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Public Inquiry Date Set for River Thames Port Development
A public inquiry will begin on 21 January next year examining P& O Ports'' proposal to build a major container port and ro-ro facility on London''s River Thames at the site of the former Shell Haven oil refinery.
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News'Crystal Ocean' Gets Offshore Warning System
Tideland Signal''s Syncrolan IV offshore warning system has been fitted to the Brovig Crystal Ocean, a well test vessel built by Kvaerner at Govan in Scotland and recently leased to Amerada Hess Ltd for an extended well test in the Chestnut Field off Aberdeen.
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NewsImpounded Harbour Creates New Marina in South Wales
Dean & Dyball Construction in the UK has completed construction of a new marina at Burry Port Harbour in South Wales.
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Motion Damping for High Speed Craft
Vosper Thornycroft''s US based Maritime Dynamics Inc (MDI) has launched the MDI Motion Interceptor for trim and list stabilisation and motion damping of high speed vessels.
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New Control System for Rotterdam's ECT
Germany''s Port Technology, Gottwald''s Terminal Systems Division, in co-operation with Navis LLC of California USA, have won an order from Rotterdam''s ECT Delta Terminal to replace several existing terminal management systems by a single integrated software system for terminal management.
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Seacore Secures North Hoyle Wind Farm Contract
Cornwall UK based Seacore Ltd has won a major contract worth in excess of £ 5m to install 30 large diameter monopile foundations in the seabed and design, build and install a 50m high, fully instrumented monopile supported meteorological mast for the 60MW North Hoyle offshore windfarm.
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Construction Starts on Two Salvage Tugs for Semco
Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd of Singapore has announced the construction of two dedicated oceangoing salvage tugs, each with a minimum bollard pull of 160 tons.
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Nearshore Pipelines Conference Next Month
The issues of planning, design and construction surrounding nearshore pipeline projects, including estuary crossings and outfalls, are often significantly different from those concerning either cross-country or subsea pipelines, and they are of critical importance to the overall success of the project.
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RN Crane System Completed
Sheffield UK based mechanical handling specialists Street Cranexpress (SCX) has completed the second phase of a £ 32.5m contract to develop bespoke crane systems for three Royal Navy aircraft carriers.
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New Data Relay for Coastal Workboats
A new pan-European short range radio telemetry system for relay of navigational data between all types of vessels at sea or offshore has been introduced by Ormston Technology.
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NewsChallenging Underwater Hull Repair 'Routine' Off Malta
UMC''s challenge to ship owners to throw technical afloat problems at them has resulted in a successful underwater repair. The job was carried out as a joint effort between UMC''s head office in Chandlers Ford UK and the branch in Rotterdam.
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New Counter-Pollution Firm Opens New Response Centre
Aberdeen based Ceto Environmental Ltd has secured £ 2m financial backing for plans to become a leading provider of counter-pollution response and strategy services.
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NewsMaritime Simulator Centre Finnished at Meriturva
Transas completed the installation of a large scale simulation complex in July at the Meriturva Seafarer Educational Centre in Helsinki, Finland.
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NewsNew Flexible Driveshaft Couplings from Centa
The recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces the overall length of the unit.
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NewsNew Caterpillar Unit Stalks Workboat Diesel Engine Market
Caterpillar has released a full line of ratings for its new C12 marine diesel engine.
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NewsPLA Upgrades Radio Network and Training Capability
The final phase of installation has recently been completed in a £ 500,000 communication network for the Port of London Authority. Westica Ltd''s 1.4GHz Multirate Radio System will speed the flow of radar and traffic information to the PLA''s Control Centres at Gravesend and the Thames Barrier Navigation Centre.
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NewsQuayside Capability Elevates New Millennium Lifting
Millennium Lifting of Seabrook in Kent UK have celebrated their second birthday by adding a third Liebherr crane to their fleet.
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Port Safety and Environment Code from BV
Bureau Veritas has launched a code of practice and certification scheme for the management of safety and environmental protection in ports. The International Code for Safety and Environmental Protection Management in Port (IPSEM) is intended to help managers improve port safety and environmental protection, with the additional benefits of improving ...
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NewsHarbour Construction Keeps Terramare Busy
Terramare, the Finnish marine construction firm, reports that it is actively engaged in the construction of a harbour for SCA Graphic Sundswall AB, a Swedish pulp and paper mill company located in the west coast of Sweden.
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NewsCouplings Provide Build Power for Record FPSO
Halifax UK based Renold Hi-Tec Couplings has helped provide temporary power for what is claimed to be the world''s largest FPSO unit while the vessel was under construction. Renold supplied five RB 3.86 flexible rubberin-compression transmission couplings for generator sets used on the 343,000 tonne vessel at the Hyundai shipyard ...
