All News articles – Page 1209
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Oil Pollution 2002 Conference
The Oil Pollution 2002: Claims Handling and Clean-up Response Conference takes place at London''s De Vere Cavendish St James Hotel on the 22 and 23 April.
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Oceanology Debut for VideoRay 2002
Atlantas Marine Ltd have taken delivery of the first new VideoRay 2002 and will be showing it on stand 6/21 at Oceanology International.
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Coastal Futures 2002 Conference Thinks Globally
Globalisation of the world economy cannot safely continue without a concurrent globalisation of response to environmental concerns and, in particular, sustainable development and management of the marine environment.
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CO2 Monitor Designed to Save Lives
The potentially lethal consequences of a leak from CO2 bottle stores has been identified by ship owners and regulatory bodies as a major cause for concern. As well as CO2 bottle stores, a new danger has been identified with dry ice systems used in theatrical productions on board cruise ships.
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'RPA 12' - A New Patrol Vessel for Rotterdam Port Authority
The Netherlands based Damen Shipyards have handed over the first of five sophisticated ''Patrol and Response Vessels'' to the Rotterdam Port Authority following a series of successful trials.
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10 Year Cover for EPIRBs
Surrey UK-based Sartech Engineering, specialists in the supply of EPIRBs and other emergency equipment, make the tempting offer of extending the warranty up to 10 years for equipment supplied directly by themselves.
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Humber Shipping
This volume mostly illustrates the ships associated with the city of Hull, which has dominated the Humber region since the 14th century.
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Short Sea Shipping 2001/2002
Ships in Focus Publications have now taken over the publication of this popular guide for coaster enthusiasts. Gilbert Mayes'' latest edition includes details of all short sea cargo vessels whose owner, operator, charterer or agent is based in the UK or Ireland or vessels which fly these flags.
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Guiding Lights: The Design & Development of the British Lightvessel from 1732
From time immemorial the coasts of Britain have caused many a shipwreck, but it was to be the 16th century before attempts began to be made to arrest the needless loss of both ships and men by the construction of the first lighthouses.
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Towlines
The Dutch tug Tarka of Herman Sr BV, of Zwijndrecht, has been contracted to support dredging operations with Van Oord in Port Said, Egypt. Tarka, three barges, and other floating plant was transported to Egypt aboard the heavy lift ship Smit Express, where they will work for five months.
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Stephenson's Rapid P&O Prop Repair
A damaged Kawasaki bowthruster propeller recently brought operations to a halt aboard the P& O European Ferries (Irish Sea) Ltd vessel European Diplomat.
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Scots Prepare Taiwan for Oil Spill
A delegation of high-ranking officials from the Government of Taiwan has spent two weeks in Scotland learning about the latest oil spill response and prevention techniques. The 28 senior personnel, including representatives of the Taiwanese coast guard service, the national parks agency and water suppliers, attended intensive training sessions hosted ...
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News Ormston Technology Takes Tracs
Ormston Technology has been appointed main distributor throughout the UK and Ireland for the Thales Tracs series of telemetry, tracking and positioning systems for marine and land applications.
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Measuring Maritime Methane
Methane has been recognised as one of the most important gases in our environment, touching either directly or indirectly upon all areas of life. Methane monitoring is undertaken in a number of maritime areas, including oceanographic research and the offshore oil, gas, and methane hydrate extraction markets.
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Redbus Makes Spanish Splash
A Divecat version of the Redbus 520 workboat has been sold by Redbus Workboats to the Diving Marbella scuba diving company based in the popular tourist destination in Southern Spain.
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Low Location Lighting System
Existalite/Thomas & Betts Ltd have been awarded the contract to supply and install over 18km of their Guide-LITE system on three ships being built by Kvaerner-Masa Yards in Helsinki.
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A New Wireless Temperature Monitoring System from KMSS
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems has developed a new diesel engine temperature monitoring system which operates without wiring inside the engine and without the need for slip rings.
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Infra-red Monitoring for Newbuilds
Swan Hunter at Tyneside UK, the lead contractor for new amphibious assault ships being built for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, has awarded the contract for Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) to Newcastle based Sir Joseph Isherwood Limited.
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Repair Gets a Share at Pomerania
The privately owned Pomerania Shipyards in northwest Poland''s industrial heartland is planning to build upon its success in the British market with new designs for 18m and 24m trawlers.
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Safety First With High Speed Radar
Kelvin Hughes has won a contract to provide shipping company Sea Containers Irish Sea Operations with a high speed version of its new Nucleus3 Radar.