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NewsNational Maritime Safety System for Bulgaria
Transas has completed the installation and commissioning of a National Maritime Safety System which covers the entire coastline of Bulgaria from Romania to Turkey. Transas won the contract in an open tender managed and financed by the European Community''s PHARE programme, which is aimed at supporting Central and East European ...
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NewsIHC Delta to Build Multipurpose Tugs for Smit Transport Europe
SMIT Transport Europe BV has placed an order with the IHCHolland Delta Shipyard for the construction of three multipurpose tugs. The design for the new vessels, designated the Delta Multi Purpose Pusher Tug 2500 (DMPT 2500), is intended for a wide range of marine operations in sheltered, shallow waters and ...
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NewsBridge Removal Over Shallow Waters
The Montrose New Bridge , via which the A92 crossed the river South Esk on the East Coast of Scotland until last October, was in fact 73 years old and dying from a form of concrete deterioration known as Alkali Aggregate Reactivity.
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News'Braveheart' Lends Englishman a Hand
An epic example of seamanship has won a vote of thanks from one tugmaster to another.
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Klyne Take Over LEC Marine Branches
Klyne Group Holdings has purchased from LEC Marine Limited (currently in Administration), plant, machinery and stock to operate a marine maintenance division, switchboard division, engraving and sign writing and cable supply division following a decision by the Administrator to close the business on 11 February 2005.
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NewsVeteran Survey Boat Gets New Home in Egypt
An Egyptian multi-millionaire has paid 136,200 for the German survey ship veteran Wittesand , built more than half a century ago as a dredger supply boat on the Weser.
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NewsLondon Boat Show Debut for Smallest SART
Simrad launched a new Type Approved Search and Rescue Transponder, the SA50 , at the London Boat Show last month, thereby increasing its product range for the GMDSS safety market. Several key factors differentiate the SA50 from other SARTs already on the market, and it claims advantages in size, price, ...
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IMCA Delivers Dive Boat Guidance
Due to the limited availability of purpose designed ships, there are regions of the world that frequently use vessels of opportunity from which to carry out surface supplied and saturation diving work.
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NewsNew Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police
The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.
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Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment
Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfast''s Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.
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Reclamation Contract Awarded
Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract for constructing the entrance to and reclamation of land for the construction of a cruise terminal on the Turk & Caicos islands. The client is Bahamas based T&C Cruise Terminals Ltd , and the total value of the ...
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NewsWind Farm Risk Assessed
The British Government''s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has awarded BMT Renewables Ltd a contract to develop a formal safety methodology for offshore wind farms, placing the company at the centre of marine navigation, safety and emergency response standards for the offshore wind farm industry. BMT is also currently ...
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Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract
Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.
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Tsunami Relief Aid Begins
The widespread damage to livelihoods and infrastructures resulting from the magnitude 9 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra on 26 December has brought a swift response from world aid agencies and organisations, including national hydrographic offices.
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BP-Scripps Agreement
BP has concluded a $3m partnership agreement with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, for a three-year research programme. The initial focus of the programme, say the two organisations, will be to develop and evaluate new technologies for imaging and characterising seafloors and sub-seafloors.
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NewsAggregates Extraction Tales Toll on Marine Life, says WWF
A new report released by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that the UK''s seas are ''in crisis, '' with key species in serious decline as a consequence of inadequate planning and poor management by the relevant authorities. Most worryingly, habitats, the basis of marine life, are being destroyed, threatening ...
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Euro Project Addressing Aggregates Issues
A European project called EUMARSAND is being uses to determine the potential effects on the marine environment of aggregates extraction, MJ has learned.
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AAE Transponder Order
Applied Acoustic Engineering, which is presently expanding its Great Yarmouth premises, reports an order worth more than £ 100,000 from PGS Physical in Norway for 32 of its 915 series acoustic positioning mini-transponders together with specially designed flotation devices and battery chargers. PGS plans to use them for deepwater surveys ...
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UKHMA 2005 Spring Seminar Announced
The UK Harbour Masters'' Association will hold its 2005 Spring Seminar at the IMarEST Conference Centre incentral London on 13 April.
