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NewsMicky learns the ropes for new career
A former Nissan auto factory worker made redundant in the UK earlier this year is celebrating after getting a job in the offshore industry thanks to help from South Tyneside College and AIS.
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NewsFree in-port lift training courses
Suppliers for professional lifting and material handling solutions, Certex UK, is launching a series of free training seminars of specific interest to those working in the marine and shipping industry.
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NewsUnderwater welding speeds dock gate repair
When the No. 4 dry dock gate in Falmouth Docks UK was removed recently by owners and operators A& P Falmouth Ltd for repairs to the lifting wire sheaves, diving contractors Sub Marine Services Ltd were asked to conduct an underwater inspection and video survey of the stainless steel sealing ...
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NewsLeviathan to work on world's largest wind farm
The newbuild 5,500gt jack-up vessel ‘ Seajacks Leviathan’ arrived in Harwich UK at the end of September to begin work installing wind turbines at the Greater Gabbard Wind Farm. Situated some 25km off the Suffolk/Essex coast, it will be the world’ s largest offshore wind farm to date.
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News'Bullet proof' boats make longlife friends
‘ These CSBs must be one of the most tough and versatile small workboat that has ever been built,’ Brian Clarke of Commercial Boat Services told MJ. ‘ They’ re not quite bullet proof, but they have been designed to be strafed by machine guns without sinking.’
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NewsOn the spot marine realigning
Nottinghamshire UK based Fine-Align focuses on getting vessels repaired and back into service in the shortest possible time by realigning and chocking line shafts, gearboxes, engines and other equipment.
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NewsCorrosion workshop will come to you
With the UK seen as the world leader in wave and tidal power device development, Copper Development Association has taken steps to address the resulting demand for information on marine alloys possessing corrosion and biofouling resistance by offering in-house workshops.
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NewsBarge light visible to 3nm
The successful launch of Sealite’ s BargeSaf UL 1104 Certified LED Barge Light has seen hundreds of the product shipped to customers all around the world.
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NewsHometowners in multi-launch mode at Europort
Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine BV will make a short journey to Europort 2009, where its usual showcase of navigation and communication equipment will be enhanced by a number of innovative new products.
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NewsShipping success through Northeast Passage
A crew member's photo, emailed via satellite, shows MV Beluga Fraternity following an icebreaker through the Northeast Passage.MV Beluga Fraternity and MV Beluga Foresight delivered various heavy lift modules from Ulsan, South Korea, straight to Novyy Port/Yamburg at the River Ob in Siberia, exited the so called Northern Sea Route ...
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NewsDredging gives Wells wind farm access
Dredging work has started at Wells-next-the-Sea in Norfolk UK following an agreement with Scira Offshore Energy Ltd for the port to serve as the operational base during construction and ongoing maintenance of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm (see MJ, September 2009).
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Hamburg website upgrade
The internet portal www.hafen-hamburg.de, which is designed and managed by Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn., has been completely overhauled. It now presents a completely new appearance and includes a lot of additional content. Consisting of 1371 web pages in all, it offers a wide range of information about the ...
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NewsMalta gets a high performance Voith tractor
Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, has taken delivery of the high performance Voith tractor tug Spinola. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain, and is the second of a pair delivered to the parent company.
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NewsKotug kick out the 'Cow hitch'
The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to a pennant. In the Kotug fleet, this simple but efficient ring has proven to be the best solution ...
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NewsTugmasters may get trained by a little BRAtt
Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems coming into service, the ability to train up and coming tug masters effectively and in suitable numbers has ...
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NewsMore Rotor Tugs join the Kotug Fleet
The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob and RT Peter are the first two vessels to be completed by the Niigata Shipbuilding and Repair yard ...
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NewsThe fleet of Antwerp Towage is strengthened
Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to upgrade it’ s tug fleet in the port of Antwerp.
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NewsTOWLINES - October 2009
The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the Royal Dutch Navy attended the incident.
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NewsTri-engine trimaran launches this month
Austal’ s next generation 102m high speed trimaran has had its unique three engine layout successfully installed ahead of the vessel’ s launch this month.
