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  • The Voith units fitted to Ahuriri are the first to have six blades.
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    Unique Tractor Marks Voith Anniversaries

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Voith Schiffstechnik Gmbh, manufacturers of the world renown Voith Schneider cycloidal propeller celebrates two important anniversaries this year.

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    Allweiler Pump Debuts at SMM

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Allweiler AG, will represent the home country at SMM in Hamburg with a completely new Anti-Heeling Pump draft called Alltrimm.

  • The Fuel Conditioning Modules control equipment is mounted in a central cabinet for accessibility.
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    Alfa Laval Offers Complete Oil Treatment at SMM

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Among the innovations on the Alfa Laval stand at SMM 2002 will be the Fuel Conditioning Module (FCM), promising new levels of remote control and user friendly operation.

  • The new Furuno VR-5000 Voyage Data Recorder.
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    Furuno Launches AIS and VDR

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Furuno has launched new AIS and VDR, both of which are under type approval with BSH in Germany.

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    SMM Air-time with Radio Holland Group

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Radio Holland Group makes its SMM debut following its formation earlier this year. In March, a management buy-out of SRH Marine was realised, creating an independent international company in the maritime market.

  • The prototype APCS is seen installed on board during trials.
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    Inertial Sensors Aid Lifting Safety

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    A project undertaken by the University of Strathclyde, together with Caley Ocean Systems and Haliburton Subsea Systems, has developed an automatic control system to reduce the pendulation of suspended loads during offshore lifting operations.

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    STN Atlas 'Always a Step Ahead'

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Hamburg based STN Atlas Marine Electronics does not have far to travel for SMM 2002, where it will show a comprehensive range of advanced ship automation, communication, navigation, propulsion and power management systems under the theme Always A Step Ahead.

  • The new EM 3000 3m navigation buoy is highly visible to both the eye and radar.
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    Eason Marine in Single Source Supplier Agreement

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Eason Marine Ltd and XJF Plastics Ltd have announced an agreement to create a single source supplier of navigation buoys and flotation equipment.

  • The Stones discharges the first shipment of aggregates to Stema Shippings new distribution centre at the Port of Hull.
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    New Aggregates Terminal for Port of Hull

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Stema Shipping (UK) Ltd has chosen Associated British Ports'' Port of Hull as the company''s northern distribution centre for aggregates imported from the Jelsa Quarry in Norway, the largest single-standing coastal aggregates quarry in terms of output in Northern Europe.

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    Poseidon Lands Major African Training Order

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Norway''s Poseidon Simulation AS has won the biggest single order for marine simulators and training in the company''s 14 year history. The NoKr15m order consists of simulators for radio communication, Radar/ ARPA navigation, bridge simulators and a PC-based engine room simulator.

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    Oil Spill Sorbents Storage Advice

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The new Oil Storage regulations make it very clear that storage facilities need to be essentially safe and that operators and owners of storage should take appropriate precautions to prevent spills.

  • Cushyfloat HT is the new mounting designed for modern marine engines.
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    Stand 4063 Is a Cushy Number at SMM

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Trelleborg Industrial AVS, suppliers of anti-vibration and shock mounting system to the marine market, will be showing two new products, HT Cushyfloat and Cushymount XK, on Stand 4063 in Hall 4 at SMM.

  • SMM 2002 is expected to draw over 35,000 visitors from over 50 countries.
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    Confidence Grows with Record Breaking SMM 2002

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Another record setting exhibitor total has been reported by Hamburg Messe for SMM 2002.

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    Solar Solve Marine Rolls Out the Blinds at SMM 2002

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Solar Solve Marine, the South Shields UK based manufacturer of the Solasolv range of anti-glare roller screens, has a hectic schedule lined up for SMM 2002. Visitors to their stand will see two new product launches as well as a relaunch of the company''s full range of specialist roller blinds ...

  • The new Volvo Penta D12-450 Heavy Duty marine diesel.
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    Volvo D12 Launches Heavy Duty Diesel Range

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Volvo Penta has introduced its new D12 Heavy Duty 12 litre marine diesel which, with totally electronic control, is the first of a new generation of engines for heavy commercial operations.

  • The latest delivery of 12 machines takes the total number of ASCs at ECT to 103.
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    ECT Stacks Up its 100th Automatic Crane

    2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

    ECT Delta Terminal in Rotterdam has recently taken delivery of its 100th Kalmar Automatic Stacking Crane (ASC). As a proponent of automated handling systems, the terminal was the first to use Kalmar ASCs in 1989.

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    Limeys

    2002-08-01T18:07:00Z

    It is estimated that in the three centuries prior to 1800, at least two million sailors were killed by scurvy.

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    Paddle Steamers: A Photographic Legacy

    2002-08-01T18:07:00Z

    Paddle Steamer were an appealing way for many people to make excursions "doon the watter" during the pre-war period.

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    Disasters on the Severn

    2002-08-01T18:07:00Z

    The River Severn rises in the Cambrian Mountains 600m above sea level and runs 330 km to the Bristol Channel. It is Britain''s longest river and certainly one of its most dangerous.

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    Amerike

    2002-08-01T18:07:00Z

    Historic concerns that the world''s only superpower could have so easily been called Vespucciland are eased by this new volume, which argues persuasively that the USA and all the Americas were named not after Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci as conventional wisdom would have it but rather, a wealthy 15th century ...