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  • Some 18km of the Guide-LITE System will be installed on three cruise ships.
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    Low Location Lighting System

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Some 18km of the Guide-LITE System will be installed on three cruise ships.
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    Safety First With High Speed Radar

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • A vibracore was among the equipment deployed by Andrews Survey.
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    MBE for Giro Engineering's Paull Williams

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Paull Williams learned to his astonishment that his MBE was on the cards while participating as an exhibitor at Europort 2001 with Giro Engineering Ltd, the company he co-founded in 1980.

  • The MF Vardehorn continued in service as an engine replacement installation was completed.
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    Engine Replaced on the Move

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    An engine replacement operation on a Norwegian car and passenger ferry, which involved cutting holes in the ship''s hull to install the new engine, has been completed between two of the vessel''s scheduled runs.

  • The newly developed fully enclosed lifeboat has a capacity of 102 persons.
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    New Fully Enclosed Lifeboat in Europe

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    A newly developed, fully enclosed lifeboat with a capacity of 102 persons and a new fast rescue craft in three different versions, all produced by Jiangyin Xinjiang of China, have been introduced to the European market by sole regional distributor Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS.

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    SASMEX Goes Dutch

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Safety at Sea and Marine Electronic Conference and Exhibition (SASMEX) moves to the port city of Amsterdam for the first time this year, taking place at the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (PTA Centre) on 16-18th April.

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    Good Vibes for Diesels with Flydamp

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Geislinger, the Austrian torsional vibration specialist, has launched Flydamp, a product which replaces the conventional damper, flywheel and torsional elastic coupling and is mounted instead of the original flywheel.

  • The Norrskaers catamaran hull gives exceptional stability and a wide working deck.
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    New Fairway Service Vessel Design for Finland

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Finland has thousands of kilometres of fairways, marked by some 17,000 spar buoys and other buoys. There are many lamps to replace, plus many buoys are moved by winter storms and ice and need restoration to correct position in order to maintain navigational safety.

  • The proposed retaining structure for the Military Road on the Isle of Wight.
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    Innovative Design Saves Road From Sea

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Consulting engineers HighPoint Rendel in the UK has revealed details of an innovative project that it has undertaken on behalf of the Isle of Wight Council that will see a well known road on the Isle of Wight - the A3055 or the ' Military Road' protected from erosion by ...

  • Vasco da Gama is to get new deep dredging equipment.
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    Jan De Nul Orders the World's Largest Deep Dredging Installation

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The Jan de Nul Group of Belgium placed an order with IHC Holland for the design and delivery of equipment for the world''s largest deep dredging installation for the trailing suction hopper dredger Vasco da Gama.

  • The Bollinger built M/V Seacor Eagle undergoes sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.
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    Cummins Power Supply Vessels

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Bollinger Shipyards of Louisiana USA has delivered the Seacor Eagle, the first of two nearly identical 145.5ft supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas USA.

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    'Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works' Published

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) reports that the Federation Internationale des Ingenieurs-Conseils (the International Federation of Consulting Engineers or FIDIC), has produced a new Form of Contract for Dredging and Reclamation Works.

  • Dredging on the Wensum will continue through 2002.
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    Dredging continues on River Wensum

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The second phase of a three-year winter programme to dredge the River Wensum, near Norwich in the UK, has got underway. The Broads Authority says dredging will continue between Bishop''s Bridge and Fye Bridge on winter weekdays to minimise disruption to river traffic.

  • A vibracore was among the equipment deployed by Andrews Survey.
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    Gulf of Guinea Pipeline Survey Completed

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Andrews Survey have completed a pipeline corridor survey in West Africa, providing specialist teams working onshore and offshore from a proposed tanker mooring point, through the transition zone and right up to the Tema Oil Refinery in Ghana.

  • The first Sulzer RT-flex common-rail marine diesel is now at risk
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    Common-Rail Sulzers Orders Up

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    The first Sulzer RT-flex low speed marine diesel featuring common-rail fuel injection completed its sea trials late last year in the self-unloading bulk carrier Gypsum Centennial.

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    Refit Controls for Trinidad Coastguard

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Regulateurs Europa, based in Colchester UK, has won a contract to supply a new control and monitoring system for the Trinidad and Tobago Coastguard.

  • The harbour tug Marte has a 1,285kW Deutz 628 driving Schottel propulsion.
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    Deutz Power for New Coastal Freighter

    2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

    Six cylinder engines from the ubiquitous Deutz 628 series have been chosen as the main drive for a new type of ship, the Crescent Rhine river carrier, a coastal freighter which was built at the Bodewes Scheepswerf Volharding Foxhol BV in Waterhuizen, Germany.