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NewsMixed Thrust Repower for Triple Engined Fast Ferry
The first engine sale by the newly appointed Cummins distributor for Japan, Komatsu Diesel , has resulted in a successful repower creating a triple engined high speed ferry.
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NewsTransport Study Encourages Water Freight
Road pricing schemes which would encourage haulage firms to shift some of their freight off the crowded road network and onto trains, inland waterways and short sea shipping routes were highlighted in a new study into the use of strategic transport corridors in Europe over the next decade undertaken on ...
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NewsSeawork Encounter Paints the Town
Williams Shipping has been appointed as agents for Jotun Paints following talks which were initiated on the Williams Shipping stand at Seawork 2004 .
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Simple System Knocks NOx Emissions
Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships contained in Annex VI of the MARPOL Convention came into force last month. Designed to control harmful emissions from ships'' exhausts, they set limits of sulphur oxide (SOx) and nitrogen oxide (NOx) and prohibit deliberate emissions of ozone depleting substances.
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Final Dredging for Skandia
The Port of Gothenburg in Sweden says container terminal enhancement work at the port''s new Skandia Harbour has reached a stage where final dredging off the deepsea container berths is possible.
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NewsTsunami Dredger Rescued
The small dredger Diya-Kowulla , which was perfectly placed on a Galle Port quayside by the Indian Ocean tsunami, has been returned to the water in a salvage operation conducted by its original builders.
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NewsInspection Reveals Wales' Underwater Dragons
Fareham UK based Sub Surface Engineering is engaged in a long-term programme inspecting the dock structures of South Wales.
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NewsSalty Dog Finds New Life on Lakes
The 21m LOA ferry Totnes Castle has just been launched from Voyager Yachts at Millbrook UK after repair and conversion works which enable the vessel to leave its past life in salt water to become a passenger boat on Ullswater in the Lake District.
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Disaster Display on Merseyside
Admission is free to the Merseyside Maritime Museum , where a collection of newly acquired exhibits linked to the Titanic and Lusitania disasters has gone on display. These include the only item of clothing worn on the night of Titanic ''ssinking to still survive and a cushion from the Lusitania ...
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NewsLift with a Difference Makes Waves at Seawork
Wave Seven Marine returns to Seawork with representations from the seven non-UK companies it represents on this side of the Channel. Joining Wave 7 ontheir stand will be one of those companies, Vermeer -Holland , which is very big in its home market as a manufacturer of piling equipment but ...
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NewsSpecialised Pump Deployed in 'Prestige' Oil Recovery
After the Prestige sank off Spain in November 2002, contaminating several hundred miles of coastline, it settled in 3,838m of water and continued to leak oil. Cracks in the hull were initially sealed by a submarine to prevent further contamination but a large quantity of heavy viscosity oil remained inside.
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WL Delft Hydraulics Leads Remote Sensing Project
WLDelft Hydraulics and partners Argoss, NLR and Van Oord NV have received funding from the National User Support Programme for Remote Sensing in the Netherlands for the Restscod-2 project, a project that follows-on from the recently completed Restscod-1 , which was conducted by the same project team.
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NewsSAHS Solution for Safer Decks
Norwegian hydraulic solutions specialist ODIM has launched its Safe Anchor Handling System (SAHS) which it believes will revolutionise the safety dimension of anchor handling operations on board the global fleet of offshore vessels.
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NewsNon-Slip Decking Fit for a Queen
It was natural that safety should be paramount in all aspects of the design and construction of the RNLI ''s new £ 25m Lifeboat College and Sea Survival Centre at Poole UK.
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Jan de Nul Starts Trenching Work for Langeled Project
Work on excavating a trench to the landfall for the Langeled gas trunkline is well under way on the seabed off Easington on the east coast of the UK, with Jan de Nul ''s dredger J F J de Nul dredger excavating the trench.
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NewsRope Cutter Rockets from Seawork Launch Pad
The value of exhibiting at Seawork is being proclaimed enthusiastically by H4 Marine Ltd , which made its debut appearance at Seawork 2004 shortly after being appointed as distributor for the quicKutter rope cutter from Australia''s Quickwater Marine .
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NewsLighthouse History Enlivens National Curriculum
Trinity House is relocating part of its collection of historical lighthouse artefacts to visitor centres at the Lizard and Pendeen Lighthouses in a move part funded by the European Union as part of the Atlantic Lights project, which supports initiatives to make lighthouses more accessible to the public.
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Six Is A Crowd In Southampton
Hundreds of staff from Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd (SCH) and its subsidiary Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) had their busiest ever week recently when the liners Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 were both in port along with two other cruise ships and two Ro-Ro ships. More than 300 ...
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NewsSecond Order for Quay Crane Safety System
Following 12 months of successful daily operations with the Navtech N100-AC Quay Crane Anti-Collision System , the Port of Bristol UK is planning to install it onto its second quay crane.
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NewsRevised Standard for CP Systems Due Next Year
An updated and revised version of a European standard for cathodic protection of harbour structures, EN 13174, which will be of direct use for port and harbour engineers planning protection against ALWC or dealing with its effects, should be available early next year.
