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NewsGet your boat seen at Seawork
Seawork exhibitor Echomax will be launching a brand new radar target enhancer (RTE) at this year’ s show.
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NewsSeawork in for some Parker ribbing
Parker Ribs’ UK distributor AH Parker & Sons (GB) Ltd will be exhibiting at Berth 3 on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2009.
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NewsRobotic fish will fight pollution
Another level in artificial intelligence is to add its weight to the fight against marine pollution. Robotic fish are being developed that will not only detect potentially hazardous pollutants in the water, such as leaks from vessels in port or underwater pipelines, but will also communicate their findings with each ...
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NewsInterspill 'Working Together' with the IMO
With the spill industry offering more prevention, better response and serving wider markets across Europe and the world, the need for a platform to demonstrate the strengths of the industry and to communicate its message is fulfilled by the Interspill 2009 Conference and Exhibition.
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NewsOffshore Solution for North Sea operation
Offshore Solutions BV has announced the installation and operation of their third Offshore Access System (OAS) in the Southern North Sea.
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NewsAnytec floats people's boats
Anytec Marine AB of Sweden UK and agent Wave Seven Marine Ltd have been chosen to supply a replacement slipway boat hoist to the Royal Navy’ s training establishment at HMS Raleigh.
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NewsSubsea crane for fibre rope handling
Cargotec’ s MacGregor has developed technology for handling lightweight fibre rope and is about to install the world’ s first subsea crane which uses it.
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NewsFour (very) mobile cranes for Forth Ports
Four Sennebogen 870 Mobile Specials have been delivered to Forth Ports PLC in the UK.
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NewsReflex look to move people globally
Following the recent launch of the TORO capsule, designed to enhance the safe transfer of personnel by crane, Reflex Marine have announced that the device will soon be operating in the North Sea and in North Africa.
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NewsDredging consultancy defies the downturn
Despite the economic climate the work load at specialist dredging and coastal consultants Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) remain buoyant. The Somerset UK based company is undertaking a wide variety of projects in the UK, Ireland and overseas at the start of what looks like being another very busy year.
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NewsPanama rendezvous for dredging associations
‘ Connecting the World through Dredging’ was the theme when sister associations the Central Dredging Association (CEDA), which serves Africa, Europe and the Middle East joined the Western Dredging Association (WEDA), which serves all of the Americas, organised their first joint international seminar on sustainable dredging and maritime construction last ...
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NewsRamsgte digs deep for wind farm vessels
While many ports are suffering in the current economic downturn Ramsgate is busy preparing for new customers, including work to accommodate the construction and support vessels associated with the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm and a potential new fast ferry service to France.
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NewsIHC Merwede tops ¢2bn in orders
Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede weathered the recessionary storm well last year, reporting an order book which rose to € 2bn, a 40% increase in revenue to € 1.1bn, profit before tax up to € 105bn, and the acquisition of four technology and engineering companies.
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NewsNew Saab ROV development
Pioneering technology at Saab Seaeye in Fareham, Hampshire UK has resulted in what is claimed to be the world’ s most advanced electric work class ROV, which will significantly reduce operating costs by accelerating the shift from hydraulic to electric work ROVs for many more applications.
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Norway to provide updated charts on demand
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) in Stavanger plans to introduce a ‘ Print on Demand’ facility for its updated charts, beginning next year.
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Geoswath multibeam systems for Rijkswaterstaat
GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouth, which was acquired by Kongsberg Maritime last autumn for a reported £ 4.3m, has delivered four of its GeoSwath multibeam systems to the Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the arm of the Dutch Ministry of Transportation & Water Management responsible for construction and maintenance of national waterways and flood ...
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Teledyne acquires Odom Hydrographic Systems
Teledyne Technologies in the US, which last year bought TSS’ s inertial sensing systems business in Watford UK, has been on the takeover trail again with news that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems of Baton Rouge, Louisiana for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsTrinity House introduces its first LED Light Vessel
Trinity House, the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales, the Channel Isles and Gibraltar, is about to commission its first LED Light Vessel (LV), set for duty on the Varne station in the English Channel. This is the first major development in LV technology since the distinctive red vessels were ...
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News'Napoli' recovery chains in place
The operation to remove the stern section of the container vessel ‘ MSC Napoli’ from the UK’ s Devon coast has reached its second milestone. Following a successful test, the project team, led by Global Response Maritime B.V. of The Netherlands, has completed positioning all 12 lifting chains under the ...
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NewsEurope can lead a wind power world
‘ Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on, said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) in Marseilles last month. ‘ It makes good sense to invest in indigenous ...
