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NewsMobile Mobdock Makes Rapid Thruster Repair Possible
One of the four 40 ton swing-up Azimuth thrusters of an offshore crane barge servicing rigs off Gabon had malfunctioned and needed to be removed from the barge for repairs. Thrusters are vital to staying in location, working with DP. Whilst it is possible to maintain location with three thrusters, ...
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NewsSwedes Satisfy Rescue Needs of Offshore Wind Power Industry
The consent given last month by the British Government for the world''s largest wind farm to be built in the Thames Estuary further validates the arrival of the offshore wind power industry as a valuable contributor to the battle against global warming and for the security of energy supplies.
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SEEDA's Hoist Wight On
A technologically advanced new hoist for the expanded apron at East Cowes UK is now in operation. The 10m wide hoist dock and crane is suitable for transporting both blades for wind turbines as required by Isle of Wight based Vesta Blades (UK) Ltd, and large yachts of up ...
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Marine Propulsion Training from HME
This training offers the global marine industry an opportunity to gain knowledge of matching ship propulsion components and systems. Based on market developments, a separate module on the characteristics of electrical drives has been added. This international training enables marine professionals to understand more about the specific characteristics of ships ...
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New Year's Higher Resolution for RNLI
The three year SAR simulator at the RNLI''s Lifeboat College in Poole UK has been upgraded in a project designed and integrated by Antycip SAS, using 11 F2 SX+ DLP projectors supplied by Norway''s projectiondesign.
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IMCA's Norwegian Head
It its biennial board changes, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed its first ever Norwegian president. Knut Boe, senior executive vice president for marine operations and technical resources in Technip''s offshore branch, also becomes chairman of the IMCA''s Overall Management Committee (OMC).
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Hazardous Waste Website
With the current regulatory climate creating a financial and manpower burden to UK businesses, a new website launched this month aims to help small and medium sized businesses comply with waste legislation. The website, www.BeCompliant.co.uk, provides applications and tools to help producers of hazardous waste meet compliance criteria, save money ...
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NewsHandlers at the Heart of Operations
The first vessel in over a decade to collect scrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation made possible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed to the Norfolk port from Scotland with a cargo of sugar beet then collected the scrap ...
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'White Knight'Buys GL
hamburg based classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been rescued from the hostile takeover advances of French rival Bureau Veritas by local tycoon Gunter Herz, who has now acquired over 95% of GL''s shares.
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NewsStudents Lay Up Skills for the Future
Over 400 children aged thirteen and fourteen from fifteen schools on the Isle of Wight took part in a project last month to study boat design and create their own catamaran. The aim of the project was to introduce glass fibre and all its properties to young people using a ...
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NewsNew Seals Keep PLA Fleet Moving
The Port of London Authority (PLA) operates a fleet of workboats which operate 24/7 keeping the River Thames open and safe for navigation for 90 miles from upriver Surrey all the way to the sea. With such an operational commitment, the PLA’ s marine engineering superintendent Andy Nailor was happy ...
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NewsWaterjet Goes Fishing in Norway
Norway''s Grovfjord Mek. Verksted AS has delivered a second 8.85m salmon fish farming workboat to countrymen Nordlaks AS. The two boats will be used for the daily chores of tending salmon and are equipped with small cranes and capstan winches.
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NewsEvery Winch Way in the New Year
German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton line pull triple drum waterfall winch.
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NewsTSS Launches New INS Equipment
Last month''s Ocean Business Exhibition and Conference in Southampton saw TSS International introduce its latest Orion series of Inertial Navigation Systems, providing precise attitude, heading and heave data for applications ranging from support of multibeam surveys and ROV operations to construction of major seabed installations.
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New DVRs from NETmc Marine
73fifty, a new range of low cost digital video recorder/players which can typically download a half hour file in less than four minutes for marine as well as ROV and diving inspection operations, has been launched by NETmc Marine of Aberdeen.
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NewsMustang's Match with Incat Crowther
Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Australian design house Incat Crowther which gives the Pembroke Dock based boat builders exclusive rights to build Incat Crowther designs for customers in the UK and Ireland. Mustang Marine anticipates that the demand will be for workboats and ferries in ...
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NewsVuossari Port Orders Kalmar Cranes
Cargo handling equipment supplierKalmar has won an order from Finnsteve Oy Ab for four ship to shore (STS) cranes to be used at the new Vuossari Port in Finland. The cranes ill be capable of servicing post-Panamax vessels in twin lift operation, while preparations will be made or future tandem ...
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NewsOsprey's Innovation Expedites Crane Delivery
Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution for the delivery of a new dockside crane for the UK Ministry of Defence''s Ernesettle Ammunition berth in ...
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NewsNew Unit Controls Generator Exhaust Discharge and is Kind to Environment
The problem of generator exhaust discharge has been addressed by a new system from America''s Centek Industries which filters the exhaust to discharge environmentally friendly water. After exhaustive testing by a Lloyd''s Register senior surveyor, Gen-Kleen has recently received the LT Type Approval Certificate.
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New Contract
Belgian contractor Jan De Nul has won a 175m Euro contract from the Tourist Investment and Development Board of Abu Dhabi.
