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NewsParkinson's Atlantic Rowing Challenge requires support
Two brothers are preparing for a charity rowing event in which in which they are determined to cross the Atlantic Ocean unsupported in record breaking time, all to raise awareness and money for the Parkinson’ s Disease Society.
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NewsShow stopping weather forecasting at Seawork
A new web based marine forecasting service will be on show at Seawork this year. www.PortCast.co.uk is MeteoGroup’ s weather forecasting service for nearshore and shoreside operations, providing accurate site specific wind and wave forecasts plus real time alerts and observations.
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Actuator action at Seawork
Seawork 2009 will see the introduction of Linak UK into the marine industry, introducing their range of Techline electrical linear actuators which can transform any application requiring an extension or retraction function. Specially designed to operate in harsh marine environments, the actuators will suit marine applications such as engine hatches ...
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Digital almanac uptake
Since the digital Wiley Almanac went live last month, the response from sailors to the free to download service has exceeded all expectations. The website www.wileynautical.com has been receiving over 1000 hits a day and download applications were running into the thousands within 72 hours. Once the user has downloaded ...
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Queen at Belfast MRCC
The Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Belfast welcomed Her Majesty the Queen last month. She was accompanied on the visit by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and Secretary of State Shaun Woodward. After being greeted by the West of Scotland and Northern Ireland Coastal Safety Manager Brett ...
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MJ all a Twitter
Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter. Readers can either sign up to ‘ follow’ us or subscribe to our news feed for all the latest news delivered straight to your PC. Visit http://www.twitter.com for more information ...
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Sailors' Society runs
Southampton based international seafaring charity, the Sailors’ Society, has thanked their recent London Marathon runners for pledging a record £ 25,000. The charity has since received more than 30 enquiries regarding entry into the 2010 event and believes it can exceed this year’ s donations. The Sailors’ Society had 22 ...
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NewsNorwegian contract for MMT
Marin Mä tteknik AB (MMT) of Gothenburg has been awarded this year’ s Mareano survey contract covering bathymetric data acquisition and processing over an area of almost 5,000 sq/km of Norway’ s coastal and ocean regions.
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Seawork Coastal & Ports Surveying Conference
The latest developments in coastal and port hydrography are the subject of a one day conference during this year’ s Seawork event in Southampton, on Thursday 18 June. Proceedings are jointly sponsored by The Hydrographic Society UK, The Society for Underwater Technology and the UK Harbour Masters Association, all of ...
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New charting deals
Kelvin Hughes, the UK’ s largest Admiralty Chart Agent as well as a leading manufacturer of navaids, has been appointed by the Japanese Hydrographic Association as official distributor for all Japanese W Series paper charts, sailing directions and special publications issued by the Japanese Coast Guard.
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UK water depth data from Seazone
Detailed water depth data for seas around the UK is now available from UK Hydrographic Office subsidiary SeaZone of Bentley in Hampshire, which has spent the last two years acquiring and processing hydrographic survey information from a variety of sources to create a definitive database of underwater terrains. Over 12,000 ...
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NewsHabbeke delivers a Rotterdam pilot's 'taxi'
Based at Volendam in the Netherlands, Habbeke Shipyard has been building aluminium vessels since 1966, winning the Dutch Aluminium Prize for innovation, quality and service in 1994. The yard has established excellent long term relationships with a number of clients, including the Royal Dutch Lifeboat Association (KNRM).
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NewsThe shallow draft tug 'AK Bars' nears completion at Hepworth
For well over a decade the names Holyhead Towing Company Ltd and Hepworth Shipyard Ltd have become virtually synonymous. The two companies have collaborated closely to produce a succession of custom designed multi-purpose tugs at the Humberside shipyard at Paull.
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NewsDales hails another busy year
The first of four vessels from Shetland booked for drydocking with Dales Marine Services this year was recently at the Aberdeen facility.
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NewsBarnacles blind to invisible hull paint
A hull paint that makes itself ‘ invisible’ to fouling organisms has received the Ingeniø rens Product Award 2009. The engineering prize is given by Ingeniø ren magazine to recognise Danish products that demonstrate a clear market focus with outstanding technological innovation.
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NewsPiggyback delivery for Malaysia tug newbuild
A punchy new Malaysian built anchor handling tug and a Singapore built ocean going pontoon have been sent from Asia to northern Europe as deck cargo on another ship also newly built for European shipowners.
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NewsRAL influence continues to spread
Barely a month goes by without news of more tugs being completed to designs from the Vancouver based design team of Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) naval architects. Among those designs are those that are now well established and others that are quickly gaining favour in various sectors of the towage ...
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NewsA tough new RAstar 3200 is delivered to Mexico
A recent design by Robert Allan Ltd is the new RAstar, a powerful ASD tug introduced to meet the stringent requirements of gas and oil terminal operators. The first examples of this design were delivered to Svitzer in 2008 to operate at the new Milford Haven LNG facilities in the ...
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NewsA Versatile push tug design for German owners
A new versatile pusher tug has been delivered to German operators Hans Schramm & Sohn GmbH of Brunsbuttle. Named Christian, the tug is the second vessel of its type to be built to a new design by Nav-Consult Maritime Engineering and Consulting, a Schramm associate company.
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NewsKlyne Tugs appoint new MD
Capt Mark Nicholson, operations director of J P Knight (Caledonian) Limited, took up the appointment of managing director of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Limited on 25 May. He will have responsibility for the operation and management of the company and will work from the Lowestoft office.
