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NewsPocket Navtex Links to Any PC
Bristol UK based Marine Electronic Services has introduced the new Wetterbox WIB2 Navtex Black Box Receiver, a cigarette packet sized unit which incorporates an internal Navtex receiver and PC interface.
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News'Video Wall' VTS for Port of Antwerp
Two Belgian companies, Barco, which designs and develops visualisation products, and technical installations specialists Fabricom GTI, are installing a high performance VTS system, including new radars, for the Port of Antwerp.
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NewsAIS Enabled Buoy Launched in Oz
A truly ''smart'' Sealite buoy was launched last month by Toll Westernport in Westernport Bay, Australia.
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NewsFirst African Xbloc Project Completed
The construction of the first Xbloc shore protection project in Africa has been completed at Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria following a year long construction project that has seen 1km of shore protection structures built using armoured 1.5m3 Xblocs.
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Insurers Advise on Floating Box Risk
The recent and ongoing loss of containers from the grounded ''MSC Napoli'' has drawn attention to the risk of hitting semi-submerged objects, (containers included) in most oceans.
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Gardline Adds Consultancy
Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL), part of independently owned survey company Gardline Marine Sciences, has acquired the environmental consultancy Marine Ecological Surveys Limited.
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Dredging JV Acquires Energy Contract in India
Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster and Dredging International of Belgium have acquired a major energy related contract in India.
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Statoil Survey Contract for Acergy
Acergy SA, the seabed-to-surface engineering and construction contractor, has been awarded a $120m contract by Norway''s Statoil for survey services in the North Sea over a period of five years.
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NewsAluminium Workboats debut at Seawork 2007
Through their agents, Wave Seven Marine Ltd, Anytec Marine AB will introduce their range of high speed aluminium boats to the UK and Irish market at Seawork 2007.
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Seawork Celebrates 10 Years of Success
A decade has passed quickly since Mercator Media created the first Seawork exhibition at the Queen Elizabeth II cruise terminal in the Port of Southampton.
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NewsTOWLINES
Iceland has ordered their first Coastguard ETV from ASMAR in Chile.The new compact tug Union Amber is undergoing extensive trials after completion by the Spanish yard Astilleros Armon. Union Amber is the first of four new vessels to be ordered by URS in Belgium and associates Fairplay Towage, it will ...
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NewsRoyal Send-Off for Research Vessel
HRH The Princess Royal formally named the UK''s new £ 40m royal research ship RRS James Cook in a ceremony held earlier this month at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.
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NewsVerification of Third Party Security Personnel
While piracy is reflected in recent Hollywood blockbusters as the stuff of legend and intrigue, for those operating offshore vessels it can be a very genuine concern.The potential threat is being taken so seriously that the International Marine Contractors Association''s (IMCA) Security Task Force has produced ''Guidance on Verification of ...
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Tailfin Tidal Technology Surfaces in Oz
An Australian firm has developed a renewable tidal energy conversion system based on the highly efficient fin structure of shark, tuna, and mackerel.
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News Snip Thames
The UK Environment Agency closed London''s Thames Barrier three times in four days last month to protect the city from flooding.
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More Money Moves to Renewables
European private equity and venture capital company 3i has enhanced its presence in the gas and power market by investing ¢ 30m for a minority stake in Electrawinds, Belgium''s leading independent renewable energy company.
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NewsSwedes Meet Needs for Multibeam
A new multibeam system will be delivered for the survey vessel 'M/V Franklin'The EM 710 multibeam echo sounder is a high resolution seabed mapping system capable of meeting all relevant survey standards. The mounted system will be capable of seafloor mapping down to 2,000m and allows a choice of beam ...
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Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas
The seas of northern Europe are some of the most heavily travelled in history and there are literally thousands of wrecks lying in quite shallow water.
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NewsSt Kitts and Nevis Set Security Standard
The Department of Maritime Affairs of the Government of St Kitts and Nevis have become the latest in a series of Administrations to grant maritime security services provider, Securewest International, official competent authority status under SOLAS regulation to receive Ship Security Alerts (SSAS).
