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NewsUnit Enhances Autopilot System
To optimise performance and improve navigation, boats are often equipped with autopilots, special drives and thrusters.
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NewsDredgers Make Beeline to ASRY
From its location on Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf, the Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) is well placed to win work on a wide variety of passing tonnage. The second quarter of 2006 was a busy time for ASRY, with high demand for all the docks and alongside repair ...
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NewsTristan du Cuhna Anxiously Awaits the Return of Powerful Tugs
When the oil exploration rig A Turtle grounded on one of the world''s most remote and ecologically sensitive islands early in June it caused great concern among the small local population. The 6,357 gross tons rig, originally named Petrobras XXI, had been roaming the South Atlantic for several months unattended ...
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DEFRA Announces Fee Rises for Marine Licensing
DEFRA in the UK has announced that fees for marine industry environmental licences would increase at the end of July.
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NewsOstensjo Announce Massive Investment in New Vessels
At a recent seminar held for industry representatives at their headquarters in Haugesund, Ostensjo Rederi AS announced a massive investment of 1.6 billion Norwegian Krona in new vessels to support their activities in the towage and offshore industries.
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NewsBelgians Flourish in South America
Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group, together with SAIPEM and Constructoro Norberto Odebrecht, won a contract last month from Peru LNG to build marine export facilities at the Pampa Melchorita LNG facility, located some 200km south of Lima. The total contract is valued at $247m, with Jan De Nul taking a ...
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NewsTideland Completes the Refurbishment of Angolan Lighthouses and Aids to Navigation
Tideland Signal Limited has completed the refurbishment of two lighthouses and other aids to navigation in Angola, replacing the original beacons with modern, solar-powered lanterns at various points along the coast of Benguela Province.
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NewsPoseidon Progress in the Agean
Fugro Oceanor has won a contract for the second operational phase of Poseidon, the sea condition forecasting system in the Aegean operated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR).
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NewsRace Against Time at Bremerhaven
Officials in Bremerhaven are working fast in the Weser approaches to ensure that the giant Emma Maersk, billed by her owners as the world''s biggest container ship, will be able to turn when making its first call at a German port this month. The 400m long and 56m wide container ...
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Svitzer's Takeover of Adsteam Delayed by OFT
Confirmation of the possible takeover of Asteam Marine by SvitzerWijsmuller has been delayed by some months following a decision by the UK''s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) to refer the matter to the Competitions Commission.
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NewsAdsteam Introduce Low Cost Tug Fleet to the Humber
Adsteam Marine, one of the UK''s leading towage operators, has launched Humber Tugs, a new low cost, ''no-frills'' tug fleet on the Humber, in response to changes in local market conditions. The service was started last month with two Voith Schneider tractor tugs, HT Sword and HT Sabre, and the ...
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NewsRadar Integration Adds Camera Tracking System
Texas USA based Night Vision Technologies Inc (NVTi) has introduced scientific advancements to its series 5000 and 6000 multiple sensor vision systems to provide superior radar integration and object tracking.
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Lankelma Acquires Andrews
Lankelma Marine SI has acquired Great Yarmouth UK based Andrews Survey, which has become Lankelma Andrews. Andrews brings 30 years of marine survey experience and their geotechnical capability will augment the Lankelma marine resource pool with CPTs, hydraulic vibracorers and a range of other seabed samplers. The new company will ...
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NewsBoskalis Acquires Large Contracts in Russia
Dutch dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster has won two large contracts in Russia. In St Petersburg, Boskalis will dredge a new access channel from the sea. In Varandey, Boskalis is involved in the construction of two oil pipelines of 20km each in the Barents Sea. The total contract value of ...
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Disabled Access Improves
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) in the UK has published research showing the shipping industry has responded to its guidance on improving the accessibility of passenger ships, ferries and ports for disabled people. The guidance issued in 2000 expanded on that issued earlier by the IMO.
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News'Mega Trailer' Dredging for Shams Abu Dhabi
Royal Boskalis Westminster''s mega trailer Queen of the Netherlands has begun dredging and reclamation operations in the waters of Abu Dhabi for Sorouh Real Estate''s Shams Abu Dhabi project on Reem Island.
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News£300m Bristol Port Company Development Pushes Forward
Bristol Port Company is consolidating plans announced last year to build a 300m deepwater container terminal on reclaimed land outside the Avonmouth dock complex and now expects to submit a planning application before the end of this year.
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NewsTwo Rescues by Klyne Tugs in 24 Hours
Tugs from the fleet of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd secured two Lloyds Open Form salvage contracts within 24 hours in the prevailing high winds in the English Channel and North Sea on the 3rd and 4th of this month.
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NewsDamen's New Stan Tug 2208 Proves Popular
As part of its policy of continuing product improvement, Damen Shipyards have been progressively reviewing and modernising their range of twin-screw Stan Tug designs.
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No Bad Vibes at SMM 2006
Trelleborg Industrial AVS, which supplies anti-vibration and shock mounting systems to the global marine market, will be showing its new Cushymount XK on Stand A2040 at SMM 2006.
