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  • North Sea GM-400 mooring winch
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    Winch manufacturer renews focus at Seawork

    2011-06-14T12:45:00Z

    UK winch and hydraulics experts North Sea Winches are returning to Seawork this year for their eighth successive show, with the emphasis firmly on tugs and renewable energy on Stand number 159.

  • The Large Car Truck Carrier ‘Oberon’ has 50 Solasafe roller screens installed at the wheelhouse windows to protect personnel.
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    Solar Solve screens return to Seawork

    2011-06-14T11:00:00Z

    Solar Solve Marine UK will be returning to Seawork this year after a ten year absence. The company''s full range of products will be available to view on stand A275.

  • Principle Power, alongside partners EDP, InovCapital, Vestas and others, has recently signed an agreement for the deployment of the first full scale WindFloat, with a Vestas V80 – 2.0 MW turbine, off the coast of Portugal later this year.
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    Floating Wind Turbines – New Developments in a Buoyant Market

    2011-06-13T15:45:00Z

    In recent years there have been two significant trends in the wind industry - developers are searching for higher quality wind resources and turbines are getting larger and larger.

  • Rotterdam prepares for World Port Days. Photo by Peter Barker
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    Rotterdam gears up for growth

    2011-06-13T12:49:00Z

    Rotterdam Port Authority (RPA) has given an upbeat assessment of future prospects with the publication of its long term strategy.

  • The Erika sinking is one of many recent incidents emphasising the need for the UK to retain an effective marine emergency response capability.
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    Marine policy warning to UK Government

    2011-06-13T12:48:00Z

    The UK is on a “dangerous course” said Mark Dickinson, general secretary of Nautilus International in a talk at the Houses of Parliament last month.

  • The ‘flotel’ Wind Ambition has been deployed on site at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm.
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    Floating hotel for offshore wind farm

    2011-06-13T12:48:00Z

    The crane vessel Oleg Strashnov has arrived back at the Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm site from Holland after picking up a further supply of monopoles to resume foundation installations.

  • About €170m in public money and more than €100m in private investment cash has been ploughed into transforming Cuxport into a base for multi-purpose cargo handling and offshore operations. Photo: Hamburg Hafen
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    Cuxport pushes location advantages

    2011-06-13T12:48:00Z

    Another €200m is expected to be ploughed in to further expand the Cuxhaven deepwater facility’s already significant role as a multi-purpose logistics and offshore centre.

  • BCB’s shark repellent dye contains a chemical that repels and disorientates sharks.
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    BCB lets you ‘dye’ another day at Seawork

    2011-06-13T10:00:00Z

    British safety expert BCB International Ltd will be exhibiting its latest range of marine survival equipment at Seawork on Stand MS5.

  • Subsea 7 i-Tech Division’s Centurion QX flagship work class ROV.
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    $50m Brazilian contract for Subsea 7 division

    2011-06-12T12:00:00Z

    Subsea 7’s Aberdeen based i-Tech division has been awarded a contract worth around $50m by Petrobras, the Brazilian state energy concern, for provision of ROV support and underwater positioning survey services in domestic offshore waters. The five year agreement includes an option to extend for a similar period.

  • This Coastworker 21 powered by Hyundai engines will be one of a number of boats on the Seawork pontoon with engines supplied by WaterMota.
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    See WaterMota everywhere at Seawork

    2011-06-12T08:45:00Z

    Seawork visitors will have the opportunity to view the latest engines from Hyundai SeasAll, Doosan and Westerbeke, on display with engine and generator specialist WaterMota at Seawork 2011.

  • Hydrosphere’s Vega VSL-73 light has already been installed by Trinity House at Guile Point and Heugh.
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    Bright sector light makes debut at Seawork

    2011-06-11T14:45:00Z

    Visitors to Seawork will be able to see the Vega VSL-73 LED Sector Light, on show for the first time on Hydrosphere’s Stand A77.

  • Andrew Jackson partner Andrew Oliver has been appointed Head of Off-Shore Renewables.
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    Specialist renewables law unit at Seawork

    2011-06-10T13:45:00Z

    A Hull UK based law firm whose long involvement with the local maritime industry has evolved to now include services for the offshore wind farm industry is exhibiting at Seawork 2011.

  • The vessel’s oceanographic winches, designed and manufactured by Ibercisa, include one deep sea winch that works in constant tension with a traction unit.
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    Spanish equipment for Taiwan research vessel

    2011-06-10T09:45:00Z

    Spanish companies Ibercisa, working together with Industrias FERRI, are supplying deck equipment and oceanographic winches for a new Taiwanese research vessel.

  • Radamec’s bridge control systems are being installed on the RNLI’s new Tamar class lifeboats.
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    Alarm bells will be ringing at Seawork

    2011-06-09T10:45:00Z

    Newbury UK based control systems supplier Radamec will have its new DARAD Alarm and Monitoring System available to be seen working on Stand SB129 at Seawork 2011

  • Microbiological contamination (MBC) growing on the discharge side of a fuel strainer. Photo courtesy of Eurotank Ltd, supplied by Conidia Bioscience Ltd.
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    New diesel fuel standards discussed at Seawork

    2011-06-09T09:54:00Z

    Changes to the standards for marine diesel fuels have been causing anxiety and some confusion throughout the industry.

  • Russian submariners listen as a NATO rescue vehicle connects with a Russian submarine for the first time ever.
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    Submarine rescue training underway in Spain

    2011-06-09T09:53:00Z

    Submarine rescue specialists and other experts are in Spain last month to prove rescue systems and procedures developed to rescue submariners from worst case scenarios.

  • Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look in 2060, when mega-ports are artificial islands and containers are organised in underground silos.
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    Vision of ‘Port 2060’ in Antwerp

    2011-06-09T09:53:00Z

    More than 50 years after the start of containerisation, Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look against a possible backdrop of game-change technology and innovation.

  • Skua has impressed everyone at the Port of Liverpool since its delivery in April.
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    Safehaven delivers Skua for Liverpool

    2011-06-08T14:45:00Z

    Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has launched the new Interceptor 48 pilot vessel Skua for the Port of Liverpool.

  • The Christina S is seen in Dales’ Leith dry dock.
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    Christina S expands range at Leith dry dock

    2011-06-08T12:00:00Z

    Dales Marine Services has taken another significant step forward in the development of activity at its Leith dry dock, with work there for the first time on a fishing vessel.

  • The enginei system enables the master at sea and the technical support ashore to each view a real-time presentation of the vessel’s fuel consumption.
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    Good reasons to visit Royston at Seawork

    2011-06-08T10:45:00Z

    Royston Ltd will be providing two good reasons for visitors to learn about its enginei fuel monitoring system when they are at Seawork.