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NewsDanish Repower for Peterhead Trawler
MAN Diesel PrimeServ''s Service Center at Frederikshavn in Denmark successfully completed a major re-engining job aboard the Scottish fishing vessel.
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Cummins Has Edge
Cummins UK is the East Midlands regional winner of the Edge Awards 2007, taking a £ 10,000 prize for further investment into training and development of young people. The diesel engine firm won the medium to large business category and goes through to the national finals in November.
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NewsFlag States Crucial to Marine Safety
The role of a flag state in assisting shipowners to achieve safe and efficient operation of ships cannot be understated, according to John Ramage, managing director of International Registries (U.K.) Limited, which administers the Marshall Islands Registry.
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NewsDredging Discovery of Plane Crash Sites
The first phase of a study is underway into the thousands of planes which have crashed into the sea around Britain, many during WWII, and how they relate to the activities of the marine aggregates dredging industry.
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NewsNew Crane Rail Installed at SCT
A new crane rail has been installed at Southampton Container Terminals (SCT) to accommodate the two new post-panamax quayside gantry cranes which are due to be operational during the second quarter of 2008.
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NewsTight Timetable for Newbuild Conversion
A& P Tyne Ltd, part of A& P Group, has recently completed the conversion of a newbuild Offshore Support Vessel into a pipe-laying vessel for Subsea 7. In line with the original schedule, the 130m vessel will shortly depart for Brazil to complete a contract laying flexible pipelines to a ...
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NewsFloat Switch Control in Marine Tanks
A new Mobrey magnetic float switch from Emerson Process Management is the first float switch to combine ATEX and marine approvals in one standard product.
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NewsNew Remote Control Firefighting Monitors
Tyco Safety Products Fire Suppression Group has unveiled its new generation of SKUM brand remotely controllable FJM-EL fog / jet firefighting monitors for use on firefighting boats, multi-role pilot boats, tugs, workboats and merchant shipping. Pronounced ''skoom'', SKUM is the Swedish word for foam.
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Gulf Spill Contract
Clean Globe Gulf (CGG), part of Finland''s Clean Globe International environmental service centre network and the region''s largest environmental service provider, has been awarded a five year oil spill response contract with Shell Oman Marketing. The scope of the contract will cover Shell''s operations onshore, offshore and in several oil ...
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NewsRolls-Royce Lifts Heavy Contract
Rolls-Royce has signed a £ 24m contract with SE Shipping in Singapore covering the supply of integrated equipment systems for four large heavy lift vessels. There are also options for systems for a further eight vessels which could triple the order value.
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NewsProgress for Northern Gateway Container Terminal
A major obstacle to the development of PD Ports'' proposed Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport UK was removed last month when agreement was reached with Hutchison Ports (UK) regarding rail freight network capacity.
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NewsDredging Consultancy Luminaries Join Forces
Two of the big names in ports, dredging, and estuarine consultancy have come under one roof this month with the announcement that HR Wallingford has acquired Dredging Research Limited.
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NewsMajor Order for Van Oord Confirmed
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has secured a number of important contracts in recent weeks.
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NewsContract Management for Land Reclamation Conference
Following the success of the Contract Management Days for Dredging and Maritime Construction in 2006, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), in association with CIRIA and the Institution of Civil Engineers are organising a Contract Management for Land Reclamation Conference, a two day ...
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NewsComprehensive Refit Renews Warlock
Following a year of hard work off Angola, the anchor-handling tug ''Warlock'' returned to Europe earlier this year to work in the North Sea on behalf of Delft based Allseas Engineering BV. Owned by Barry Towage & offshore SA of Madeira, Warlock assisted Allseas'' 125m shallow water pipelay barge ''Tog ...
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NewsSeawork Debut for Yamaha Commercial Diesel
The first new commercially rated 285hp Yamaha inboard diesel stern drive units, designated the ME432Sti P2, made their debut at the Seawork 2007 exhibition in Southampton this summer. Yamaha Motor (UK) this brought their total available inboard range up to five models and eight variants, including Twin Rotating Propeller (TRP) ...
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NewsDredgers Commended for Mammoth Discovery
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) has made special commendations for three sites operated by its member companies following their contributions to the advancement of marine archaeology and the understanding of our past.
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NewsInternational Collaboration on Seaglider
Having taken eight years to perfect, Seaglider is a buoyancy driven autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developed by scientists and engineers at the University of Washington''s School of Oceanography and Applied Physics Laboratory in the USA.
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NewsSurface Coating Protects Wave Power System
The Armourcote division of Surface Technology plc and specialist hydraulics components manufacturer Sun Hydraulics both based in Coventry UK, have worked closely together on the development of a new multi-layer anti-corrosion and anti-wear surface coating, ''TriCem 3800'', specifically to protect vital hydraulic components used in the innovative ''Pelamis'' wave power ...
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NewsUK Coastguard ETVs Show Their Versatility
In Britain the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of four powerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UK coastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.
