All News articles – Page 1089

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    Southampton Surveying Course

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Southampton Institute is convening a four-week course on Hydrographic Surveying in July.

  • There is high demand for container handling capacity at the UK Port of Felixstowe. Photo courtesy of Port of Felixstowe.
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    Crane Count Rises at Crowded Felixstowe

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of Felixstowe hasplaced an order for 12 new Rubber Tyred Gantry Cranes (RTGCs) from Zhenhua Port Machinery Company (ZMPC) of Shanghai for delivery in May of 2006. This is in addition to an order for nine RTGCs and one Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) made towards the ...

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    Corrosion Halted at Seawork

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Corrosion Technologies (Europe) travels to Seawork from Jersey with variously sized containers of CorrosionX , a product developed through aerospace research which stops corrosion, penetrates frozen parts and lubricates even better than products fortified with Teflon.

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    Port Construction Funding for Merseyside

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Britain''s Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced £ 17 million of funding last month for the construction of a 250m extension to Liverpool''s Pier Head which will be used as a new cruise liner facility.

  • The new connectors maintain safety in port and harbour environments.
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    Safe Connections Suitable for Marine Environments

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Wales based Elkay Electrical has launched a new range of Aqua-safe connectors which are particularly suitable for carrying electrical supplies through wet and damp environments such as those found in ports, harbours, marinas and dockyards.

  • The platform investigation underway for the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm site.
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    Jack-ups Conduct Wind Farm Investigations

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Fugro Engineering Services (FES) and Alluvial Mining Ltd have been employed by Offshore Windpower Ltd to determine ground conditions at the Lynn and Inner Dowsing wind farm site off the Lincolnshire UK coast approximately 8 km east of Skegness.

  • UNV are to build six compact tugs of the same RAL design.
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    UNV Complete First RAL 'Compacts' in Spain

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The popularity of small ''compact'', highly agile and powerful shiphandling tugs is spreading rapidly worldwide and the first examples are now being seen in Europe. Spanish tug builders Union Naval Valencia , part of the Boluda towage group, have completed the first three compact RAmparts 2400 ASD tugs to be ...

  • Three of these Pelamis P-750 wave machines will comprise the worlds first commercial wave farm.
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    Green Light for the World's First Commercial Wave Farm

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Edinburgh based Ocean Power Delivery (OPD) signed an order last month with a Portuguese consortium led by Enersis to build the initial phase of the world''s first commercial wave farm to generate renewable energy from ocean waves.

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    Loran-C Transmitter Trial Commences This Month

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Trinity House , the Northern Lighthouse Board and the Commissioners of Irish Lights will trial the long range, low frequency electronic position fixing system Loran-C at a BT Radio site near Rugby United Kingdom starting this month.

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    Saab Sees It Coming

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Saab Transponder Tech has won a major order to supply shipboard Automatic Identification Systems to the Canadian Coast Guard .Under the contract, Saab''s licensed integrator/reseller ICAN Ltd will supply 105 Saab R4 AIS transponders for installation on a wide range of icebreakers, buoy tenders, fisheries patrol vessels and SAR cutters. ...

  • The Lantic Bay, seen working at Stranraer Harbour, has been extensively refitted inside by its owner, Wyre Marine Services.
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    Comforts on Refitted Dredger

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Fleetwood based Wyre Marine Services has recently completed dredging works at Stranraer Harbour in Scotland for the Dumfries & Galloway Council .

  • Legacies to the RNLI made possible the build of the last Severn class lifeboat.
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    Last Severn Class Lifeboat Named

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The RNLI ''s final Severn class lifeboat was named last month in a ceremony at Poole by outgoing engineering manager Bob Cripps, who was instrumental in introducing the all weather lifeboat into service in 1995. At 17m in length, the Severn remains the largest boat in the RNLI''s fleet.

  • A bow view as the newest Cheetah Catamaran, a big game fishing boat for Bermuda, nears completion on the Isle of Wight.
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    Fast Cheetah Wins Race to Seawork Exhibition

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Isle of Wight''s Cheetah Marine has been racing against the clock to have one of the most unusual boats it has ever built completed in time to bring to the floating pontoon at Seawork 2005 . The 9m Cheetah Catamaran is a departure from the builder''s usual production of ...

  • D/B Boaz removes the crew boat from the channel.
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    Swift Salvage Clears Channel

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    America''s Bisso Marine has salvaged a 110ft crewboat in Sabine Pass, Texas which had sunk in 50ft of water following a collision with another ship.

  • Youngsters take part in the final of the Operation Storm national engineering challenge at HMS Sultan in Gosport.
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    Young Engineers Rise to Royal Navy Challenge

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Hurricane Hugo has just struck the Caribbean island of St Kitts, causing massive damage.

  • The Rolls-Royce/UTC programme will research the operating environment of marine vessels and their propulsor and manoeuvring systems.
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    Marine Technology Centre Opens in Norway

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce established its first University Technology College (UTC) in Norway last month to conduct key research programmes in the marine sector.

  • An aerial view of the proposed TERRC site, with four Ghost Ships currently in situ.
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    'Ghost Ships' Yard Tries to Catch the Wind

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Government''s Environment Agency as well as its statutory ecology adviser English Nature are both formally objecting to an application for a new waste management license from Able UK for its proposed £ 25m Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre (TERRC) at Seaton Port Graythorp.

  • Dockwise Shipping BVs yacht carrier will be equipped with a Wartsila diesel electric power plant, Lips pull thrusters, Lips transverse thruster and Sternguard seals.
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    Powerful Innovation for Dedicated Yacht Carrier

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Wartsila Corporation haswon an order to supply the 19.68MW power plant for a yacht carrier contracted by Netherlands based heavy transport specialist Dockwise Shipping BV , to be built at the Yantai Raffles Shipyard in China for delivery late next year.

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    Chain System Upgrade Strengthens Capacity Requirements

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Lifting hardware supplier Crosby has launched a new range of chain fittings that are 25% stronger than comparable products and can be used with either Grade 10 or Grade 8 chain. The Crosby 8/10 Chain System , which includes a wide selection of links, hooks and other chain fittings, meets ...

  • The ICC says investment in ports is needed, and needed now.
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    ICC Calls for Investment in Ports

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    As highlighted on page 97, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) has issued a statement in which it says it is concerned about the inadequacy of infrastructure serving many ports worldwide, a problem which it believes is threatening the smooth flow of global trade, and has called on the industry ...