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NewsAdvanced Bunkering Facility Opens at Portland Harbour
A self-declared ''most advanced bunkering facility in the UK'' has commenced service at Portland Harbour , providing a weather sheltered fuelling option within easy reach of the main shipping lanes in the English Channel.
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NewsMacGregor Linkspan Completes Immingham Ro-Ro Access System
MacGregor has strengthened its relationship with Danish ferry operator DFDS by securing a new order for a large linkspan installation at Immingham in the UK, making the inner harbour accessible at all times The MacGregor Group''s ro-ro ships division has signed a contract with DFDS Tor Line to design and ...
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NewsABPmer Helps Secure Planning for New Coastal Habitat
ABPmer , Associated British Ports '' marine environment research subsidiary, has helped secure planning permission for the creation of 108 hectares of new coastal habitat on Wallasea Island on Crouch Estuary in Essex. ABPmer provided the scientific research that supported DEFRA ''s European Wildlife Division ''sapplication to the Planning Authority ...
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News'Abeille Bourbon' takes up station
Abeille Bourbon , the first of two identical and most impressive Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) has been delivered to Les Abeilles International inGroupe Bourbon and will operate on long term charter to the French navy.
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NewsAAE Acoustic Tracking Orders
Applied Acoustic Engineering of Great Yarmouth reports further significant sales of its Easytrak Portable acoustic tracking system with orders from rental companies Subsea Technologies Inc in the US and Sonar Equipment Services in the UK.
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NewsVR4Robots Brings ROVs in 3D Worlds to Computer Desktop
Oxford Technologies has launched a low cost virtual reality software to allow subsea and underwater industry engineers to interact with 3D worlds on the desktop.
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SCOUT Marks Sonardyne’s Seawork Debut
Sonardyne International will be presenting its latest SCOUT Ultra-Short BaseLine (USBL) acoustic tracking system on Stand 16 at the Seawork 2005 International exhibition next month.
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NewsHADAG Gets Seventh Type 2000 and Plans More
The renewal of Hamburg''s versatile small ferry ship fleet continues with news that HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst has taken its seventh Type 2000 newbuilding into service and has ordered two more.
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NewsDelivery of First Patrol Boats in 14 years to Schleswig Holstein
Cash-strapped river and coastal police in Germany''s northernmost state, Schleswig Holstein , have taken two badly-needed new ? 335,000 Finnish-built patrol boats into service after a long wait.
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Port Services Storm Predicted
London law firm Lawrence Graham has called on the shipping industry to make its views on the EU''s proposed directive on market access to port services heard in Brussels.
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NewsSuccessful Noise Reduction in a Small Ship
Small ships, boats and yachts present special noise problems due to their small size. Inevitably, crew and accommodation will be located close to noise sources, meaning that noise reducing measures become critical.
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NewsTsavliris Starts New Year at Speed
Three busy months for the Piraeus based Tsavliris Salvage Group began just before Christmas with the start of a major project to salvage the Saudi Arabian frigate Makkah 814 which ran aground on a reef in the Red Sea some 80 miles north of Jeddah. The delicate operation to free ...
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'More Ports', Says Moore Stephens
Despite shipping having had a very good year in 2004, investment in ports infrastructure looks a better bet for 2005 according to London based shipping accountants and consultants Moore Stephens .
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NewsBe Safe, Save Money at Seawork
California USA based MICAD Marine LLC had such a successful Seawork last year that it has doubled the size of its stand for Seawork 2005 .
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NewsSoftware Upgrade for Original 'Jumbo'
Belgian dredging contractor Dredging International hasordered a replacement from IHC Systems for the original Human Machine Interface (HMI) SCADA presentation system on its trailing suction hopper dredger Pearl River .
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NewsReformed Marine Team Pools Its Resources
The Cruise & Ferry Exhibition and Conference returns to London at Earls Court Two on 3 -5 May as the only specialist event dedicated to design, construction and operation for the passenger shipping industry.
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Sonardyne's Scout to Guide MoD Surveys
The UK Ministry of Defence has become the first military organisation to commission Sonardyne International ''s new Scout underwater tracking system, which calculates the position of beacon-fitted subsea targets by measuring their ranges and bearings from a vessel mounted transceiver using ultra-short baseline positioning (USBL) methods.
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Short Trip to Seawork forRaymarine
Raymarine makes the short trip from its Portsmouth HQ to exhibit the latest in marine electronics at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsRomanian Service for Two Fassmer Specials
Being sailed to the Black Sea from Germany in April were two special vessels built to order by Fassmer forRomanian authorities - one a survey, surveillance and research vessel and the other a waste collection vessel boat with oil pollution combat capability.
