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    ECDIS clarifications

    2012-10-01T07:30:00Z

    The manufacturers of ECDIS equipment are to publish information on the latest versions of the software used to operate their equipment, in order to help clarify certain anomalies that had been identified with some older systems.

  • The high visbility buoys will mark the deepwater approach to Belfast Harbour
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    Belfast receives Hydrosphere safety

    2012-09-29T17:25:00Z

    UK Aids to Navigation company, Hydrosphere UK Ltd, has supervised the successful build of four high visibility navigation buoys supplied to Belfast Harbour in Ireland, to mark the deepwater approach to the main channel.

  • RenewableUK CEO Maria McCaffery addresses last year’s event
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    34th RenewableUK conference and exhibition

    2012-09-28T16:41:00Z

    More than 5,000 participants and 300 exhibitors are expected at the 34th annual RenewableUK conference and exhibition in Glasgow on 30 October through 1 November.

  • 'SS Mantola'. Photo: Odyssey Marine Exploration
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    Bad weather affects salvage projects

    2012-09-28T15:45:00Z

    Florida based shipwreck recovery specialist, Odyssey Marine Exploration, recently announced it is putting ‘Gairsoppa’ and ‘Mantola’ recovery operations on hold due to current weather conditions in the North Atlantic.

  • Over the years METS has pulled in big crowds regardless of the economic climate
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    METS celebrates 25th anniversary

    2012-09-28T15:40:00Z

    METS, the flagship trade show of the international marine leisure industry, marks its 25th anniversary in 2012.

  • The Jumbo Javelin is able to carry up to 9 TP’s at a time, stowed vertically in the hold
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    Jumbo sized TP installation job completed

    2012-09-28T07:30:00Z

    Rotterdam based Jumbo has successfully completed the transition piece (TP) installation for the Anholt Offshore Wind Farm, off the Danish coast.

  • Radio Link Plus is seen in use by a hire customer
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    Straightpoint launches load cell hire division

    2012-09-28T07:30:00Z

    Force measurement, load monitoring and suspended weighing load cells designer and manufacturer Straightpoint has launched a load cell hire division for use on short or one off projects and within the offshore market.

  • Sessions in HR Wallingford’s hydraulics laboratory and navigation simulator added to the practical aspects of the course
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    First IDCORE summer school for renewables

    2012-09-28T07:30:00Z

    The Oxfordshire UK based independent engineering and environmental hydraulics organisation HR Wallingford has hosted a summer school for some of the brightest renewable energy engineers in the country.

  • Steyr’s current parallel hybrid engine
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    Expansion on the cards for new look Steyr

    2012-09-27T16:57:00Z

    Steyr Motors GmbH and Phoenix Tree HSC Investment (Wuhan) Co Ltd (PTC) have closed a purchase deal with 100% of the shares of Steyr Motors GmbH and its subsidiaries Steyr Motors Liegenschaften GmbH and Steyr Motors North America Inc going to the Chinese investor group.

  • The IMO is reflecting on the safety of passenger shipping on the centenary anniversary of the Titanic disaster
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    IMO plans ‘Future of Ship Safety’

    2012-09-27T15:51:00Z

    Thursday marked the 35th celebration of World Maritime Day. This year’s theme is ‘IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic’.

  • The Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm, the UK’s single largest in operation, was opened yesterday by Crown Prince Haakon of Norway
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    Sheringham Shoal opens

    2012-09-27T15:50:00Z

    Crown Prince Haakon of Norway officially opened the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm at the end of last month.

  • Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd’s 250kW prototype SR250 model is currently generating power in a two year test programme in Orkney. Photo: Scotrenewables
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    Scottish wave and tidal energy funding

    2012-09-27T15:49:00Z

    Funding to the tune of £7.9m has been announced by the Scottish Government for five marine energy developers, intended to further the development and testing of new wave and tidal prototypes in the seas around Scotland.

  • The first official caller at the €1bn JadeWeser Port container terminal was the 7,500 TEU Maersk Laguna
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    JWP completes major land reclamation

    2012-09-27T15:49:00Z

    One of the biggest land reclamation and dredging projects in German port history officially ended with the inauguration last Friday of first phase operation at the €1bn JadeWeser Port (JWP) container terminal in Wilhelmshaven.

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    Heavy duty Hercules takes a bow

    2012-09-27T15:20:00Z

    A heavy duty bow thruster has joined the range of hydraulic products and services at Hercules Hydraulics.

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    Further wave and tidal surveys in Scotland

    2012-09-27T07:30:00Z

    The Partrac marine team has completed a second year of surveys in the Pentland Firth and Orkney Waters.

  • A large crowd turned out for the naming ceremony of Innovation in Bremerhaven
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    Innovation goes to work in the North Sea

    2012-09-27T07:30:00Z

    The most powerful heavy lift jack-up vessel, Innovation, was named in Bremerhaven in September by Mrs Geertrui Van Rompuy-Windels, Europe''s First Lady and spouse of Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.

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    UK renewables to equal thermal by 2025

    2012-09-27T07:30:00Z

    Growing government support, combined with significant untapped potential, could see the UK’s renewable energy installed capacity almost match that of the traditionally dominant thermal sector by 2025, states new research by alternative energy experts GlobalData.

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    Marine surveying HND

    2012-09-26T14:29:00Z

    The International Institute of Marine Surveying (IIMS) has been approved by Edexcel to deliver the first educational approved Higher National Certificate (HNC) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in marine surveying.

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    51st Marine Measurement Forum

    2012-09-26T07:30:00Z

    Abstracts or proposals for 15-20 minute presentations on any aspect of marine measurement technology are invited by The Hydrographic Society UK as hosts of the 51st Marine Measurement Forum (MMF) in Southampton on Wednesday 5 December.