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News'No Comment' is Good News on Dublin's New Pontoons
Whilst Dublin''s new water bus Spirit of Dockland''s and its Liffey Voyage have been the focus of much media attention and admiration, no one seems to have noticed the equally impressive pontoons that are an essential part of the same initiative.
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NewsTwo Colour Response to 'Tricolor'
The 2002 wreck of the car carrier Tricolor in the Dover Strait sent a sharp signal to all concerned with the emergency marking of ship wrecks.
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NewsNew Pollution Combat Ship for German Coast
It has taken nearly two years to acquire, organise, convert, complete and outfit, but Germany''s latest marine pollution combat ship Luneplate was finally due into service after trials in July.
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London Club Urges Greater Use of Parallel Indexing
The London P& I Club has said that two recent casualties may well have been avoided if the bridge teams of the vessels involved had made use of parallel indexing, a radar technique which can enable navigators to monitor continuously for cross track error.
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News'Crystal' Clears the Way for Cleaner Seas
The Seacore jack-up barge Excalibur has recently been mobilised as part of Southern Water''s £ 80m wastewater treatment scheme that is expected to bring ''unprecedented environmental improvements'' to the Kent coastal towns of Broadstairs and Margate.
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CEDA Unveils Technical Dictionary
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA), along with PIANC and other sister organizations IAPH, IALA and IHO, are working together to jointly release a ''Water Dictionary'' with an improved structure and content.
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NewsPontoons Cap Fishing Harbour Revamp
Southampton UK based Solent Marine designed and built 80 pontoon sections and designed a 36m linkspan bridge which recently completed a multi-faceted project to create moorings for the fishing fleet in Cornwall''s Newlyn Harbour.
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Marine Pollution Prevention Campaign Conducted
The 22 maritime authorities of Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control, which includes EU members plus Canada, Croatia, Iceland, Norway, and the Russian Federation, have conducted a concentrated inspection campaign focussing on how requirements for preventing marine pollution from ships (MARPOL73/78, Annex 1) have been implemented. The three ...
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NewsVTMS Deploys Buoys to Ireland
Vessel Traffic Management Systems Ltd (VTMS) has been awarded a contract to supply and install 12 navigation buoys and to upgrade the existing beacon in the river Newry.
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NewsTemporary Repairs Deliver Damaged Bulker
A 26,000 ton bulk carrier had been involved in a serious grounding and Hydrex was called out to do an inspection off the coast of Cyprus. The owners wanted a clear picture of the extent of the damage and temporary repairs to enable the vessel to arrive safely in an ...
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NewsNew Gyros for Navy Patrol Boats
Watford UK based TSS International Ltd has delivered 21 of its latest high performance S G Brown Meridian gyro-compasses to the British Royal Navy. These are being installed on board the Royal Navy''s fleet of P2000 Archer Class patrol boats to replace earlier model S G Brown gyros.
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NewsBig Power Package for Norwegian Ferries by Wartsila
Wartsila Corporation will provide the main and auxiliary engines for two new high speed Ro-Ro ferries being built at Aker Yards''Rauma facility in Finland for Norwegian operator Color Line AS.
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NewsBelgians Collaborate for Ostend MRCC
The new Maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) at Ostend was officially opened last month, providing a first point of contact for accidents at sea along the Belgian coast.
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NewsReclamation Work Begins on First Island at Dubai Waterfront
Dubai Waterfront, the world''s largest waterfront development and a subsidiary of Nakheel, has begun reclamation work on the first of seven islands to be reclaimed at the project.
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NewsBeauDrain Speed Consolidates Bremerhaven Port Extension
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has undertaken a project extending a car terminal in the German port of Bremerhaven. The harbour project was executed by driving a sheet pile wall along new terrain created by dredging.
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NewsMarine Works Preface Battersea Revamp
Hampshire UK based Commercial Marine and Piling (CMP) has completed a £ 1m contract at Battersea Power Station in London to refurbish the existing jetty for use as a commercial wharf. It will be used to remove spoil from redevelopment works at the site, which is one of the largest ...
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Off the Shelf GMDSS System Monitors State of Batteries
Kent UK based Energy Solutions has developed a new product for commercial shipping that works in conjunction with the core Victron product line. Their latest product, the RSM09A System Monitor, works with a standard battery charger to be used on vessels that require Global Marine Distress and Safety Systems.
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NewsBakker Sliedrecht Drives Back to SMM
Dutch marine electrical engineering specialist Bakker Sliedrecht returns to Hamburg for SMM 2006 and will be showing, amongst other things, its new ultra-compact direct water cooled frequency drives, a new series of totally enclosed, modular units which have been improved by way of smaller dimensions, serviceability, and an optimised cooling ...
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NewsTTS Awarded SemiSubmerged Linkspan Contract
TTS Port Equipment AB has been awarded a contract for a semi-submerged linkspan for use by island traffic outside Gothenburg, Sweden. The semi-submerged linkspan will be a vehicle deck structure hinged to the quay.
