All News articles – Page 1019
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NewsProgress Knocks Locks Smocks for Century
It''s the end of an era for lock keepers all along the River Thames who hung up their old uniforms and welcomed a new look at the end of last month.
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NewsTidal Energy Test Centre to Open
The New and Renewable Energy Centre (NaREC) in Northumberland UK will launch the only independent large scale tidal testing facility for device prototypes in Europe next month.
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Camper in Turkey
Camper & Nicholson Marina Investments Ltd (CNMI), floated as an AIM-listed specialist marina investment company in January, has made its first acquisition.
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NewsDutch Dredger Builder Triples Profits
IHC Holland Merwede, the Dutch shipyards group which is global market leader in the design and construction of dredgers, has announced staggering results for 2006, with sales doubled to ¢ 1bn and net profit tripled to ¢ 31.2m.
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NewsHol Blank Bolsters Weser Terminal Expansion
Now supporting Bremerhaven''s ever increasing need for round the clock berth and basin dredging is the new ¢ 4.4m water injection dredger Hol Blank following its completion at Lloyd Werft.
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Tanker Barges on the Humber Waterways
The introduction of iron tanks within barges in the early twentieth century enabled much heavier cargoes to be carried on the Humber waterways, including the liquids such as coal tar or vegetable oils and, by the 1920s petrol.
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NewsNew Dive Support Ship Backs Weser Works
Conditions for divers working on civil port construction and maintenance projects on Germany''s Weser have been improved by a new diving support vessel Taucher Bremenports, which has just gone into service.
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'Clean Seas Award' to Pollution Fighters
Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics has won the Lloyd''s List ''Clean Seas Award'' for the second year running for its continuing efforts to reduce the environmental impact of its deep sea operations.
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NewsNorwegian AUVs Curry Favour
Norway''s Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with the shipyard Alcock Ashdown Ltd of Gujarat in India for advanced AUVs and subsea systems.
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Vetus Auctioned
Dutch marine equipment manufacturer and supplier Vetus Den Ouden has been acquired by ABN AMRO Capital, the private equity business of ABN AMRO, in a competitive auction.
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NewsUK Stakeholders Plan Marine Protected Areas
Finding Sanctuary, a project that aims to create a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) around the South West coat of the UK, held a Regional Workshop late last month in Exeter.
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Partnership Approved for Coastal Defence Works
A joint venture between Westminster Dredging and Dean & Dyball Construction has secured a place on the UK Environment Agency''s National Contractors Framework 2 (NCF2) with regard to the development and construction of coastal defence schemes on a national basis.
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NewsApeks/Aqua-Lung Dive Into Seawork
Apeks Marine Equipment/Aqua-Lung UK makes its first appearance at next month''s Seawork International exhibition on Stand D2 within the DiveWork section of the show.
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NewsTwin Cats Make Anglers and Divers Purr
Seawork exhibitor South Boats Special Projects Ltd has launched two newbuilds, the 4th and 5th South Catamaran 36/11m MkIIs and the 39th and 40th 11m vessels built by the company.
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Kalmar's American Expansion
Scandinavian based cargo handling equipment supplier Kalmar Industries has acquired the assets and business of America''s Virginia based Port Equipment Service Inc (PES).
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New Online Marine Aggregates Research Database
ABPmer, the marine environmental research arm of Associated British Ports, has collaborated with the GeoData Institute to deliver an online research tool on behalf of the UK Government''s Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
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NewsThreat Detection Becomes More Affordable
As with most new technologies, thermal imaging cameras for maritime safety and port security applications have seen a price drop recently.
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NewsJenkins Marine Expands Dredging Activities
Dorset UK based Jenkins Marine is making continuing progress in the development of its dredging support operations.
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Brokers Acquired
Liverpool''s oldest ship brokers, SC Chambers & Co Ltd, has been acquired by Sanderson Maritime Ltd with backing from Merseyside Special Investment Fund (MSIF), Lloyds TSB and the company''s own investment.
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Guide to Port Entry 2007/2008
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