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NewsPowercat 695 Launches at Seawork
Powered catamaran manufacturer Powercat will be using Seawork 2008 to unveil its very latest craft, the Powercat 695.
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NewsSpanish Shipyard Docks at Seawork
Recognising the volume of workboat newbuild contracts signed at Seawork International or sales resulting from a presence at the show, Astilleros Cardama S.A. of Vigo in Spain has signed up for the 2008 event.
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NewsCheetah Marine Gallops Back to Seawork
One of the enduring qualities of Seawork is the return of so many exhibitors year after year to both support the show and benefit from their presence there. One of many such exhibitors is the Isle of Wight based catamaran designers and builders at Cheetah Marine, who commute to the ...
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Workboat Firefighting on Seawork Quayside
The team at Ocean Engineering (Fire) Ltd returns to Seawork from their base in Cornwall, where they design, manufacture, supply, install, test and commission a full range of marine fire detection and fire extinguishing systems.
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NewsPumps Turn Up Trumps at Seawork
One of the many new exhibitors at Seawork 2008 will be Avon Boating, which will be showing the range of pumps, impellers and filtration systems which it supplies to the maritime industries. The star of Avon Boating' s stand will be the new range of ' Endurance Pumps' which the ...
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NewsFairplay Towage acquires Polish towage company
On 1 July Hamburg based Fairplay Towage formally purchased all of the shares in the Polish tug company Port-Hol SA of Swinoujscie. Port-Hol S.A. was formed after a reorganisation of the maritime activities of the Port of Swinoujscie in February 2001.
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UK gets Europe's first artificial surf reef
Construction of an artificial ‘ surf reef’ off the south coast of the UK got under way early last month.
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Laing O'Rourke wins London Gateway project
Laing O' Rourke has beaten two rival bidders to win the first package of work for the £ 1.5bn London Gateway for client DP World. The job will involve building a deepsea port in the Thames Estuary for DP World.
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NewsParticipation in MPA planning invited
Finding Sanctuary, a pioneering project that is designing a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the seas around South West England, is calling for key representatives of marine livelihoods and leisure activities to join its Steering Group to help plan where the MPAs should go.
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NewsTeesport Gateway Gets Go Ahead
PD Ports (PDP) has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.
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NewsSpecialist Transporter Recovers 'Katie Hannan'
Staffordshire based specialist shipping firm Robert Wynn & Sons responded quickly last month when they were asked to assist with the recovery of the RNLI' s Portrush Lifeboat, the ' Katie Hannan' .
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NewsFirst CEDA Dredging Conference in the Gulf
The first Central Dredging Association (CEDA) international conference on dredging and land reclamation in the Arabian Gulf, titled ' Dredging and Sustainability: How Wide is the Gulf?' , takes place on 6 - 7 May 2008 in conjunction with the Ship & Port + Europort Maritime Exhibition at the Qatar ...
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NewsAnniversary Record Breaking at Milford Haven
Milford Haven Port Authority sailed into its 50th anniversary year with an announcement that it handled the largest amount of shipping ever in its history during 2007.
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Echosounder bonanza at Seawork
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
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NewsEnvironmental Innovation 'Oracelle Fund' Launched
Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of capital for environmental marine research and development projects. Other contributors are welcome to participate.
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NewsChinese New Year for Rotterdam Salvors
Severe gales around the coasts of Britain and western Europe late in January and early February presented the emergency services and salvors with a number unusual and potentially difficult challenges.
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Salvors Back IMO Emergency Response Guidelines
Salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization’ s (IMO) adoption of Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency.
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NewsClimate Change Comedy on the South Coast
To launch National Science Week in the UK next month, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University of Southampton have managed to persuade two great comedians to give a lighter side to science and to climate change, at 19:30 on 10 March at the Nuffield Theatre.
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NewsLasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting
Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast of Scotland.
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NewsSafety Through Software Set to Save Lives
The UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the safety of those at sea throughout Europe by employing Hampshire based software assurance firm TestIT.
