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Introductory hydrography course
Specialist course organisers Skilltrade BV of Holland are holding a beginners seminar at € 750 per head for anyone interested in hydrography, at the Fastolff Business Centre, Great Yarmouth on 26 and 27 May.
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Valeport warranty scheme
Valeport in Totnes, one of the UK’ s leading manufacturers of hydrographic and oceanographic instrumentation, is now in its 40th year and has launched a new perpetual warranty programme covering any of its products.
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World Hydrography Day
With the third annual UN decreed World Hydrography Day due on 21 June, the intergovernmental International Hydrographic Organization in Monaco has announced this year’ s theme as ‘ Hydrography - Protecting the Marine Environment’ .
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NewsGuidelines agreed for marine energy development
Benchmarks for best practice have been drawn up for the fast emerging marine energy industry to stimulate the development of wave and tidal power systems.
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NewsBritish Budget boosts marine renewables
UK renewable energy industry leaders welcomed the Government’ s budget presentation last month, which delivered a package of measures to build a low carbon economy and further decarbonise electricity generation.
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NewsLocal interests opt for baby barrage
A commission has rejected the idea of large Cardiff-Weston barrage between England and Wales and instead recommended a smaller barrage which would offer the best mix of power output with reduced environmental impact.
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NewsNew consortium for Round 3 wind farms
Fluor Limited, the UK operating arm of Fluor Corporation, formed Seagreen Wind Energy Limited with Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy last month.
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NewsUK tidal turbine targets Bay of Fundy
A British company is helping to develop the 1GW tidal energy potential of Nova Scotia’ s Bay of Fundy.
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NewsSeine Nord Europe Canal out to tender
The tender is out to build the Seine Nord Europe Canal, a high capacity water transportation system which will connect the rivers Seine and Scheldt, allowing large vessels to transport goods between the Paris area and the ports of Dunkirk, Antwerp and Rotterdam.
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NewsAarsleff goes on the defence
Ceredigion County Council in the UK is carrying out extensive repairs to some of the sea defences at Aberaeron on the west Wales coast of Cardigan Bay.
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NewsFlying laser plans flood defences
Highly accurate 3D digital maps, captured from aircraft mounted lasers, are being used to assess the risk of flooding at critical utility sites across the UK.
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NewsMore to come from MoorMaster
Maritime systems supplier Cavotec MSL has received the largest order to date for the vacuum based automated mooring solution, MoorMaster, from the typhoon-ridden Port Hedland in Western Australia.
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NewsDamen deliver first Emergency Response Vessel to Sweden
Damen Shipyards has delivered the first of three multi-functional patrol and emergency response vessels to the Swedish Coastguard – Kustbevakning. Named simply KBV001, the construction of the vessel and its two sister ships was project managed by the Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding division and construction entrusted to the Damen Galatz ...
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NewsPortsmouth plans to say Hooray Henry!
The annual ten day Portsmouth Arts Festival in the UK will this year culminate in a Tudor extravaganza called ‘ Ghost Ship: A Pageant for Portsmouth’ , to mark the anniversary of Henry VIII’ s accession to the throne and when work started on his flagship, the Mary Rose.
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NewsMJ goes all a Twitter!
Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter!
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NewsMJ goes all a Twitter!
Readers can now keep up to date with the latest news from Maritime Journal in the social networking site Twitter!
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NewsAll-Energy is mega-watts on in Aberdeen
The All-Energy exhibition and conference is the UK’ s largest event devoted to renewable energy. The ninth in the annual series will be held in Aberdeen on 20 and 21 May 2009.
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NewsBelgian stone dumper hijacked off Somalia
There has been no contact with the Belgian side stone dumping vessel Pompei since it was captured by pirates on Saturday off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsNo strain as Andromeda visits Southampton
DP World Southampton, the UK’ s second largest container terminal, set a record for the largest container ship it has ever handled when the CMA CGM Andromeda arrived at the weekend as part of its inaugural deployment between Asia and Europe.
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News'Tenacious' helicopter makes tall ship rescue
Falmouth Coastguard in the UK scrambled an RAF helicopter, based at RNAS Culdrose, to rescue a tall ship crew member at the vessel’ s location some 100 miles from Lands End last weekend.
