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NewsVenice Port masterplan
Venice Port Authority has published the international tender for the drafting of the new port masterplan, which will set the basis for the port development up until 2050.
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Boskalis lands home market contracts
Dutch dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster has come first in the bidding for two major contacts in its home market.
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NewsWeed harvester heads for Lake Victoria
The lastest Italian-built Italdraghe acquatic weed harvester is now on its way to Kenya.
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NewsVan Oord goes dredging at home and abroad
The Dutch Highways and Waterways Agency (Rijkswaterstaat) has awarded the construction of the new IJmuiden sea lock, which is located at the entrance to the North Sea Canal, officially to the Consortium OpenIJ.
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NewsIHC launches Mahury and speeds strategy
The Netherlands’ Royal IHC has launched the 1,840m3 capacity twin-screw trailing suction hopper dredger’ Mahury’ at partner shipyard MTG Dolphin Shipyard in Varna, Bulgaria.
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SEAEXPLORER ready to take the plunge
Europe’s only deep sea glider, developed by France-based Alseamar, is being upgraded to enable it to dive 5km in some of the world’s deepest oceans to carry out environmental impact checks from oil and gas drilling.
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NewsHarbour clean-ups US-style
US-based pollution control specialist Elastec is manufacturing trash and debris collection boats to skim floating litter from harbours and waterways. Designed to be manoeuvrable in hard to reach areas, the boat has an inverted bow to usher floating refuse into its 98 cubic feet trash basket.
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NewsNew home for Fugro Academy
Fugro Academy, the in-house training centre for Fugro, the Netherlands-based provider of geotechnical, survey, subsea and geosciences services, is moving into a new home at Plymouth’s Turnchapel Wharf, UK.
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IMRF meeting
The European Regional Meeting of the International Maritime Rescue Federation will take place in Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland from 28-30 October 2015, and it will come as no surprise that strategies to cope with the Mediterranean migrant crisis will be high on the agenda.
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NewsApprentices graduate at Seacat Services
UK-based offshore renewables support vessel operator, Seacat Services, has announced the graduation of its first group of young seafarers from its Maritime Apprenticeship programme. The successful graduates have taken the first step towards long-term careers in the offshore energy sector and will now discuss future career opportunities with Seacat Services.
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NewsSwire WROV investment
Norwegian subsea operation specialist, Swire Seabed, has placed an order for two Kystdesign Supporter Work-Class Remotely Operated Vehicles (WROVs) with Lidan Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS), for delivery in February 2016. Swire Seabed has the option to purchase two more WROVs.
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NewsSmart Torque Meter unveiled
BMT SMART Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group, is expanding its range of Fleet Vessel Performance Management (FVPM) products with a new SMARTPOWER Torque Meter.
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NewsSuper-clean tour boat
Australian naval architecture company Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of ‘Wavelength 4’, a 19m aluminium catamaran tour vessel claimed by its operator to be “the cleanest tour vessel on the Great Barrier Reef”.
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NewsNavigation Accidents and their Causes
The Nautical Institute’s latest book looks at major casualties and the lessons that can be learned, setting out good practice to avoid them in future.
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NewsUkrainian situation drives further sales
Willard Marine of California, USA, a 56-year-old builder of composite and aluminium boats, has received an order to supply the Ukrainian navy with four aluminium patrol boats, with an option for a fifth.
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NewsDamen crane ship repair job
A Zhenhua Heavy Industries crane ship has left Damen Shiprepair Dunkerque after ten days of maintenance and repairs.
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NewsHull Vane claims 12.5% fuel saving
According to a study using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), the fitting of a transom mounted Hull Vane from Netherlands-based Van Oossanen Naval Architects could save up to 12.5% in fuel costs in an offshore patrol vessel.
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NewsOcean Energy Europe 2015
Ocean Energy Europe 2015 will take place in Dublin, Ireland on 20 - 21 October. Each year, Ocean Energy Europe produces its annual conference in strategically important Member States and it describes itself as the key political event on the ocean energy (principally wave and tidal power) calendar.
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News‘MPI Adventure’ installs final blade for Amrumbank
Dutch-owned MPI Offshore announced in September that its wind-turbine-installation vessel ‘MPI Adventure’ had just installed the final blade of the 80-turbine Amrumbank West Offshore Wind Farm in the German North Sea.
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Waterbag rental operation
Unique Group’s Buoyancy & Ballast division has opened a new rental operation in Rotterdam specifically for the division’s Seaflex brand, the UK-based waterbag specialist.
