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NewsNew Royal Navy Survey Vessel Comissioned
HMS Echo, the UK Royal Navy''s new multi-role hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessel, was formally commissioned at a ceremony in Devonport on 7 March. Built by Appledore Shipbuilders in Bideford under contract to Vosper Thornycroft, the 3,500dwt, 90.6m-long vessel will begin operational deployment later this year; it will also be ...
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Forth Coastguard Conduct Ferry Coordination Exercise
Scotland''s Forth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre conducted an exercise with the Greek registered ro-ro ferry Superfast 10 last month as the vessel was on passage from Zeebrugge to Rosyth. The 30,285 tonne, 203m LOA vessel was approximately two hours from the Fairway Buoy when the one hour exercise commenced.
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NewsLegal Issues of Chinese Shipbuilding Explained
Chinese shipbuilders are rapidly expanding both their product ranges and their newbuilding capacity. In addition to an already well established product line of large vessels such as tankers and bulkers, Chinese yards are now building a range of export vessels which extend from ro-ro and ro-pax vessels downwards in size ...
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Soil Erosion and Sediment Redistribution in River Catchments
A new conference, ''Soil erosion and sediment redistribution in river catchments, '' is to take place on September 11 2003 at the National Soil Resources Institute (NSRI), Silsoe, UK.
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Flexible Carbon Fibre Propellers Make seawork Exhibition Debut
Fleetwater Marine Ltd will have an easy journey to make its seawork debut as the company is based at Ocean Quay in Southampton. Fleetwater Marine has just launched a range of carbon fibre Contur Marine Propellers which offer lighter weight and quieter, more efficient performance than traditional technology.
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NewsClean Screens for CalMac Newbuilds
Marine window wiper specialist Wynn Marine has delivered the wiper system for two new ferries in production for Caledonian MacBrayne.
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Commercial Marine Finance Makes seawork a Port of Call
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance, which is well established in the UK as a leisure marine finance provider, has expanded its activities to support commercial marine companies looking for asset funding. Paul Ratcliffe, who was appointed Asset Finance Manager - Marine last December, will be visiting seawork2003.
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NewsWODCON XVII Call for Papers
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA), organiser of next year''s World Dredging Congress (WODCON), has issued a Call for Papers to be presented at the triennial event. WODCON XVII will take place on 27 September through 1 October 2004 in Hamburg, held in conjunction with the 21st SMM International ...
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NewsFirst Caissons Floated Out for Durban Quay Wall Project
Contractor Interbeton has sunk the first caissons that will form the basis of a new 1,200m long quay wall at the Port of Durban in South Africa, a project that Interbeton is carrying out in a Joint Venture (JV) with the local construction firms Grinaker-LTA and BCW.
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NewsUnique Cable Layer for Wide Range of Jobs
A newbuilding which combines the capabilities of shallow-water and deep-water cable laying and repair vessels has joined the fleet of Bohlen & Doyen Group subsidiary Submarine Cable & Pipe.
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Bulk Petroleum Coke to Hartlepool Dock
The PD Ports, Logistics and Shipping Group''s PD Teesport Hartlepool Dock facility has been chosen by Carbon International Ltd to provide cargo handling and storage services for up to 40,000 tonnes of bulk petroleum coke imported annually.
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Spanish Building Ropax for Faroes
The Spanish Izar San Fernando shipyard has entered the conventional ferry sector with the keel laying ceremony for a Ropax ferry that will operate in the harsh weather conditions around the Faroe Islands. The contract is with the Islands'' Ministry of Trade and Industry and the vessel will be operated ...
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Hong Kong Top Boxport
The Port of Hong Kong won the 2002 round of its continuing battle with Singapore to be the world''s busiest container port, in the process becoming the first port ever to break the 19 million TEU barrier. A 7% increase in volume took Hong Kong to 19.14 million TEU, up ...
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NewsSouthampton Has A Lotta Bottle
A first shipment comprising 1,200 tonnes of recycled bottle-glass material left the Midland Glass Processing Company''s (MGPC) new plant at the ABP Port of Southampton last month on board MV Sea Kestrel, bound for the ABP Port of Goole on the Humber Estuary. It would have required 45 articulated lorries ...
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NewsBosphorus Gets a Powerful Escort Tug
A new escort and shiphandling tug named TDI Zubeyde Ana is now on station in Istanbul.
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NewsP-PHS Born of Marine Handling Consolidation
Parkburn Precision Handling Systems Limited (P-PHS) is a new name but an experienced player which now encompasses the traditional 30 year class heritage of the Dowty brand naval and commercial handling systems as well as the recently acquired company IPR and service rights of Marine Projects Developments Limited.
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NewsBusy 'Cormorant' Born to Lift
Dutch towage and salvage operator Multraship successfully completed the salvage of the pusher tug Eclips only two days after it sank in Antwerp harbour last month.
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NewsBodewes Delivers Deepwater Mooring System
Bodewes Winches of The Netherlands has obtained the R4 quality rating for their 84mm Bodewes QuickLink, a connector link by which wire rope and chain can be connected/ disconnected rapidly.
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NewsSouth Boats Head West for Flying Fisherman
Eastern Point is the 18th catamaran to be built by South Boats'' Isle of Wight yard. It has been custom-built at 34ft 10in to comply with Canadian fisheries regulations as it''s owner is Earl Johnson, a commercial fisherman based at Placentia Bay in North Harbour, Newfoundland.
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NewsModel Behaviour Shapes Coastal Protection Scheme
A working-scale model of the Blackpool UK seafront has been constructed by ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) in the company''s laboratory at the Port of Southampton as part of a research project commissioned by Blackpool Borough Council to help develop the most appropriate seawall defences for the north west''s coastal ...
