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Seafarers' ID Convention
France, Jordan and Nigeria ratified The Seafarers'' Identity Documents Convention 2003 (No.185) last month, bringing it into force.
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NewsUK Dredging Secures New Contract
The Port of Bristol has awarded UK Dredging (UKD) a term contract to carry out the maintenance dredging of its dock entrances at Portbury and Avonmouth over the next three years.
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NewsPositive Spin for Circular Skimmer
Denmark based oil pollution response equipment specialists Ro-Clean Desmi have fared well at recent skimmer tests formulated by the US Coast Guard and carried out at the OHMSETT national testing facility in New Jersey.
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NewsFirst IPSEM Certification to Port of Cork
An aerial view of the Port of Cork's Tivoli container TerminalThe certificate covers the safety and environmental management of the operations and maintenance of all Port of Cork general, dry bulk, liquid bulk, Lo-Lo and Ro-Ro terminals, pilot launch, tug and workboat operations and the VTS system Bureau Veritas drew ...
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NewsMGDuff Brings the Right Stuff to Seawork
MG Duff has been at the forefront of marine cathodic protection since the early 1950s and continues to be one of the largest suppliers of systems and services to the marine market in the UK and throughout the world. The company will be at Seawork 2005 showing its new cold-applied ...
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Breakwater Considered to Strengthen Sea Defences
A £ 50 million pound harbour and breakwater is being considered as one of a number of the proposals to strengthen the sea defences at Weston on the north Somerset coast in the UK.
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EHMC Seminar in Port of Bordeaux
The programme covers current topical issues in port operations and safety such as quality criteria in port byelaws as they affect areas such as the requirements for tug use, manoeuvring problems and ship blackouts in ports, the consequences of increased vessel dimensions on fendering systems, mooring and tugs, dealing with ...
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Compensation Boost
Increased levels of compensation will be available for victims of oil pollution from oil tanker accidents as a result of the 2003 Protocol adopted by a diplomatic conference at IMO headquarters in London and establishing an International Oil Pollution Compensation Supplementary Fund which came into existence on the third ...
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NewsWind Farm Boat Hunger Satisfied at Seawork
Offshore wind farms are now in situ off the coasts of Britain and many more are expected over the next five years. The UK Government is supporting their construction in an effort to meet its own target of generating 10% of the national energy requirement using renewable sources by 2010. ...
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EU Funding Behind SEA-AHED
font-family: " Times New Roman" font-family: " Times New Roman" ">project, which has somehow been given the acronym SEA-AHED, has been funded by over ¢ 1.7 million from the EU''s Framework Programme.
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Sonar Finds Hidden Beaches
Sonar studies of the Venice Lagoon have revealed submerged beaches that play a crucial role in preservation of its wetlands following surveys carried out by Southampton Oceanography Centre on behalf of CORILAS (Consortium for Co-ordination of Research Activities for the Venice Lagoon System).
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Engine Barrier Broken
MAN B&W Diesel has broken the single engine 100,000bhp barrier with its new 12 cylinder 12K98MC pumping out a total of 101,645 bhp.
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Engine Barrier Broken
The programme covers current topical issues in port operations and safety such as quality criteria in port byelaws as they affect areas such as the requirements for tug use, manoeuvring problems and ship blackouts in ports, the consequences of increased vessel dimensions on fendering systems, mooring and tugs, dealing with ...
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INSS Contract Awarded to iXSEA
iXSEA of France has been awarded a contract by the Marine Institute of Ireland for supplyof navigational and positioning systems for use as part of the Irish National Seabed Survey (INSS) project, currently the worlds largest hydrographic survey venture covering an area of 450,000 square km. The project is ...
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NewsLatest Fugro AUV Launched
Fugro in Aberdeen reports successful trials and launch of its new Hugin 3000 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle, Echo Surveyor, following acceptance tests at Kongsberg Maritime''s base in Horton, Norway.
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Canadian Hydrographic Association Joins IFHS
The Canadian HydrographicAssociation (CHA) has joined the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), the recently established elective international body comprising member organisations of Australasia, Benelux, Denmark, the UK and US.
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NewsMore Orders for Xbloc Armoured Units
Xbloc armoured units of the type developed by Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands have been selected for a number of new projects in different locations around the world, according to company spokesperson Bas Reedijk.
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NewsAirborne Bathymetry In Rivers Breakthrough
In the first instance of a shallow water river environment being successfully mapped by airborne LIDAR survey technology, Woolpert Inc and Fugro Pelagos Inc have completed a survey of the Yakima River in the USA.
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NewsKort Propulsion Report for Seawork and Celebrate 70th Year
January of this year saw Kent based Seawork exhibitor Kort Propulsion celebrate 70 years of operation in the United Kingdom.
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News'QM 2' Ramps up Bridgetown Survey Requirement
The Port of Bridgetown in the Barbados has become one of the premier ports for the booming cruise ship industry operating out of Miami and Port Everglades. Major dredging works completed in May 2002 allow the port to accept vessels of up to 10m draught.
