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Hi-Tec Acquires Bollom
Maidstone UK based Hi-Tec Spray Ltd has grown as a UK force in surface coating technology for the marine industry following its acquisition of Bollom Finishing Equipment . The newly expanded company now has a team of 40 service engineers based at branches in Manchester, Coventry, Bristol, Southampton, Stowmarket, Maidstone ...
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ABB/A&P Repair Alliance
Marine turbocharging and servicing company ABB has entered into a non-exclusive alliance with A& P Southampton to provide enhanced ship repair and support services for vessels calling at the port.
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Barrow to Get 400-berth Marina
Barrow-in-Furness in the northwest of the UK is to have a 400-berth marina built as part of a wide-ranging £ 40 million plan to regenerate the town. If the project as a whole goes ahead as planned, it should create many jobs and bring hundreds of acres of dockland back ...
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NewsNew 24m Piling Barge Under Build for Walcon Marine
Fareham UK based Walcon Marine , specialists in the design, manufacture and installation of marinas, has purchased a new 24m piling barge which is currently under construction at the Aveco Shipyard on Teesside. The design was developed by Walcon Marine with the detailed design and project management by John Pattison ...
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Remote Upgrade to 1000 Ships
ChartCo has achieved a major technical milestone by broadcasting its upgraded user software, oceanMaster , direct to over 1,000 ships at sea. This software upgrade, including integration with existing on board database records, was conducted remotely with no need for on board engineering attendance using ChartCo''s L-band satellite communications broadcast ...
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Dredgers of the World: Fourth Edition
Oilfield Publications produces a range of similar titles covering vessel types such as tugs, survey vessels and mobile drilling units.
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Tidal Turbine Testing Surge in Scotland
Testing has begun of a prototype tidal energy turbine, the EXIM, which both its developers and local government bodies hope will establish Shetland at the forefront of renewable energy developments. Swedish owned Seapower Scotland and Lerwick company Delta Marine are carrying out tests over 10 sites in the Bluemull Sound, ...
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Visit www. portcities. org. uk
A new multimedia educational website launched in the UK last month brings together museums, libraries and archives to enhance public understanding of Britain''s maritime history.
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NewsPortable Marine Oil Viscosity Testing
Oil is the lifeblood of marine engines as it cleans, cools, lubricates and can reveal valuable information about internal conditions via oil viscosity testing. The Kittiwake Viscotube has just been launched to test oil viscosity in all land based and marine engines.
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NewsTuna Tremble at 'Lord Moyle' Repower
Ballycastle Charters has completed the refit of its Aqua Star 9m sea fishing charter boat Lord Moyle by repowering with a Perkins Sabre M265Ti engine.
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NewsLamor the Merrier With Global Growth
Finland based oil spill clean-up equipment manufacturer Lamor Corporation continues its global expansion with the establishment of a subsidiary in the United States. The office is the result of collaboration with Lamor ''s former US distributor, Hyde Marine Inc , and is expected to grow into a production facility, shortening ...
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News'Ghost Ships' Scare Up Government Reversal
With two of the first four so-called ''ghost ships'' towed from America to the UK for scrapping now moored at Hartlepool and the other two mid-Atlantic, uncertainty surrounds their future as the UK Environment Agency has reversed its position and declared its earlier approval of modification to Able UK ''swaste ...
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NewsGermans Unveil Wind Park Maintenance Ship
The Abeking & Rasmussen Shipyard in Lemwerder and offshore specialist T&S Transport & Service in Bremerhaven have announced the joint design and construction of a unique SWATH windpark maintenance vessel.
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Funding For Riverbus Service
The first financial package to secure the future of passenger transport services on London’ s River Thames was announced last month.
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Marco Polo Funding Slashed
The European Commission hasslashed funding for its Marco Polo Programme , designed to take freight transport off congested roads and put it onto rail, short sea shipping and inland waterways. A final budget of only ? 75m over five years represents a compromise between the original plan calling for ? ...
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First ROV Parametric Sounder
Work on what is claimed to be the first parametric echo sounder capable of deployment on ROV''s down to 2000m is now being carried out by Aquadyne AS of Asker, Norway in association with DeepOcean of Haugesund, a major supplier of offshore survey and inspection services to Statoil and Norsk ...
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NewsInnovative Finance Funds Unique Newbuild
Wirral UK based seabed mapping and marine survey specialists Osiris Projects hascommissioned a new coastal survey vessel and is set to double its workforce with the help of a £ 650,000 financial package from Bank of Scotland Business Banking .
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NewsEncouraging Signs for Repair Sector in Europe
It has been an encouragingly active Summer and Autumn for many of Europe''s ship repair and conversion facilities and thus a refreshing contrast to the gloomy order situation in much of the newbuilding sector. Big ship work may have grabbed the headlines this Autumn, but specialised small vessel projects have ...
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EMMA Links With Klima
European Marine and Machinery Agencies has been appointed UK distributor for Dutch heat exchanger manufacturer Klima Thermo-Tech B.V. Klima is providing the air to air cooling systems for the azimuth propulsion pods fitted to the new liner Queen Mary 2. Klima also provides the cooling systems that are an essential ...
