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NewsTowage Provision for LNG is Proving a Sensitive Issue at Milford Haven
With work on the necessary jetties and other facilities proceeding apace and the commencement of LNG shipments into Milford Haven moving ever nearer, speculation is growing as to the form supporting towage services will take. Two separate LNG plants are under construction at Waterstone and South Hook. Towage requirements for ...
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Giant Fenders for RN Tugs
Marine fenders come in many shapes and sizes but few are as large as those used by the UK Ministry of Defence on their service tugs. Measuring 26ft in length by 4ft in diameter and weighing more than 7 tons, the specialised rope and chain structures are integral ...
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News'Svitzer Stanlow', A New Escort Tug for the Mersey
Any new tug arriving to reinforce the escort tug services around the UK is newsworthy but when it represents just part of a massive fleet rebuilding programme it is doubly significant. Svitzer Stanlow arrived in the River Mersey after a gruelling delivery voyage from Singapore just a few days before ...
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NewsViroSoil: Environmentally Friendly Sediment Remediation
An innovative treatment solution for contaminated sediment has been developed by Virotec Europe in the UK, which believes that the problems associated with contaminated sediment, including acidity and heavy metals, can be effectively decontaminated in the long term using the company''s ViroSoil technology.
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NewsThe Penny Drops for Marine Energy R&D
The Carbon Trust in the UK launched the Marine Energy Accelerator (MEA) this month, a new initiative to support the development of marine renewable energy. The project aims to accelerate progress in reducing the costs of wave and tidal stream energy technologies and bring forward the time when marine energy ...
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NewsEnvironmentally Friendly Electric Drives Help Stack Them High
Sweden''s MacGregor Group came to SMM in Hamburg last month heralding a new range of cargo handling equipment for the shipping industry, featuring environmentally friendly electric drives.
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DP World Safe
Lloyds Register Quality Assurance ,(LRQA) has issued its first ISO/PAS 28000 certificate for international supply chain security to global container port terminal operators DP (Dubai Ports) World.
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New Dry Dock Gates for Shipyard
C Spencer Ltd in Barrow-on-Humber in the UK has completed work on a project to design and commission a new 30m by 12m lock gate and drive mechanisms at Dry Dock No 3 at BAE System''s Scotstoun, Glasgow shipyard, a project that involved the installation of five cellular cofferdams. The ...
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NewsHydrodynamics Helps Design New Thrusters
Dutch marine equipment supplier Vetus den Ouden turned to countrymen at the Maritime Institute Netherlands (MARIN) for collaboration in developing their latest bow thrusters. In working together with the noted hydrodynamics laboratory, Vetus has optimised bow thrusters performance by uniquely shaping propeller blade profiles, resulting in little or no cavitation ...
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NewsPadstow Flood Defence Repair Work to Start
The harbour walls at Padstow in the UK are being given a £ 1.8 million facelift as the Environment Agency, working with Royal Haskoning, starts essential repairs in the popular North Cornwall tourist spot and ancient port.
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NewsGallium Hits the Deck in Naples
Passenger transport flooring manufacturer Altro Transflor his launching a new marine safety flooring especially developed or use in ships which the company believes is the only IMO approved slip-resistant lightweight flooring on the market.
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Councillors Haunt 'Ghost Ship' Plans
The latest twist in the long running tale of the UK''s ''Ghost Ships'' unfolded earlier this month when members of Hartlepool Council''s Planning Committee refused applications for the development of Able UK''s Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC), where the company proposes to dismantle the derelict American military transport ...
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News'CP Valour' Removal Completed
Salvage operations to refloat 'CP Valour' were completed last month.The wreck removal contract was awarded in late April. SvitzerWijsmuller mobilised equipment and personnel from the Netherlands, the Mediterranean and South Africa. CP Valour was found to be hard aground on sand over volcanic rock. The 1,000 TEU vessel, laden with ...
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Coastal Papers
The UK Environment Agency is inviting the submission of synopses of papers for potential presentation in the 2007 Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Conference, which will be held at the University of York from 3 to 5 July next year.
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NewsParticipation Urged in South Coast Planning
Marine South East, the regional marine initiative of the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA), hosted the region''s first Open Forum last month to discuss the Waterfront Strategy or the country''s South East region. The forum brought together businesses, planning officers and regional organisations to raise the profile of ...
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NewsISU Supports EU Pollution Directive Challenge
Marine salvors have welcomed the recent London High Court decision to refer a legal challenge to the EU''s Ship Source Pollution Directive to the European Court of Justice. The legal challenge was mounted by an industry coalition led by INTERTANKO.
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Certex Lifts GDP
Lifting gear distributor Certex UK has purchased Plymouth based Global Defence Procurement Ltd (GDP), which provides sales and servicing of a wide range of marine and industrial equipment.
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NewsYard Readies Third Cat to Support Sisters
Being readied for delivery in December is a tough passenger catamaran, designed to ease pressure on two sister ships which racked up 5,000 crossings on the Lake of Constance in just seven months last year.
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Headline: Spain Extends Multibeam Capabilities
The new system utilises CHIRP technology to obtain extended survey coverage from shorelines to continental rises at depths down to 6,000m. It also provides high density signal processing in addition to increased numbers of soundings for improved resolution. By DAVID GOODFELLOW
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News'Magnus' Delivered as Harms' Building Programme Gathers Pace
The rapidly growing fleet of Hamburg based Harms Offshore Gmbh received another major boost in September with the delivery of ''Magnus'', the first of a pair on new anchor handlers. Since the delivery last year of the smaller ''Primus'' (Maritime Journal February 2005), the company has announced orders for a ...
