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  • Crowded pontoons at Seawork 2012
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    Seawork 2012 reflects a buoyant industry

    2012-06-12T15:06:00Z

    Over 6500 members of the international commercial marine industry converged on Seawork 2012 last month with many new business deals being agreed and vessel hand overs taking place at the exhibition.

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    Waterways protection policy

    2012-06-12T14:52:00Z

    Ireland’s Mid West Regional Authority (MWRA) has been allocated € 192,000 under an EU-funded programme to promote the environmental protection and economic development of the Mid West Region’s principal waterways.

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    Bumper edition of 'Harwich Ahoy!'

    2012-06-12T14:52:00Z

    A bumper 44 page printed edition of ''Harwich Ahoy!'' has been published in support of the Harwich RNLI lifeboat.

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    Jan De Nul’s Oz win

    2012-06-12T14:52:00Z

    Belgium’s Jan De Nul NV together with its local partner Baulderstone has won the prestigious Australian Construction Achievement Award 2012.

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    HHLA boxes up

    2012-06-12T14:51:00Z

    Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its container throughput to 1.7m teu in the first quarter of 2012.

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    TOWLINES

    2012-06-12T11:53:00Z

  • The first ‘Cape’ Class Boat is now being built Photo: Austal
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    Austal lay patrol boat keel

    2012-06-12T11:13:00Z

    Australia''s Austal has demonstrated the fast progress of the Cape Class Patrol Boat Programme with a keel-laying ceremony recently.

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    Free bollard guide

    2012-06-11T14:51:00Z

    Safe berthing and mooring operations are critical to the success of ports, harbours and offshore environments.

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    Ferry build spec

    2012-06-08T14:50:00Z

    Employee owned marine design business Houlder has been contracted by Gosport Ferry Ltd to prepare a design and build specification for a new ferry.

  • Willem Steenge, managing director of IHC Tidal Energy, and Manon Janssen, managing director of Ecofys complete the agreement.
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    IHC acquires tidal and wave energy expertise

    2012-06-07T16:21:00Z

    IHC Merwede in the Netherlands signed an agreement last week to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys, which is known for its expertise in sustainable energy solutions.

  • The Njord Offshore vessels, currently under build in Singapore, will be Strategic Marine’s first deliveries into the UK wind energy market
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    Oz-UK agreement for WFSV sales and support

    2012-06-07T16:20:00Z

    Australia based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has entered a sales and service agency agreement with UK firm Testbank Ship Repair Ltd.

  • The smallest of the range, the Spillglop 180, can sweep an area of 35,000 m² per hour
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    Ocean going oil spill recovery vessels

    2012-06-07T16:19:00Z

    French oil spill clean up specialists Ecoceane has introduced a new range of pollution control vessels that are designed to operate in open seas and even in ice conditions.

  • The building which weighed 200 tonnes and measured 20m by 30m, had to be lifted using a sheerleg crane on to the prepared framework
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    Southend Pier gets ‘Big Lift’

    2012-06-07T15:50:00Z

    How do you create a large building at the end of a pier when it is too fragile to handle direct construction work? This was the issue surrounding the placing of a new culture centre onto the UK’s Victorian Southend Pier.

  • The application allows online users to see the ecological basis for 10 potential MCZ options
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    Web mapping solution for Welsh MCZs

    2012-06-06T16:28:00Z

    The Welsh Government has chosen a web mapping application from emapsite and OceanWise to support a public consultation exercise on Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs).

  • The first 17 candidates completed the two week intensive vessel protection course last week
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    New ship security course

    2012-06-06T16:27:00Z

    Last week, the first candidates completed their two week training for the maritime vessel protection course run by international maritime and offshore industry risk consultants, Eos Risk Management.

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    WBV and H-SURV seminars

    2012-06-06T11:58:00Z

    FRC International is hosting a unique two day event for the professional RIB and high speed craft sector at RNLI Lifeboat College, Poole UK in July 2012.

  • The ‘Blue Energy’ workshop will be hosted by the Port of Ramsgate
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    A PATCH on ‘Blue Energy’

    2012-06-06T11:11:00Z

    PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) ‘Blue Energy’ workshop, hosted by the Port of Ramsgate, will take place later this month on 22 June 2012.

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    Fast loading ACES

    2012-06-06T09:00:00Z

    ChartWorld International has launched ACES, its new SENC ENC data service for professional mariners whose ECDIS or ECS navigation systems are based on the SevenCs EC2007 Kernel as used by a number of OEMs, including ChartWorld’s own eGlobe ECDIS.

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    Survival at Seawork

    2012-06-06T09:00:00Z

    Marine safety and survival specialists BCB Marine unveiled a survival kit at Seawork last month which workers on offshore installations can reach for in emergency situations.

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    Antwerp hinterland policy

    2012-06-06T09:00:00Z

    Antwerp Port Authority has joined a consortium to operate the new rail terminal to be built on the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands.