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News'Thunder Horse' Gets to Texas PDQ
Dutch heavy transport shipping company Dockwise further advanced the market for moving ultra-large and heavy items by sea when it delivered the largest semi-submersible Production & Drilling Quarters (PDQ) ever built to Texas last month.
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Severn Up for Return of Water Freight
Over the next ten years, 340,000 lorry journeys will be taken off the roads of Worcestershire UK as the consequence of a £ 1m Freight Facilities Grant awarded last month by the Department for Transport .
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NewsFlexible Friend Knocks Noise
Yorkshire UK based flexible coupling manufacturer Centa Transmissions Limited had to overcome a significant gearbox location problem when they were asked to substantially reduce noise and vibration from the transmission of Sea Shepherd , the new 15.25m pilot launch for Aberdeen Harbour Board .
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NewsFirst StepDrive Installed
Coventry UK based Newage Transmissions '' first production StepDrive unit has been installed in a 25ft Lema Clon motor boat based at Brixham.
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New Guidelines for Piers and Jetties Exposed to Waves
HR Wallingford in the UK has developed a new set of guidelines for the design and construction of jetties, piers and other marine structures constructed in exposed locations, which require careful assessment of their hydraulic loads.
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NewsEven Leavin' for Rotterdam Maritime
The 12th Rotterdam Maritime trade show, which takes place this year at the Ahoy Rotterdam exhibition and conference centre on 16-20 November, will be the final presentation of the event in its current format. As detailed elsewhere in this issue, Ahoy ECES purchased the Europort event from Amsterdam RAI last ...
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NewsEuroport Moves to Rotterdam
In a move which surprised many at the SMM exhibition last month, it was announced that the Amsterdam RAI had sold the Europort exhibition to Ahoy ECEM , which will combine Europort with its own Maritime Rotterdam exhibition beginning in 2005.
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New Simrad ECS Systems
Simrad of Norway has launched a new range of electronic chart systems, the CS50 and CS60 Series, designed for vessels operating on fixed routes such as Ro-Ro ferries and local supply craft; fast update rates also make them ideal for high-speed craft as well as survey, coastal and river vessels, ...
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New Viking In North East
Denmark''s Viking Life Saving Equipment has appointed Marine Safety Supplies (MSS) of Wallsend UK as the new distributor and authorised service station for Viking''s range of sea safety products in the North East UK.
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NewsScania Powers Down for SMM
Scania has responded to customer feedback by extending the power range of its new 12 litre marine engine downwards to a version producing 300hp at 1,800rpm, expanding applicability for workboat installations. The new DI12M EMS, which was launched this summer at seawork2004, was featured on Scania''s stand at SMM in ...
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Mersey Docks Interim Results
Mersey Docks and Harbour Company The has posted a healthy 5.9% boost in underlying pre-tax profit on a turnover up by 6.9% in its interim results for the first half of 2004. Continuing growth in container traffic in both Liverpool and Dublin is evident and ro-ro prospects are strengthening, with ...
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NewsManchex Exercise is Declared a Great Success
A major multi-agency exercise ''Manchex 2004'' involving Coastguard and emergency services from Britain and France on 21 September was declared a huge success by exercise Director Murray Milligan, Area Operations Manager for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA).
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News'Vanguard' declared a Total Loss
The British coastal tug Vanguard , owned and operated by Mersey based Carmet Tugs Ltd , has been declared a total loss after sinking off the Isle of Skye.
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NewsSummer Debut for New Fast Water Jet
First deliveries took place recently of a new model in Italian manufacturer Castoldi''s HC (Hydraulic Clutch) range of water jet drives. The Turbodrive 238 - HC weighs only 110 kg and can be matched to engines up to 420hp, making it suitable for single or twin unit installation in boats ...
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Perkins UK Distribution Deal
Finning International Inc hasbeen awarded exclusive distribution rights for Perkins engines and parts in Great Britain from 1 December 2004. The new distribution agreement will cover a number of industries, including marine, agriculture, construction and materials handling.
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NewsSmit Take Over Smit Panama and Increases Damen Order
Smit Harbour Towage has taken delivery of the first of a series of three new shiphandling tugs to be deployed in Panama. The first vessel, appropriately named Smit Panama , is one of two compact stern-drive tugs ordered from Damen Shipyards atGorinchem in April of this year. Shortly after Smit ...
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RNLI Trials Rope Cutters.
H4 Marine Ltd of Devon UK has supplied the RNLI with two QuicKutter SH25 rope cutters which will be trialled on the new pre-production Tamar class of offshore lifeboats currently being completed at DML in Plymouth.
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NewsECS Returns with CranePower
Kent UK based European Crane Services (ECS) resurfaced at the SMM Exhibition in Hamburg last month with the exclusive rights to sell Crane Power cranes in excess of 35 countries.
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New Ship to Shore Crane for Felixstowe Extension
The UK Port of Felixstowe took delivery of its latest Ship to Shore Gantry Crane (SSGC) late last month when the second of an order of three SSCGs arrived from China.
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News'No Limit' to Salvor's Convenience
Wijsmuller Salvage BV of the Netherlands had work come knocking on its door this summer when the brand new inland transport vessel No Limit broke its back in IJmuiden Locks, only half a mile from the salvage contractor''s headquarters building at IJmuiden.
