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MARPOL Revisions Adopted
Revised regulations to prevent marine pollution by ships carrying oil or chemicals have been adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO .The revised MARPOL Annex 1 isexpected to enter force on 1 January 2007, incorporated the various amendments adopted since MARPOL entered into force in 1983. These ...
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Management Information Added to Cork VTS
Bremen-based Atlas Elektronik is to extend Cord Harbour Authority''s VTS network with the addition of an all-purpose Management Information System (MIS) facilitating overall port management and traffic control as well as general administration.
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News'Redeemer' Adds Diving to Activities List
Seeing what at first appears to be a modern sport fisherman with an Effer knuckle boom crane mounted to port amidships makes the viewer wonder how big a fish the crew is after. However, appearances can be deceiving and Falmouth UK based Bay Marine ''s 37'' vessel Redeemer is in ...
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News'Maria S Merian' Readies for Action
Shaping up to enter service in January 2005 in waters as far north as the Arctic fringes is the research vessel Maria S Merian , being completed at Kroeger Werft near Rendsburg for delivery to German authorities.
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Hydro4 Proceedings Available
Proceedings of its Hydro4 symposium in Galway last month attended by delegates from over 30 countries are now available from the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies , formerly The Hydrographic Society .
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Flood Scheme to Cost €35m
Work on a 35m flood relief scheme for Clonmel in Ireland will start early next year, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, Mr Tom Parlon said recently during a visit to the town.
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QE2's Longest Voyage
In recently completing 35 years, six months and three days in service, Cunard ''s Queen Elizabeth 2 has become the longest serving liner in the company''s history, surpassing the Aquitania . The vessel has covered more than 5 million nautical miles, equivalent to sailing around the world 230 times, and ...
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2nd Sea and Water Conference
The second annual Sea and Water Conference will be held in Hull UK on 1 March 2005. The event will include a full day''s conference, a dinner and a tour of local water freight facilities. Agreement has been reached for a senior government minister to deliver the keynote speech for ...
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£100m Marina Plans for Yarmouth
Plans for a marina at Yarmouth in the UK which could cost as much as £ 100m could be submitted to the borough council in February of 2005.
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NewsTOWLINES
Farstad Supply AS , a wholly owned company of Farstad Shipping ASA , has sold the anchor-handler Far Turbot toChinese operators. This vessel became well-known in her role as one of the first Emergency Towing Vessels (ETV) to be operated under contract to the Maritime & Coastguard Agency .
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Seacore Wins More Windfarm Work
Seacore in the UK has been awarded a contract by the Danish power utility company, Energi E2 , to erect an 80m high meteorological mast for the London Array Offshore Wind Farm project in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsRoSafe Ups the Standard
Posford Haskoning and Bosch Rexroth have revealed details of a new safety device for ferry linkspans that they have developed. The new device, named RoSafe , is a secondary system that works independently of the operating mechanism that moves a linkspan or walkway into position. It acts as an independent ...
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News'Xplorer' Returns from Wreck Surveys
The hydrographic survey vessel Xplorer , operated by Portsmouth UK based Sea-Trax , has just completed a six month contract surveying designated protected wreck sites between Northern Ireland and Falmouth.
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NewsNew Standard for Ro-ro Linkspans
As briefly highlighted in the October issue of MJ , a new code for the design of ro-ro ramps, linkspans and walkways - British Standard 6349 Part 8 - is due to be published early next year, enabling ro-ro infrastructure to be planned, designed and built to an acceptable common ...
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NewsSHIPMATES' Money Lifts Repair Technology
Shipyards used to repair and convert existing vessels are set to become more efficient and environmentally friendly with the help of a grant for ? 2,151,000 from the EU''s Framework Programme .
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NewsIraqi Ports Obstructed by Wrecks, says UNDP
Hundreds of sunken ships ranging from large freighters and tankers to small tugs and dhows are blocking access to Iraq''s principal seaports and threatening the marine environment of the northern Persian Gulf, according to a detailed report by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) which was released in early October.
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NewsIntercontinental Underwater Repair
A 30,000dwt, 200m long bulker needed urgent crack repairs when it arrived in the Brazilian port of Portocel in September.
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NewsTitan salvage 'Skate - III'
A recent incident in bad weather around the south coast of Britain brought a small salvage job almost to the doorstep of Titan Maritime attheir Newhaven base. On the morning of 21 October the jack-up barge Skate III wasfound aground in the surf on the beach at nearby Seaford.
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NewsHomecoming Refit for 'HMS Northumberland'
The marine division of Gateshead UK based protective coatings specialist Pyeroy ismaintaining the region''s links with one of the last Royal Navy vessels built on the Tyne.
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New On HIT List
Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £ 44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal (HIT) at ABP''s Port of Immingham (see MJ September 2004, page 25).
