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NewsMonitoring upgrade for nuclear fuel vessels
Sonardyne International Ltd has completed the latest stage of a programme to upgrade a unique monitoring system that it installed aboard nuclear fuel transport ships over 20 years ago.
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NewsMaintenance free personal monitoring instrument
Flexible and easily adjusted to suit the specific requirements of different personal monitoring applications, the new Draeger X-am gas detection instrument provides accurate, reliable measurement of one to five gases.
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NewsISU calls for new Lloyds Form
International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has called on all sectors of the shipping and insurance industries to approach the issue of salvage and spill prevention with ' fresh thinking and open minds' .
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NewsCrowley to run Alaska's 'Ocean Rangers'
The family and employee owned Crowley Maritime Corporation is to implement and administer the State of Alaska' s new Ocean Ranger programme.
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NewsGlobal Spill Response Joint Venture
Lamor Group Ltd and Swire Pacific Offshore Limited (SPO) have established a 50:50 joint venture to provide emergency oil spill response solutions for the oil and gas sector.
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Newsimaging for small subsea vehicles
Subsea visualisation specialist SRD has introduced Eclipse, a new sonar imaging system with 3-dimensional measurement capability.
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NewsUKHO launches new vector chart service
The UK Hydrographic Office has launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) which, it says, will provide an integrated global set of electronic navigational charts designed for the 21st century mariner.
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NewsReson extends multibeam range
Reson has extended its SeaBat series of multibeam sounders with the introduction of a small, lightweight model for mounting on underwater vehicles or boats of opportunity, the SeaBat 7101.
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Fugro orders new vessel
Dutch survey conglomerate Fugro has commissioned Fr. Fassmer of Berne-Motzen near Bremen in north Germany to design and construct a new 65m geophysical survey vessel, Fugro Searcher.
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Sonardyne acquires Waterfront Systems
Subsea equipment specialists Sonardyne have acquired Wavefront Systems Ltd of Sherborne, Dorset, a design company similarly specialising in sonar and underwater technology on behalf of commercial and military clients.
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NewsDelayed JadeWeser Port construction underway at last
Construction work is beginning this month on one of the most prestigious port civil engineering projects ever undertaken in Germany, the planned € 1bn JadeWeser deepwater container facility in Wilhelmshaven.
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News'Napoli' design defects identified by MAIB
Design defects which led to catastrophic hull failure of the containership ' MSC Napoli' when it encountered heavy seas in the English Channel last year have been identified in 12 other ships.
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NewsMajor donation to National Maritime Museum
The UK' s National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £ 20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
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NewsCrane Ship Finally Delivers the Goods
The heavy lift crane carrier Zhen Hua 23, which broke away from its moorings at Felixstowe on 1 March, was finally moved to the Trinity Container Terminal number 7 berth some three weeks after the accident which destroyed two of the port’ s quayside container cranes.
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NewsOban Trial Demonstrates Galileo Navigation
The Northern Lighthouse Board, the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man, welcomed guests and members of the European MARUSE Consortium to its base in Oban last month to view a high tech demonstration aimed at developing an understanding of the maritime uses of Galileo for navigation.
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NewsDone Deal for Dredger Builder
Dutch builder of dredgers and other specialist vessels IHC Merwede acquired design, engineering and construction company The Engineering Business (EB) last month.
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News'Africa Mercy' Ship of the Year Nomination
The world’ s largest charity hospital ship, which has been nominated ‘ Ship of the Year’ at this year’ s Lloyds List awards, was converted from a Danish rail ferry.
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NewsPost-Explosion Refit for 'Seamec II'
Following the dramatic explosion of the supply vessel Seamec II last year at the Curacao Dry Dock Company (CDM), Alewijnse Marine Systems has signed a contract to refit the multipurpose vessel.
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NewsMeiderich Tackles Re-engine Projects
Germany’ s Meidericher Schiffswerft (MSW) in Duisburg, still going strong after 110 years in the business, has completed the latest in a series of complex small vessel re-engine projects.
