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NewsMarine Opportunities at All-Energy 2004
The All-Energy Opportunities exhibition and conference returns to Aberdeen with the fourth in a series of annual events scheduled for 25-27 May. Devoted to renewable energy, All-Energy Opportunities will provide a topical update on all renewables, including the emerging offshore wind, wave and tidal power industries which promise substantial workloads ...
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News$10 Million Contracts Awarded to Subsea 7
Swiss-based Allseas Group has awarded Subsea 7 ofAbedeen contracts worth in excess of $10m for provision of survey, ROV and positioning services in support of offshore pipelay projects in North West Europe, the Mediterranean, the US and the Caribbean over this year and next, with an additional option for 2006.
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NewsApprovals for S4 SART and MT-1 UAIS
McMurdo ''s new 4th generation SART, the S4 Rescue , is smaller and lighter than earlier SART models, enabling it to be easily carried in a liferaft or lifeboat.
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Rescue at Sea
This handsome volume, published late last year with the full support of the International Lifeboat Federation, the UK''s RNLI and the US Coast Guard, is subtitled An International History of Lifesaving & Coastal Rescue Craft.
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Marine Diesel Engines
Published last September, this 2nd Edition of Nigel Calder''s best selling book again focuses on the smaller end of the diesel spectrum, engines ranging in horsepower from 10 to 100.
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Christian's Fleet
In November 1795 the greatest fleet to leave Britain''s shores set sail for the West Indies.
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NewsWijsmuller Salvage in Syria
A Wijsmuller Salvage team is removing bunkers from a Liberian flag ro-ro aground at the Syrian port of Tartous.
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Partrac Secures Sediment and Particle Tracking Work
Partrac , a recently formed UK-based company, which provides sediment transport consultancy and sediment impact monitoring on a worldwide basis, says it has won several contracts since it was formed in September of last year.
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NewsVessel Launch Prince Rock
VT Halmatic Ltd has started the New Year with another substantial step forward in their pursuit of a larger share of the steel tug and workboat market with the completion of the twin-screw tug Prince Rock . One of the few tugs to be constructed in a British shipyard during ...
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NewsIn-Situ Machining Revamps Quayside Unloader
Having established that the slew ring on its 20 year old cement unloader was in need of replacement, the management of Leith & Forth Ports inScotland called in Metalock Engineering of Coventry to machine the 3.28m diameter slew ring surfaces to a high degree of flatness. This enabled a new ...
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New HYPACK Software
United States-based Coastal Oceanographics Inc , developers of widely-used software for marine surveying, positioning and navigation, has announced availability of a new HYPACK MAX version 2.12a Gold program for survey design, data collection, graphical editing, plotting, volume computations, surface modelling and contouring.
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NewsSafe Ship Gets Non-Slip Grip
Nearly half the ferry traffic in Scotland travels on the shortest route across the Firth of Clyde.
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Valeport Tide Gauges for RN
Valeport of Totnes reports a repeat order from the Royal Navy for its Model 740 portable tide gauges, to be used in support of survey applications. Also being supplied are miniSVS sound velocity sensors.
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Test Facilities for Transponders
Sonardyne invites users to ''do more with their Super Sub-Mini (SSM) transponders'' by acquiring new firmware for testing and configuring a host of proprietary subsea positioning transponders.
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NewsVideo Mosaicing Technology Will Expedite Seabed Mapping
Underwater navigation software originally developed for the Royal Navy is set to benefit home users of camcorders and digital video, says QinetiQ , Europe''s largest science and technology organisation employing over 9,000 personnel across the UK and US.
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NewsWorld's Tallest Mast Delivered
VT Halmatic rounded off an eventful 2003 with the completion of the world''s tallest yacht mast, which will be fitted on the high-tech luxury yacht Mirabella V under construction by parent company VT Shipbuilding . The 90m hollow carbon epoxy mast, which has a maximum cross section of 1.6m and ...
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Port of Felixstowe Upgrades Ship to Shore Cranes
The Port of Felixstowe (UK) is upgrading four of its ship to shore gantry cranes. The Morris built post-panamax cranes, which operate at Felixstowe''s Trinity Terminal , are now 18 years old and were designed to the traffic and vessel requirements of a different age.
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NewsVoith Offer a New Low Cost Shiphandling Concept
German propulsion and tractor tug specialists, Voith Schiffstechnik Gmbh (Marine Technology) continue to pursue their share of the market for shiphandling tractor tugs by offering a new low cost solution. This latest solution, offered to operators requiring an agile, vessel with a useful bollard pull, capable of working in the ...
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NewsEuroport Launch Lifts ISPS Port Compliance
Transas used the occasion of Europort to launch a new product which will help to provide an ISPS Code compliance solution for port and harbour authorities.
