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New Gas Detector Gets CO Too
Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus its previous gas detector with the new model GD 1000, which in addition to flammable gases now also detects inert but deadly carbon monoxide.
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It's Close Up North
Detailed research carried out independent supply chain consultants Logistics Support Services has dispelled the myth that Northern UK ports are disadvantaged geographically. The research highlights that northern ports are not too far away from the main population centres to compete with southern ports. PD Ports'' unopposed successful planning application to ...
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NewsMegan M Emerges from a Clever Conversion
Many multi-purpose work vessels have been described in these pages and all have one thing in common. They are constructed to fulfil the special needs of their operator''s business and each vessel reflects, as near as possible and within sensible financial constraints, the ideal vessel to meet the client''s demands. ...
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News'Clean Up the World Weekend'
When 35 million volunteers around the planet will take part in the annual United Nations backed ''Clean Up the World Weekend'' this weekend, their activities will also break into cyberspace for the first time, with photos and videos posted onto Google Map under a new agreement which gives a global ...
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MCA's New SAR Chopper Flies
The first of four brand-new Sikorsky S92 helicopters, configured entirely for search and rescue (SAR), completed its maiden mission this month for Stornoway Coastguard. The helicopter airlifted a 77 year old woman from Kinlochbervie, who had been suffering with chest pains, and took her to Raigmore Hospital at Inverness. The ...
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NewsSeabed Drilling for Chinese Port Upgrade
Qingdao Municipal Government in China is investing some $183m this year to upgrade Qingdao Port, which will have a massive container handling capacity of 12m TEU when 23 new deep water berths are built as a result of integrating Weihai Port.
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NewsZF Gears Up In China
Less than one year after signing the joint venture contract was signed in Friedrichshafen last summer, the ZF Nanjing Marine Propulsion company in China has successfully tested its first transmission.
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NewsEnhanced Features with New Chart Plotter
Following on from the recently launched 7" widescreen CP300, Standard Horizon''s new CP500 completes their 2007 chart plotter line-up. With a big 12" sunlight viewable screen, the CP500 becomes the flagship of their range.
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NewsMarine Refuelling Challenge Met on Jersey
When a Jersey based marine engineering company required unusual provision for their refuelling needs, Barnsley UK based Cameron Forecourt was able to provide a successful bespoke solution.
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Ceredigion Flood Defence Plans Unveiled
Plans for a £ 1.6m project to protect homes and businesses from flooding in Ceredigion in Wales have gone on display. The scheme, funded by the Welsh Assembly Government, will attempt to reduce the risk to 88 homes and 22 commercial properties in Tregaron.
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News: New Dock for River Cart
The UK''s River Cart has been used for commercial traffic for the first time in at least 20 years by Steel Engineering, a tenant at the Westway Industrial and Distribution Park in Renfrew.
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NewsSeabed Cranes Excavate Lost Cargo
This summer the Netherland''s Seatec Underwater Systems BV provided several underwater monitoring systems , subsea pump units, various subsea components and engineering assistance which enabled Mammoet Salvage to recover part of a cargo of aluminium bars from a sunken cargo ship in the Baltic Sea using two cranes located on ...
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NewsSalvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship
Dutch salvage and towage company Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship Al Shaymaa this summer after the Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port of Moerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel coils. The vessel was safely redelivered to its owner.
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NewsIrish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple
Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link''s Dublin-Liverpool route. In addition, capacity available on Seatruck''s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding ''Clipper Point''.
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NewsIrish Sea Freight Capacity to Triple
Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken over Celtic Link''s Dublin-Liverpool route. Capacity available on Seatruck''s fast growing Warrenpoint-Heysham route is about to increase substantially, with the addition of the large newbuilding ''Clipper Point''.
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NewsThermal Imaging for Calais' Port Security
The French cross-channel ferry Port of Calais saw more than 11m passengers through its facilities last year whilst freight traffic also increased by a remarkable 11.8% to nearly 2m trucks.
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NewsShip to Shore Cable Promises Cleaner Ports
Cables and cabling systems specialist Nexans has developed an innovative hybrid MV (medium voltage) ship to shore connection cable that enables ships berthed in port to cut their engines and plug in to the local power grid, as well as providing an integrated data and telecommunications link.
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RESON Med Buy-Out
Mr Pietro Basciano acquired all the shares of RESON Mediterranean in Bologna, Italy last month and changed the company''s name to REMED sri. The subsidiary of global hydrographic survey equipment supplier RESON A/S was established four years ago, with Mr Basciano as the local director. REMED sri will continue to ...
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NewsNew Buoy Maintenance Facility at Harwich
Sheffield UK based Hodge Clemco has completed the installation of a new £ 600,000 turn-key preparation and finishing facility in a new buoy maintenance unit at Trinity House in Harwich, Essex.
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Bunkers Switch Warning
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) heard at its annual convention in Montreal last month that it would cost an estimated $67bn over the next five years to implement a wholesale switch from traditional bunker fuels to distillates only for the world merchant fleet. The IBIA was also told that ...
