All News articles – Page 1018

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    A Happy 10th Anniversary for Seawork

    2007-06-01T11:01:00Z

    Seawork is celebrating its 10th Anniversary in Southampton UK this month and everyone with an interest in the European commercial marine activity is invited to what promises to be a great party as well as the great exhibition it always is.

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    Marine Softwre Solutions at NorShipping

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    At Nor-Shipping 2007 marine transportation software solutions provider Transas will present the full scope of its solutions for navigation, maritime training and vessel traffic services.

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    Satellite Swoop on Marine Polluters

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) launched a satellite based observation system last month which detects illegal discharges and accidental spills from ships at sea in European waters.

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    Marine Workers' Support

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The Hampshire UK based Marine, Engineering and Manufacturing Skills (MEMS) Partnership has launched a programme to support employees whose jobs are at risk or whoface being made redundant within these industries.

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    Sidescan System Surge for MacArtney

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The MacArtney Group has delivered six EdgeTech 4200-FS sidescan sonar systems in recent months.

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    New Lock to Serve Olympics Site

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    British Waterways has commissioned the building of a new lock and water control structure on the Prescott Channel in the Bow Back Rivers of east London.

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    Scientist Heads IMarEST

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has appointed the first scientist to ever serve as President.

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    Wind in Sails for Gunfleet Sands

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Dong Energy has acquired the project company which holds all rights to construct an offshore wind farm at Gunfleet Sands UK from General Electric.

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    SEA Group Sales Success

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    SEA Group, which employs over 200 staff at sites in the UK''s West Country, has sold three of its 234 kHz Swathplus interferometric sonar systems to the Chinese Maritime Safety Administration and the Shanghai Water Supplies Bureau while in Europe, a further two configurations have been delivered to Electricite de ...

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    Funding In Place for Wave Hub

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The world''s largest wave farm planned off the coast of Cornwall in South West England has been approved for £ 21.5 million of funding.

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    'WD Fairway' Refloated

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Salvage operations in China refloated the world''s largest trailing suction hopper dredger last month after it had grounded in mud following collision with the 9,200 TEU containership ''MSC Joanna'' in March. Boskalis'' jumbo dredger ''WD Fairway'' had been dredging a new navigation fairway for the Port of Tianjin when the ...

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    Interactive Shipwreck Exhibition to Open

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Any European with an interest in diving and underwater exploration who is planning a holiday in Florida this summer will take note of a new exhibition scheduled to run from 22 June through to 31 January 2008.

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    SEEDA Secures Marine Industry Development Sites

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) has appointed LDA Design as master planners for the former West Medina Mills site in Newport, a significant river frontage location and part of the ongoing Cowes Waterfront Initiative on the Isle of Wight.

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    French Yard to Make Seawork Debut

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    First time Seawork exhibitor Chantier Naval Ernest Sibril is currently building a third 15.5m pilot boat for owner Les Abeilles Tangier Med.

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    Seawork Debut for Modular Pontoon System

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Making its Seawork debut next month on Stand 86 is Magic-Float UK, a new subsidiary of Magic-Float Enterprise Co Ltd, a global manufacturer of modular dock and pontoon systems.

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    Pier Renovation Sped by Robotic Cutter

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    A hydrodemolition robot from Sweden''s Aquajet Systems AB is helping Triton Marine Construction to achieve impressive production rates in the removal of spalled concrete from two piers at Pearl Harbour in Hawaii USA.

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    Real-Time Current Measurement for 'Thunder Horse'

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    The quest to provide real-time full water column current measurements for BP''s Gulf of Mexico Thunder Horse PDQ , the largest production drilling quarters semi-submersible in the world, was met with enthusiasm by Fugro GEOS Inc.

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    ComNav in Sweden

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    British Columbia, Canada based autopilot manufacturer ComNav Marine Ltd has further expanded into the Scandinavian market by appointing Stockholm based True Heading as its distributor in Sweden.

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    NATO Warships Keep the Seabed Clean

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    When three Dutch fishermen were killed by a bomb they picked up in their net two years ago, it emphasised the danger still posed by unexploded ordnance on the seabed

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    Czechs Fund New Elbe Shipping Channel

    2007-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Sweden based construction group Skanska has won a contract to construct a shipping channel in the Czech Republic.