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Commercial and military boatbuilder VT Halmatic ofPortchester has recently secured a contract to build three WB18 workboats for an un-named overseas operator. The 18.9m steel workboats will be similar to Prince Rock , delivered in 2004 to Cattewater Harbour Commissioners and will be delivered in early 2006. Powered by twin ...
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NewsUK To Lead Push for Renewables
With the global market for renewable energy technologies topping $25 billion last year, 11 UK renewable energy trade associations have joined forces to publish an eight point action plan aimed at rapidly expanding the use of renewables to a point where they provide a quarter of British energy needs by ...
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NewsSmall Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards
Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels.
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NewsFluggaboat Gets Tough at Seawork
New exhibitor Unst Inshore Services will travel to Seawork 2005 all the way from the north end of Unst in the Shetlands, where the Muckle Flugga lighthouse is the most northerly beacon in the UK. In homage to the rugged nature of their home base, Unst Inshore has named their ...
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NewsLondon Extends Thames Wharf Protection
The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing ''safeguarding'' policy but extends it to safeguard 25 wharves east of the Thames Barrier for the first time.
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NewsVersi-Dredge Digs Into Europe at Seawork
Wave Seven Marine , which specialises in the supply of innovative marina equipment, will be showing the US built Versi-Dredge transportable dredging machine for the first time at Seawork 2005 .
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NewsSpain Orders Pollution Control ETVs
SASEMAR , the Spanish marine safety agency, has ordered two advanced pollution prevention and control vessels designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce in a contract worth approximately £ 16m.
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NewsNew Lighterage Contracts for GPS
GPS Marine Contractors Ltd with tugs fleets based on the Thames and Medway have announced new lighterage contracts with both Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd and Hanson Aggregates Ltd . The work for Stema Shipping involves the transportation of aggregates by barge from Red Lion Wharf at Northfleet on the Thames ...
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NewsA New Compact Escort Tug for Ostensjo
The delivery of the new Voith escort tug Velox represents a number of ''firsts'' for the owner, designer, shipyard and propulsion system manufacturer. Handed over to Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund on 15 February, the vessel is a product of the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan SA of Figueras, Asturias.
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NewsAnd More ETVs to Come
The provision of Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) is becoming a serious issue for many governments and coastal states and is increasingly seen as a tangible preventative measure capable of dealing with a wide range of potential maritime incidents. ETVs have now been in service in many countries, including the UK ...
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NewsCold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker
For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a remote research base in the Antarctic. The American plea came as food and fuel shortages threatened to halt ...
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NewsItalian CityCats Running in Rio
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali do Brasil has delivered the first of three 29m CityCat all aluminium catamarans to Barcas SA Shipping Company in Rio De Janeiro.
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Wartsila Thrust Into China
Finland based marine engine and propulsion supplier Wartsila is investing ? 6.6 million to establish a tranverse thruster factory at Wuxi, near Shanghai in China. The wholly owned Wartsila Propulsion (Wuxi) Co Ltd will employ some 120 people producing LIPS brand thrusters for the global shipbuilding market.
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NewsSeawork Cheetah Pull Off The Italian Job
Isle of Wight based Seawork stalwarts Cheetah Marine delivered their latest newbuild 6.9m Survey Cheetah to its owner in Southern Italy with an epic road journey over Christmas and the New Year.
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NewsRescue and Coordination Centre for Ostend
Barco, Fabricom GTI and Tein Telecom are cooperating to build a new maritime Rescue and Coordination Centre (MRCC) at the Belgian port of Ostend. The new MRCC, commissioned by the Shipping Assistance Division of the Ministry of the Flemish Community , will replace the current monitoring system to become an ...
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NewsISU Call for 'Casualty Management Guidelines'
Western Europe has been the focus of regulatory developments in recent years concerning accidental pollution from ships. The total losses of the Erika and, subsequently, the Prestige have done much to harden attitudes in the wake of catastrophic pollution.
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NewsJenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment
Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins'' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company.
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NewsTideland's New Buoys Are UK Manufactured
Tideland Signal is now manufacturing its new SB-98P multi-purpose polyethylene buoy in the UK rather than importing supplies from North America, providing better availability for customers in Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
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Dutch Dredger Builders Detach
IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland''s approved the sale last month of the group''s shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.
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News'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece
Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel''s breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion.
