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  • There are a number of players keen to save Portsmouth's shipbuilding capabilities
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    Progress made to salvage UK shipbuilding

    2014-04-10T14:19:00Z

    Progress is being made to rescue the future of UK shipbuilding as Lambert Smith Hampton is appointed to act as the marketing agent for a major facility at Portsmouth Dockyard.

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    Fenders for defence

    2014-04-10T13:01:00Z

    UK Norfolk based Fendercare Marine, supplier of marine products and services, has won a significant contract to supply Yokohama fenders to the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD).

  • The Aberdeen expansion will involve the construction of a new facility in Nigg Bay
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    Fugro EIA for Aberdeen

    2014-04-10T12:45:00Z

    Fugro EMU has been appointed to undertake a full Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and prepare an Environmental Statement (ES) in relation to the expansion of Aberdeen Harbour in the UK.

  • The Port of Gdansk in Poland is in line for a new €160m quay
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    Port of Gdansk redevelopment

    2014-04-10T11:44:00Z

    Engineering and development consultancy, Mott MacDonald, has been appointed by Deepwater Container Terminal Gdansk (DCT Gdansk) in Poland to carry out construction work for a new €160m quay.

  • FoundOcean mixed and pumped a total of 2,400 tonnes of cement into the foundations
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    Nordsee Ost windfarm work

    2014-04-10T10:22:00Z

    The UK’s FoundOcean has completed grouting operations on the 48th turbine, of RWE Innogy’s 295MW capacity Nordsee Ost Offshore windfarm.

  • Sealite replaced the traditional light with its LED Light Source in the Emery Point Lighthouse
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    Sealite LEDs brighten up Oz

    2014-04-09T15:48:00Z

    Long-time Seawork exhibitor, Sealite, recently completed an overhaul of Emery Point Lighthouse for Darwin Port Corporation.

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    Nitrox commercial diver training

    2014-04-09T12:52:00Z

    The UK''s Osiris Marine Services, a division of James Fisher and Sons plc, has completed what it says is the world''s first commercial Nitrox diver training at The Underwater Centre, Fort William.

  • The DIVE MK2 gauge uses the digital multiple echo technique to measure metal thickness
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    Underwater gauge launches in Middle East

    2014-04-09T12:52:00Z

    Unique System FZE, part of the UAE’s Unique Maritime Group, has introduced Cygnus Instrument’s new DIVE MK2 underwater gauge to the Middle East region.

  • The cleverly modified Falcon ROV from Saab Seaeye
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    Saab Seaeye ROV increases rescues

    2014-04-09T12:50:00Z

    A cleverly modified Saab Seaeye Falcon ROV is helping the Los Angeles Long Beach Fire Department to turn more recovery missions into live rescues.

  • Briggs Marine has established a commercial diving division
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    New diving division for Briggs

    2014-04-09T12:44:00Z

    The UK''s Briggs Marine has launched a new in-house commercial diving division which will allow its 40 vessel fleet to conduct diving services as part of the company’s expanding portfolio of services.

  • Geoff Billington, ISP
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    ISP salutes Seawork support

    2014-04-09T11:53:00Z

    UK-based marine safety specialist, International Safety Products (ISP), is preparing to return to Mercator Media Ltd''s Seawork Exhibition this year following a surge in overseas sales.

  • Hyde Guardian
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    Hyde Marine sells its 300th

    2014-04-09T09:55:00Z

    US-based Hyde Marine is to supply its Hyde Guardian HG150 ballast water management system (BWMS) for VT Halter Marine – the 300th Hyde Guardian unit sold.

  • The Eddie C has been refitted by Mick Godfrey of  Next Craft
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    New lease of life for the compact Eddie C

    2014-04-09T07:30:00Z

    The compact workboat/tug Eddie C graced the pages of MJ back in 2004 when it escorted the heavy lift, multi-purpose barge Terra Marique on its voyage up London’s River Thames to Isleworth, where it loaded the British Airways Concorde aircraft en route to its final resting place in Scotland.

  • Baus is the latest of a series of new tugs completed by Sanmar for Bukser og Berging of Oslo
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    Sanmar completes another new tug for Bukser

    2014-04-09T07:30:00Z

    Following hard on the heels of the world’s first LNG fuelled tug, Borgoy, the Norwegian tugowner Buksér og Berging AS has taken delivery of the Baus, a smaller diesel powered ASD tug also from Sanmar’s Tuzla shipyard in Turkey.

  • The Fairmount Glacier hooked up with Castoro Sei in Genoa
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    Steady tow to Rotterdam despite weather

    2014-04-09T07:30:00Z

    The tug Fairmount Glacier has towed the pipelay vessel Castoro Sei to Rotterdam, from where the vessel will start its seasonal activities on the North Sea.

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    Belgian bronze

    2014-04-09T07:30:00Z

    Belgian dredging and marine construction giant Jan De Nul has come third in the 14th edition of the country’s coveted Randstad Awards

  • PM Shipping secured the transport contract on the back of Seawork 2013
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    PM Shipping set to return to Seawork

    2014-04-08T17:04:00Z

    Germany-based PM Shipping is to return to Seawork this year following its successful debut in 2013, where it secured a contract to deliver a windfarm support vessel to Hong Kong.

  • Mechan has developed a platform crane that can transfer goods to and from supply vessels in high seas
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    Cranes for renewable operations

    2014-04-08T11:19:00Z

    UK heavy lifting specialist, Mechan, is entering a new market by spearheading development of jib cranes, designed specifically for use on offshore wind turbines.

  • Steelcraft Propellers offers an experienced, speciailst service
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    Steelcraft spins its story at Seawork

    2014-04-08T09:45:00Z

    Finland-based Steelcraft Propellers is exhibiting at Mercator Media Ltd''s Seawork Exhibition this year, where it will showcase a range of its bespoke propellers.

  • The casualty was anchored in St Austell Bay, supported by KML’s tug, landing craft and guard vessels
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    Successful salvage prevents coastal pollution

    2014-04-08T07:30:00Z

    Keynvor MorLift Ltd (KML) has successfully completed the salvage of the cargo vessel MV Sea Breeze off the coast of Cornwall UK.