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  • The Wiwa Magnum high performance airless spray pump will be on display at Seawork 2005.
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    Be Crafty with Coatings at Seawork 2005 International

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Eurospray Systems Ltd travels from Loughborough UK to make a first appearance at Seawork , where it will show the Wiwa Magnum high performance airless spray pump which has been designed for heavy duty environments and applications such as vessel building and repair yards.

  • The Waverider buoy with a novel hybrid solar power option can be seen at Seawork.
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    Toys for the Buoys at Seawork 2005

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Hampshire UK based oceanographic instrument supplier RS Aqua Ltd will use the occasion of Seawork 2005 to promote a range of new initiatives from Dutch wave buoy manufacturer Datawell BV .

  • Newage Transmissions highest capability marine gearbox to date, the PRM 1750, will form the centrepiece of the companys presentation at Seawork 2005.
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    Newage Gears Up for Seawork 2005

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The PRM 1750, Newage Transmissions '' highest capability marine gearbox to date, will form the centrepiece of the company''s joint presentation with its distributor, Albatross Marine , on Stand 31 at Seawork 2005 .

  • The technical visit for CEDA Dredging Days 2005 will be to the Slufter in the Port of Rotterdam, the largest confined disposal area for dredged material in the world.
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    Record Response for CEDA Dredging Days 2005

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    A record response to the Central Dredging Association ''s Call for Papers for CEDA Dredging Days 2005 hasprompted a decision to extend the conference to two and a half days.

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    SMIT Profits Up for 2004

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Having completed a strategic reorientation over recent years, Smit International NV has posted mixed but generally good overall results for 2004. The group''s Salvage Division experienced a high work rate throughout the year and recorded an excellent result while the Harbour Towage Division also did well. The Transport & Heavy ...

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    Dutch Salvage Group Joins US '1Call'

    2005-06-01T00:00:00Z

    SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage hasjoined the ICall team of Resolve Marine Group (Resolve) and National Response Corporation (NRC), which provides comprehensive OPA 90 emergency response services to both tankers and non-tank vessels at any location in the United States. Services include oil pollution containment and recovery, salvage, fire fighting, emergency towing and ...

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    The Comprehensive Guide to Shipwrecks of the East Coast

    2005-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Quite specific in its focus, this Volume 2 deals with shipwrecks along the UK east coast from Whitby down to Skegness during the years from 1918 to 2003, following an earlier Volume 1 which covered 1766 to 1917.

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    Maritime Britain

    2005-05-01T18:07:00Z

    Subtitled ''A Celebration of Britain''s Maritime Heritage, Maritime Britain examines the island nation''s nautical heritage seen through the astonishing variety of its maritime museums, historical ships and coastal attractions.

  • BP christened the Stanford and Castle Point in the Thames in April.
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    TOWLINES

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Belgian towage company URS of Antwerp held a ceremony in Zeebrugge on 24 March to formally christen the new stern drive tugs Union Coral and Union Pearl . The 5,280bhp tugs, which are now a permanent addition to the URS Zeebruge fleet, are the first two of a quartet of ...

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    Personnel Preferences

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    ''We had such a great show in 2004, we''re coming back for the second year running!'' So says Lynne Burch, managing director of Seamariner Ltd, the only marine recruitment company exhibiting at Seawork 2005. Specialising in the recruitment and placement of professional seafarers of all disciplines, Seamariner is the UK''s ...

  • The biggest winch yet produced by North Sea Winches leaves the factory for the Hepworth Shipyard
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    North Sea Winches Pull In For Seawork

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Specialist marine winch manufacturers North Sea Winches return for Seawork 2005 next month, where they will be found on Stand 104. The company has just completed its biggest ever winch, a hydraulic anchor handler supplied to Hepworth Shipyard for use on their 25.5m tug for Holyhead Towing , MTV Afon ...

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    Workboat Training Needs Met at Seawork

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Ever mindful of small workboat training needs, Seatrek Training Limited comes to Seawork 2005 with a new Competent Deckhand Course. The course has been designed by Seatrek''s John Robertson specifically to address this neglected aspect of commercialworkboat training.

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    MCA Orders Seabat Multi-Beam

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency has ordered a Reson SeaBat 7125 multibeam echosounder system for installation on its emergency towing vessel, MV Anglian Sovereign . The MCA says the system will enhance the secondary role capabilities of the vessel by adding an object detection capability in support of updating ...

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    Stauff Sticks with Seawork for Teflon Launch

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Stroud based Stauff UK, returning to Seawork for a fourth successive year, has chosen the exhibition as a launch pad for three new additions to their range of hydraulic pipework and accessories. Stauff will be deploying their all new mobile presentation unit, customdesigned around a 6m trailer, which will serve ...

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    New President for IMCA

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The International Marine Contractors Association hasappointed Frits Janmatt as its sixth President. Janmatt who is VP for Finance, Legal & Commercial at the Allseas Group , replaces Steve Preston of Heerema Marine Contractors , who steps down after the statutory two years as President.

  • Henry Foss is one of two Voith tractors to be dramatically modernised by Foss.
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    Foss Modify their Voith Tractors

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Just when it seemed that every possible configuration of propulsion system in shiphandling tugs had been tried, US based Foss Maritime revealed a truly unique modification to a pair of their Voith tractors, the Wedell Foss and Henry Foss .

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    Expansion Plans at Folkestone Harbour

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Development plans for Folkestone Harbour UK include the introduction of two further berths to accommodate larger vessels of up to 7m draft and a harbour dredging programme as well as the ongoing refurbishment of existing berths and the creation of more cargo handling storage space and vehicle standage areas. Port ...

  • Costains work at West bay included a new West Arm,  and work on the existing, Grade II listed East Pier.
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    Duke Opens Dorset Project

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The Duke of York has officially opened Costain ''s West Bay project in Dorset, which will provide flood protection and vastly improved harbour facilities for the small Dorset town.

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    Primar Stavanger Distributes Italian ENC's

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Primar Stavanger international electronic navigational chart service operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service is to distribute Italian ENC''s following an agreement with the Italian Hydrographic Office . Since the organisation has been distributing French, Greek and Spanish ENC''s for some time, introduction of Italian variants means that most of the ...

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    Veripos Establishes Peruvian DGPS Service

    2005-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen-based Veripos has extended the South American sector of its global Differential GPS service with establishment of new facilities in Peru serving offshore users in the Pacific region. They comprise two land-based reference stations at the coastal cities of Chiclayo and Lima providing rapid update rates and low data latency, ...