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NewsHybrid power makes appearance at Seawork
Hybrids are a largely untapped technology particularly suited to the workboat market, Graeme Hawksley of Hybrid Marine tells MJ. To back it up he will be exhibiting a hybrid system at SeaWork on the Beta Marine stand.
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NewsWorkboats thrive on organic fuel treatment
Southampton UK based workboat operator Williams Shipping Marine has been benefiting from ongoing fuel treatment over the past two years, eliminating diesel sludge and microbial contamination.
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Book Reviews for April 2010
Book reviews this time include ‘Significant small ships of 2009’, ‘Elements of Modern Ship Construction’, and ‘Sell Up and Cruise the Inland Waterways - How to get the most out of the inland cruising lifestyle’. Enjoy.
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NewsIADC addresses Confined Disposal Facilities
Facts About Confined Disposal Facilities was issued last month by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). The four page booklet, available free of charge online and in print, is the latest in the IADC series of concise, easy to read ‘management summaries’, which give overviews of essential information on ...
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NewsAggregates dredging assessments pave way for wind
The UK Marine Aggregate Dredging Industry, seeking to introduce best practice into the management of the marine environment, introduced in 2003 the Marine Aggregates Regional Environmental Assessments (MAREA) as a tool to evaluate marine aggregate extraction in coastal and offshore waters and its impact on environmental and other maritime activities.
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NewsRecord revenue as profit falls at Boskalis
Although in 2009 the net profit of Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. fell to €227.9m from €249.1m the year before revenue was up to a record €2.2bn and was widely spread, both geographically and across all market segments.
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NewsIt’s all happening at All Energy 2010
The scene is set for a record-breaking All-Energy 2010. The UK’s largest renewable energy exhibition and conference is being held 19-20 May at Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre (AECC) in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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NewsFirst of new series for heavy lift sector
The very first Beluga multipurpose project carrier of the latest generation proved its capabilities by transporting several large reactors during its recent maiden voyage.
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NewsRecord sales for davit manufacturer
The market would appear to be very enthusiastic about Noreq AS’s newly developed davit products if the resulting record sales are anything to go by.
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News1,000 transfer milestone from REM Mermaid
Offshore Solutions B.V. (OSBV), which invents, develops, manufactures and ensures the safe operation of advanced marine access systems, is celebrating another significant achievement in the operation of its Offshore Access System (OAS).
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NewsMultiple orders for knuckle jib cranes
Finland headquartered Cargotec will deliver two large offshore cranes to Singapore based Ezra Marine Service Pte Ltd in 2010 and beginning of 2011 respectively. The cranes will be fitted to a deepwater anchor handling towing/supply vessel (AHTS) and to a self propelled accommodation barge.
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NewsBig lift for small firm in hard times
The Steiner Shipyard in Alabama USA has acquired one of Marine Travelift’s 400C mobile boat hoists, thanks in part to a Small Shipyard Grant from the U.S. Maritime Administration. The Small Shipyard Grants program is administered by the Office of Shipyards and Marine Engineering in Washington D.C.
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NewsDesign award for OSV aft bridge workstation
K-Master, Kongsberg Maritime''s integrated aft bridge workstation has received an Award for Design Excellence from the Norwegian Design Council (NDC), presented last month during the NDC''s annual Design Day event.
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NewsWind farm cabling gets a lift
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has arranged a 2,000 tons cable shipment for the Belwind Offshore Wind Farm in the North Sea off Zeebrugge. The company’s Project Logistics team at Lysaker in Norway has just completed two shipments of heavy duty electrical cable to Belgium.
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NewsRemanufactured engine gives new life to pushboat
Another 20 to 30 years of life and a fuel saving of some 7% are claimed for the German pushboat Rhenus-Schub 1 now that it boasts a remanufactured Wärtsilä main engine.
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NewsIndustry answers to energy blowing in the wind
When The Crown Estate in the UK announced in January the successful bidders for nine Zone Development Agreements to develop offshore wind farms under the Round 3 licensing arrangements, it represented a major expansion of an already fast growing maritime industry.
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NewsMore ship repair action at Oranjewerf
After a busy 2009, Dutch ship repairer Oranjewerf Scheepsreparatie B.V. is gearing up for another busy year in 2010 and is hoping that the busy trend of the last few months is set to continue.
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NewsFerguson award contract for accommodation support vessel
Ferguson Modular, a major supplier and manufacturer of offshore accommodation solutions for the energy industry around the world, has awarded a £3.2m contract for refit and refurbishment work on its new accommodation support vessel to Ferguson Shipbuilders Ltd in Scotland.
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NewsCathelco protect the US Coast Guard
A series of fast response cutters being built for the US Coast Guard will be protected against hull corrosion and marine pipework bio-fouling with a system manufactured by UK based Cathelco Ltd.
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NewsDales turns over new Leith in Scotland
Aberdeen based ship repair and maintenance specialist, Dales Marine Services, has expanded its operations on Scotland’s east coast with the lease of a dry dock at the Port of Leith and a workshop at Montrose.
