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NewsTideland In Buoyant Form at Seawork
Tideland Signal , together with its distributors FPM Henderson and Lumen Seamarks , will be showing highlights of its aids to navigation range, including the latest Automatic Identification System and diode based lanterns at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsSwedish Ports Building to Win
The Municipality of Gavle in Sweden is investing 6.5m in the Port of Gavle to create a new quay and for dredging in order to allow calls by larger container ships. Together with investments in new container cranes by Gavle Containerterminal AB , the works will result in a capacity ...
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NewsChinese Checkout By UK Lifeboat Builders
Aberdeen UK based lifeboat manufacturers and safety equipment maintenance specialists Survival Craft Inspectorate is taking the rare step of repatriating its production facilities from low wage China to a new 10,000ft 2factory now under construction at Findon Shore.
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NewsIrving to Build for Denmark
Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has secured an order for two of its popular 30m series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs for Partrederiet Stevns of Denmark. The tugs are scheduled for delivery in December 2005 and May 2006 and will be managed by Nordane Shipping ofSvendborg, Denmark.
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Tidal Current Breakthrough in Orkney with 'Sea Snail'
The Robert Gordon University Sea Snail , designed as a support system for tidal current energy devices, was towed out of Stromness Harbour last month and successfully installed in Burra Sound, Orkney.
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NewsPublic Investment Funding for Boxship
Investment fund issuing house Hansa Hamburg Shipping launched its new 1,600 TEU containership MS Flottbek last month to coincide with the Port of Hamburg''s 816th Anniversary celebrations. The vessel provided an impressive finale for the traditional Grand Ship Parade along the River Elbe and in the Port of Hamburg.
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Intermodal Box Empire Created
Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire control of the Dutch intermodal operator Geest North Sea in a deal that will create Europe''s largest intra-European intermodal/shortsea container shipping network. The joint company will offer a network of shortsea services encompassing the North Sea, the Baltic, Ireland and ...
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Cup of Cheer for 'Bourbon'
Maritime services provider Groupe Bourbon has posted a turnover increase of 13.9% in marine services for the first quarter of this year. The sector has been boosted by an expansion of offshore activity and the continuation of record rates in the bulk transport trade. The towage and salvage business grew ...
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Crane Drain Boosts Boxes
The Port of Marseilles Authority is transferring two panamax gantry cranes from Fos container terminal to handle growing box traffic at the adjacent Brule-Tabac terminal. The extra equipment will allow Brule-Tabac to grow its traditional multi-purpose ro-ro activity whilst also enabling the acceptance of small container carriers and river barges ...
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NewsUniversal Joint Coupling Cures Misalignment Blues
A new rubber in compression coupling and universal joint assembly for power transmission applications where misalignment is likely to occur has been developed by Renold Hi-Tec Couplings .
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NewsBig Handler Lifts Poole Productivity
Poole Harbour Commissioners have recently taken delivery of a Sennebogen 870R Special Material Handler , the first machine of its kind to be utilised by a British Port.
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NewsBig Business in Bespoke Pontoons
Hampshire UK based pontoon innovator Intermarine is celebrating the completion of over £ 1.5 million of bespoke projects in the last 12 months at sites ranging from Scotland to Cornwall, with each designed to meet the specific environmental and operational requirements of a diverse group of clients.
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Berthing Gains as Sovereign Harbour Grows
Extending a successful long term partnership, Sovereign Harbour has commissioned Walcon Marine to install pontoon equipment for a further 80 berths in its North Harbour at Eastbourne.
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NewsSee Beneath the Sea at Seawork
Seawork exhibitors Subsea Vision were recently called upon to supply an ROV and operator to survey a sunken vessel off the coast of southern Ireland for contractors Seawinds Ltd . Strong tides and poor visibility created conditions too dangerous for divers.
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NewsHigh-Tech Five Cylinder Test Bed for New Marine Oils
Maritime lubricants supplier Lubmarine has installed a new $2m test engine at its TOTAL Research Centre (CRES) at Solaize, near Lyons in France.
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NewsEuropean Ports 'Could Become Bottlenecks of World Trade'
The 24th Bi-annual Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAPH), which took place in Shanghai 21-27 May, marking the 50th anniversary of the organisation, concluded with a stark warning for European ports.
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NewsBarrus Power Proliferation on
Marine engine supplier E PBarrus returns to its familiar quayside location for Seawork 2005 with the new range of Shire workboat engines and John Deere engines from 50hp to 562hp plus representative ranges from Yanmar and MerCruiser .
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NewsBarrow Windfarm Works Underway
Marine Projects International Limited won the £ 20 million contract last month for the offshore construction phase of the Barrow Offshore Windfarm .The contract for Vestas Kellogg Brown & Root (VKBR) was won despite stiff competition from European rivals and includes the transportation of foundations from Belgium, operation of the ...
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NewsNew Reclamation Project Proposed in Bahrain
Gulf Finance House BSC (GFH), one of the leading Islamic investment banks in the Middle East, and Bahrain-based Dala Development Properties Management Co WLL (Dala Development), have announced that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop Two Seas - an 11 million square metre freehold island project, which ...
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NewsDivers Stabilise Ferry Bad Situation
On a Friday night last month, Gary Canning was on duty at Salvesen UK Ltd when he received a call from the technical department of an Irish Sea ferry operator.
