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NewsSecurity Dorset
Dorset Police and Poole Harbour Watch in the UK are working together to make the county’ s marine community even safer as the dark winter nights draw in.
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NewsHolographic radar spots approaching pirates
A novel application of Cambridge Consultants’ holographic radar technology to the ' MV Powerful' and the ' Sirius Star' could have enabled their crews to take early defensive action against the pirates that attacked them last month.
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NewsGreat graphics with low cost simulator
UK based software developer and supplier PC Maritime has launched a new engine room simulator that can run on a standard PC.
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NewsNew torpedo lifeboat hits the waves
It started with disaster in 1981. The failure of evacuation procedures on Alexander Kielland rig in the North Sea cost 123 lives, but that incident has helped to drive Norwegian safety innovation forward for almost three decades since.
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NewsMobile simulator training for dredge masters
Although the dredging market has had a skills gap for quite some time, there are now fewer barriers to training crew.
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NewsPsychometric testing for life at sea
The Ship Safe Training Group (SSTG), which has come together through an innovative attitude toward getting much needed skills on board ships, also has an unconventional approach to finding trainees.
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NewsSafety first for lightweight dive support vessel
The first of two aluminium dive support vessels being built by Seawind Marine in Appledore, North Devon UK has now been delivered to its owner in Scotland.
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NewsNew response vessel contract awarded
The effectiveness of EU Member States when responding to oil pollution incidents was further enhanced in November with the award of three year contracts valued at € 3.5m by the European Maritime Safety Agency to two European shipowners to provide standby oil spill recovery vessels for the Black Sea and ...
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NewsNew rescue boat is first of class
The German sea rescue service, DGzRS, is expected to take delivery by year’ s end of the first of a new series of 20m Fassmer rescue cruisers, which close the gap between the organisation’ s small lifeboats and ocean going sea rescue cruisers.
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NewsMustang corrals another Chinese duo
Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd has consolidated its breakthrough sale of a 19.5m pilot cutter to China’ s Tianjin Port Tug-boat & Lighter Company, part of the Tianjin Port Authority, by landing a contract to build two more of that model for the same client.
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NewsCammell Laird back in business
One of the most illustrious names in British industry, Cammell Laird shipyard, made a high profile return to trading last month.
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NewsEC identifies offshore wind energy's potential
The European Commission (EC) has issued a Communication on Offshore Wind Energy which identifies the importance of that industry to the Community.
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NewsPorts put at the heart of the UK economy
The UK port industry gathered in Pembrokeshire recently, as Milford Haven Port Authority became the first Welsh host of the annual British Ports Association conference.
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NewsRIBS to go from the safety King
Hampshire UK based King Marine, which provides specialised crewing and training services, marine consultancy and contract management to marine civils operations, is now offering commercial RIB charter.
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NewsTrident Forum celebrates 10th anniversary
The Trident Forum, a unique network of professional service firms working in the marine industry, celebrated its 10th anniversary annual dinner recently.
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NewsWaterways transport turns Hamburg green
The Port of Hamburg is demonstrating how the transport of goods provided by inland waterway vessels has made a significant contribution to climate protection by its figures for the first half of 2008.
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NewsMagnetic attraction aids Northern Divers
Northern Divers Ltd appreciated the convenience of their new Norwegian Miko magnets during a recent repair job at Immingham.
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NewsDivex celebrates double century manufacturing milestone
International diving equipment technology company Divex is celebrating a double century manufacturing milestone after completion of its 200th Divers Environmental Conditioning System, known as the ECS.
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NewsDivers dedicated to marine mammal rescue
Participating at the UK’ s recent Emergency Services Show 2008 was British Divers Marine Life Rescue, a registered charity which has over 5,000 volunteer marine mammal medics across England, Wales and Scotland.
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First user for new Primar online service
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service’ s PRIMAR organisation, which currently provides over 8,000 electronic nautical charts globally via an international network of distributors, has recorded its first commercial user for its new ECDIS online updating facility with adoption by Vingtor, a high speed ferry operating daily between Bergen and Stavanger.
