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  • Liverpool's new container terminal will be subject to particular environmental conditions (BMT Group)
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    Liverpool2 study completed

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    UK based BMT Group have completed a series of studies to identify and assess the various impacts of larger vessels that will be using the new Seaforth Liverpool2 container terminal.

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    Balfour Beatty wins Blackpool sea defence contract

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    A £73m contract for two sea defence projects at Blackpool has been awarded to Balfour Beatty.

  • Bulani is the first of a new breed of compact tugs from Sanmar
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    Bulani - the first of a new breed

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    Sanmar, the Turkish shipbuilder and tug owner, has introduced yet another new tug to their design portfolio.

  • Terasea Eagle has entered service with the POSH Terasea consortium
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    TOWLINES

    2013-12-03T07:30:00Z

    Terasea Pte Ltd of Singapore, part of the POSH Terasea consortium, has taken delivery of the Terasea Eagle, the third anchorhandler in a series of four identical vessels to be built by the Universal Shipbuilding Corp in Japan. The 75.3m vessel has a bollard pull of 200 tonnes thanks to ...

  • Sea Marshals has opened the new office to cope with its increasing workload
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    Sea Marshals expands

    2013-12-02T12:30:00Z

    International private maritime security expert, Sea Marshals Ltd, has expanded into new premises to cope with an increase in business, particularly in the Gulfs of Guinea and Aden.

  • Eileen McLoughlin is the second 16m twin-screw tug to be built for McLoughlin
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    Six new tugs – all to Macduff designs

    2013-12-02T07:30:00Z

    In the past few weeks six new tugs have been completed, all to designs by Macduff Ship Design Ltd.

  • Gerhard Kutt at the helm of one of his craft
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    Gerhard Kutt: Daredevil turned innovator

    2013-12-01T16:30:00Z

    Gerhard Kutt, of internationally based (Hydrofoil Assisted Water Craft) HAWC Technologies absorbed lessons in hydrodynamics from an interesting perspective, the wake of a speedboat.

  • The new test centre will have a central role in propulsion related R&D activities
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    Wärtsilä opens new test facility

    2013-11-29T12:21:00Z

    Wärtsilä has opened its new test facility for future propulsion products and technology.

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    Periplus-Rijkswaterstaat framework agreement

    2013-11-29T07:30:00Z

    Amsterdam based Periplus Group, which specialises in providing construction support work for the oil and gas industries on the Dutch Continental Shelf with in-house processing of hydrographic and geophysical data, has signed a three year framework hydrography agreement with Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment Department organisation responsible ...

  • It has to be remembered that over 1,000 turbines are now operating in UK waters (Peter Barker)
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    RWE stops Atlantic Array development

    2013-11-28T16:34:00Z

    German windfarm developer RWE Innogy has announced it has stopped development of its proposed Atlantic Array offshore windfarm in the Bristol Channel Zone, part of the UK’s Round 3 plans.

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    Dalrymple Award for ABP hydrographic manager

    2013-11-28T07:30:00Z

    William Heaps, assistant marine advisor and hydrographic manager of Associated British Ports Group at Southampton, is the recipient of this year’s UK Hydrographic Office Alexander Dalrymple Award.

  • The Fast Surveyboat 7.50, a planing craft capable of performing high speed survey at 22 knots, as seen at Europort
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    Europort success for DutchWorkboats

    2013-11-28T07:30:00Z

    The first sale of a transportable ready to work fast hydrographic vessel with a top survey speed of 30km per hour was reported at last month’s Europort exhibition in Rotterdam by Muiden based DutchWorkboats BV and its partner, Stema Systems.

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    Google maps the Thames

    2013-11-28T07:30:00Z

    Google has completed mapping 360 different views of the River Thames as part of its global Street View with the aid of specialist survey equipment aboard the Port of London Authority’s hydrographic vessel, Yantlet.

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    Fugro EMU completes MCA project

    2013-11-28T07:30:00Z

    Fugro EMU of Durley, Southampton, which claims to be the UK’s largest commercial marine environmental services organisation, has concluded its involvement in the 2011-2013 Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) Civil Hydrography Programme with acquisition of the last of over 15bn bathymetric soundings.

  • Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu: “Our global effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions must continue and implementation of EEDI must be progressed”
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    28th IMO Assembly opens

    2013-11-27T16:23:00Z

    The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has opened the 28th session of the Assembly which will run until 4 December at IMO headquarters.

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    Basque energy 'revolution'

    2013-11-27T14:51:00Z

    The Basque Government and the Basque Energy Board (EVE) are looking to build a real ''smart energy revolution'' in Spain''s Basque Country, with the offshore wind sector at the core.

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    Diesel deal

    2013-11-27T07:30:00Z

    Turner Engine Powered Services Ltd (Turner EPS) has been appointed as the new GE marine parts and services distributor for Norway, covering the GE Marine engine family.

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    LNG newbuild

    2013-11-27T07:30:00Z

    The new Fassmer built Helgoland ferry for AG EMS will be constructed under the supervision of classification society DNV GL.

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    GOP launches

    2013-11-27T07:30:00Z

    Turnkey offshore logistic solutions provider German Offshore Partners (GOP) officially launched at EWEA Offshore 2013 in Frankfurt last month.

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    B2MoS Kick-Off

    2013-11-27T07:30:00Z

    The official Kick-Off Meeting of the B2MoS (Business to Motorways of the Sea) project took place in Valencia, Spain last month, hosted by the Valenciaport Foundation and the Port Authority of Valencia.