All News articles – Page 1177
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Boost for European DGPS Service
Veripos has enhanced its proprietary European dual frequency Inmarsat DGPS service for offshore users with the establishment of three new reference stations at Ijmuiden in the Netherlands and Kristiansund and Tananger in Norway.
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NewsNon-Weld Cable Transits Boost Boatbuild Speed and Safety
A new non-weld cable and pipe transit frame for the marine industry was launched at the ShipRepair and Conversion Exhibition in London last month by cable and pipe transit specialist Roxtec.
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NewsCaterpillar Takes Control at the London Boat Show
Caterpillar launched an all new electronic engine and transmission control system at the London Boat Show earlier this month. The Multi Station Control System (MSCS) allows the establishment of up to eight primary controls and eight full redundancy back-up stations on board and enables the full control of single or ...
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BMT Explores Transport Concepts
BMT Reliability Consultants Ltd has started work on its contribution to the EU funded INTEGRATION programme.
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Latest Dredging Figures From BMAPA and Crown Estate
At the end of 2002 the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and the Crown Estate issued an annual report detailing the extent of UK dredging for the year 2001.
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NewsWorld's Biggest Offshore Supply Ship Delivered
What is said to be the largest offshore supply vessel ever built, and one of the most versatile to boot, has joined the fleet of Norwegian shipping company Ostensjo Rederi in Haugesund after completion at Norwegian shipyard Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk.
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Lankhorst Ropes Deliver Benchmark Clarity
It is becoming increasingly more difficult to understand the difference in the quality of mooring ropes due to new products continuously coming onto the market, each highlighting different characteristics. A benchmark which is increasingly being used to measure the performance of ropes in the maritime industry is TCLL value.
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NewsMariner Sails Through Quarter Century With Barrus
Oxfordshire UK based EP Barrus Ltd celebrated 25 years as distributor of Mariner outboard engines at the London Boat Show this month. The occasion was marked by the launch of a new 225 hp four stroke engine and news that the new 50hp versions of the Mariner FAST PIRS (Post ...
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NewsBarge Handling Reachstacker
Verbrugge Terminals BV in Terneuzen, The Netherlands, handles about 1.8 million tonnes of forest products each year which largely originate in Sweden and are shipped to Verbrugge by ro-ro vessel.
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News'Prince Madog' Available for Charter
RV Prince Madog, the Dutchbuilt research ship jointly operated by VT Ocean Sciences and the University of Wales'' School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor, is available for charter during this spring and summer for commercial survey, research and leisure use.
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VTAS Automates Monitoring
VT Controls has developed a new ''open'' automation system called VTAS especially for complex applications in the industrial and marine markets.
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De Groot Delivers Versatile CSD for Suez Canal Authority
De Groot Nijkerk Dredging Equipment is supplying the Suez Canal Authority with a complete assembly package for their type CZ450S cutter suction dredger. The pontoon is being built and the vessel assembled at the Port Said Shipyard in Egypt under the supervision of an engineer from De Groot''s parent Damen ...
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Tsavliris tow Atwood Eagle
The Tsavliris Salvage Group has been awarded a contract to tow the semi-submersible drilling rig Atwood Eagle from Greece to Angola, a journey of 5,500 miles expected to take two and a half months. Towing commenced in late November using one of the world''s largest and most powerful salvage tugs, ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty Build ASD Tugs for Boston
The increasingly popular US tug builder Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc of East Boothbay, Maine, USA is currently building two powerful shiphandling tugs for the Boston Towing & Transportation Company of Massachusetts. Boston Towing are a division of Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, New York.
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NewsAn Arctic Tow by ITC
During the recent winter weather in Europe a report was received from Dutch towage specialists International Transport Contractors (ITC) concerning an interesting Arctic tow carried out last summer. The tow involved the relocation of the purpose built arctic drilling platform SDC from Port Clearance to an offshore location in Prudhoe ...
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Goodchild To Build Aqua Stars
Goodchild Marine Services of Great Yarmouth UK has reached an agreement with Aqua Star Limited of Guernsey to build and market the Aqua Star range of fast pilot launches. The Aqua Star Pilot Launch range includes vessels of 38, 42, 47, 50, 60 and 65ft in length as well as ...
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Briggs Lands Three Year APT Marine Services Contract
Briggs Marine Contractors Ltd have won the Marine Services contract with Associated Petroleum Terminals (Immingham) Ltd.
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NewsUSCG Approval for Solar Powered Lights
The US Coast Guard has officially approved the Carmanah 700 Series solar powered LED marine lights for use as USCG aids to navigation.
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New Multiple Subsea Application ROV Series From Thales
Thales GeoSolutions of Chessington has developed what it calls new-generation ROV''s designed for multiple subsea applications from high-end survey work to drill rig support, the G3 series.
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NewsAMOT Controls Temperatures
AMOT Controls have introduced their redesigned and significantly enhanced G Valve, a three-way temperature control valve which will should prove popular for marine diesel installations on vessels such as tugs and dredgers.
