of complexity.

  • The DLM Bight load hook will release on an acoustic signal
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    All about letting go

    2017-05-10T08:27:00Z

    A repair vessel may have just deployed a bight of telecoms fibre optic cable or similar product - but it’s still attached to the crane. So, how does it retrieve what may be a 1,000m length of load-carrying rope? After all, leaving it there is environmentally unfriendly if not downright ...

  • Fireboat keel laying at Fassmer (Photo: HPA/Wiebke Ahrlich)
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    Hamburg firefighter is biggest ever

    2017-05-09T09:58:00Z

    The keel has been laid in north Germany for what officials say will be “a ship of superlatives” and the biggest specialist fire-fighting vessel in the history of the Port of Hamburg.

  • New launches boast eco-friendly drive (Photo: Rainer Abicht Elbreederei)
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    New launches join Hamburg tour fleet

    2017-05-09T09:50:00Z

    A second new port passenger launch with advanced eco-friendly features was entering service on Hamburg’s more than 40 square kilometer port network in June.

  • Fuel tank arrival in Bremerhaven
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    Boxship LNG conversion is a first

    2017-05-09T09:39:00Z

    Scheduled to last more than a month mid-year in Bremerhaven, Germany, was what is being billed as the world’s first conversion of a container ship to LNG dual fuel propulsion.

  • It’s not often that a multimillion project finds a solution in a €50 games console
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    Game on

    2017-05-09T09:29:00Z

    Move your hands to turn a wheel, and you generally won’t be concentrating on integrating the movements of shoulder, elbow and wrist. Frankly, having to do so would probably stop most people even flipping on the light switch without thinking.

  • ROV corer technology showing flipper system: image  JAMSTEC
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    Getting to the core

    2017-05-09T09:20:00Z

    A new subsea industry, mineral mining, is getting underway. But as a result, support functions are also under pressure to evolve.

  • Jackets were towed from Denmark in sets of three, the ideal answer was to keep them on their own, specially designed concrete barges. Photo: Fabian Hoppe
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    Catching (and keeping) the wind

    2017-05-09T08:51:00Z

    Offshore wind turbines have trebled in size over a decade and another jump upward looks likely to come soon enough: so, how are ports responding to the step up in scale?

  • Deep Trekker 4k ROV
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    Deep Trekker launches ROV 4k recording

    2017-05-08T16:46:00Z

    Canadian-owned Deep Trekker has launched 4k recording technology in both its DTG2 and DTX2 ROV lines, which enables users to dive up to 150m and 305m respectively.

  • Be sure to download the Seawork app as your companion to the show this year
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    Download the Seawork app

    2017-05-08T14:24:00Z

    If you''re attending or exhibiting at Seawork International this year, make sure you don''t miss a beat by downloading the Seawork App.

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    Rohr of approval for new sand dredger

    2017-05-08T11:37:00Z

    Wisconsin, USA-based Rohr-Idreco has completed the installation of an RISD350-M, 350mm electric dredger for a North American sand and gravel winning operation.