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Tests Underway to Enhance Recycled Decking
Portsmouth UK based Plasti Ltd are conducting a series of tests in conjunction with Anglia Waterblast, Jotun and the Royal Military College at Shrivenham (part of Cranfield University) aimed at further enhancing the non-slip properties of their decking planks, which are manufactured from 100% recycled materials.
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Dutch Launch Vessel Evacuation Decision Research Project
A high powered team has begun a research project in Holland which aims to investigate important factors that occur during the evacuation process on board ships and to subsequently develop technologies and procedures to make this process more efficient.
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Dusseldorf Debut for Scania Yanmar
The first public display of the recent co-operation agreement signed by Scania Industrial and Marine Engines and Yanmar Marine was seen at the Dusseldorf Boat Show last month when a 12 litre, 720hp Scania engine in Yanmar livery was paraded for the leisure boat market. The agreement signed last October ...
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Simrad and Suzuki in UK Distribution Deal
Simrad UK has been appointed as the official distributor of Suzuki Marine''s range of low-cost searchlight sonars and echosounders into the UK and Irish markets, greatly expanding the choice Simrad offers the fishing industry.
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IACS to Update IMO Model Training Courses
The International Association of Classification Societies has, at the request of the IMO, agreed to undertake a revision of six of the IMO''s set of model training courses. The courses are intended to assist maritime training institutes and their teaching staff.
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NewsFreight Ferries Converted
Extra decks are being added to P&O Ferries'' European Pathway and European Gateway at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany as part of a £ 50m conversion project.
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NewsDemand Surge for Rough Terrain Container Handlers
As mobilisation builds for a possible war with Iraq, the Tank Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) of the US Army has placed another delivery order with the Kalmar RT Center LLC for Rough Terrain Container Handlers (RTCH). The new delivery order totals 93 machines and other logistical items carrying a ...
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Concern Over Maerl Dredging
Conservationists in the UK are claiming that dredging maerl, a material used by farmers as an organic fertilizer, from a Cornish estuary, should be stopped to protect the area. They claim that dredging maerl, a form of calcified seaweed used as a fertiliser, which has been taking place in the ...
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Port Communication Upgraded
Westica has provided the Milford Haven Port Authority with a 1.4 GHz multirate radio system which enables compressed radar information to be transmitted from various remote radar installations to MHPA Port Control.
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HR Wallingford Commissioned for Italian Marina Study
HR Wallingford has recently been commissioned by Consorzio Porto di Cattolica to carry out studies in connection with the development of a marina in the entrance of the Tavollo River at Cattolica, Italy.
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NewsVTS Training Expanded at South Tyneside College
South Tyneside College has completed the installation of a £ 250,000 Vessel Traffic Services training and simulation centre with equipment supplied by Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems. The new facilities increase the College''s capacity to run VTS courses following IALA V103 guidance, for which it was the first training facility to ...
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Timber Research for Coastal and Fluvial Engineering
Timber has traditionally been used for the construction of a wide variety of coastal and fluvial structures including groynes, jetties, lock gates and river bank protection throughout the UK.
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NewsRussian Hulls for Germany's New Coast Guard Vessels
The German Coast Guard has taken delivery of Bad Bramstedt, the first of three advanced new patrol boats from Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder for service mainly in the German Bight region of the North Sea.
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VTS Synergy on UK South Coast
Fleet Support Ltd has awarded a contract to supply and install new VTS at the UK''s Portsmouth Naval Base to STN Atlas Elektronik. The system is due for commissioning next month. Its facilities include two Atlas 9730 X-band Radars sited remotely at Fort Gilkicker and Shell Pier linked via microwave ...
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Wartsila Extends Ciserv Network
Wartsila Corporation has purchased the Dutch marine service company Caltax Marine Diesel BV from Tras van Houte Beheer BV.
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U-Tows For China
WS EnviroTech of Selborne, Hampshire has delivered an advanced version of its U-Tow Mk 3 undulating marine data-gathering vehicle to the Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey in China following a delivery of two earlier systems to the Chinese State Oceanographic Administration (CSOA).
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NewsGoteborg Goes With the Changes
The Swedish Port of Goteborg''s board has approved the Port''s largest ever investment package, authorising some $45m for upgrading facilities at the Skandia Container Terminal to accommodate the largest boxships envisioned for the future.
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NewsCentrum Piles Up a Production Record
Centrum Pile Ltd, formed by Aarsleff Piling in 2001, remains a wholly owned subsidiary of Aarsleff following the collapse last November of a proposed 50/50 joint ownership deal with Stent Foundations.
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NewsPlymouth's Cattewater Order New Harbour Tug
Cattewater Harbour Commissioners have awarded a contract to VT Halmatic of Portsmouth for the construction of a new harbour tug. Following a comprehensive tendering process the order was placed for a Halmatic WB18 tug/workboat for delivery later this year.
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Mermaid Captures Lost Buoy
While working off St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall last month, the crew of the Trinity House Lighthouse Service vessel THV Mermaid captured a drifting navigation buoy.
