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Dredging Operations Underway at UK Port of Milford Haven
A £ 600,000 dredging operation is underway at the UK port of Milford Haven to maintain the waterway and ensure that vessels can continue to have full access to its berths and jetties. The contract represents a major investment for Milford Haven Port Authority, which views the activity as a ...
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NewsVersatile New Shallow Draft Thrusters
Holland''s HRP have announced an addition to their range of azimuthing thrusters in the form of the HRP Shallow Draft Thruster. Unlike all other units in the product line, which are based on outboard type 360º steerable propellers, the HRP Shallow Draft Thruster concept is based on an inboard propeller ...
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Malta Dry Docks in Drive to Improve Safety
Malta Dry Docks and Malta Ship Building have joined forces with Swiss-based Du Pont Safety Resources to implement a major safety improvement programme involving all employees throughout each business.
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UK Funding Diverts Heavy Road Transport to Water
The British Government''s Department for Transport (DfT) has awarded an £ 8.5m Freight Facilities Grant to Staffordshire-based Robert Wynn & Sons Ltd (RWSL) for the development of an innovative transportation system that will utilise shortsea routes and inland waterways to take ''abnormal indivisible loads'' off the UK''s congested roads network.
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Hits Surge as Users Share Their Knowledge Online with Diesel-Talk
An online technical discussion forum for people working with diesel engines is largely credited for a 500% increase in ''hits'' over the past year from marine diesel engine users and others now accessing Diesel-Talk, within the Glasgow-based website www.DieselEngineTrader. com The website has been up and running for two years ...
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NewsNewbuild Suction Hopper Dredger Deployed From Spain to Seine
Dredger building in Spain received another boost recently when French operators GIE Dragages Ports took delivery of the 5,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger Daniel Laval from the IZAR Gijon shipyard. The vessel will be deployed primarily for maintenance dredging operations in the river Seine estuary and at Dunkirk.
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Rolls Royce Debuts Vector Stick at seawork
Rolls Royce chose the occasion of the seawork2002 exhibition in Southampton UK last month to introduce a new control system for small waterjets.
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NewsRapid Data Gathering for 'Prince Madog'
The UK''s latest oceanographic research ship Prince Madog has had a new automated metocean data logging system from W S EnviroTech Ltd installed.
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New Marine Safety Consultancy Service
Southampton-based Ocean Safety has launched a new design, drawing and consultancy service created to provide technical and detailed safety specifications for shipbuilders and naval architects in the commercial, defence and leisure sectors.
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United Kingdom Treasury Supports Coastal Hydrography Project
A practical partnership between the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office, the Environment Agency, Ordinance Survey and the Maritime & Coastguard Agency to produce a shared methodology for definitive measurement of environmental data in the shallow inter-tidal areas around Britain''s coast has received a financial boost.
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Maasvlakte II Moves Closer Towards Reality
Europe''s largest ever dredging project is closer to becoming a reality after the Dutch government gave formal backing to the proposed 2,500 hectare Massvlakte II land reclamation which would effectively extend the entrance to the Port of Rotterdam into the North Sea.
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New Drydock Enroute to Ciramar
A new German-built floating drydock is expected to arrive this month at the Santo Domingo repair yard of Ciramar S.A.
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Chartco Completes ENC Sea Trials
ChartCo has successfully concluded sea trials for delivery of weekly Electronic Navigation Charts in association with Primar Stavanger and Stolt Nielsen, using its new oceanExpress relay system aboard the 5,440dwt chemical tanker, Stolt Fulmar.
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NewsIHC Holland Sails Into Third Chinese Century
Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland has extended its remarkable record of providing vessels for Chinese clients into a third century with the launch and naming ceremony last month of the 12,888m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) Xin Hai Long for China Harbour Engineering Company/ Shanghai Waterway Bureau.
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NewsCummins and Goings of Busy China Yard
Welders and fitters are busy at China''s Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan Shipyard where a pair of self-dumping hopper barges are taking shape in a building shed on the shore of the Pearl River. In an adjacent shed a 19m launch for the Hong Kong Immigration Department awaits the installation of a ...
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Buoyant Sales Reported for Knudsen Echosounders
Dutch company Nautikaris, which featured the Knudsen range of echosounders on Atlantas Marine''s stand at seawork, reports increased sales of the 320M series of single and dual frequency systems recently extended with the introduction of a splash-proof version, the 320M/P.
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NewsCardiff Brothers' Workboats Refit and Ready
The Powell Brothers of Cardiff have just completed refits of their two workboats and are looking to expand their two year old commercial boat charter firm, Sea Pages Marine. The brothers make an impressive partnership, with James having completed a two year BTEC in Boatbuilding and Design at Falmouth Boatbuilding ...
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NewsTransas Bridges River Kwai and Launches Website
Singapore-based Transas Marine Pacific has received an order from Eastwind Shipmanagement Pte Ltd to supply the first multi-purpose simulation complex to be established in Myanmar, formerly Burma.
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NewsSpectacular Lifts for New London Bridge
During the early hours of 20 May, SMIT commenced the final phase of its involvement in the construction of two new pedestrian foot bridges spanning London''s River Thames and located on either side of the existing Hungerford Bridge.
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Bouygues Offshore Contracted to Build Container Terminal
Bouygues Offshore and Bouygues Travaux Publics (a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction) in France have signed a turnkey contract with Caucedo Investments Inc to build a container terminal in the Dominican Republic.
