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Broad Range of Deck Equipment Debuts at Europort
Lemans Nederland BV, Dutch specialist suppliers of deck equipment and lifting gear, will be showing a broad range of products on their stand at Europort, which will be shared with Nieuwpoort Belgium, whom they represent in the Netherlands.
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NewsNew Company Gets 'Braveheart'
Barry Towage & Offshore SA, a new Portuguese tug operator with headquarters in Madeira, has taken delivery of the advanced seagoing tug Braveheart.
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NewsNew Portsmouth Yard Boosts British Shipbuilding
The first new shipbuilding yard in Britain for many years was opened last month in ceremonies at Portsmouth Naval Base presided over by the Secretary of State for Defence, Geoff Hoon MP. The new £ 50 million facility for the VT Group features a high degree of automation in the ...
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NewsCalifornia Fuel Cell Boat No Longer Dreaming
The world''s first electric fuel cell water taxi powered by a hydrogen fuel system has been successfully operated in the harbour at Newport Beach, California as part of its pre-launch testing. The project, which will demonstrate the utility of hydrogen fuel in generating power for ships and port facilities, is ...
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NewsPharos Batteries Boost for Buoys
AB Pharos Marine Ltd has boosted the performance and reliability of its range of self contained photovoltaic (PV) power systems by offering Alcad ultra low maintenance, long life, rechargeable nickel-cadmium (Ni-Cd) batteries as a replacement option for the traditional (Valve Regulated Lead Acid) VRLA batteries.
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Port Authority Settles 'Sea Empress' Claims
Two claims which had been laid against Milford Haven Port Authority in the wake of the Sea Empress grounding in 1996 have finally been resolved.
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NewsSTN Atlas In Control at Europort
STN Atlas Marine Electronics, in association with its Rotterdam based subsidiary STN Atlas Nederland, will feature three new products on Stand 02.2017 in the Zuidhal at Europort 2003.
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NewsBoatbuilder Artist Inspired by Ship Shapes
A contemporary marine artist who helped to build clinker workboats as an apprentice shipwright in his youth has a feature exhibition of his works opening at London''s National Maritime Museum next month.
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NewsAward Tops Work Parade for Busy A&P
The Southampton UK headquartered A&P Group has revived the disused yard it took over in Birkenhead so successfully that the facility has been awarded prestigious European Shiprepair & Conversion Specialist 2003 accreditation by the awards committee at the Institute for Transport Management.
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NewsMore Merger Among Dutch Dredging Majors
Three of what were the dredging industry''s Big Six companies only recently, will now operate as one, following the sale of a majority stake in Ballast Ham Dredging to its Dutch rival, the family owned dredging, offshore and marine construction Van Oord Group.
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NewsA Major Step Forward for AKA Maritime
When the auctioneer''s hammer crashed down in the Maltese Court, AKA Maritime Ltd became the owner of the 72m research and survey vessel Ocean Alert.
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NewsCIRIA Takes Lead on Aggregates
Demand from coastal and river engineering for primary aggregate is increasing and is expected to expand further with the growing need for coastal and river protection works.
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NewsNew Guidelines for Ship Breaking Adopted
An international meeting of experts on the ship breaking industry has taken a decisive step toward improving the safety and health of thousands of workers who perform one of the world'' s most hazardous occupations.
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SMD Set To Acquire Hydrovision
An agreement has been signed for Soil Machine Dynamics (SMD) to acquire the ongoing business of Hydrovision, subject to the usual diligence and contract. Seaeye Marine, a subsidiary of Hydrovision, is not included in the deal.
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NewsAberdeen Examines Energy Futures Centre
The City of Aberdeen has signalled its determination to remain ''Europe''s Energy Capital'' after the offshore oil and gas industry has peaked by announcing a detailed feasibility study into the building of a flagship Energy Futures Centre, possibly also encompassing an offshore wind farm.
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NewsConfidentiality Urged Under US 24 Hour Rule
The issue of terrorism has brought about the need for governments and world organisations to consider the creation of anti-terrorist legislation and preventative programmes to regulate international commerce and the transportation of goods. America has already instituted such legislation and preventative measures.
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Finnish Navy Orders Fansweep 20 Multi-beam System
Bremen-based Atlas Hydrographic, which recently reported successful trials of its Parasound DS-2 parametric sub-bottom profiler aboard the Russian Academy of Sciences'' research vessel, Akademik Boris Petrov, en route to the Kara Sea near Murmansk, has been commissioned to supply the Finnish Naval Research Institute in Helsinki with a Fansweep 20 ...
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NewsThe £1 Million Load Lifter
Great Yarmouth Stevedoring faced a difficult task last month when required to unload a 20m long, 89 tonne drilling rig valued at £ 1 million from the hold of a cargo ship. They consulted Lifting Gear Hire, which specified a pair of 50 tonne Modular Lifting Beams plus wire rope ...
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Suffolk Shipping
Just published by Tempus is this third volume by Mike Stammers, following his earlier efforts on Liverpool Docks (1999) and Norfolk Shipping (2002).
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Marine Inboard Engines
This digital reprint of an existing title from the Motorboats Monthly series remains of value to novice boaters and experienced professionals alike.
