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European Commission Publishes Ships Blacklist
One year on from the Prestige disaster which devastated the coast of Spain, the European Commission has published the first list of ships which have been definitively banned from EU ports.
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Gareloch Celebrates Busy Birthday
Scotland''s Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd is celebrating 15 years in the commercial marine support industry with its marine civils department typically busy on a UK west coast project repairing all load bearing piles on a jetty. The job involves the removal of old steel casings and the injection of ...
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European Renewables Conference Set For Berlin
The European Conference for Renewable Energy - Intelligent Policy Options has been schedule for 19 to 21 January 2004 in Berlin.
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NewsShipyards Could Become Sites for Marinas
Two former shipyards in the UK, one in the northeast and one on the south coast, could become sites for new marinas.
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NewsRubber Prop Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Ice Breaker
Murmansk Shipping Company operates the world''s largest nuclear powered river ice breaker. The 1987 built Taymir generates 45,000kW of propulsive power which drives through three water lubricated closed propeller shaft installations. Each shaft has a diameter of 950mm and weighs up to 62 tonnes. The propeller and its hub weigh ...
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EA Celebrates Award for Littlestone Sea Defence Scheme
The Environment Agency in the UK says a major sea defence scheme it executed on the Kent coast - the Littlestone sea defence scheme - has won a major environmental engineering award.
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NewsIndoor Diving Fun at Ocean Frontier Attraction
Europe''s largest indoor dive pool and techquarium has opened on the site of a former sewage works at Fort William in Scotland. The £ 2.5m Ocean Frontier attraction received funding from a variety of sources, including Lochaber Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise , and complements the £ 30m Fort ...
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NewsWave Study Tests Art Centre Design
The design team for a proposed international venue for the visual arts is working with marine engineering experts at HR Wallingford to test the forces of waves which will crash into the gallery and stone pier structures at its coastal location in Margate, Kent UK.
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NewsDuke of York Opens New UKHO Archive Centre
The UK Hydrographic Office ''snew £ 3.5m Ritchie Archive building at its Taunton headquarters was formally opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 26 November in the presence of Chief Executive and National Hydrographer Dr Wyn Williams and invited guests.
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NewsSubmarine Sandwich Course for Portsmouth Apprentices
A group of apprentices from Portsmouth based shiprepair specialist Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has played a key role in restoring a World War II midget submarine on display at the HMS Dolphin museum in Gosport.
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NewsFelixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal
Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of the port.
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Euronav Launch Budget AIS
The collision avoidance benefits of AIS will become more financially accessible to the operators of smaller commercial and leisure vessels when Euronav launches its low-cost Ai3000 AIS receiver at the 2004 London International Boat Show . The £ 799 (Inc VAT) NMEA compatible receiver can be linked to current PC ...
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Qatar to Build a New Airport on Reclaimed Land
Qatar is set to build a new airport which will be sited partly on land reclaimed from the sea, at a cost of US$2 billion, according to an announcement made by Qatar Airways earlier this week.
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NewsAggregates Researchers Take to the SandPit
A 17-strong consortium of experts at well known universities'' research organisations is now approximately 12 months into a major EU-funded modelling programme to assess the effects of offshore dredging on coastlines Demand for North Sea sand is likely to increase in coming decades, for use as beach and sand dune ...
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NewsLandfall Works Complete Africa/Europe Pipeline Link
Constructing two delicate landfalls in Sicily and Libya, the Belgian DEME Group is creating the tailpiece for linking North African gas resources to the European mainland. The work is being executed by Sidra , DEME''s Italian subsidiary, and Tideway , the specialised DEME subsidiary which services the global oil and ...
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Van Oord ACZ Chosen for Kent Coastal Protection Contract
Van Oord ACZ Ltd has been chosen by the UK''s Shepway District Council to carry out one of the biggest coastal protection schemes ever planned for the district''s shoreline. The £ 17m Hythe to Folkestone Harbour Coast Protection Scheme is designed to protect against flooding and erosion for the next ...
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NewsKlaas Act at CEDA Dredging Days
The cutter suction dredger is the beast of the industry, called upon when the going gets extremely tough and it is necessary to cut through hard compacted soils or solid rock in works such as the deepening of harbours and fairways.
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New Acquisition
As of last month, equity investor EquiVest , represented by Munich based CBR Management GmbH , has acquired from EMG EuroMarine Electronics , a Hamburg based Rheinmetall Group company, the business operations of STN Atlas Marine Electronics GmbH ofHamburg. The new company will operate under the name of SAMElectronics GmbH ...
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Lloyds Beal Acquires Enviroquip
Lloyds Beal , the once traditional anchors and chains group which now hires and tests all forms of lifting gear, is moving into the environmental services market with the acquisition of Enviroquip Ltd . The business also provides independent recycling and waste management consultancy services, including a recycling network to ...
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Fugro Acquires Thales Geosolutions
Thales and Fugro have finalised an agreement under which Fugro has acquired Thales Geosolutions for 147.5 million in cash. UK headquartered Thales Geosolutions , which has some 2,000 employees worldwide and forecasts revenues for this year above ? 200 million, is expected to complement Fugro insupplying the survey, positioning and ...
