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Work Load Up for ISU
Members of the International Salvage Union recovered over 700,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 266 vessels carrying cargoes and bunkers with a potential to cause pollution, up from 218 in 2003. This represents a significant increase in both the number of ...
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NewsSeawork International Sails Into Southampton
The eighth annual Seawork Exhibition and Conference has arrived in the ABP Port of Southampton sporting its new title, Seawork 2005 International , which reflects the fact that the show''s reputation has spread far and wide to attract exhibitors from truly distant locales well beyond its European origins.
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NewsHistoric Ships Website Re-Launched
To coincide with SeaBritain 2005 , the year long festival inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar, the National Historic Ships Committee , in association with the National Maritime Museum , has launched a new, redesigned and upgraded website giving details of the UK''s fleet of historic vessels.
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NewsHigh Pressure Monitoring
Denmark based pressure and temperature product specialist Danfoss A/S haslaunched a new range of high pressure switches, supplementing the established pressure switch family MBC 5100 .
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UKHO Mariner Handbook
The UK Hydrographic Office has published the 8th edition of its Mariner''s Handbook .
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Navy Gravy for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has won a £ 137m long-term service and support contract for gas turbines which power 27 ships in service with the British Royal Navy as well as the French, Belgian and Royal Netherlands navies. The company will support Olympus and Tyne gas turbines for the next 12 years, when ...
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GMDSS Guide Online
Virginia USA based Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services (RTCM) has released its interactive Guide to the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS). The GMDSS Guide joins RTCM''s Navigation Equipment Guide on the RTCM website www. rtcm. org . Both guides allow free public access and work in the ...
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NewsNew VTS for Ghent - Terneuzen
Visualisation specialist Barco advanced into the VTS market last month, winning a home market contract from the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community to install a VTS system along the Ghent - Terneuzen canal. Earlier this year the company won a contract to supply advanced visualisation ...
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Passenger Ship 'Saga Ruby' Gets a Trimline Outfit in Malta
Southampton based marine outfitters Trimline have helped to bring Saga Cruises'' new passenger ship Saga Ruby into service following a refit at drydocks in Malta. Trimline''s factory had shipped four containers of materials to Malta in preparation for the works.
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NewsSee You Later, in the Land of the Gator
An innovative new technology for tracking sediment in rivers and seas has opened up a lucrative new market in the United States for a Glasgow based environmental consultancy.
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Funding Secured
Plans have been approved by Aberdeenshire Council and Scottish Enterprise Grampian for a multi-million Pound marina at Banff on the Scottish coast.
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Growth Fuels Growth for SMM
Serving a growing global market for marine equipment valued at ? 70 billion per year, preparations for SMM 2006 are in full swing, with the final date for registration set for 30 November 2005.
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NewsKeeping Fuel Water-Free
Boat operators who have experienced fuel contamination first hand or are aware of its consequences will welcome a new product from Middlesex UK based Water-D-Tech Ltd .The D-TX Fuel Safe 250 makes the D-TX Fuel Safe water in fuel monitoring, detection and warning system available to larger inshore and offshore ...
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NewsLand & Water to Unlock Waterways Freight Potential
Specialist contractor Land & Water Group has been appointed by British Waterways to play a major role in an £ 1.6 million initiative to revive commercial traffic on West London''s canals.
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NewsFishermen Get a Grip
A section of the Spanish fishing industry has been convinced that Vynagrip safety matting, traditionally used in the rugged environment of heavy industrial plants, makes an ideal safety covering on the open decks of trawlers.
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NewsFirm But Gentle Grip at Seawork
Reading UK based Marine Ventures Ltd make their first appearance at Seawork this year, where they will be introducing Straub pipe joining technology, which offers low stress, progressive sealing of Cunifer tubes offered by no other mechanical coupling.
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NewsHand Held Radios Race Into the Fast Lane
Icom UK has taken pole position as the official radio communication supplier to the Honda Formula 4-Stroke race series championship that kicked off last month at Largs in Scotland and continues later this month with a first time race around the Isle of Man. The offshore power boat series sees ...
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Kalmar Extends Port Handling Interests
Heavy duty handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar , part of Kone Cargotec , has acquired the Dutch companies Peinemann Kalmar CV and Peinemann Kalmar Rental BV from parent organisation the Peinemann Group for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsSpecialist Marine Finance Funds Fleet Expansion
Crown River Cruises , whose luxury river cruise fleet is based at Blackfriars Pier on London''s River Thames, has recently ordered the sixth boat in its prestigious fleet. The vessel, currently in production at Tinnemans , Holland, will run the Westminster to Tower of London route for circuit cruises, charter ...
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NewsNew Oz EPIRB Located in Europe
Plymouth UK based SM Group (Europe) Ltd have added to their range of equipment from Australian marine equipment manufacturer GME with the launch of a full specification 406MHz EPIRB.
