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NewsThe 20 Years That Lost the Sextant
New ways of doing things tend to insinuate themselves into an industry’ s consciousness until one day you get out of bed and realise that everything has changed. For centuries the sextant was the most important navigation tool after the chart and compass. Suddenly today it is hard to find ...
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NewsReducing Pollution Threat is Salvage Priority
Given the huge volumes of crude oil transported worldwide, the tanker industry has achieved a remarkable reduction in the number of significant oil spills, which has fallen to less than five per year. Nevertheless, industry, governments and the public at large remain aware that a major spill threat can arise ...
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NewsRIB Tubes To Go
Avon Inflatables, which has built over 200,000 high Hypalon inflatables and rigid inflatable boats (RIBs) since 1959, has tasked its specialist Military & Professional division with creating a separate tube build facility.
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NewsOceanology '08 Appears on the Horizon
Leading figures from the marine science and ocean technology community will focus on the key themes of climate change, meeting future energy needs and ensuring environmental and civil security when the Oceanology International conference and exhibition returns to London next year.
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NewsTOWLINES
J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has taken delivery of all three of their recent purchases from Japan. Based in Invergordon, the company now operates a four tug fleet comprising the original purpose built ASD tug ' Kincraig' and the new acquisitions ' Kintore' , ' Keverne' and ' Kindeace' . ...
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NewsSolar Power for Irish Lights
Following a competitive tender process, Drogheda Port Company has awarded Hydrosphere UK Ltd the contract for the upgrade to solar power of all of its seaward and estuarial navigational aids.
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NewsUS Operator Introduces the 'Handysize' Tug
United States tug operator TUGZ International, LLC, well known as owner and charterer of the 4,000 hp multipurpose ‘ Z class’ series of ASD tugs operating in a number of US ports, is introducing a new small tug design.
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NewsFog Signals for UK's Largest Wind Farm
Tideland Signal' s AB-560 fog signals have been chosen to warn shipping in the vicinity of what will be the UK' s largest wind farm at Lynn and Inner Dowsing in the Greater Wash, off the Lincolnshire coast.
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NewsFairplay XIV is Sold to Greece
Hamburg based Fairplay Towage has sold its deepsea tug ' Fairplay XIV' to Greece. The tug is well known throughout the towage industry, having worked reliably and economically worldwide, with its running mate ' Fairplay IX' , for many years.
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NewsOnboard Doppler Docking System Launched
SAM Electronics has introduced SAM 4683, a new IMO and DNV compliant dual-axis doppler log for provision of onboard docking information by calculating a vessel’ s transversal speeds at bow and stern. Information is displayed continuously on a large high resolution graphic LCD together with all other relevant navigation data.
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NewsFirst RAscal Line Handling Tugs Delivered to UAE
One problem for any journalist specialising in the towage business at present is how to present any news feature without giving the impression that it is a Robert Allan newsletter. The Canadian designer is currently so successful and prolific in producing new products for the towage market that his efforts ...
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Navaid Reflectors for Collision Protection Systems
UK based Firdell Radar Reflectors Ltd is now offering turnkey solutions for floating object collision protection. The objective is to enhance both the visual and radar visibility of high value maritime floating objects such as Single Point Mooring Buoys, barges and towed payloads.
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NewsRINA Launches Corrosion Prevention and Coatings Programme
International classification society RINA has joined forces with UK based coatings testing company Bodycote to launch a global Corrosion Prevention and Coatings (CPC) programme. The heart of the programme will be a CPC training course for shipyard and ship owner staff, and testing facilities for type approval of coatings according ...
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NewsArnold Witte is New ISU President
Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU), attending their 53rd General Meeting in Cape Town on 30 - 31 October, have elected Arnold Witte, CEO of US salvor Donjon Marine, as president. He succeeds Hans van Rooij of SMIT.
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News'Union Grizzly' and 'Union Kodiak' Reinforce the URS Antwerp Fleet.
URS, the Belgian Towage and Salvage Union has added two new tugs to its fleet in the Port of Antwerp. Named ' Union Grizzly' and ' Union Kodiak' , the tugs were formally named in Antwerp on 25 October.
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Electric Anchor Windlass for 'Joides Resolution' Refit
Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has supplied a the Type WES-32 electric anchor windlass to the Transocean owned drill ship ' Joides Resolution' as part of a major overhaul and conversion the vessel is undergoing in Singapore.
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NewsSurvey Options for New Trinity House Vessel
Described in greater detail elsewhere in this issue of Maritime Journal, Trinity House' s new Polish built multi-function tender ' THV Galatea' is equipped with an impressive array of hydrographic equipment, enabling it to carry out detailed survey operations in addition to its other duties on behalf of the General ...
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NewsSatcom Upgrade on the Horizon
Reliable communication plays a central part in effective ship management whether by providing essential weather information and chart updates for vessel navigation, supporting crew communication or maintaining connectivity with shore based management.
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Jobs to Go in MCA Reshuffle
Coastguard services and emergency response capability will not be affected by the loss of up to 25% of staff at Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) headquarters in Southampton UK. That was the Agency' s promise after new chief executive Peter Cardy told staff last month of plans to bring all ...
