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NewsPrincess raises NLB's profile in Parliament
Light was thrown on the sterling job of Scottish lighthouses last week when recognition of Princess Anne' s tours raised the profile of the Northern Lighthouse Board.
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NewsFirst international winner for navigation award
A cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) has become the first international winner of a prestigious navigation award from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).
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NewsRabbit gets to Core of offshore positioning
Geonav Marine Systems is to use the RCM3600 RabbitCore and PowerCore 3800 in their I-Compass solution for marine navigation.The company specialises in the development of marine electronics and offshore positioning systems.
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NewsMore from Lamor with oil recovery barges
Finnish oil recovery specialist Lamor Corporation Ab has completed delivery of three multipurpose oil recovery barges to a customer in the Middle East. The company is experienced in boat building and ship repair since 1982 and combines this expertise with the manufacture and supply of modern and innovative oil recovery ...
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NewsISU Warns over new Bunker Spills Convention
International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has drawn attention to the incident at Newcastle NSW last year when the 225m bulk carrier ' Pasha Bulker' grounded on the Australian coast in extreme weather conditions.
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NewsUNV delivers a new series of ETVs to SASEMAR
Union Naval Valencia (UNV), a subsidiary of the Boluda Group, is close to delivering a four tug series of salvage tugs to SASEMAR, the government funded Spanish Maritime Salvage Agency.
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NewsConservancy supports East Head strategy
The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chichester and Arun District Councils, has released more details of the draft coastal defence strategy for the West Sussex coastline between Pagham Harbour and West Wittering on the south coast of the UK, and is inviting comments on their recommendations for managing flood and ...
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NewsFrench demonstrate sidescan in Plymouth
The French company IXSEA, which designs and manufactures navigation and positioning systems based on its fibre optic gyroscope technology, chose the historic naval port of Plymouth UK to demonstrate their fourth generation Shadows sidescan seabed mapping sonar with Plymouth based GEOSA, an oceanographic and marine innovation support company.
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NewsVan Oord and Royal Haskoning unveil coastal concept
Dutch dredging company Van Oord and consulting engineer Royal Haskoning have unveiled proposals they have developed to enhance the flood defences in the Netherlands whilst reducing pressure in the densely populated Randstad area of the country and at the same time making even better use of the scarce land in ...
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NewsUKHMA responds to Draft Marine Navigation Bill
The UK Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) welcomed the publication this week of the Report on the Draft Marine Navigation Bill issued by the Transport Committee.
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NewsCEDA sets dredging conference schedule
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has revealed a full autumn programme of events, with CEDA Dredging Days 2008 taking place in Antwerp on 1-3 October.
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NewsFirst lives saved by RNLI's MOB Guardian
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution’ s satellite based MOB Guardian sea safety system has recently played an important part in saving the lives of three fishermen after their vessel sank off the Channel Islands.
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NewsCrossrail funding rescues historic steamship
The world’ s oldest complete steamship, SS Robin, can carry out a much needed rescue plan as a result of a loan from Crossrail, the project to build a high frequency east - west railway across the London area, travelling underground through the city centre.
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NewsWartsila powers into ship design
Finnish propulsion systems specialist Wartsila has acquired the global ship design group Vik-Sandvik, an independent group providing design and engineering services to ship owners and the ship building industry worldwide.
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NewsScience relies on buoys with bounce
Elastic won the day for two customised data buoys that are being deployed in the English Channel off Plymouth last month. The pair of bright yellow, seven metre buoys, bristling with sensitive instruments, are part of the £ 100m national marine science programme Oceans 2025, funded by the Natural Environment ...
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NewsCEDA sets autumn dredging conference schedule
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has revealed a full autumn programme of events, with CEDA Dredging Days 2008 taking place in Antwerp on 1-3 October followed closely by the CEDA - MSI International Seminar on Environmental Aspects of Dredging, to be held in Tallinn, Estonia on 15-16 October.
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NewsJDN launches world's largest dredger in Spain.
Belgian dredging leviathan Jan De Nul celebrated the 4th of July by launching what is by far the world' s largest trailing suction hopper dredger at the Shipyard La Naval in Sestao, Spain.
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News: Port of Southampton pioneers waste heat recovery
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has become the first port in the UK to obtain its power through a combined heat-and-power-led district energy scheme, after signing a deal with Utilicom that will see a 30% annual reduction in the port’ s carbon dioxide emissions.
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NewsJDN launches world's largest dredger in Spain.
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul celebrated the 4th of July by launching what is by far the world' s largest trailing suction hopper dredger at the Shipyard La Naval in Sestao, Spain. With a capacity of 46,000 cu/m, the mega-hopper ' Cristobal Colon' leapfrogs the world' s current largest ...
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NewsMake tracks to MarNIS concept demonstrations
The Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) visionary project to bring vessel traffic management, search and rescue and environmental protection under one (virtual or physical) roof is going to be aired this autumn - in front of a critical audience.
