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Belgian Gear Change
Marine gears manufacturer Reintjes has taken over all the marine activities of Antwerpse Motorenwerke (AMW), the company which has been the sole representative for the sale of Reintjes products in Belgium since 1951. Subsequently, AMW''s territory expanded to cover much of Europe.
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There's Never Been a Better Time to Know Your Limitations
Significant changes to the law governing limitation of liability have occurred as of 13 May 2004, writes Charles Hattersley, a partner in the Plymouth UK based maritime and international trade firm Foot Antsey Sargent. On that date the 1996 protocol to the London Limitation Convention of 1967 came into force, ...
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Go-ahead Given for Marine Enterprise Park at Beaumaris
Anglesey Boat Company (ABC) in Beaumaris in Gwynned in Wales in the UK has obtained permission from Anglesey County Council for the re-development of an existing site at Beaumaris as a Marine Enterprise Park, but is still waiting for a dredging licence that will enable it to develop a new ...
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NewsCoastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge
The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.
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NewsDutch Coupling Gives Barge Trains A Push
Push convoys and barge trains have great problems with strong winds and waves on open waters such as the Markermeer, IJsselmeer and Westerschelde. Over the past two years, Holland''s Van der Velden Marine Systems, working in close cooperation with TNO and Alkyon, has developed a new type of coupling device ...
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Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles
At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations.
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NewsFlying Start to Year for ASRY
The ASRY repair yard in Dubai has had a busy start to the year despite regional uncertainties. There has been no let up in the pace of work for the yard and sales were up by 10% on the same period in 2003, with 49 vessels being repaired and painted.
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NewsSanmar Move up a Gear with their First ASD Tug
Sanmar Denizcilik Makine ve Ticaret Ltd, the Turkish tug owner and shipbuilder, has delivered their largest and most sophisticated tug to date.
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NewsEcospeed Rapidly Gaining Approval
The Aster, a Belgian Navy minesweeper, has just been completed in Zeebrugge with the Ecospeed system, an innovate new approach to dealing with ship corrosion and fouling from Subsea Industries. This Navy vessel is used for sweeping moored mines and hunting bottom mines all over the world.
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NewsA&P Falmouth Lands RN Refit
The British Royal Navy''s Antarctic Patrol Vessel HMS Endurance berthed last month at A&P Falmouth for a multi-million pound mid-life refit that is scheduled to take four months. Its arrival followed by only two weeks the departure of another icebreaker, M/V Polar Star, which had left following a refit.
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Tandem Lift Cranes for Antwerp's New Mega-Terminal
Kalmar has received an order for six super post-Panamax ship to shore container cranes from a consortium led by P&O Ports Antwerp.
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Day Return to Antwerp
Earlier this month, Dutch towage operators Van der Wees Watertransporten returned a 420 tonne Gottwald type HMK280E to Antwerp from Le Havre.
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NewsLloyd Werft Averts Bankruptcy With 'Pride of America' Repair
One of Germany''s leading ship repair and conversion yards, Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB), has averted bankruptcy and said it is now back on track after a dangerous period.
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NewsPower Wow for America's Biggest AliCats
Construction started last month in Alabama on the largest aluminium ships ever to be built in the USA. The two 105m LOA catamaran ro-ro fast ferries will each be powered by four 20 cylinder MAN B&W RK280 diesel engines for a total installed capacity of 43,000bhp.
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NewsAl Jadaf Lifts Off on Hot Wheels
The modern Al Jadaf ship docking yard in Dubai is equipped with advanced facilities, including the ability to lift boats out of the water and manoeuvre them using a system of rails and wheeled trolleys for repair on dry land.
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Thrane & Thrane Acquisition
The Rheinmetall Group has completely divested its marine electronics interests by disposing of its stake in EuroCom Industries, holding company EMG EuroMarine Electronics'' last subsidiary. The 88.6% stake has been transferred to Thrane & Thrane A/S of Denmark at a price equivalent to ?14 million.
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NewsACE On the Pace With Winches
Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd, ACE Winches, is continuing to deliver large winching packages in short delivery times. During 2003 and to date in 2004 ACE has continued to build up a significant winch hire fleet.
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NewsBoosted Accommodation on Maersk Supply's Latest AHTS
Maersk Supply Service''s latest A-Type anchor handling/tug supply ship Maersk Advancer has bolstered accommodation capability and is also only the second in Maersk''s A-Type ship series to fly the British flag.
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NewsInnovative Dredging Project Improves Access
Chichester Marina in the UK has confirmed that it has completed an innovative dredging project designed to improve access to the marina by deeper drafted boats.
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Ro-Ro a Go-Go for ABP Immingham Container Terminal
Only months after their ambitious proposal for a £ 600m container terminal at the Port of Southampton was rejected by the British Government, Associated British Ports has been given the go-ahead to build a new five berth ro-ro terminal at their Port of Immingham.
