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  • Trains keep running but houseboats will need to be moved Photo: Graeme Ewens
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    River rail bridge refurb rolls on

    2014-05-30T11:36:00Z

    The refurbishment of Battersea Rail Bridge over the Thames has overrun due to several unforeseen factors, writes Graeme Ewens

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    IADC courses

    2014-05-30T11:27:00Z

    The next IADC (International Association of Dredging Companies) Seminar on Dredging and Land Reclamation takes place from 23 to 27 June at UNESCO-IHE, at Delft in the Netherlands. According to Netherlands based IADC, the seminar is a unique chance to receive invaluable hands-on experience, as it includes a visit to ...

  • Integrated services for offshore projects
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    RES Offshore at Seawork

    2014-05-29T16:42:00Z

    RES Offshore, exhibiting on the Team Humber Marine Alliance stand, provides integrated development, engineering, construction and AO&M services for utility-scale offshore renewable energy projects.

  • The S1000 SART from CA Clase
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    CA Clase introduces new S1000 AIS smart SART

    2014-05-29T16:37:00Z

    CA Clase (UK) Ltd announces the launch of the new S1000 AIS Smart SART by Digital Deep Sea, now IMO approved and delivering affordable safety.

  • Raytheon’s INS systems feature two Synapsis multifunctional workstations for chart reader and ECDIS
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    Advanced navigation for windfarm service vessels

    2014-05-29T16:36:00Z

    German navigation expert, Raytheon Anschütz, has been awarded a contract to supply integrated navigation systems (INS) for two new state of the art windfarm service vessels.

  • Sophia Grant: “Ensuring that crews are fit and healthy is important to all owners and managers"
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    Fitter crews and fewer claims

    2014-05-29T15:34:00Z

    The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme, a leading scheme for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination.

  • The C-Foil propeller from Teignbridge Propellers
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    Teignbridge Propellers teams up with Plymouth University

    2014-05-29T15:31:00Z

    As engines have increased in horsepower providing greater power for the same size and weight, cavitation and how to overcome it has become a major issue for propeller designers.

  • Locks in Brunsbuettel
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    September start for Kiel Canal lock project

    2014-05-29T15:24:00Z

    Construction of the badly needed fifth lock in Brunsbuettel on the Kiel Canal is expected to start in earnest in September after Berlin Government approval was given for costs totalling €485 million.

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    Water column logging development

    2014-05-29T15:21:00Z

    Hypack Inc, leading US software specialists for worldwide hydrographic and dredging applications, are introducing this summer a new Hysweep water column logging routine for acquisition and logging of data produced by multibeam sounders.

  • The IMT972 has a LOA of 72.20 m and conforms to the Clean Design classification requirements of DNV for windfarm service operation vessels
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    New range of windfarm vessel designs

    2014-05-29T15:12:00Z

    OSD-IMT, the UK division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), has developed a range of innovative new offshore windfarm service vessel designs.

  • Laurent Beauvais: "The development of the marine renewable energy sector is based on our capacity to cooperate at an international level
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    Cooperation for marine renewable energy

    2014-05-29T15:11:00Z

    At Thetis MRE, the international marine renewable energy convention, representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) signed a Framework of Cooperation on marine renewable energy.

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    WINDFORCE 2014 takes shape

    2014-05-28T17:29:00Z

    WINDFORCE 2014, an offshore wind industry event, is set to take place in Bremen in June, and is already proving popular.

  • Seawork International eCatalogue now online
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    See who’s who at Seawork

    2014-05-28T16:11:00Z

    The Seawork International 2014 exhibitors’ catalogue is now live and available to view. Powered by Issuu page-turning software, the substantial 217 page publication is your essential guide to an essential maritime event.

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    Expansion into the shipping market

    2014-05-28T14:55:00Z

    Leading employment law specialist Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP (BDBF) has appointed a senior employment lawyer with expertise in the insurance and shipping industries in order to expand its portfolio of clients in the sector.

  • Mastervolt's Mass Combi Ultra
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    Mastervolt's Mass Combi Ultra

    2014-05-28T14:53:00Z

    Mastervolt, the Dutch based specialist in off grid electrical systems, has announced the arrival of the new Mass Combi Ultra series: a compact inverter/charger combination with a smart transfer system, MPPT (Maximum Power Point Tracking) solar charge regulator and separated second charger. The unit is enclosed in a rugged housing ...

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    Stereo bathymetry from space

    2014-05-28T14:49:00Z

    GAF of Munich, Germany reports development and successful demonstrations of methods for deriving bathymetry from space. The company claims that it can generate bathymetric maps covering large areas by simultaneously using differential spectral attenuation and stereo information from satellite imagery.

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    Game-changing wind foundation

    2014-05-28T14:48:00Z

    The world’s first Seatower Cranefree Gravity foundation will be deployed at the Fécamp offshore windfarm in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Normandy.

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    GeoAcoustics multibeam for world’s largest inland port

    2014-05-28T14:43:00Z

    The world’s largest inland port at Duisburg in Germany, which adjoins two major shipping arteries of the Rhine and Ruhr, is to upgrade its survey capability with commissioning of a GeoSwath Plus wide swath bathymetry multibeam system from Great Yarmouth-based GeoAcoustics, a subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime.

  • 'Haven Seajack2' working at the new Forth crossing Photo: Red7Marine
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    Red7Marine fills its boots

    2014-05-28T14:40:00Z

    Red7Marine provides plant and services to the marine civils, offshore and subsea sectors and this month''s Maritime Journal takes a look at the group''s current projects.

  • ‘Brage’ is a versatile, highly manoeuvrable, line-handling tug completed for Buksèr og Bergingfor use at the Mongstad oil terminal on the northwest coast of Norway
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    Sanmar completes a powerful line-hander

    2014-05-28T14:30:00Z

    Shortly after delivering ‘Bok’n'' and ‘Borgøy’, the world’s first LNG fuelled ASD tugs for Buksèr og Berging in Norway, Sanmar’s Tuzla Bay facility has completed ‘Brage’ the smallest of five tugs ordered by the same owner.