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PLA Quality Awards
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has received two certifications from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.
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NewsBTA Award for Maritime Journal Correspondent Jack Gaston
The Executive Committee of the British Tugowners Association has unanimously selected MJ''s Tugs & Towage correspondent, Jack Gaston, as the first ever recipient of the British Towing Industry Award for an outstanding contribution to the British towing industry.
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NewsTanya Takes USCG Water Safety Award
The current holder of the title Young Engineer for Britain has won the United States Coast Guard Award for Boating and Water Safety at the International Science and Engineering Fair held at Indianapolis USA last month.
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NewsSkeletons Avoid Scary Maintenance Costs
UK based Marine Software is supplying Marine Planned Maintenance to Northumberland Ferries vessels Holiday Island and Confederation, which ply between Caribou, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick.
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Anti-Tamper Lock Protects Assets
By ensuring valves and actuators are only operated by authorised individuals, the Anti-Tamper Lock (ATL) from Essex UK based Smith Flow Control secures companies'' assets by reducing the risk of human error or deliberate tampering.
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NewsAnglian Monarch' Takes Cruise Ship in Tow
Britain''s National Contingency Plan for marine emergencies was tested in the early hours of the 6 May by a potentially serious fire aboard the 11,100grt cruise ship Calypso, with 708 people onboard. When the ship reported an engine room fire in the early hours of that Saturday morning, 16 nautical ...
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NewsAMT to Tow 'Nomadic' Home to Belfast
Farnham UK based Anchor Marine Transportation (AMT) has won the contract for what is likely to be a very high profile marine transportation job later this summer, returning SS Nomadic, tender to SS Titanic and the only surviving ship of the White Star Line, back to Belfast where it was ...
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News'Alexander von Humboldt' Keeping Busy on Two Continents
Belgian contractor Jan De Nul NV is undertaking coastal protection works in the north of the Netherlands which involve both beach reclamation and foreshore suppletion.
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NewsTrinity House 'Alert' to Opportunities
Trinity House has taken delivery of its Rapid Intervention Vessel (RIV) Alert, built by Remontowa at Gdansk in Poland, where the 39.3m LOA vessel completed sea trials before being accepted into service.
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NewsReceiver Sorts EPIRB False Alarms
Surrey UK based Sartech Engineering has launched the Terrestrial SAR Receiver (TSR), a specialist 406 MHz receiver able to warn if an EPIRB has been activated nearby. A large percentage of EPIRB alerts are false alarms, often caused by over enthusiastic testing or inadequately secured float-free beacons being lost overboard.
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NewsSaabs Again for Canadian Coast Guard
The Canadian Coast Guard has placed an order for 141 Saab TransponderTech marine DGPS receivers in a move to upgrade shipboard navigation systems throughout the fleet.
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NewsLights, Cameras, Action at Seawork
Kongsberg Maritime''s camera division will be showing several new cameras for divers at Seawork 2006.
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Dredging Underway on Abu Dhabi's Al Raha Beach Project
Work in Abu Dhabi is forging ahead on the Al Raha Beach development project that will see the creation of 500 hectares of new land. The project is being implemented by Aldar on the beach side of the main highway leading into the city of Abu Dhab, from Dubai.
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Safety Management Award for ABP
Seawork''s landlord, Associated British Ports, has won a prestigious Occupational Health & Safety Award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
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ABP Takeover Bid
Following the announcement on 29 March 2006 that Associated British Ports Holdings PLC (ABPH) had received a non-binding proposal from a consortium comprising Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. an investment vehicle directed by GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Goldman Sachs International (the ''Consortium''), ABPH has now announced that it has ...
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NewsTelescopic Knuckle Boom Crane Boosts 'Baloe's' Abilities
For his new Damen Shoalbuster 2308 tug Baloe, featured in an MJVessel Launch last month, owner/operator Jack van Dodewaard of the Netherlands'' Herman Sr BV wanted to upgrade the capabilities of Herman, the boat he was replacing. When it came to a powerful deck crane, he opted for an HS ...
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NewsFirst of Class 'Interceptor Pilot 42' for the Port of Cork
The Port of Cork''s new pilot boat will be among the selection of workboats on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2006.
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News£22bn Pan-European Marine Energy 'Supergrid' Proposed
Dublin based renewable energy company Airtricity has announced plans to create a £ 22bn pan-European subsea energy grid called Supergrid, which will link a series of offshore wind farms from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay, Atlantic Ocean, North Sea and Baltic Sea.
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NewsGolden Arrow Launches at Seawork International 2006
Southampton based Golden Arrow Marine will be offering ''Seawork Special'' discounts to customers placing engine orders at the show or booking any servicing or maintenance work. Stand number 181 will also feature the marine offerings of sister company Poole Marine Services and the extensive expertise and facilities of Salterns Boatyard, ...
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NewsSuperb Ranges of EPIRBs Introduced at Seawork 2006
Simrad Ltd will introduce a range of EPIRBs and a new autopilot joystick on Stand 195 at Seawork 2006.
