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    Funding for ice distinguishing radar

    2012-05-21T18:15:00Z

    Canada based Rutter Inc will receive $1.4m in funding from Petroleum Research Newfoundland and Labrador under its Arctic & Harsh Environments strategic focus area.

  • The new feature combines sea chart and weather chart in one display.
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    Weather chart overlay for Synapsis ECDIS

    2012-05-21T18:15:00Z

    Germany based navigation specialist Raytheon Anschütz is now offering an integrated weather chart overlay for the Synapsis ECDIS.

  • SevenCs will develop new next generation PPU software and deliver training to all the Associations’ 625 pilots.
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    Local partner provides PPU for Brunsbüttel

    2012-05-21T18:15:00Z

    Five German Pilot Associations for the Elbe, Emden, Hamburg, Jade/Weser II and Kiel Canal I (Brunsbüttel) have chosen Hamburg based maritime navigation specialists SevenCs GmbH to supply their Orca Pilot Portable Pilot Unit (PPU) software.

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    AIS a safety boost for crowded waterways

    2012-05-21T18:15:00Z

    Defence and security company Saab has received an order from the Dutch Rijkswaterstaat regarding delivery of the AIS automatic identification system which will increase safety on the Dutch waterways.

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    Rescue 21 set to save lives off New England

    2012-05-21T18:15:00Z

    The US Coast Guard has formally accepted the General Dynamics C4 Systems built Rescue 21 Search and Rescue communications system, which is now serving Sector Northern New England.

  • Each MacGregor mooring system includes ten electric mooring winches.
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    More mooring with MacGregor winches

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    Twenty 150-tonne electric MacGregor winches are being manufactured for two pipe-laying heavy lift offshore construction vessels currently being constructed at Cosco’s Nantong Shipyard in China.

  • The hydrographic winches handle streamer cables which are fitted with hydrophones that transmit data to the ship’s laboratory in real time.
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    German winch order first for Spanish yard

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    The German marine equipment supplier HATLAPA Marine Equipment has manufactured a selection of winches specifically designed for research vessels.

  • The Anholt Offshore Wind farm can be seen from Grenaa Harbour.
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    Special order towrope for Danish windfarm

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    America’s Cortland Company, which designs and manufactures engineered synthetic ropes, heavy lift slings, electro-optical-mechanical cables, and umbilicals is working with Dutch Heavy Lift Consultancy.

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    New crane and lifting products department

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    Kongsberg Evotec, a wholly owned subsidiary of Kongsberg Maritime, has established a new department dedicated to developing its crane and lifting products for the offshore supply and subsea segment.

  • The workboat Inlet Raider gets a lift from the new hoist.
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    Upgrade for Campbell River operation

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    For three years, Ocean Pacific Marine ran its Campbell River, British Columbia operations with a Travelift 75 BFMII.

  • The PLAR-6500 davit for Austal patrol boats.
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    Norwegian davits for Australian boats

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    Norway based boat handling system and specialised davit supplier Vestdavit has been contracted by shipbuilder Austal to supply its PLAR-6500 davits to eight new Cape Class Patrol Boats (CCPBs).

  • The winch features two drums working simultaneously, and these have a 200m run of 36mm diameter cable in a single layer.
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    Ibercisa equips another Jan De Nul ship

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    Jan de Nul has had an interesting collection of deck machinery installed on its new fall pipe dredger.

  • Part of ACE Winches’ delivery is loaded onto the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov 225.
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    ACE exports Scotland’s heaviest air cargo

    2012-05-21T18:13:00Z

    ACE Winches staff recently celebrated the completion of their largest manufacturing contract, worth £4.2m for Houston USA based Superior Energy Services, which was delivered on the world’s largest airplane, the Antonov 225.

  • The huge four storey accommodation block is put in place by two lifting vessels from Dutch company Mammoet.
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    Lifting challenge for Smit Anambas conversion

    2012-05-21T18:00:00Z

    The conversion of a semi-submersible offshore transport barge into a cable lay pontoon meant more than locating the cable reel, as there was no place for the crew.

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    Winch systems suite for research vessel

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    Markey Machinery has been awarded an order for a complete suite of winch systems onboard AGOR-27, a new academic research vessel under construction at Dakota Creek Industries in Washington USA.

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    Integrated Package Powers Heavy Lifter

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    Power conversion and system integration specialists Converteam have won a contract to supply a fully integrated power, propulsion, automation and dynamic positioning system package for the world''s first concrete hull heavy lifter, due to be built at Keppel Verolme''s Shipyard in the Netherlands for Norwegian owner MPU Enterprises AS.

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    A Hull of a lot of heavy lifting

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has been highly commended for its recent handling of a specialist project cargo, which sailed into Hull Container Terminal (HCT) on the ‘ Beluga Federation’ vessel last month.

  • Kalmar reachstackers and empty container handlers will be used at inland terminals operated by ECT in Europe.
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    ECT’s new reachstackers for inland terminals

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    Cargotec has received an order to deliver 13 Kalmar reachstackers and four Kalmar empty container handlers to Europe Container Terminals (ECT), with the sale supported by a five year maintenance agreement.

  • This environmentally friendly Nemag clamshell grab has a capacity of 22m 3for coal handling.
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    Nemag's Eco-Grabs Go Shipboard in Turkey

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    The Dutch designer and builder of bulk grabs, Nemag, reports growing interest in crane grabs with an environmetally friendly full enclosure format.

  • Peters & May is moving four Dockstavarvet patrol boats on a heavy lift vessel.
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    Dedicated sailing securely to Vladivostok

    2012-05-21T17:59:00Z

    Peters & May has been tasked with the job of transporting four Swedish patrol boats from one side of Russia all the way to the other this summer.