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World Shipping Directory 2004-2005
With the merger three years ago of Lloyd''s Register Maritime Information Publishing Group with Fairplay Publications Ltd to form Lloyd''s Register - Fairplay, a maritime information powerhouse was created.
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More Vessels Ordered by Smit
Smit Transport & Heavy Lift BV has exercised an option to build a further offshore support vessel at the Keppel Singmarine shipyard in Singapore. The original contract was placed with Keppel in March of this year for two 70-tonnes bollard pull anchor-handling tug/supply (AHTS) vessels ( Maritime Journal April 2004).
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NewsNorsafe and Sound at seawork
Norway''s Norsafe AS made its debut at seawork 2004 with a version of its Mako 655 fast rescue boat receiving considerable attention on the floating pontoon. Building lifeboats for more than 100 years, Norsafe has put more than 15,000 such craft into service, with its current range including rescue boats, ...
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NewsNew Trainers Take to the Waves
Sea Training International. The Sea Training International centre has the facility and staff to cater for specialist agencies, companies or individuals requiring specialist training in all aspects of fast offshore rescue, sea survival, VHF/GMDSS radio training, and all levels of power boat training. The centre also is the only establishment ...
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More Moore Stephens
Shipping accountant and business consultant Moore Stephens has expanded its specialised shipping presence in the UK by opening an office in the maritime centre of Southampton.
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Windscreen Wiper Merger
B Hepworth & Company Ltd has announced the merger of Hepworth Marine International and Wynstruments Limited .
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NewsNew Plans Unveiled for 'Yorkshire Marina'
Revised plans for a £ 35 million Yorkshire Marina at Bridlington on the northeast coast of the UK were unveiled in July.
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Oil Monitoring Maintains Onboard Performance
Condition monitoring of fuels and lubricants used onboard has become one of the main weapons in the fight to reduce premature failure of marine propulsion units, gearboxes and hydraulic systems. In particular, determining the presence of water or the gradual degradation of TBN (Total Base Number) of the engine oil ...
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News'SARfinder' Locates seawork Press Office
New products are always on show at seawork , witness the record 53 entries to the Innovations Showcase this year, and one so new it was still in prototype form appeared in the seawork press office in the hands of its developer, Marine Rescue Technologies chairman David Marshall.
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New Port Services Joint Venture Launched for South Wales
Two UK port services companies, one in west Wales and one in Southampton, signed an agreement this month to form a new joint company. The Milford Docks Company , part of the Milford Haven Port Authority Group , and Williams Shipping have entered into the joint venture which will create ...
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NewsVOSTA LMG's Iranian Success
Amsterdam based VOSTA LMG has had a recent run of success supplying the engineering and dredging equipment packages for cutter suction dredgers which will be or have been built in Iran.
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Ignorance Risks Lives, Says MCA's Survey
A survey undertaken by the UK''s Maritime & Coastguard Agency has revealed that nearly half of all parents (49%) do not know that the Coastguard is an emergency service and can be called by dialing 999 as for the Police, Fire Brigade or Ambulance Service.
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NewsMersey Waterfront Is World Heritage Site
The Port of Liverpool has been added to an illustrious list which includes the Taj Mahal, Stonehenge, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Great Wall of China after its bid to become a World Heritage Site was approved by the United Nations. Liverpool''s waterfront site, including the famous Pier Head ...
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Ilex Harbour Survey Package
More software developments, this time from Ilex Computing of Great Yarmouth with their HarbourMan suite designed to allow port and harbour authorities to carry out bathymetric surveys at minimal cost.
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NewsNew Valeport Tide Gauge
Among new developments on show at seawork was Midas TMS from Valeport , which the Totnes-based company claims to represent an evolution in the field of tide gauges and environmental monitoring stations.
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London's Mayor Lauds Thames Yard Expansion
With the arrival of its new dry dock, Thames Craft Dry Docking Services Ltd (Thames Craft) is able to take larger vessels and pontoons out of the water for regular maintenance and emergency repairs. The new dry dock, which is securely anchored on the river bed to provide safe deep ...
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NewsSpill Responsibility for Iran's New Dredger
The launch and naming ceremony took place last month at IHC Holland ''sKinderdijk yard of the 1,000m 3trailing suction hopper dredger Yasin for Ports & Shipping Organisation (PSO), the port authority of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
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Power Display with EVC
A new generation of programmable displays from TeleflexMorse is helping marine engine supplier Volvo Penta to evolve its electronic vessel control (EVC) system.
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NewsWashburn & Doughty Delivers 'Independent'
New azimuthing stern-drive (ASD) shiphandling tugs built in the USA for American owners are now beginning to show some commonality in design and configuration.
