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NewsCall for offshore wind farm workboat funding
The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Community of European Shipyards'' Association (CESA) are calling on Europe to support new vessel builds to serve the expanding offshore wind energy market over the coming years.
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NewsNew defences safeguard Baltrum against floods
Two years of work on bolstering flood defences on the East Frisian island of Baltrum have ended with German authorities saying the €9m project has now closed the last gap in the North Sea island’s coastal protection network.
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NewsNew energy award for ‘Beatrice’ developer
SeaEnergy PLC subsidiary SeaEnergy Renewables was named Company of the Year at the Rosenblatt New Energy Awards 2010, which took place at the Natural History Museum in London last week.
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NewsBrothers get closer to Parkinsons Ocean Challenge
Two brothers and former Royal Marines who are planning an ocean challenge fundraiser in support of The Parkinsons Disease Society move closer to departure with the scheduled delivery of their boat this month.
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NewsMulti-million pound rescue for Western Quay
Work is underway on a project to rescue an ageing quay structure that is essential to the future of a regional fishing industry.
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NewsDutch seal a deal in South Korea
The latest specialist watertight sealing solution delivered by Dutch specialist Beele Engineering involves the immersion tunnel near the South Korean city of Busan that is being immersed by Mergor, a subsidiary of Strukton. The deepest element of this tunnel was placed recently at a depth of 50m.
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NewsEU low-sulphur directive now being enforced
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has moved quickly to dispel the apparent confusion currently surrounding implementation of the EU directive requiring all ships to use low-sulphur fuel while at berth in EU ports.
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NewsStone column groundworks precede Algeciras Port expansion
Pennine, part of Balfour Beatty Ground Engineering (BBGE), and their Spanish joint venture partner Geocisa have been awarded a €1.6m contract to install 1,953 vibro stone columns (VSCs).
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NewsCopenhagen silence on marine pollution
The Copenhagen climate change summit failed to reach a legally binding agreement, and instead merely took a ‘decision to note’ a non-binding accord, reports UK law firm Clyde & Co LLP. The Accord has since been widely criticised, not least for failing to include even aspirational targets for greenhouse gas ...
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NewsCarousel innovation aids underwater power link
The recent laying of the first and only power interconnector between the UK and the Netherlands meant a 260km cable connection between the Maasvlakte in Holland and the Isle of Grain in Kent.
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NewsDirty diving brings merciful results
Divers volunteering on board the ''Africa Mercy'', the world’s largest charity hospital ship, plunge into murky, polluted water every week to prevent obstructions from blocking the ship’s seawater intake valves.
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NewsFirst of class fast pilot boat for French Navy
In early 2009 the Stockport UK headquartered Delta Power Group signed a contract with the French Ministry of Defence, the DGA (Direction Generale de l’Armement), for five pilot boats for operation in the French naval bases of Toulon, Brest and Cherbourg.
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NewsTraining launch for shallow water dive system
The launch of a new training programme from Microdive Ltd of Essex UK is set to transform the way people can learn to dive. A fully approved instruction syllabus has been developed that dramatically reduces the amount of time and cost needed for new divers to qualify.
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NewsDownsizing delivers adaptable deep diving ROV
Flexibility has always been an issue with ROVs, but a new deep swimming 3,000m rated unit has been developed to open up a greater range of applications.
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NewsOwners turn their attention to ‘Greener Tugs’
It’s just a year since the world’s first true ‘Hybrid’ tug entered service with Foss Maritime in the USA. This important milestone created considerable interest in the towage industry and occurred at a time when the industry was experiencing a period of almost frantic growth in the numbers of new ...
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NewsTowlines March 2010 - by Jack Gaston
‘Osayame’, the first tug of its type to be built in Cape Town by Damen Shipyards, finally sailed to its homeport in Nigeria in late January.
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NewsTugworld Review 2009 spots the trends - by Jack Gaston
The popular annual ‘Tugworld Review 2009’ has now been published by the ABR Company Ltd in association with International Tug & Salvage magazine.
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NewsSinbad Marine purchase 'Bison' - by Jack Gaston
The fleet of Sinbad Marine Services received a substantial boost in the New Year with the purchase of the former Norwegian tug ‘Bison’. Formerly owned by Bukser og Berging AS, the vessel is a 30m tractor tug equipped with twin fully azimuthing propulsion units.
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NewsEuropean Tugowners and Pilots discuss shared concerns
During 2009 representatives from the European Tugowners Association (ETA) and the European Maritime Pilots’ Association (EMPA) met to discuss operational problems that both pilots and tug operators increasingly experience when handling the ever larger types of ship arriving in European ports.
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News‘Osprey Boxer’ joins a growing fleet - by Jack Gaston
Osprey Shipping Ltd, based in Newcastle and Bristol UK, has taken delivery of the new tug ‘Osprey Boxer’ from Damen Shipyards.
