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NewsUN Security Council backs force against pirates
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday urging states to commit naval and air forces to the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsCall for renewables priority grid access
In view of the upcoming EU Energy Council meeting tomorrow, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has sent an open letter to French Energy Minister Borloo.
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NewsIADC Seminar spotlights Emirates dredging
For decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies has organised the 31st International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation. The Seminar will take place at Le Royal Meridien Hotel, Abu ...
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No recession for booming IHC Merwede
Recessionary forces have yet to impact on IHC Merede, as the Dutch dredger builder has reported first half revenue of EURO 512m, up 54% on the first half of 2007, and an order book up 30% to stand at EURO 1.77bn. Profitability was looking healthy too, up an impressive 60% ...
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NewsVan Oord's ¢1bn build programme continues
Dutch dredging major Van Oord has commissioned a new self-propelled cutter suction dredger which will be one of the largest of its type in the world. The vessel will be built at IHC Dredgers' Kinderdijk yard, with delivery scheduled for the autumn of 2011.
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NewsHybrid energy consent in East Irish Sea
Low-carbon energy company Eclipse Energy UK has been granted government consent to enlarge its previously consented Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm and to generate and export electricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development. This completes the series of principal permissions necessary to construct the worlds first co-development of offshore gas ...
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NewsWind farm winds up shipping interests
The UK' s Chamber of Shipping expressed disappointment last month that the government' s Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given consent to the development of the West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm site in Morecambe Bay.
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NewsBlonde ambition for 'Boris Island'
London' s unpredictable new Mayor, Boris Johnson, caused a stir last month by proposing Heathrow Airport be closed down and replaced by a new four runway facility operating 24 hours a day and built on 1,375 hectares of reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsNew fisheries boat for Germans
Seefalke, the first of two identical new innovative fisheries research boats is being handed over this month by the Peene-Werft yard in Wolgast to Germany' s Bonn based Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLE).
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NewsFirst 55 pilot for Port of Sines
Following an international tender last year, Ireland' s Safehaven Marine, builders of the Interceptor range of pilot boats, was awarded the contract to supply an all weather pilot boat to the Port of Sines in Portugal.
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NewsRNLI in RIB lease agreement
Two inshore RIBs have joined Dorset Polices Marine Section fleet to patrol the coast and rivers of Dorset thanks to a new collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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NewsModified Elbe dredging plans out to consultation
The Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) and the Hamburg Water and Navigation Office (WSD), the two project developers involved, have applied to the planning authorities for a reconsideration of their revised plans for the deepening of the Elbe channel.
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NewsJan De Nul in Omani port expansion
An extension has been awarded to an existing contract currently being executed by Belgium' s Jan De Nul Group, in a consortium with CCC/STFA, for the construction of a new port and drydock complex at Duqm in Oman.
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NewsMETS marks progress on 20th Anniversary
The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year when it returns to Amsterdam' s RAI exhibition centre on 18-20 November.
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NewsMMT extends survey fleet
Marin Mõ tteknik AB (MMT) of Gothenburg, which over the last year has completed dedicated multibeam surveys in more than ten countries, has extended its fleet of survey vessels with the addition of a fourth, the 16m Dutch built Seabeam.
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Kongsberg Maritime buys Geoacoustics
Kongsberg Maritime is to purchase GeoAcoustics, the Great Yarmouth UK based sonar equipment specialists for both civil and defence applications, for approximately £ 4.3m.
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Topcon-Reson Benelux GNSS agreement
The Dutch subsidiaries of Japan' s Topcon and Denmark' s Reson are to collaborate in the marketing of GNSS receivers for hydrographic applications throughout the Benelux.
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TSS opens new facility in Singapore
Watford UK based Teledyne TSS, manufacturers of inertial navigation systems, gyrocompasses, motion sensors, pipe and cable trackers, has expanded its global sales and support network with the establishment of new premises in Singapore.
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Hydro8 symposium set for success
Over 50 exhibitors and speakers from Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and US are among the main features of Hydro8, the 16th European Hydro Symposium being held in this year' s European Capital of Culture, Liverpool, from 4-6 November.
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NewsDutch double offshore airport concepts
Offshore airport proposals for overcrowded northern Europe are suddenly very much in the news. London Mayor Boris Johnson' s proposal last month for an alternative to Heathrow on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary has been matched by an even more striking concept from the Netherlands.
