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  • Andrew Jackson partner Andrew Oliver has been appointed Head of Off-Shore Renewables.
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    Specialist renewables law unit at Seawork

    2011-06-10T13:45:00Z

    A Hull UK based law firm whose long involvement with the local maritime industry has evolved to now include services for the offshore wind farm industry is exhibiting at Seawork 2011.

  • The vessel’s oceanographic winches, designed and manufactured by Ibercisa, include one deep sea winch that works in constant tension with a traction unit.
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    Spanish equipment for Taiwan research vessel

    2011-06-10T09:45:00Z

    Spanish companies Ibercisa, working together with Industrias FERRI, are supplying deck equipment and oceanographic winches for a new Taiwanese research vessel.

  • Radamec’s bridge control systems are being installed on the RNLI’s new Tamar class lifeboats.
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    Alarm bells will be ringing at Seawork

    2011-06-09T10:45:00Z

    Newbury UK based control systems supplier Radamec will have its new DARAD Alarm and Monitoring System available to be seen working on Stand SB129 at Seawork 2011

  • Microbiological contamination (MBC) growing on the discharge side of a fuel strainer. Photo courtesy of Eurotank Ltd, supplied by Conidia Bioscience Ltd.
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    New diesel fuel standards discussed at Seawork

    2011-06-09T09:54:00Z

    Changes to the standards for marine diesel fuels have been causing anxiety and some confusion throughout the industry.

  • Russian submariners listen as a NATO rescue vehicle connects with a Russian submarine for the first time ever.
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    Submarine rescue training underway in Spain

    2011-06-09T09:53:00Z

    Submarine rescue specialists and other experts are in Spain last month to prove rescue systems and procedures developed to rescue submariners from worst case scenarios.

  • Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look in 2060, when mega-ports are artificial islands and containers are organised in underground silos.
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    Vision of ‘Port 2060’ in Antwerp

    2011-06-09T09:53:00Z

    More than 50 years after the start of containerisation, Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look against a possible backdrop of game-change technology and innovation.

  • Skua has impressed everyone at the Port of Liverpool since its delivery in April.
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    Safehaven delivers Skua for Liverpool

    2011-06-08T14:45:00Z

    Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has launched the new Interceptor 48 pilot vessel Skua for the Port of Liverpool.

  • The Christina S is seen in Dales’ Leith dry dock.
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    Christina S expands range at Leith dry dock

    2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

    Dales Marine Services has taken another significant step forward in the development of activity at its Leith dry dock, with work there for the first time on a fishing vessel.

  • The enginei system enables the master at sea and the technical support ashore to each view a real-time presentation of the vessel’s fuel consumption.
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    Good reasons to visit Royston at Seawork

    2011-06-08T10:45:00Z

    Royston Ltd will be providing two good reasons for visitors to learn about its enginei fuel monitoring system when they are at Seawork.

  • Turbine Transfers’ Llandudno Bay and sister ship Penrhyn Bay both provide outstanding passenger comfort.
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    See the sounds of silence at Seawork

    2011-06-07T16:00:00Z

    As 2011 Seawork International 2011 approached, UK based marine exhaust specialist, Halyard announced yet another commercial success story with boat builder South Boat Special Projects.

  • Alert is one of three Trinity House vessels, each powered by a different manufacturer’s engines, having its engines maintained and serviced by Finning.
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    Plan your engine servicing at Seawork

    2011-06-07T14:15:00Z

    Marine engine service provider Finning Power Systems will showcase its range of maintenance and service packages available to work boat operators at this year’s Seawork exhibition.

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    UKHO award for French hydrographer

    2011-06-07T10:00:00Z

    Gilles Bessero, the outgoing French Hydrographer, is the recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s fifth Alexander Dalrymple Award, presented at a recent ceremony at the British High Commissioner’s residence in Singapore attended by the UK National Hydrographer, Rear-Admiral Ian Moncrieff.

  • A current vessel of a similar series to Green Cape Trader, which will be delivered next winter.
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    The Dutch answer to expensive fuel

    2011-06-06T14:15:00Z

    DSM Shipbrokers of Meppel in the Netherlands can now offer a new and extremely economic vessel, specifically developed for very flexible coastal sea/river trading and built by the Dutch Shipyard De Kaap in the Netherlands.

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    Wideband sonar UK debut

    2011-06-05T10:45:00Z

    Claimed to be the world’s first true wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam sounder, US company R2Sonic’s Sonic 2024 is set for demonstrations to UK hire customers for the first time by Swathe Services of Saltash.

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    Marine Measurement Forum

    2011-06-04T15:15:00Z

    Environmental system specialists Planet Ocean in Surrey are to host the 47th Marine Measurement Forum at the Village Hotel, Farnborough on Thursday 18 November.

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    UTEC Survey wins Port Hedland contact - by David Foxwell

    2011-06-03T13:45:00Z

    Port Hedland Port Authority in Australia awarded UTEC Survey Australia Pty Ltd of Perth a contract to provide bathymetric survey services to the Port Authority''s channel and harbour capital dredging campaign. The survey work is being carried out offshore Port Hedland in North West Australia.

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    Fathoms finds siltation rates

    2011-06-03T10:00:00Z

    Fathoms, the Somerset and Caithness UK based survey company has successfully completed four interesting and challenging bathymetric surveys in Kenya for the implementation of the Natural Resource Management (NRM) Project.

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    Dublin Port Company renews attempt to obtain permission to reclaim land

    2011-06-02T11:45:00Z

    Dublin Port Company has renewed its attempt to reclaim land from Dublin Bay to cope with a projected doubling of trade by 2040.

  • The first of class vessel, seen nearing completion at Goodchild Marine, will be on the pontoon at Seawork 2011.
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    See the first of class on Seawork pontoon

    2011-06-02T10:19:00Z

    The first of class Lochin 366 Pilot Workboat will be available for viewing and demonstration on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2011.

  • CSCL Star seen in Hamburg, the biggest boxship ever on the Elbe. Photo: Hettchen
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    Warnings as Elbe deepening plans firm up

    2011-06-02T10:19:00Z

    Freight forwarders in Germany’s biggest port, Hamburg, have joined a long line of maritime interests warning that if long planned deepening of the Elbe does not come soon, big container ships will move to rival ports.