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Radar and ARPA Manual (2nd Edition)
Radar systems are fitted on all commercial vessels and are widely used in the marine leisure sector as well as Vessel Traffic Services (VTS).
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NewsTOWLINES
A UK Broker has joined the staff of Marcon International Inc , shipbrokers specialising in the worldwide towing and offshore petroleum industries. Martin Coombe, a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers , joined an existing team of five brokers at Marcon after leaving the Aberdeen based offshore specialists, Seabrokers ...
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Sea and Water Seminars
Sea and Water , the UK based organisation which promotes the use of short sea, coastal and inland shipping to move freight, is planning two more half day seminars this year. The current state of affairs and future prospects will be examined in September, with an in-depth look at the ...
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NewsRapid Response Rescues Turkish Reservoir
Finland based oil spill response equipment manufacturer the Lamor Corporation understands that effective rapid response can mitigate against environmental damage and reduce clean-up costs dramatically. With that in mind, Lamor has been steadily building inventory at their production facility, thus enhancing their efforts to establish other Environmental Action Centres (EAC) ...
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NewsPort-Net Project Pushing Ports
The Haven Gateway will be playing a key role in a new European port networking initiative, Port-Net , which held its opening conference in Hamburg recently.
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Major Refit Work Returns to Portsmouth
Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has docked the Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Richmond at the start of an 18 month refit programme. The project is the first refit contract in Portsmouth for 15 years and includes a wide range of work to upgrade the ship and enhance its systems ...
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NewsMean Marine Machine Seen at Seawork
Of the 60 workboats of all types on Seawork 2005 ''s floating pontoon, none was so fearsome yet popular as the prototype Offshore Raiding Craft built on Anglesey by Holyhead Marine Services Ltd .There were people queuing virtually throughout the show, waiting their turn to pull on waterproof military noddysuits ...
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One 'L' of a Typo
First revealed to CEDA Dredging Days at Europort 2003, the system has been field tested and further developed since then and is now ready to be marketed.In a July MJ News story concerning the British Royal Navy 's first Type 45 destroyer, the name of the ship was spelled incorrectly. ...
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NewsNorth Sea Makes a Haul at Seawork
North Sea Winches exhibited at Seawork for the third consecutive year and has already reaped the benefit with two confirmed orders and more in the pipeline. Business at the show proved brisk as an improved stand location attracted more casual visitors as well as those targeting specific products.
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Ohmex Tide Gauge Orders
On the Ohmex stand, director Ted Read reported strong interest from Dutch dredging contractors in the Lymington company''s latest Mk 4 Tidalite portable tide gauge system, three of which have recently been commissioned by ABP at Barrow-in-Furness.
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NewsGreen Light for London Gateway Port
Dredging and marine construction companies, as well as everyone concerned for UK ports capacity, will be delighted with Transport Minister Derek Twigg''s long awaited announcement that he is minded to approve P& O ''s proposal for the London Gateway Port development on the 607 hectare brownfield site of the former ...
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Reliable Monitoring of Onboard Gases
Sheffield UK based International Mining and Marine Limited (IM& M) has further extended its range of specialised safety services for the shipping industry with the addition of the Draeger X-am 3000 and X-am 7000 gas detection systems.
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Froude Modelling Hall Inaugurated at H R Wallingford
The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, Chancellor of the University of Oxford has officially opened the new Froude Modelling Hall at HR Wallingford in the UK.
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NewsFlexible Power for Newbuild Feeder
Wartsila Corporation has won a contract to supply two Wartsila 46F engines to power an Ice class 1A open top container feeder vessel ordered by Dutch owner Wagenborg Shipping and being built at the Kinderdijk yard of IHCHolland Dredgers BV . The new Wartsila 46F was launched at the SMM ...
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Elliott Transfer to Tees
Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd has transferred ownership, all intellectual rights and all new sales, service and spares of Elliott White Gill Thrusters, White Gill Thrusters , and Gill Thrusters to Cleveland UK based Tees Components Ltd . Tees has been Elliott''s principal subcontractor for the manufacture and assembly of thrusters units ...
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NewsSalvors Deploy the World's Most Powerful Helicopter
The Tsavliris Group hasdeployed the world''s most powerful helicopter for lightering duties in works to free the 25,500dwt bulk carrier Kiperousa , which ran aground off South Africa following flooding in its engine room. The vessel was on a voyage from Gabon and Cameroon to China fully laden with 23,000 ...
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NewsDroghedaMacduff Deal at Seawork
One of the many significant transactions officially acknowledged at Seawork 2005 saw Scotland''s Macduff Ship Design conclude a design and project management deal with Ireland''s Drogheda Port Company for a 13.7m Environmental Launch .
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NewsCranes Upgrade Lifts Thamesport's TEUs
In order to accommodate the new generation of larger container vessels being used on Far East shipping routes, Thamesport (London) Limited has undertaken an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes.
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NewsShort Term Work is Completed at East Head
Short term work to rebuild The Hinge at East Head in the UK has been completed.
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NewsReson to Be Cheerful
Southampton UK based hydrographic surveyors Emu Ltd have taken delivery of a Reson SeaBat 8101 multibeam echosounder. The integrated multibeam system is also comprised of Reson PDS2000 data acquisition and processing software, Reson SVP-15 sound velocity probe and a TSS MAHRS attitude and heading sensor.
