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NewsWaterMota Motivates Back to Seawork
Seawork regulars WaterMota Ltd return to Seawork from new premises at Newton Abbot in Devon which were opened in recent festivities attended by representatives from Daewoo, Dong-I, JMP, Westerbeke, Twin Disc, ZF, Maritime Journal andothers. The official ribbon cutting was conducted by James Grazebrook, past president of the British Marine ...
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Thamesport Receive Five Star Safety Award
Thamesport (London) Limited is the third Hutchison Ports (UK) port to receive the British Safety Council ''s five star award, following an extensive audit of the facility earlier this year.
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NewsBravery Award for UMC Divers
Two UMC diving supervisors have been presented with a Naval Base Commanders commendation for an act of outstanding bravery following an incident at Portsmouth Naval Dockyard late last year.
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Queen's Award Dropped on Rock Fall
Scottish specialists in underwater drilling and blasting, Rock Fall Company Ltd , has won this year''s Queen''s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category.
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Leading Port Authorities Order Atlas Sounders
Atlas Hydrographic in Bremen reports orders for its DESO high-precision vertical echosounders from leading port authorities in France, Germany, Morocco and Poland.
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EC Approves Modal Shift to Water
The European Commission has given Italy approval for a 240m subsidy scheme for the next three years to encourage the transfer of heavy goods vehicles from road to sea. The EC will grant subsidies to road haulage companies which make use of existing or new maritime routes as alternatives to ...
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NewsSemco Completes Big Tow to Angola
Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd has successfully completed tow to location, positioning and associated deck operations for the FPSO Kizomba B offshore Luanda in Angola last month. This project follows the earlier tow and positioning of FPSO Kizomba A , completed in 2004.
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NewsSave A Lot with AMOT Controls' Early Warning Products
AMOT Controls brought two useful new products to the Norshipping exhibition in Oslo earlier this month. The XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system provides early warning of bearing wear while the TomaHawk 8635A programmable logic controller combines the power of a PLC with ease of use of an embedded controller.
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AMOT Wears Well
MAN B&W , which leads the global market for two stroke diesel engines with 75% market share, has entered into a cooperative agreement AMOT which places the AMOT XTS-W bearing condition monitoring system on the Extent of Delivery list for all new MAN B&W two stroke engines. The XTS-W system ...
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NewsPusher Power for the Amazon Barge Trade
Over the last two years, MANB&W Diesel AS of Denmark has won contracts to provide 19 engine and propulsion packages to Brazilian tug owners. Ten medium speed engines, five of type 6L23/30A-F and five of type 8L23/30A-F , were recently selected for a series of single screw pusher tugs under ...
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NewsCIRIA Project Provides New Solutions for ALWC
A new report from the Construction Industry Research Association (CIRIA) is offering ports and harbours new insights into, and new tools to fight, Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC).
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Norway/Florida Strategic Alliance
Norway''s Maritime Information Systems AS MARIS has entered into an alliance with Florida USA based ACR Electronics Inc to share proprietary software, engineering and manufacturing systems to design, build and market a suite of maritime and safety electronics systems.
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NewsWinds of Change Drive Marine Cable Alliance
Rapid expansion of the marine renewable energy market has prompted a cooperation agreement between SMIT Heavy Lift Europe BV and Essex UK based cable installation and maintenance specialist Global Marine Systems Limited .
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NewsPlatinum Aims to Top the Charts
Navionics has launched what it hopes will be ''the next big thing in electronic chart technology'' in Navionics Platinum , the first multi-dimensional electronic charting product for marine chartplotters. It offers charts, 3D bathymetrics, cruising guides, satellite and photographic images and more, all integrated and geo-referenced on a single plug ...
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C-MapFairplay Agreement
C-Map of Norway and Lloyd''s Register-Fairplay (LRF) have concluded an agreement for mutual improvement and promotion of their respective products.
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Upbeat Mood at Boskalis AGM
The world''s largest dredging contractor, Royal Boskalis Westminster was in upbeat mood at its AGM in the Netherlands last month. CEO Rob van Gelder reported the company was off to a better start in 2005 than had been the case last year, with both turnover and the order book improved.
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NewsCause for 'Celebration' After Major Refit at A&P Falmouth
The 33,933 grt cruise vessel Thomson Celebration (formerly Holland America Line ''s Noordam ) enters service this month following a five month refit at A&P Falmouth under the supervision of Columbia Ship Management , Cyprus, who will be acting as ship managers for the vessel on behalf of new owners ...
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Quality Kit Makes Advance on Seawork
Whether you have a workboat that needs a standby generator, a harbourmaster''s cutter requiring reverse cycle air conditioning or a research vessel in need of a complete environmental system for its crew, first time Seawork exhibitors Advance Yacht Systems Ltd will be able to discuss planning, design, kit and installation ...
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NewsDelta Marine's Latest Fleet Addition on Show at Seawork
One of the larger work vessels on show at Seawork is VoeViking , the latest addition to the fleet of Shetland based Delta Marine Ltd . The company are experienced operators of pontoon style ''multi-purpose'' vessels and the choice of vessel, its equipment and the degree of customisation is particularly ...
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News£5 Million Redevelopment for Port of Teignmouth
Associated British Ports (ABP) will invest £ 5 million in a major redevelopment of port operations at Teignmouth in Devon on the back of long term contracts with existing and new customers.
