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Stromme Purchases Norwegian Maritime Equipment
Stromme ASA of Haslum in Norway has purchased Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS (NME) for NOK12.2m in cash plus shares in Stromme ASA .
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Give 'em Enough Rope
Maritime charity Seafarers UK has linked up with Trinity House , The Northern Lighthouse Board and the Royal Marines to provide a summer challenge for anyone over the age of 18. In ''The Seafarers UK Royal Marines Lighthouse Challenge'' participants who have raised £ 125 for the charity will, under ...
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New Sumrad ECDIS
Simrad , part of the Norwegian Kongsberg Group , has announced a new Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS), the CS68, a fully Wheelmark approved unit based on a dedicated MC50 marine computer and designed for installation aboard SOLAS category vessels.
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NewsShort Term Solution Proposed for East Head
Agreement has been reached by all interested parties that short term action should be taken to repair a 90m long eroded section of sand dunes at the neck of East Head, a natural sand and shingle spit at the mouth of Chichester Harbour on the south coast of the UK, ...
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NewsDOP On the Tops and Doing Just Swell
Damen Dredging Equipment (DDE) has delivered a specially designed DOP plain suction dredger to Dragon Oil inTurkmenistan, where it will work in heavy swell of up to 2m in the Caspian Sea keeping the access channel to the Port of Hazar clear. The custom built dredger was designed, built and ...
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NewsDutch Detail for US Dredger
Seattle USA based Manson Construction has ordered a dredging component package from VOSTA Inc for their 9,200 m3 capacity trailing suction hopper dredger currently under build at Alabama shipyards and due for delivery in October.
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NewsDredging Partnership Deepens Scapa Pier
The Danish backhoe dredger M/S Margrethe Fighter from the fleet of Peter Madsen Rederi A/S is carrying out works at Scapa Pier, Orkney in a joint venture project with the Shetland based engineering and marine contractor Tulloch Developments Ltd .
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Seawork Debut for ECO Dredging
Making its Seawork debut this year will be the Netherlands'' VIS Group , which includes Isle of Wight UK based small scale dredging specialists ECO Dredging Ltd .ECO Dredging will be a familiar name to many MJ readers, as for years the company has been dredging small rivers and canals, ...
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NewsHeavy Cranes for Jan De Nul Cutter Suction Dredgers
Bergen based Dreggen Crane AS has won an order to supply electric gantry travelling deck cranes for two cutter suction dredgers being built at Tianjin Xinhe Shipbuilding in China for Belgian contractor Jan De Nul .
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Money Laundering Concerns for the Shipping Industry
As anti- money laundering legislation develops, the shipping industry and, in particular, the associated legal business looks to be increasingly vulnerable, writes Charles Hattersley, a Partner specialising in international trade and transport at Plymouth UK based law firm Foot Anstey Sargent .
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NewsSmit Completes the Latest Phase of its Tug Renewal Programme
Smit International has completed the latest phase of an extensive tug replacement programme.
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A New Concept Coming to Seawork
Marine hydraulics equipment is one of many expansionary areas at Seawork and first time exhibitor Concept Fluid Solutions Limited is coming to the show along with its principal supplier Gates Hydraulics Ltd .
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NewsNorwegian Multi-role Coastguard Vessel 'Harstad'
One of the most recent Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) deliveries, built for use in Europe is the multi-role Coastguard vessel K/V Harstad , owned by Remoy Shipping andoperated on long term charter to Kystvakten - the Norwegian Coastguard.
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NewsInland Load by Water Capabilities Proven
The unique multi-purpose pontoon Terra Marique , which has famously carried the last Concorde aircraft down London''s River Thames and past the Houses of Parliament, has now had its semi-submersible capabilities successfully tested at Hull''s Albert Dock.
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NewsChinese Oceangoing Tug to Have MAN B&W Machinery
MAN B&W Diesel A/S , Denmark has been awarded the contract to supply a complete twin-screw low-speed two-stroke propulsion package for an 16,100bhp Chinese ''super-tug''. The new vessel is under construction at the Wuchang Shipyard , Wuhan, China for the Shanghai Salvage Co Ltd , owners of a large fleet ...
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NewsBusy Builder's Bookings Buoyant
Turkish tug builders Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd have reported excellent 2004 results and an even busier year booked for 2005.
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NewsWaterjets Power Speedy Canadian Patrol Boats
Cheltenham based Ultra Dynamics return for Seawork 2005 fresh from the selection of twin UltraJet 305 waterjets to propel the first of a series of 32ft patrol boats for the Canadian Department of National Defence (DND).
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Schmitt Purchase Unchains Lloyds Beal
As part of a comprehensive two year realignment, Cardiff based Lloyds Beal Limited , one of Europe''s longest established suppliers of anchors and chains, has sold its marine trading interests to Schmitt Anchors & Chaincables BV of Rotterdam.
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NewsSalvors Seek 'Environmental Award'
International Salvage Union (ISU) President Hans van Rooij has set out salvors concerns for 2005, which include contentious matters such as responder immunity, criminalisation, and potentially hostile attitudes arising from fears of a repeat of the Prestige disaster.
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NewsBaltic's 'Iron Pig' Bows Out to Modern 'Arkona'
Germany''s biggest Baltic icebreaker Stephan Jantzen , lovingly nicknamed the Iron Pig by her crew, has been replaced by the new all-rounder Arkona and put up for sale by German authorities after 38 years in service .
