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ABP Looks North for Growth
The Associated British Ports Holdings PLC (ABP) trading statement for the six months ending 30 June 2004 have shown turnover from core UK ports and transport activities on schedule growth of at least 4% and underlying operating profit for the same period expected to grow by 2%.
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NewsJack-up Goes 'Walk About'
A jack-up work barge created considerable consternation off the coast of North Kent during bad weather on 7 July. The barge had been carrying out core sampling and survey work close to the shore, east of Margate, and broke up in heavy seas overnight.
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Navaids Future in '2020 The Vision'
In April the General Lighthouse Authorities published 2020 The Vision, a roadmap for provision and the development of aids to navigation in British and Irish waters over the next 20 years.
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NewsGreen Light for Maasvlakte 2
A decade of uncertainty has ended for the Port of Rotterdam, with the Dutch Government finally agreeing to provide funds for the construction of Maasvlakte 2, a major land reclamation project in the North Sea immediately to the west of the current Rotterdam port area.
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New UKHO Developments £1.5m Order for Sonardyne
The UK Hydrographic Office and Metoc in Hampshire are to further collaborate with the formation of SeaZone Solutions Ltd, a joint venture between Metoc and Admiralty Holdings Ltd (AHL), the latter operated by the UKHO on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.
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NewsSpain and Sweden Upgrade VTS
Norcontrol IT has been selected to supply upgrades for the VTS system at the Port of La Coruna in Spain. A new system based on Norcontrol IT''s VTMIS 5060 will be in place by this August with added AIS data and information management functionality.
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NewsDoes SEMS Seem Sensible?
With thousands from the commercial maritime industries converging on the Solent for seawork2004 , it is a timely moment to input comment upon The Solent European Marine Site (SEMS) Management Scheme , which has been produced to ensure that relevant authorities comply with the requirements of the EU Habitats Regulations ...
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NewsStemat Savours Successful Sinkings
The building consortium HSL Drechtse Steden wasresponsible for the design and construction of a new high speed rail line between Zwijndredcht and Moerdijk in Holland. This section of the route contains two submerged tunnels, one under the river Oude Maas and the other under the river Dordste Kil.
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NewsSupport for Tenby RNLI
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution ''s new boathouse and slipway at Tenby in South Wales will be supported on a forest of tubular steel monopiles specialist marine civil engineering contractors Seacore has installed into the seabed rock.
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Orbimatic Website
The 80m LOA Terra Marique is some 20 times longer than the smallest Ally Duck, but the two vessels share seawork common ground in addressing the requirements of European commercial marine operators, contractors and project managers.Orbimatic GmbH , the German manufacturer of orbital welding equipment, has made major improvements to ...
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NewsNo Noise for NOAA
To ensure that fish populations could be studied effectively, a new Fisheries Survey Vessel (FSV) has been delivered recently for America''s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA). The 64m LOA Oscar Dyson was built by VT Halter Marine of Mississippi USA and will play a vital role in maintaining the ...
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NewsNew VTS Unifies South Wales Ports
A landmark marine control centre which will for the first time enable all commercial shipping entering or leaving the five Severn Estuary ports in South Wales operated by Associated British Ports (ABP) was officially commissioned late last month. ABP has invested £ 600,000 developing Severn VTS the advanced new VTS ...
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Newsseawork Soars With So Much More
Since its launch in 1998, the seawork Exhibition and Conference in the uniquely maritime environment of the working ABP Port of Southampton has grown inexorably year on year to become an unmissable event on the European commercial marine calendar.
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NewsModular Pontoons at seawork
The British company that earlier this year purchased the Eirfloat modular pontoon system manufactured and previously based in Ireland have got off to a flying start with a string of important orders. The company and the brand are now renamed Airfloat and will be exhibiting at seawork2004 .
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NewsMSS To Occupy Minimal Space at seawork
First time seawork exhibitor Mobile Shelter Systems (MSS) will be showing an innovative Storage and Transport Frame initially developed for the military market to provide a flexible modular load system interoperable with all modes of transportation including ISO containers and aircraft cargo pallets.
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NewsScotland Zones In On Marine Renewables
The UK Government and the Scottish Executive are planning to deliver a one stop shop approach for offshore renewable energy consents in waters around Scotland.
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IMarEST/SUT Partnership
The first step towards creating a global federation uniting professional and learned societies within the marine engineering, science and technology (MEST) world has taken place.
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ICS Sand Scrubbers at seawork
seawork exhibitor International Commercial Shipping (ICS) has recently established itself in the worldwide dredging and sand scrubbing business.
