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NewsBudget Pontoon Boosts Trade on Loch Fyne
A specially designed pontoon recently completed for a small Argyll community will prove a major attraction for leisure users and help boost the local economy. The 50m long pontoon was installed on the shore of Loch Fyne by outdoor equipment specialists Fusion Marine Ltd for the Otter Ferry Community Association.
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News'Tenax' Gives Towage at Fawley a Boost
The arrival of the new Voith escort tug Tenax has given towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley on Southampton Water UK a considerable boost.
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NewsClyde Revives with Commercial Boatyard
The first phase of the River Clyde Boatyard at Rothesay Dock East in Clydebank opened for business recently.
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NewsWildcat Survey Boat Prowls Tees Ports
Andrew Ridley, conservation manager at PD Teesport, Middlesborough UK, wanted to upgrade multi-beam sonar capability for the port''s hydrographic survey operations but was concerned that an expensive new sonar head would be vulnerable in the conventional deployment practices used on an existing monohull survey boat.
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Marine Study Begins for Oman's 'Blue City' New Development
The Sultanate of Oman will be the location for the latest self-contained residential and tourist complex in the Middle East when the US$15bn Blue City project gets under way.
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NewsBearings Bear Up In Tough Conditions
Canada''s Thordon Bearings Inc has been making significant gains in the global market for cutter suction dredger cutterhead shaft bearings.
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NewsOldendorf Take Over Bauxite Transportation in Guyana
Oldendorf Carriers, one the world''s largest private shipping companies, has been awarded a major long term contract for all aspects of transportation of bauxite from Guyana.
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Dubai Wins P&O Bid Battle
A brief bidding war which saw the value of the P& O ports and ferries group escalate by £ 1.6bn in a matter of weeks has been decided in favour of Dubai Ports World (DP World).
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NewsFairplay Charter 'Barents'
Fairplay Towage of Hamburg has taken on bare boat charter the new terminal and offshore anchor handling tug Barents from Bukser og Berging of Oslo.
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NewsImproved Density Gauge Ignores Bad Vibes
The dredging process is often noted for the instability of equipment on board brought about by high levels of vibration. The condition can apply to electronics such as dredged material density detectors mounted directly on the dredge pipe. Damen Dredging Equipment and Thermo Electron have recently collaborated to produce a ...
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NewsCaptain and Crew of ETV to Get Award
The Captain and crew of the Klyne tug Anglian Princess are to be awarded a Letter of Thanks from the Royal National Lifeboat Chief Executive in recognition of the professionalism and skill demonstrated by the crew when the boat went to the assistance of the motor vessel Galina.
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NewsFelixstowe South Port Reconfiguration Approved
At the end of last month UK Transport Minister Derek Twigg announced that he has approved the proposals for a new container terminal at Felixstowe South. The proposals by Hutchison Ports involve the reconfiguration of the Port''s original Dock Basin, an area previously used by P& O North Sea Ferries, ...
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NewsUSCG Approval for Sealite LED
The Sealite SL125-2 LED marine lantern has received US Coast Guard Approval for Class ''A'' structures. Incorporating 2 tiers of 36 LEDs (72 in total), the SL125-2 provides a luminous range of up to five nautical miles, with each LED tier utilising Sealite''s patented omni-directional LED Reflector to increase the ...
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Approval for Renewables Test Facility
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney has achieved a world first by gaining United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) accreditation for its unique testing facilities. These provide detailed and highly accurate data on the performance of devices developed to harness wave energy.
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Anschutz On Course
The 100th anniversaries of both the gyrocompass and the founding of Anschutz & Co has inspired Kiel, Germany based Raytheon Marine to reinstate the Anschutz name in the company''s branding and logo. With effect from the start of this year the company is known as Raytheon Anschutz GmbH, a subsidiary ...
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NewsSmall Isles, Big Resource as Alderney Explores Tidal Power
The States of Alderney, located eight miles from France, is not part of the UK or EU and has its own elected government which passes its own laws.
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NewsDeepOcean and Multraship Add Hydro Capability
The recently merged DeepOcean and Oceanteam Group of companies, now trading as DeepOcean out of Den Helder in the Netherlands, has renewed its arrangement with Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen for the charter of the latter''s 56.1m LOA vessel ''Multraship Commander''.
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News100 Years of Navaids for Pharos Marine
Aids to navigation specialist Pharos Marine is celebrating the 100th anniversary of Danish physicist Gustaf Dalen beginning works at the Aktiebolag Gassaccumulator Company which led to the development of the Dalen Mixer, a device which made it possible to automatically produce the mixture of acetylene and air (in a ratio ...
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NewsSurvey Ships Head for OI 06
At least six state of the art survey vessels from France, Sweden, Holland and the UK are scheduled to berth at the Royal Victoria Dock alongside the London ExCel Centre at next month''s biennial Oceanology International exhibition and conference from 21 to 23 March. Among them will be RV Triton, ...
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Royal Opening for WMTC 06
The Duke of Edinburgh is to open the World Maritime Technology Conference at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London on 6 March.
