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NewsStrong wind blows 'Ocean Dragon' home
‘ Ocean Dragon’ , the first purpose built wind farm support vessel for North Wales based Ocean Marine Services Ltd, has been launched at the Bordo Group shipyard in Istanbul and is sailing to the UK, where it will start work for Dong Energy at the Gunfleet Sands Offshore Wind ...
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News‘Sally McLoughlin’ carries family firm forward
The long established, family owned business has named the vessel after managing director John McLoughlin Sr’s late wife. The Sally McLoughlin will operate in the Port of Larne, the Port of Belfast and in Belfast Lough. The independent company has served the shipping industry for four generations, with John McLoughlin ...
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NewsLightweight cutter restores German lock
As part of Germany’ s WSV and the Bundersministerium’ s River Neckar, the twin Guttenbach Locks were first built in 1939 with a second lock being added in 1955.
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NewsFirst automated mooring system for Scandinavia
Cavotec MSL has successfully completed commissioning of Scandinavia’ s first fully automated vacuum-based mooring system, MoorMaster, with Danish ferry operator Nordic Ferry Services (NFS).
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NewsLightweight piping for Caribbean pit stops
Durapipe UK’ s fuel supply system has been specified for a new luxury marina development in Costa Rica.
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News'Fighting spirit' brings record numbers to METS 2009
Exhibitor confidence runs high for the Marine Equipment Trade Show, METS 2009, which runs from 17 to 19 November in Halls 1 to 5 plus 9, 10 and 11 of the Amsterdam RAI and extending to the stunning new Elicium building, where the DAME presentation and Media Plaza are situated.
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NewsRotterdam ready for Europort 2009
Europort returns to Rotterdam next week, with a run from 3 to 6 November which will see professionals from across the commercial marine spectrum flocking to the maritime capital of Europe.
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NewsGPS synchronises upgraded navaids
Tideland Signal has supplied a package of navigational warning systems for the Ekofisk complex in the North Sea to replace redundant older systems and to interface with earlier Tideland equipment which has been in service for some 25 years.
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NewsLong ride for world's biggest buoy
Beluga Shipping’ s transport ship MV Beluga Formation has transported the world’ s largest buoy from Indonesia to the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsSolar marine lantern survives 'extreme testing'
The first solar powered marine lantern with a built in ‘ intelligent deployment’ feature aims to make life easy. Because it automatically tunes itself to its location, it protects itself against improper configuration (while also adjusting for a Schmidt-Clausen effect).
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NewsSAM goes Platinum in Rotterdam
Hamburg based SAM Electronics introduced a range of new generation vessel control systems at the Europort exhibition in Rotterdam earlier this month.
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NewsGermans order new fisheries research ship
The German Bundestag has approved an € 11m order for a new and bigger fisheries research ship to be built at the specialist Fassmer Shipyard for delivery in 2011.
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NewsBrake expansion continues with second new berth
s growing Lower Weser port of Brake is expected to start before the end of the year and be completed by the end of 2010.
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NewsHarbourWatch keeps an eye on the tugs
A newly developed GSM based ship to shore monitoring and alarm system from Essex UK based P& S Automation Ltd is intended for use on board tugs and other workboats.
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NewsUnderwater images move out of the shadows
A new scanner that provides easily read underwater images will prove useful at the smaller end of the commercial workboat market.
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NewsOrkney Islands Council green lights marine renewables
Orkney Islands Council ratified plans on Tuesday for the £ 3million redevelopments of the ‘ Golden Wharf’ at Lyness to be included in the Council’ s major works for 2010/2011.
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NewsPartnering for powerful condition monitoring system
Intelligent predictive maintenance solutions supplier Artesis has recently partnered with marine specialists James Fisher Mimic to integrate its Motor Condition Monitor (MCM) solution with the marine company’ s Mimic condition monitoring system.
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NewsMaritime school charts course for ECDIS training
Norway’ s Jeppesen Marine is contributing to the training of the next generation of seafarers in electronic navigational charts and ECDIS by supplying systems and data to a leading maritime training institution, Bergen Maritime Technical School.
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NewsMagnetic rope testing guidance published
There are a plethora of wire ropes used on offshore construction vessels. The wires can be very long (several kilometres) and quite inaccessible. They are performing in a harsh environment in terms of being underwater or in corrosive weathers and atmospheres. They often have dynamic and widely fluctuating loading. Yet ...
