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Government Pledge on Erosion Claims
The UK Government has reportedly pledged to look closely at claims by European experts that dredging can be linked to erosion on the North Norfolk coast, claim campaigners.
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NewsChallis Rises to Workboat Challenge
Essex UK based Challis & Sons have launched their new 10m design steel workboat, the Challis 10m2 . Designed and constructed entirely in-house at Challis'' Clacton-on-Sea workshops, the new vessel was immediately put into service, successfully completing a contract for Ballast Ham Dredging pushing their water injection dredger Baldur onworks ...
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NewsA Chrous of Calls to Free 'Karachi Eight'
Traditional cutting of the New Year''s cake ceremonies held at the Piraeus offices of international salvage group Tsavliris were dominated by wishes for the safe return of salvage master Nikos Pappas , detained by authorities in Pakistan for pollution incidents related to the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off ...
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NewsFairmount to Build New Deepsea Tugs
Valentine''s Day, 14 February 2004, was a landmark date for Rotterdam based towage contractor Fairmount Marine BV when the company signed a contract for the construction of two 200 tonnes bollard pull anchor-handling tugs.
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Bugsier Order Tractor Tug from K Damen Shipyard
The year 2004 started extremely well for Shipyard K Damen at Hardinxveld-Giessendam. During the past couple of months three shipbuilding contracts were signed from two different continents.
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Port of London Terminal Boom
In announcing that port terminals and facilities on London''s River Thames handled over 51 million tonnes of cargo last year, the Port of London Authority also said it anticipates that over £ 1.3 billion will be invested in PLA terminals over the next decade. This is in addition to the ...
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NewsSouth Boats' RIB To Be Ready for seawork
The first launch of 2004 from South Boats '' prolific yard on the Isle of Wight is Private Venture a South Catamaran 32/10 Island class design commissioned for Lymington based charter angling skipper Arthur Savage. The 32ft LOA craft boasts a beam of 16ft 6in, which delivers 96ft of gunwhale ...
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NewsMENAS' Pollution Boat Launched in Romania
A new oil spill response vessel for the Middle East Navigation Aids Service (MENAS) was launched at the Galatz Shipyard in Romania last month and has been towed to Damen ''s Royal Schelde Shipyard in the Netherlands for completion, outfitting and commissioning.
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Bespoke Survey Cat Hits the Road
Kongsberg Maritime and Uniteam International have joined forces to showcase the recently developed ConCat Survey Catamaran with a''Road Show'' demonstration tour of the innovative turnkey survey platform, which kicked off at Oceanology International in London this month and will continue across the USA and Canada before returning to the UK ...
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NewsContract for First Azipull Coastal Tanker
NVC-Design , part of Rolls Royce , has won its first contract for a coastal product tanker which combines a bespoke hull design with a diesel mechanical propulsion system based on twin Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull aximuth thrusters with pulling propellers.
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NewsStudy Underway Assessing Continental Transport
The future use of transportation corridors between Scandinavian and central Continental countries is being assessed by BMT Transport Solutions GmbH on behalf of 12 European governmental and industry organisations. The study will take into account increased congestion in the region and the need to facilitate trade.
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NewsDebut of a New Armoured Unit for Breakwaters and Sea Defences
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has provided MJ with details of an innovative interlocking armoured unit it has developed and extensively tested which is designed to protect breakwaters and shores for the long term and under extreme conditions.
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NewsSMS Down By the San Francisco Bay Area
Transas Marine USA has been awarded a contract to provide a Spill Management Simulator (SMS) to the California Maritime Academy''s Institute of Maritime Technology .
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Busy March for A&P Falmouth
A&P Falmouth has won two significant orders which are being undertaken this month.
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NewsHamilton Jet Double Anniversary at seawork
Hamilton Jet ''s European headquarters, Hamilton Jet UK Ltd , celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
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Coastal AIS for Norway
Kongsberg Seatex AS has been awarded a contract to develop AIS infrastructure covering the coast of Norway. The contract includes delivery, installation and implementation of AIS base station equipment for 35 shore based stations. Contract work began last month with completion scheduled for the end of this year.
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NewsDanes Get Two More AHTS Ships From Germans
The latest in a series of the world''s most powerful anchor-handling/tug supply vessels was being named at east German shipyard Volkswerft in Stralsund March for Danish sister company Maersk Supply Service .
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NewsDRACULA Ahead By a Neck
The shifting focus of the world''s major dredging contractors from jumbo trailing suction hopper dredgers to equally large cutter suction dredgers can be seen in the latest order for IHC Holland from Belgium''s DEME Group , which operates both Dredging International and the French subsidiary SDI .
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NewsFinns Win Again with Sixth Police Targa
The Metropolitan Police Thames Division fleet has received its sixth Finnish built Targa patrol craft, supplied by seawork2004 exhibitor Wessex Marine .
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NewsAn Eleventh Hour Reprieve for the 'Daniel Adamson'
An historic steam tug/tender, the Daniel Adamson , owned by the Manchester Ship Canal Company has been saved from the cutting torch by tugmen and enthusiasts at the eleventh hour.
