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Mott MacDonald Appointed for New Port Development in Libya
Mott MacDonald, together with Libyan consultants National Consulting Bureau , have been appointed by the People''s Committee of Sirt Municipality in Libya to plan and design an expansion to the port at Sirte, a town located about 460 km east of Tripoli.
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NewsAli-it Surveys seawork Success
seawork2004 proved another successful show for Pembrokeshire based aluminium boatbuilders Ali-itmarine Ltd . The company''s spectacular Shockwave thrill ride boat was a hot ticket for regular outings from the seawork floating pontoon while on the new business side, Ali-it took orders for another two 14.5m shaft driven catamarans for UK ...
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Newsseawork2004 Storms Ahead
Record numbers of visitors attended seawork2004 , including those from the USA, Australasia, the Middle East, North Africa and Europe. This, despite abnormal gale force winds and rain, served as testament to the solid and ever ascending stature of both the commercial marine exhibition and its concurrent conference.
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Dredging for Development
Dredging is in the awkward position of being an indispensable ''invisible essential'' of modern life while often portrayed as the villainous wrecker of the marine environment.
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ISPS Code: 2004 Update - A Practical Guide
With less than a month to go before the 1 July implementation of the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, an alarmingly high percentage of ships and ports worldwide are not in compliance.
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Lloyds Maritime Directory 2004
Just out in mid-May is the Lloyd''s Maritime Directory 2004, the latest edition of an annual publishing event which provides global maritime decision makers with a comprehensive directory vessel and 45,000 ship owners, managers and operators in Volume One plus, in Volume Two, a Shipping Services Directory listing everything from ...
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NewsTOWLINES
.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the tug Afon Alaw completed earlier this year (Maritime Journal - February 2004) but with some items of equipment ...
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Shangburg Partnership
The ports of Shanghai and Hamburg have agreed a ''port partnership'' which aims to further develop goods traffic between China and Europe via the two ports. It is of particular interest to both partners to strengthen their cooperation in the areas of port planning, port administration, port construction and IT.
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New NME Website
Norwegian Maritime Equipment has unveiled a new website (www. nme. no), providing information and photos on the company''s range of safety, deck and other equipment as well as news of new products. Downloadable equipment brochures are available in PDF format.
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Navigational Synergy
Tyneside UK based John Lilley & Gillie Ltd has strengthened its portfolio of navigational products by acquiring a 50% interest in marine software company PC Maritime. PC Maritime''s founders and owners, David and Anne Edmonds, retain a 50% interest.
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Seaeye Milestone
Fareham UK based Seaeye Marine signed a contract last month to deliver their 50th Seaeye Tiger ROV. The complete system, which includes a Seaeye LARS and TMS will be delivered to Stolt Offshore in Brazil, where it will be mobilised on board Seaway Harrier to perform diver support operations.
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NewsThe Rock Rolls On With VT Halmatic
VT Halmatic has signed a contract with the Gibraltar Harbour Board to supply a third Halmatic 35 pilot boat to its pilotage fleet. The optimised 35 features a resiliently mounted wheelhouse for improved comfort and visibility for the crew of two and two pilots.
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German Roads to Sea
Germany''s Short Sea Shipping Promotion Centre anticipates that more than 150 million t/km of freight transport will shift from road to sea in that country over the next three years. The change will be driven by high fuel costs and the introduction of road tolls.
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NewsHoisting Hooks Range Expanded
Sweden''s Gunnebo Lifting are complementing their component programme in the GrabiQ series with a new size of roundsling hook. The new hook will be the largest in the RH series and will carry the designation RH 5-8+.
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E-Sea Fix Does It for Milford Haven
Following successful trials of the E-Sea Fix pilot navigation system last year, Somerset UK based Atlantas Marine has won an order to install the system at the port of Milford Haven in Wales.
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NewsScania Launches New Engine at seawork
Scania updated its marine engine range with the quayside launch of a new model on the first morning of seawork2004.
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Money Matters in Dover's Plan
Consultant High-Point Rendel has been appointed by Dover Harbour Board to conduct the economic and financial component of a Master Plan outlining the Port''s future for the coming 30 years.
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NewsSOC Discovers New Seabed Features
New and unusual seabed features have been discovered in the Mediterranean just beyond the River Rhone''s mouth in France by a team from the Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC).
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DGPS for Italy
Aberdeen based Veripos has been awarded a three year contract for provision of global DGPS services to Italian subsea contractors Mediterranean Survey & Services SpA (MSS).
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NewsDamen Delivers 'Relume' for MENAS
Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) introduced its new multipurpose light tender vessel Relume in a special naming ceremony at Damen Shipyards'' Scheldepoort facility in Vlissingen, The Netherlands on July 6.
