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'Tricolor' Bunker Removal Resumes
Smit Salvage resumed operations earlier this month to remove bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor in the English Channel. The salvage team had earlier been forced to discontinue operations due to hostile weather conditions.
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NewsDecision Due on Marina at Bridlington
A Government-level decision on whether to allow the development of a new marina complex at Bridlington in the North East of the UK - a project which will be one of the largest engineering projects in the North of England if it goes ahead - is due to be taken ...
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NewsOn-Line Simulation Boosts Crew Training
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) is enjoying a buoyant period for its training and simulation division, with recently signed contracts from the Canadian Coast Guard College, the Navy Academy in Taiwan and the AMA Computer College in the Philippines. KMSS has also opened a new training centre on its site ...
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NewsMore work for Smit with Bonga
Dutch based towage, salvage and marine contractors Smit are continuing to support work to complete the 300,000 tonne FPSO Bonga on Tyneside.
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NewsTrinity House Debuts Working Boat Voyages
The Trinity House Lighthouse Service has extended its development of innovative revenue streams with the launch of Patricia Voyages, providing individuals, couples, families and corporate groups the opportunity to sail on the Service''s working flagship THV Patricia.
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NewsPilgrim Eliminates Bolts From the Blue
Removing the tail shafting from Caledonian MacBrayne''s Isle of Lewis ferry, which runs from Ullapool to Stornaway, is a regular operation at overhaul and for survey. Recognising that the time consuming task would be necessary a number of times over the ship''s remaining 20 to 25 year operational life, the ...
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NewsManagement Buy-In at Blondecell
Three members of the management team and a private investor have purchased a controlling interest in Blondecell Ltd, the Hampshire UK based boatbuilder. Managing Director Nigel Crabbe, Commercial Director David Morland and Financial Director Gavin Brown join a Blondecell founder, Tony Brewer, who remains as Chairman.
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NewsMobdocks Beat Drydock for Thruster Repair
Antwerp based underwater contractors Hydrex won the SMM/Lloyds List 2002 Award for ''Innovation in Naval Shipbuilding and Marine Technology'' last autumn in Hamburg. A significant factor in their victory was the innovative double-Mobdock system, which has again been deployed to repair a container vessel while it was in port loading ...
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NewsRebuilt Test Barge Makes Debut
Smit Transport Europe has welcomed the New Years delivery of the Smit Engineering designed test lift barge E3505, which will be used by offshore crane vessel operators such as Heerema and Saipem to test their cranes. The E3505''s first test is scheduled for this month with Saipem''s S 7000 in ...
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NewsNew RIB Builder in Baltic Exchange
New commercial RIB builder Marine Specialised Technology Ltd (MST) has delivered two new RIBs to the German Fisheries Protection Agency and a third to the German Coastguard, all of which will operate in the Baltic Sea.
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New Marine Safety Officers Course Available
Safety and survival specialist RGIT Montrose has devised the UK''s first Marine Safety Officers and Representatives Course in response to growing industry demand. Following the UK Government''s recent recommendations that ship officers put in safety management systems for vessels, RGIT received many calls from within the marine industries asking for ...
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NewsASRY Enjoys Backyard Boom
The ASRY Ship Repair Yard in Bahrain has reported a successful 2002, with some 95 vessels repaired ranging in size from ULCCs to diving support vessels.
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Wolf Wins Marine Type Approvals
Sheffield UK based Wolf Safety has obtained new marine Type Approvals from Lloyds Register and the MCA for their straight and right angle ATEX torches and updated Wolflite safety headlamps, which also conform to the forthcoming Explosive Atmospheres Equipment Directive 94/9/EC.
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NewsIt's a Super Market for A&P Group
Ship repair in the UK is looking positive for 2003 according to the A&P Group, which has confirmed that all 14 of their dry docks are full with various vessels under repair, refit and conversion.
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NewsCathelco Mussels In On Retrofit Anti-fouling System Market
Although marine pipework anti-fouling systems are often installed in newbuildings, they are sometimes retrofitted in response to particular problems.
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NewsSvitzer Announce Huge Tug Order
The giant towage and salvage operator Svitzer-Wijsmuller, with it''s headquarters in Copenhagen, have announced a massive tug-building programme representing orders and options for 29 vessels of various types.
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Aircraft Carrier Contract Gives Unexpected Long-term Boost to British Shipbuilding
The United Kingdom''s depressed shipbuilding sector was given an unexpected long-term boost last month by the British Government''s decision to award the nation''s largest ever warship order for two new 60,000 tonne aircraft carriers to BAE Systems.
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BMAPA and Crown Estate Launch Initiative on Aggregates Zoning
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have launched a new initiative to provide more detailed information on the zoning of marine aggregate licence areas located around the coastline of England and Wales.
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First Director for European Maritime Safety Agency
Willem de Ruiter, currently head of the Maritime Safety Unit at the European Commission''s Directorate General for Energy and Transport, has been appointed as the first head of its European Maritime Safety Agency. The 51 year old Dutchman has a degree in civil engineering and worked for the Netherlands'' Ministry ...
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Cityof Oslo Launches Claim Against PCB Producers
The City of Oslo in Norway is demanding ¢ 7m from Bayer AG , Solutia and Kaneka in compensation for the cost of cleaning up Oslo Harbour.
