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NewsMajor safety order for Scots ferry operator
UK marine safety company Cosalt has secured a major contract to supply its Premier 2010 lifejacket to Caledonian MacBrayne, the largest ferry operator on the West Coast of Scotland.
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NewsContainment facility paper wins IADC Young Author Award
An IADC Best Paper Award for a Young Author was presented to Kaitlin McCormick of EA Engineering, Science and Technology, Inc. of Maryland USA at the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) 30th Technical Conference and the 41st Texas A&M Seminar.
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NewsRoller screens for Trinidad and Tobago patrol vessels
At the end of last month two technicians from South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine travel to Glasgow to install 15 of the company’s SOLASAFE roller screens at the navigation bridge windows of the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Port of Scarborough, the second in a series of three OPVs ...
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NewsSubsea gas pipeline planned for Thames power stations
Survey work is under way in the Thames Estuary in preparation for a 270km long subsea pipeline proposed by E.ON that will transport CO2 gasses from seven power plants and a refinery in the Thames and Medway area to a carbon capture and storage facility at the disused Hewett gas ...
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NewsRamsgate rides the windfarm wave
Offshore wind farm developments are bringing welcome business to many sectors of the marine industries in the UK and the port of Ramsgate is one of the many ports small and large reaping the benefit of what is promising to be a significant long term opportunity.
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NewsPrecision dredging clears Brunel’s basin.
Jenkins Marine has been chosen to help undertake the historic restoration of the Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth.
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NewsSCR technology for Volvo Penta engines
Volvo Penta, together with specialist company STT Emtec, is introducing an effective solution to reduce NOx emissions from high speed marine diesel engines.
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NewsCummins repowers the Lord Nelson
Cummins UK continues to build upon its successful ten year relationship with the Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST), a registered charity that owns and operates the only two tall ships in the world designed to enable people of all physical abilities to sail side by side as equals in a demanding ...
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NewsITF helps break language barrier for seafarers
The ITF website www.itfseafarers.org, launched two years ago as an ‘online lifeline’ for everyone working at sea, has just been launched in three new languages. Originally available in English, it is now reaching out to seafarers in Chinese (Simplified Mandarin), Russian and Spanish.
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NewsThe Nautical Institute launches shipping vodcasts
The Nautical Institute has launched new ‘vodcasts’ (video podcasts/shareable video clips) for students and lecturers to use to share knowledge of some of the key human element issues that affect shipping ,including fatigue, communication, health and safety.
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NewsNew automatic escape slide from Zodiac
Zodiac SOLAS has introduced a small automatic escape slide that it has been developed specifically for passenger vessels with limited crew.
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NewsOcean Safety takes on Kannad distributorship
British based marine safety equipment specialist Ocean Safety is taking on distributorship for Kannad marine safety and emergency location beacon products.
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NewsBelgians convert police boat into survey vessel
GEMS International NV in Bruges is taking a former 28.5m LOA German police boat into service after its conversion into a geophysical and hydrographic survey vessel at Belgium’s IDP Shipyard in Ostende.
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NewsSeafarers disenfranchised by accident treatment
A pledge to provide direct input from seafarers to debates at the International Maritime Organisation was delivered by the Nautical Institute’s new president.
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NewsBusiness thrives at Seawork 2010
The commercial marine business was confirmed to be in robust health at Seawork 2010, with footfall up on 2009 and an increasing proportion of visitors electing to come for more than one day.
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NewsA game of two halves for European wind
This week saw a mixed picture in Europe’s offshore renewables sector. Four offshore wind demonstrator units are being put together through a partnership between two Norwegian energy companies and GE Energy.
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NewsAll-round Victory for Sedna
Defying the downturn, Sedna Towage & Offshore has just purchased a new anchor handling tug. The ''Victory’ is the third tug to be managed by subsidiary, AnDoFe, joining ‘Independence’ and ‘Scapino’.
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NewsTaking the pressure off hose failures
Hydraulic cranes, winches, steering systems and stern drives all have one thing in common, and it’s often overlooked (despite being underfoot). Hydraulic hoses, which have to cope with millions of cycles of pressurisation and flexing are also vulnerable to heat, cold, sunlight and time.
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NewsRugged wind farm slings a success story
The first very large diameter synthetic rope sling certified by Lloyd’s for offshore installations is in use by Seaway Heavy Lifting (SHL) on the largest wind farm currently under construction.
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NewsOld pilot boat gets a new turn of speed
A number of companies collaborated to get the best out of an old Falmouth pilot boat with a lot of history. A recent refit included a complete renovation of the engine room, electrics, exhaust and steering systems.
