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Avoiding Dangerous Climate Change
Over recent years we have seen growing evidence of climate change, with statistics suggesting that 2005 was the second warmest year on record.
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The Atlantic Telegraph
Even today we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about the floor of the Atlantic Ocean.
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News'Titanic' Tender Returned to Sender
Precisely a year after its plight was last covered in MJ (January 2005), the White Star Line tender S/S Nomadic, the last floating link to S/S Titanic, was purchased at auction by the Northern Ireland Office and will be returned to Belfast where it was built.
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Mammoet Moves Into Salvage
Heavy lift and transport specialist Mammoet has added salvage to its range of activities with the creation of Mammoet Salvage BV.
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NewsPLA Opts for Low Wash Launches
As a measure to conserve the environment of the tidal river Thames and better serve Upper District river users, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has signed a contract with Cornwall UK based Ecocats Ltd for two Javelin 31 low wash patrol launches.
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NewsMersey Marine Power Study Launched
The potential for generating electricity by tidal and wave power on the Mersey Estuary is to be considered in a major study initiated by Peel Holdings Group and the Northwest Regional Development Agency (NWDA).
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NewsLargest Sea Jetty for Port of Rotterdam
Construction work started earlier this month on what will be the largest sea jetty in the Port of Rotterdam.
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NewsSoft Soils Site Investigation
When completed, Jamaica''s 234km Highway 2000 (H2000) toll road will link towns on the southern coast to the capital Kingston, with further branches to coastal resorts in the North, including Montego Bay. The majority of the H2000 roads will be constructed on weathered rock deposits. The toll road will be ...
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Hydro Survey Work Wins Prize
The first ever winner of the new CodaOctopus Prize is Katie Abbott BSc, who won the award for her Marine Geography dissertation which included data acquisition, processing and critical analysis. As part of her Marine Geography degree at Cardiff University, Katie undertook a year''s industrial placement as a hydrographic surveyor ...
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SA Hydro Society Joins IFHS
The Hydrographic Society of South Africa has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) which has a worldwide individual and institutional membership in over 60 countries and member organisations in Australasia, Benelux, Denmark and the UK.
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New Trimble GPS Receiver
Trimble has introduced a new high-performance modular GPS receiver, the DSM 232, for dynamic real-time positioning at sub-metre and centimetric accuracies. Suitable for dredging as well as harbour and waterway operations, it can be used for positioning over large geographic areas either with or without a base station and external ...
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NewsSpecialised Underwater Seal Repairs Go Global
Antwerp based Hydrex has now launched a new phase in its cooperation with Eagle/Kobelco Marine to do underwater stern tube seal repairs and replacements.
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Four Times Gold
East Coast UK engine supplier Volspec Ltd dominated the recent Volvo Penta Dealer Conference in the Canary Islands by scooping Dealer of the Year Award and Volvo Penta Gold Awards for outstanding sales and market support performance. Volspec also won Dealer of the Year in 1982, 1990 and 2002 and ...
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Shortsea Terminal Underway at Flushing
Dutch firm Kloosterboer has started construction of a shortsea container terminal at Flushing.
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NewsStructural Repair for Fleetwood Ro-Ro Jetty
Structural Repairtechnique (SR), a division of specialist piling contractor Systems Geotechnique, has carried out a repair operation on the Stena Line ro-ro jetty at Fleetwood in Lancashire UK. The jetty, which handles freight and passenger vehicles destined to Larne in Northern Island, is formed by concrete crossheads supported on piles ...
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NewsSuccess for First Sea Water Scrubber
The first sea water scrubber to be installed on board a commercial vessel is now operational on P& O Ferries'' Pride of Kent which sails on the Dover to Calais route.
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Ferry Hard Times
Freight is providing the dominant force in shortsea ferry trades with an 84% rise through Dover in the past ten years while tourist car traffic has declined by 13% according to SeaFrance managing director Robin Wilkins. Demand has been such that estimates suggest truck volumes through Dover could exceed cars ...
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Propulsion Plant for Feeders
Wartsila Corporation has been awarded a contract by Bijlsma Shipyard BV in the Netherlands to deliver propulsion plants for two 350teu container feeder ships ordered by the Dutch VeKa Group. For each vessel Wartsila will deliver an eight cylinder Wartsila Vasa 32LN main engine rated 3,280kW at 750rpm, A Wartsila ...
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NewsMass Flow Excavator Mobilised
Subsea equipment and service provider Scan Tech UK launched a new HydroDigger, claimed to be the world''s largest mass flow excavator, from their Bridge of Don premises recently.
