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EU Short Sea Focus
Short sea shipping has been identified as a sector for attention by EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas. Alongside ship building, Mr Dimas believes new legislation for Europe''s maritime industries is necessary under his marine environment strategy aimed at cleaning up Europe''s territorial waters by 2021.
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NewsEarly Start for Hydrographic Survey Newbuild
Demand for Aquatech''s new survey launch Aquadynamic was so great that the vessel was put into service 18 months before its official launch at Oi06 next March.
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NewsDutch Workboat Duo Join Forces
Workboat operator Rederij Waterweg BV has joined forces with another Dutch workboat company, Van Stee Survey & Supply, after the latter was taken over by what is now the parent company of both, Acta Marine Holding.
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NewsJenkins Expand Dredging Fleet
Following the acquisition of four vessels from Dean & Dyball Construction earlier this year, Poole UK based Jenkins Marine have further expanded their fleet to include the two 300m 3split hopper barges Needles and Nab.
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DGPS Shared Use Guidelines
Definitive guidelines for shared use of Differential GPS for dynamic positioning and survey operations have been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the London-based organisation with around 300 member companies in 35 countries.
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NewsNew Type Tunnel Thruster Debut
The first commercial application of a new type of tunnel thruster technology is being deployed on a UT 712 CD anchor handler currently under construction at Aker Yards Soviknes for Olympic Shipping of Norway.
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NewsSimplified Voyage Data Recorder Launch
Danelec Marine launched the new DM300 at the recent Europort Exhibition in Rotterdam.
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NewsLighthouses Convert to Solar Power
Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has installed a comprehensive package of solar-powered aids for lighthouses along the country''s 335 mile coastline.
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Kwant Controls' Future
Dutch nautical instrumentation and control systems specialist Stork-Kwant, which was taken over through a management buy-out in January 2004, has changed its name to Kwant Controls BV with effect from the first day of last month.
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NewsContract to Monitor Poole Dredging Operations
Poole Harbour Commissioners in Dorset UK has awarded Partrac Ltd a contract to continuously monitor dredging operations in Poole harbour over a five month period which commenced in November.
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NewsSvitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated
Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage contracts can be adequately supported.
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NewsNew Terminal Will Ease Congestion
Europe''s biggest seaport, Rotterdam, has revealed plans for a second new container terminal with facilities for feeders and inland waterway vessels.
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NewsEU EPDIS Project Completed
A 2.85m research project for development of an electronic pilot display and information system (EPDIS), part-funded by the EU under its Information Society Technology programme, has been successfully completed following presentation of results in Finland to EU officials as well as leading ship operators and independent observers.
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NewsSchat-Harding's Manufactures Chinese KISS Lifeboats
Lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding is expanding its Asian manufacturing activities by building its KISS lifeboats in China. The company is also developing a 32 person freefall lifeboat for dry cargo vessels and tankers which will be built at its Umoe Schat-Harding Boatbuilding Co Ltd plant at Qingdao.
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NewsOutlook Positive at CEDA Dredging Days
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) made a successful transition along with Europort last month when CEDA Dredging Days 2005 was held alongside the newly relocated Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam.
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New CARIS Software
Canadian software specialists CARIS have launched a new suite of products for bathymetric data management, Base Editor 1.0. It enables users to compile, validate and analyse bathymetric data from multiple formats and a variety of sources for 3D visualisation, subset area editing and surface comparison.
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Moor Care Needed
The London P& I Club has warned of the potentially fatal consequences of failing to observe the highest levels of care and attention, on board and ashore, during the mooring and unmooring of ships. In the latest issue of its StopLoss Bulletin, the Club highlights a case in which a ...
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NewsSecurity buoys Parliament
The perpetual threat of global terrorist activity has generated an urgent need for the protection of people and property everywhere. This has in turn led to the application of innovative and technologically smart equipment designed to enhance security, especially at strategically vulnerable sites.
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Pollution Preparedness Bridges Historical Tensions
Historical animosities have been set aside to deliver the EU funded Summeri Project, which unites three major Gulf of Finland maritime training centres as one network capable of both training personnel and responding to regional marine oil pollution events.
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NewsNew Terminal Boosts Rhine Intermodal Role
Vehicle handling and logistics firm E H Harms, part of Bremen''s BLG Logistics, has opened a car handling terminal in Europe''s biggest inland port, Duisburg, to boost the role of the Rhine in intermodal transport.
