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.The headquarters and registered office of Wijsmuller Marine Ltd has now been relocated from Woking in Surrey to Middlesbrough. In future all correspondence that would have been sent to Woking should be addressed to; - Wijsmuller Marine Ltd. Tees Wharf, Dockside Road, Middlesbrough TS3 6AB.
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NewsSchottel Shows Son of SSP at SMM
Schottel featured their new Schottel Electric Propulsor (SEP) at SMM in Hamburg last month.
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NewsVT Ocean Sciences' Ship-Time Prize
VT Ocean Sciences, the joint venture between VT Group and the University of Wales at Bangor, has launched a scheme for applicants within the European marine science community who want funded ship-time aboard its research ship launched in the summer of last year, RV Prince Madog.
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NewsJets' New Small Vessel Toilet System
Norway-based Jets Vacuum AS has launched a new system for small ferries and workboats which retains the advantages of normal Jet Vacuum toilet systems but in a scaled down version for easy and simplified installation.
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NewsMilford Haven Goes Green with Plastic Timber
The Milford Haven Port Authority in the UK has demonstrated its commitment to conservation by using fender pilings made of recycled plastic in place of rain forest hardwood. During a £ 130,000 planned maintenance of their pilot jetty, the Authority and their consultants from the Babtie Group opted for fender ...
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NewsRoller Screens Fight Ferry Fires
Solar Solve Marine launched a new product at SMM which is likely to stir considerable interest among the operators of ferries and cruiseships.
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Marine Lubricants In Russian Market Expansion
Castrol Marine has extended its global operation to supply specialist marine lubricants to the northwest Russian port of St Petersburg.
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NewsGareloch Expands Fleet with Multi-Role 'Laura M'
Scottish marine plant operator Gareloch Support Services (Plant) Ltd has taken delivery of a new MRV 20 multi-role vessel built by Halmatic at their Portchester yard. The Laura M becomes Gareloch''s flagship vessel, complementing an existing MRV 15 and a 10m Damen Multi-Cat.
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NewsEngines Rebuild Gives New Life to 'Goosander'
Diesel engine specialists Bartech Marine Engineering has recently completed an overhaul of the main engine and gearbox plus three auxiliary engines and all associated parts for the MV Goosander, an ex-Admiralty Duck Class vessel now owned by Underwater Technology and operated from Lowestoft UK.
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NewsReconditioned Engine Puts New Life in Old Ferry
Service Center Denmark at Frederikshavn conducted final tests and sea trials last month for the ferry M/F Naus following the installation of a reconditioned version of its vintage B& W Alpha 406-26VO engine.
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EMS is the Tork of the Town
There has been much talk in the boatbuilding industry recently about a new product from Essex UK based Torkmaster Ltd which will make its debut at the METS exhibition in Amsterdam next month.
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News'Echo' Past Meets 'Echo' Present
It is a rare occasion when two ships perpetuating the same illustrious name have a chance meeting on the high seas but just such an incident took place recently when the British Royal Navy''s former , a 160 tonne inshore survey vessel commissioned in 1958, met her modern namesake in ...
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NewsDutch Treat for Visitors to Sold Out METS
METS 2002, the Marine Equipment Trade Show, returns to the Amsterdam RAI from 19-21 November with a record 887 exhibitors from no fewer than 30 countries and 15 national pavilions consuming all available space in the Parkhall, Randstadhall, Deltahall and Hollandhall to deliver a sold out exhibition.
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NewsEA to Enlarge Lydney Docks Marina
The Environment Agency (EA) in the UK, which is planning a major regeneration effort at Lydney Docks near Gloucester, has increased the size of the marina it is planning to build to help pay for the project, and says it anticipates building a facility with 80-90 berths initially, in phase ...
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NewsDew Piles It On for Rosyth Ro-Ro Port
The Port of Rosyth already had much of the required infrastructure in place when it received the go-ahead early this year to become Scotland''s first ferry link to mainland Europe via a Superfast ro-ro service to Zeebrugge.
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NewsShocking Debut for Ship Security System
Secure-Marine of Rotterdam made a valuable contribution to the fast expanding marine security market when it presented a ship protection system to the US Maritime Security Expo in New York last month. The Secure-Ship anti-piracy and ship boarding protection system will also be displayed at the Maritime Security Council conference ...
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European Maritime Pilots Warn of Deregulation Dangers
The European Maritime Pilot''s Association (EMPA) has warned that passage of the European Union''s ports directive, which would force pilots to compete on a commercial basis, would compromise safety standards and discourage investment and training. EMPA represents 4,800 maritime pilots in Europe and facilitates the exchange of information between its ...
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Integrated Propulsion Controller Launched
Regulateur Europa has launched an Integrated Propulsion Controller (IPC) to the diesel engine industry.
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NewsOcean Safety Continues Expansion
Marine safety specialists Ocean Safety have acquired niche manufacturer KIMProducts from Kelvin Hughes .
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World Dredging Congress XVII Tied to Next SMM Exhibition
The World Organisation of Dredging Associations (WODA) has announced that the 17th World Dredging Congress (WODCON) will take place in Hamburg from 27 September through to 1 October 2004, coinciding with the 21st staging of SMM. WODCON will be held at the CCH-Congress Centrum, which is linked by a covered ...
