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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.
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News'Amazone' in Africa for Pipeline Dredging Works
The Belgian DEME Group recently deployed its powerful sea-going cutter suction dredger Amazone to Nigeria for trench dredging at the Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS) landfall on the southern shore of Bonny Island. The OGGS project is a final piece in Shell Oil''s programme to phase out all gas flaring ...
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Free Personal Protective Equipment Advice for the Marine Industries
According to the British Safety Industry Federation (BSIF) the lead association for the Personal Protective Equipment Directive in the UK, many employers are confused when it comes to choosing the right equipment, especially when it is covered by different sets of regulations. The BSIF is offering free advice to employers ...
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New TSHD Launched for Van Oord ACZ
A new 4,750m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger was launched for Van Oord ACZ Ltd earlier this month from the van der Giessen de Noord yard in Rotterdam. Van Oord ACZ signed the build contract with IHC Holland in December 2000 and construction was subsequently subcontracted to van der Giessen, ...
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NewsLargest Limpet Dam In Action at the Port of Felixstowe
John Martin Construction Ltd has recently undertaken some essential maintenance work at the Port of Felixstowe.
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Royal BAM Completes Acquisition of Ballast Ham Dredging
Royal BAM Group in the Netherlands says it has acquired the one-third interest in the dredging company Ballast Ham Dredging (BHD) that was owned by Ballast Nedam.
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Cosalt Broadens Base With Seadog Acquisition
Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired the Scottish company Seadog Lifesaving Appliances in a deal valued at approximately £ 2.5m. Cosalt describes the acquisition as a natural step forward for both the well established companies. Seadog has been trading in its present form since the 1960s and Cosalt''s history stretches ...
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Extended CCTV for Aberden Harbour Security
The existing CCTV system for Aberdeen Harbour UK, which handles four million tonnes of cargo annually, has been extended to cover other strategic areas of the port.
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DBC Celebrates 25 Years of Marine Safety
Canadian liferaft manufacturer DBC Marine Safety Systems is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its humble origins as a small service station in a Vancouver suburb.
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NewsWartsila Multiplies 20 By 2000
Wartsila Corporation has reached a milestone by manufacturing its 2,000th Wartsila 20 diesel engine. This engine type has been particularly popular for auxiliary shipboard applications and the 2,000th is one of three nine-cylinder versions being supplied as complete diesel gensets for a 2,500teu container ship being built at the German ...
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Type Approval for AIS Type FA-100
Germany''s Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has type approved and wheelmark approved Furuno''s recently announced AIS Type FA-100 against IEC61993-2, IEC61162 and IEC61108.
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NewsGlassmen Fly 8,000 Miles For Vessel Repair
In an astonishing tribute to British marine craftsmanship, a Falklands Islands shipping agent has flown GRP specialists the 8,000 miles to Port Stanley to repair an extensively damaged Aqua-Star 38 workboat.
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NewsTowlines
France''s largest towage organisation Groupe Bourbon is to withdraw from the ports of Calais, Cherbourg, Dieppe, Sete and Noumes due to lack of profitability. It is reported that activities in those ports will be sold to Saint Victor a company headed by former Marseilles tug owner Guy Chambon.
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News'Severn' Turns the Tide of Naval Procurement
Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding launched the second of three Offshore Patrol Vessels for the British Royal Navy from its Woolston, Southampton shipyard last month. The vessel is due to be handed over in the spring.
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Multi-Lingual Marine Website
Marine Power Europe, the Belgium based distributor of marine engines, boats, parts and accessories, has redesigned its website to enable browsing of 8,000 pages and 22,000 documents in nine languages.
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NewsJack-Up Lifts Marine Site Investigation
Seacore has made use of a new Commachio crawler based automatic drill rig in conjunction with its Skate 3 jack-up pontoon to carry out a combined onshore and nearshore site investigation project along the route of a proposed waste water treatment works pipeline and sea outfall at Portrush in Northern ...
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Underwater GPS For Hire
Leading equipment distributor MK Services of Leighton Buzzard has acquired a proprietary GIB (GPS Intelligent Buoy) system from French company, Advanced Concept & System Architecture (ACSA), following successful trials of a unit in Weymouth last October.
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Tideland Maritime Goes Global
Tideland Maritime Systems, the new division of Tideland Signal dedicated to the supply, installation and servicing of Automatic Identification Systems (AIS), has signed a worldwide service agreement with the Radio Holland Group. Rotterdam based Radio Holland, will install and service SOLAS AIS units globally as well as providing other technical ...
