All News articles – Page 720

  • Seacat Services operates a number of South Catamaran 21m and South Catamaran 24m vessels
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    More orders for 24m South Catamaran

    2013-04-29T16:43:00Z

    The UK''s South Boats IOW Ltd and Seacat Services Ltd will jointly exhibit ''Seacat Defender'', a South Catamaran 24m which is a spec doing particularly well in the market, at Seawork this year.

  • The 'Erika' shipwreck could lead to changes in maritime rules
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    Erika trial sparks European debate

    2013-04-29T16:10:00Z

    The Conference Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is calling on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the European Union to improve maritime safety following a debate in the European Parliament last week about the 1999 ‘Erika’ shipwreck.

  • The new Rotor Tug ART80-32 will be built and sold by Damen and Cheoy Lee
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    KOTUG dominates the news

    2013-04-29T07:30:00Z

    During the past few weeks the towage industry media has been ‘humming’ with a host of news reports from the Rotterdam headquarters of KOTUG International.

  • Cerro Itamut is the first of 14 tractor tugs to be built for the Panama Canal Authority
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    Armon delivers the first tractor tug for Panama

    2013-04-29T07:30:00Z

    Spanish ship building and repair company Astilleros Armon SA has delivered the tug Cerro Itamut, the first of a series of fourteen azimuthing tractor tugs for ACP - the Panama Canal Authority.

  • Petersen & Alpers will be the first client for the new Damen ASD Tug 2913
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    Petersen & Alpers order the first Damen ASD 2913

    2013-04-29T07:30:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has announced that Hamburg based tug vowner Petersen & Alpers will be their first customer for a newly designed ASD Tug 2913.

  • The 'Costa Concordia' is likely to be the most complex and expensive wreck removal operation of its kind
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    Costly wreck removals

    2013-04-26T18:00:00Z

    In a new report, international insurer Lloyd’s of London reveals that the increasing size of vessels is causing the costs of the removal of wrecked ships to rise.

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    New chief executive

    2013-04-26T16:25:00Z

    UKHO: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced that Ian Moncrieff CBE has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive.

  • A 3D sonar visualisation of a wind turbine sub-structure
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    Acquisition brings 3D sonar to windfarms

    2013-04-26T08:54:00Z

    DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has acquired a 50% interest in 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd.

  • SMARTtide incorporates a 2D hydrodynamic model of the UK’s continental shelf and the north-west European coastline
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    Tidal energy modelling tool launched

    2013-04-26T08:53:00Z

    The Loughborough UK based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and HR Wallingford are launching a tidal energy modelling tool for use by tidal energy developers to identify the most efficient sites for tidal energy converters, tidal arrays or tidal barrage schemes around the UK and French coastlines.

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    Two in one ECDIS training

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    ECDIS Ltd of Fareham in Hampshire UK is now offering a course combining generic and type specific training on ECDIS operations.

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    Multiple seismic ventures for Dolphin

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen is currently completing 5,000 sq/km of seismic surveys in sectors of the UK Continental Shelf.

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    Belgian contract for TerraStar

    2013-04-26T07:30:00Z

    DEME, the Belgian dredging and hydraulic engineering group, is to use Aberdeen based TerraStar GNSS’s TerraStar-D precise point positioning service (PPP) in support of worldwide nearshore operations of its multi-functional fleet of dredgers and auxiliary vessels.

  • Victor Marine’s system is unique “because it has a very small footprint”.
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    Victor Marine sewage treatment

    2013-04-25T21:26:00Z

    The UK’s Victor Marine Ltd has developed a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for the marine market which complies with the latest IMO Resolution MEPC 159(55). The full system is also Bureau Veritas type tested and approved.

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    Dry on windfarms

    2013-04-25T20:42:00Z

    Netherlands based Pronomar BV has been appointed as a supplier of the company sustainable energy company EWE in Oldenburg/Germany.

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    First ‘motorways’ training

    2013-04-25T20:40:00Z

    Escola Europea de SSS (2E3S) has organized the first motorways of the sea training courses called WHITE MOS for students coming from the Spain, Mexico and Belgium.

  • GLDD will use the vessel for channel deepening and maintenance dredging
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    GLDD ATB hopper dredger

    2013-04-25T20:39:00Z

    US based dredging company, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has announced a contract with fellow US company, Signal International Inc, for the construction of a Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge.

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    Galway Harbour to lodge expansion plans

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Galway Harbour Company is expected to lodge its planning application for the first phase of the port expansion plans in May, with construction to begin in 2015.

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    Encouragement to gear up for marine planning

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    ABPmer in the UK, in association with law firm LA Marine, is hosting a half day seminar to assist harbour authorities in the region engage with the marine planning process to ensure that the policies in the South Coast Marine Plan Area are fit for purpose.

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    Key role for ADBP at Port of Waterford

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Continuing its long association with the Port of Waterford, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) is assisting the Port of Waterford in southeast Ireland with an application for a new multi-year disposal at sea license.

  • Boskalis will deploy a medium to large size trailer for the Elbe project
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    Boskalis acquires dredging contract in Germany

    2013-04-25T07:30:00Z

    Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain part of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany spanning a distance of 110km.