All News articles – Page 750

  • Should the buoys require any replacements, Hydrosphere has spare parts stored in Harwich, where a Trinity House vessel commissioned to undertake any necessary repairs is also based
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    Buoys contract extended at Greater Gabbard

    2012-11-20T07:30:00Z

    Hydrosphere UK Ltd''s contract for the rental of six cardinal buoys to mark Britain''s largest wind farm, Greater Gabbard, has been extended by Fluor Limited.

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    IMO amends SOLAS for free-fall lifeboats

    2012-11-20T07:30:00Z

    The IMO adopted an amendment to SOLAS regulation III/20.11.2.4. at the recent 90th meeting of its Maritime Safety Committee under resolution MSC.325(90).

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    ‘Accident Zero’ campaign launches in Istanbul

    2012-11-20T07:30:00Z

    IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the recent IALA) VTS Symposium in Istanbul, praised the safety record of the Turkish Straits VTS, which came into service in 2003.

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    SKF kit to cut maintenance costs

    2012-11-19T18:03:00Z

    Sweden’s SKF Group, an expert in global marine services and solutions, has launched a marine condition monitoring kit aimed at simplifying and reducing the cost of shipboard maintenance.

  • The new iPIRB system identifies the precise location of marine casualties
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    New aid to marine rescue accuracy

    2012-11-19T17:41:00Z

    Scottish technology solutions company, Marine Management Training and Security Limited (Marine MTS), has launched a new personal locator beacon system which could speed up marine casualty rescues.

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    Wind farm fleet expansion for CWind

    2012-11-19T14:51:00Z

    UK based offshore wind industry service company CWind has deployed a new wind farm support vessel to the London Array wind farm and another to Teesside.

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    Fall on the Tyne is fine for A&P

    2012-11-19T11:06:00Z

    A&P North East has reported a busy September and October which saw six ships docking on the Tyne.

  • Properly recorded notes become factual evidence, making investigations by surveyors, lawyers and others faster and more accurate
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    Video training produces the evidence

    2012-11-19T07:30:00Z

    The new training programme from Videotel Marine International, The Mariner’s Role in Collecting Evidence, produced in association with the North of England P&I Association Limited, focuses on the importance of collecting and preserving good factual evidence in the event of incidents on board.

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    Rapid rescue saves solo sailor off Cornwall

    2012-11-19T07:30:00Z

    A solo sailor has been successfully rescued off the coast of Cornwall UK after activating his McMurdo Fast Find PLB (Personal Locator Beacon).

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    A career path for marine scientists

    2012-11-19T07:30:00Z

    A global consultation on marine science skills and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) has been launched by the UK based Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST).

  • The DaccR presents impact and acceleration data graphically, illustrating peak impact values and GPS tracking over time
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    Next generation boat impact recorder launched

    2012-11-19T07:30:00Z

    Sweden based suspension seating specialist Ullman Dynamics has launched a new portable accelerometer/data-logger for impact exposure on high speed platforms.

  • 'CGM Marco Polo'
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    BV classes world’s largest containership

    2012-11-16T15:50:00Z

    International classification society, Bureau Veritas has classed the ‘CGM Marco Polo’ – currently the world’s largest containership.

  • Work underway in the new liferaft service station
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    Liferaft service station opens in Suez

    2012-11-16T07:30:00Z

    Norway headquartered Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has opened a new liferaft service station in Suez, Egypt, which will service vessels transiting the Suez Canal and Egypt’s main ports.

  • HRH Crown prince Haakon in the Rolls-Royce captains chair
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    New marine training centre opens in Norway

    2012-11-16T07:30:00Z

    Rolls-Royce officially opened its new European Marine Technology and Training Centre in Ålesund, Norway last month in front of a crowd of 300 customers, partners and government officials.

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    Call for student projects

    2012-11-16T07:30:00Z

    Innomar Technologie of Rostock, Germany is calling for student project proposals in support of the general scientific community.

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    Ashtead Technology moves

    2012-11-16T07:30:00Z

    UK based equipment rental specialist Ashtead Technology, which also maintains supply facilities in Houston and Singapore, has moved to new global headquarters in Westhill, Aberdeen.

  • Nicola Pocklington from The College of West Anglia (left) with Kerry Crompton and Leo Hambro
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    First apprenticeship at Tidal Transit

    2012-11-16T07:30:00Z

    North Norfolk UK based wind farm support vessel and workboats operator Tidal Transit has taken on its first young apprentice.

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    IHC delivery to Subsea7

    2012-11-15T17:31:00Z

    Dutch cutter dredger construction company, IHC Beaver Dredgers, has delivered another Delta Multi Craft (DMC) 1200 workboat to the UK’s seabed-to-surface engineering firm, Subsea7.

  • The ‘ZP Bulldog’ and ‘ZP Boxer’
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    Two new Damen tugs for KOTUG

    2012-11-15T17:02:00Z

    Netherland''s based International maritime service provider, KOTUG International, is putting two new Damen Azimuth Tractor Drive Tugs 2412 into operation at Germany’s port of Hamburg.

  • The SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Lough, which will now also host a prototype Deep Green Ocean Kite by Swedish developer Minesto
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    Crown Estate leases unleash tidal power

    2012-11-15T15:10:00Z

    The Crown Estate confirmed on Wednesday that three organisations have secured rights to progress with the development of tidal energy projects at sites around the UK.