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NewsExperts Dazzled by Dubai's Coastal Vision
In a series of technical tours run in conjunction with the PIANC-COPEDEC VII conference discussed above, participants learned valuable lessons about how projects like Sama Dubai’ s Lagoons, Dubai Maritime City, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali, and Dubai World’ s Jebel Ali Port have progressed from conceptual design to ...
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NewsGLAs Applaud US eLoran Decision
The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland have applauded the US decision last month to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS), particularly in the event of an outage or disruption in service.
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NewsBright Sparks Address Skills Shortage
A marine course at South Tyneside College in the UK is helping to address skills shortages training which could help save shipping companies thousands of pounds in staffing costs.
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NewsWorld's Most Mature Cadet Qualifies
With the training and retention of mariners a continuing issue for the shipping community, it comes as good news that ex-fireman cadet Peter Sommerfield has recently qualified in the UK as a certificated watchkeeping officer at the age of 45 years. He has completed his cadetship and qualified for his ...
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NewsSimulators Secure DNV Approval
A total of 26 Kongsberg Maritime Neptune Engine Room Simulators (ERS) and Cargo Handling Simulators (CHS) have received a new Det Norske Veritas (DNV) Statement of Compliance this year according to new standards laid out in DNV Class A, Standard for Certification of Maritime Simulators No. 2.14 October 2007, which ...
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NewsCareers Website to boost Merchant Navy
A campaign to increase the number of Merchant Navy recruits in Scotland has been launched by Scottish Enterprise, with £ 250,000 initiative aimed at attracting more officer cadets into the industry.
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NewsTraining Charts an International Course
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is strengthening its reputation as an international training centre by educating students from around the world. Students from six different countries were the latest to learn how to produce and maintain Electronic Navigational Charts (ENC) by attending an intensive five week course recently.
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NewsSASMEX Keeps the Focus on Safety
The Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX) returns to the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on 16 and 17 April following a successful re-launch at the same venue last year.
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News'Gulf Maritime' Rides Regional Growth
The sixth edition of the Gulf Maritime Exhibition, the Middle East' s premier maritime event dedicated to meeting the complete sourcing requirements of the commercial, government, leisure, and the military maritime sectors, will be held at Expo Centre Sharjah from 21 to 23 April 2008.
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NewsWarning on Heavy Weather Personal Injuries
The London P& I Club has reported that recent personal injury cases which it has handled have included accidents in which the ship’ s motion in heavy weather has been a causative factor.
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Everard Celebrate 20 Years of Marine Insurance
Kent based Everard Insurance Brokers Ltd are celebrating 20 years over which they have kept well abreast of progressive changes in the London marine insurance market.
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NewsNew Survey Boat for Jan de Nul
Belgian dredging and marine engineering company Jan de Nul has taken delivery of ' DN 75' ,a new purpose built fast survey vessel currently in transit to Dubai, where it will be used to support a number of island construction projects.
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Joint AUV Development
Two Scottish companies, SeeByte and Subsea 7, are to collaborate in development of a new generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the offshore oil and gas industries.
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SEA to develop survey sonar for TOBI
SEA in Somerset, which specialises in seabed classification and other underwater systems, has been chosen to develop a deep ocean low frequency swath survey sonar for the UK National Oceanography Centre' s Towed Ocean Bottom Instrument (TOBI).
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IMCA Guidelines for Graduate Surveyors
Concerned that graduates from survey courses recruited into the offshore industry do not necessarily have the requisite levels of knowledge to begin a successful career, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published a set of guidelines aimed at assisting colleges and universities in focusing on customer requirements when revising ...
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NewsWinter Storms Lead Salvors a Merry Dance
When the roll-on-roll off ferry ‘ Riverdance’ was blown ashore near Blackpool on 1 February in heavy seas and force 10 winds, it was just the start of a protracted salvage operation in which weather conditions in the area have remained firmly in control.
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NewsJoint Service Fire Boat for French/Germans
Europa 1, the first fire fighting boat to go into joint service with both French and German authorities, has been delivered to fire brigades in Kehl and Strasbourg on the Rhine by German builder Neckar-Bootsbau Ebert.
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NewsMaritime Security Conference at SMM 2008
The security of shipping channels has become an important concern in view of the growing threat to international shipping.
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NewsMarine Civils Interest Builds at Seawork
The Seawork exhibition and conference, which returns to the ABP Port of Southampton on 10 to 12 June, is continuously evolving and one of the new features for 2008 is the introduction of a Marine Civils Pavilion within the show, acknowledging that marine civil engineering and maritime construction works are ...
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NewsSeawork Sails into Second Successful Decade
Seawork successfully completed its first decade of exhibitions in the ABP Port of Southampton last summer with record numbers of exhibitors and visitors attending Europe' s biggest and fastest growing business to business event for the commercial marine and workboat sectors.
