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HR Wallingford Studies Coastal Depletion in Italy
HR Wallingford has been commissioned by Europrogetti and Finanza SpA to provide a regeneration programme for the dunes and the depleted beaches along the coastline between Salerno and Agropoli on the West Coast of Italy.
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DHI Undertakes Environmental Studies for Causeway Project
Danish Hydraulic Institute (DHI) Water and Environmental and COWI A/S have been appointed as consultants for the next phase of the project to build the world' s longest fixed link, between Qatar and Bahrain in the Middle East.
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NewsHydraulic Thruster Range Takes a Bow
A new range of hydraulically powered bow and stern mounted thrusters has joined the QL marine accessory programme which is exclusively distributed by Volvo Penta through their worldwide dealer network.
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NewsBristol Boosts Survey Operations
The Hydrographic Department of Bristol Port Company, controlling authority for the docks at Avonmouth and Portbury, has completed a major upgrade of equipment which has already realised significant improvements in operational capabilities, according to Conservancy Manager Giles Stimson.
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NewsNational Park Blow to Dibden Bay Plans
Associated British Ports' plans for a new container terminal at Dibden Bay have been dealt a blow after a key Government agency decided that the site should be included in the newly designated New Forest National Park.
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Thames Dredging Tackles Sand Banks
The Environment Agency in the UK says an emergency workforce has started tackling some of the sandbanks in the River Thames caused by last winter''s exceptional floods.
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NewsUnion Salvage Refloat Badly Damaged 'Willy'
Union Salvage Ltd, the salvage arm of Adsteam (UK) Ltd has completed the salvage of the tanker MV Willy from a rocky shore at Kingsand, near Plymouth, in what has been described by the MCA Secretary of States Representative for Maritime Salvage and Intervention as, ''a text book operation''.
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NewsCompact Azipods for Offshore Vessel
A christening ceremony before Christmas saw Aker Yards, Soviknes Verft AS in Norway deliver the advanced multipurpose offshore vessel M/S Normand Rover to Norwegian operators Solstad Offshore. The Normand Rover is the first offshore vessel to be equipped with the Compact Azipod propulsion systems from ABB Oy Marine and Turbocharging.
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The Princess Royal to Present Seatrade Awards
The 14th Seatrade Awards Ceremony Dinner, to be held in the City of London on 22 April, will be graced by HRH The Princess Royal as the Guest on Honour.
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NewsHumberside Hails Arrival of 'Pat M'
Humber Work Boats celebrated 30 years of successful operations with naming and blessing ceremonies earlier this month for its new self-propelled dipper dredger Pat M. Releasing the champagne was Pat Morgan (Pat M), wife of Humber Work Boats'' Managing Director John Morgan.
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NewsEnvironmental Court Approves Goteborg Fairway Works
The Swedish environmental court has approved plans for the Port of Goteborg to deepen, widen and straighten its fairways in works valued at $140m.
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NewsAndrews Survey Goes ROVing Off Denmark
Aberdeen based survey contractor Andrews Survey has recently completed a pipeline inspection in the Danish section of the North Sea, working in tandem with ROV operators Rovtech Ltd.
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NewsGerman Tug Companies Form Protection Alliance
Four of Germany''s leading tug operators have formed an alliance called ARGE Kuestenschutz (literally Joint Co-operation for Coastal Protection) for the protection of the German coastlines in the Baltic and the Northsea.
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NewsAir Starters for Marine Engines
This month sees the launch of a new range of turbine air starters for diesel and gas engines of 1 to 300 litre capacity from Oldbury UK based IPU Starting.
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Agreement Announced
A&P Group have announced an agreement between A&P Shipcare at Chatham UK and Metalock Engineering (UK) Ltd, proposing an inter-company co-operation venture. The agreement formalises a working relationship of many years standing. Matalock regularly carries out work at all A&P locations and, like A&P, are ISO 9002 accredited.
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NewsBarrus Adds MerCruiser at London Boat Show
E P Barrus Ltd attended the London Boat Show for the first time as distributors of the MerCruiser engine range.
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£6m for Marine Induction Motor
Following an initial joint £ 20m contract award by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the French Government for the design, build and operation of an Electric Ship Technology Demonstrator (ESTD) facility, Alstom has been awarded a further £ 6m contract.
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NewsRNLI Launch 24 Hour Service on Thames
The Royal National Lifeboat Institution welcomed the New Year by launching a new round-the-clock rapid response service on London''s River Thames.
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NewsISO 9001-2000 for ASRY Yard
Bahrain' s ASRY Yard crowned a successful final quarter of 2001 by becoming the first shipyard in the world to be awarded the prestigious ISO 9001-2000 Certificate from the Norwegian society Det Norsk Veritas. The Certificate is in recognition of the Quality Management System in place at the Yard.
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CleanSeaNet spots oil
Irish authorities requested assistance last month from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to combat an oil spill initially detected by EMSA''s CleanSeaNet service 50 miles southeast of Fastnet Rock off the country''s West Cork coast.
