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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.
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ECDIS transition guide from The Nautical Institute
A paper on the transition from navigating with paper charts to navigating with ECDIS, which was presented at a recent meeting of the IMO''s Sub-Committee on Standards of Training & Watchkeeping (STW), has now been published for general availability by the Nautical Institute in London.
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NewsFit and forget data management
There is a new service for the electronic management of onboard information that has come from the teaming up of ChartCo and Regs4Ships.
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NewsPortland prepares for an Olympic effort
As investment starts in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, Portland Harbour Authority starts to upgrade its AIS and radar based system.
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NewsFelixstowe Survives Crane Crash Chaos
The UK Port of Felixstowe is still clearing the twisted remains of two quayside container cranes which collapsed at the weekend after a vessel delivering new cranes broke free of its moorings in 80 mph winds.
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NewsMCA Staff Walkout Over Low Pay
Up to 700 staff of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are staging the first strike in their history over pay concerns. The 24 hour walkout began at 07:00 today (Thursday 6 March).
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NewsNew AIS Pinpoints Irish Sea Navaids
An innovative scheme funded by the European Union' s Interreg IIIA programme to increase safety on the seas was launched last month in Larne, Northern Ireland. The Automatic Identification System will improve navigation capabilities for ships by automatically identifying other ships in the area, as well as buoys and lighthouses.
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Research Information Finds a Platform
There has been for some time a need for researchers to have marine and coastal data at their fingertips, in order to meet the growing disquiet about what is happening to our coasts and climate.
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NewsMCA Gets New SAR Helicopters
New helicopters introduced to provide search and rescue (SAR) services from two bases in the north of Scotland are now established in the role. The new Sikorsky S92 aircraft have been introduced on a phased basis at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) bases at Stornoway and Sumburgh, Shetland.
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NewsPlating Repair Provides Impact Protection
Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord chose SPS Overlay to provide side shell protection for its trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Iberia. The work was carried out in Ajman at a yard which is jointly owned by Keppel, an SPS Overlay licensee.
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NewsAn Uplifting Experience on the Seawork Quayside
Miko Marine AS will travel all the way from Vika in Norway to demonstrate their new CCLS subsea lifting system from the quayside at Seawork 2008.
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NewsDown Under Winners Surface at Seawork
Returning to the DiveWork pavilion at Seawork 2008 is Aberdeen UK based international diving equipment technology company Divex, which has been celebrating a double business success recently.
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NewsLots to Doosan at Seawork 2008
Seawork regular exhibitor WaterMota Ltd has been going from strength to strength in its role as UK distributor for the extremely popular Doosan marine engines and generators, Dong-I reversing gearboxes, PTOs and steering systems, Westerbeke engines and gensets as well as JMP flexible impeller pumps.
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NewsEndless Collaborations for Seawork Exhibitors
Seawork is an annual coming together and celebration of the European commercial marine industries, so it is natural that Seawork exhibitors collaborate amongst themselves throughout the year on all types of projects.
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NewsTowRescue Attachment Makes Seawork Debut
Enthusiastic Dutchman Peter Leeuwenburgh of TurboSwing BV travels to Seawork for the first time this summer with a new workboat variant of his established for recreational use towing device which will be of interest to anyone operating rescue and patrol craft.
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NewsRedfinn Lands Fast Craft at Seawork
Based at Co Meath in Ireland, Seawork 2008 exhibitor Redfinn Boats Ltd will be showing a fine representation of its latest business venture on the floating pontoon at this summer' s show.
