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  • Over the next 30 years Dublin Port will need to double its throughput. Photo: Irish Ships and Shipping
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    Dublin Port Company unveils new masterplan

    2011-04-23T00:15:00Z

    Dublin Port Company has announced the commencement of a wide ranging, public consultation process to devise a masterplan for the long term development of Dublin Port, Ireland’s most important port.

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    Marine Measurement Forum

    2011-04-22T10:00:00Z

    Chelsea Technologies Group of West Molesey, Surrey, which recently delivered a novel 6m long acoustic array to the Norwegian University of Science & Technology for communication studies in Trondheim Fjord, is hosting the 48th UK Marine Measurement Forum on Wednesday 18 May.

  • The new facility was opened by Scotland’s First Minister.
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    First Minister opens new facility at Port of Peterhead

    2011-04-21T12:29:00Z

    Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond officially opened a new £30m deepwater berth at Peterhead Port on 21 March.

  • Targets of at least 600MW of offshore wind and 300MW of tidal stream generating capacity for Northern Ireland are proposed to be in place by 2020. Photo by Peter Barker
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    Northern Ireland prepares for renewables

    2011-04-21T11:51:00Z

    Two major bodies have published a design discussion document for the development of offshore renewable energy projects in Northern Ireland waters.

  • Final inspection of face seals at the Federal-Mogul production facility.
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    HERCULES strengthens engine performance

    2011-04-21T11:50:00Z

    The Germany based operation of America’s Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed new piston ring simulation techniques that will help make future marine engines more fuel efficient.

  • Stena Scandinavica arrives at Kiel’s Schwedenkai Terminal on Wednesday.
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    Longest Ro-Pax completes Kiel’s conversion

    2011-04-21T11:47:00Z

    The first call on Wednesday by Stena Scandinavica at Kiel’s Schwedenkai Terminal saw Stena Line’s new ship generation switch on the Kiel-Gothenburg ferry route.

  • Fastnet Tern is the latest in a long line of specialist commercial catamarans supplied by Blyth Workcats Ltd.
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    Fastnet turns into the wind

    2011-04-21T09:00:00Z

    Fastnet Tern is the latest in a long line of specialist commercial catamarans supplied by Blyth Workcats Ltd.

  • Targe Towing has added the Hemiksem to its fleet operating in the Thames.
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    TOWLINES

    2011-04-20T15:00:00Z

    Targe Towing has added the Hemiksem to its fleet operating in the Thames.An act of piracy involving a tug and barge in Malaysian waters has led to a director of the tug owning company appealing to the towage industry and brokers worldwide for help. The company’s tug, Marina 26, reported ...

  • The newbuilding WTIV on order for Van Oord BV at the shipyard of JJ Sietas Hamburg, due for delivery in 2012.
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    Operators respond to wind farm demand

    2011-04-19T14:00:00Z

    With details now emerging of around 20 firm orders and options for wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) worldwide, it is possible to gain a picture of how those involved are responding to the demand for this relatively new type of vessel.

  • Mojaweb is one of the few terminal tugs equipped to Fire Fighting II standards.
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    A tug with extra firepower for Kuwait

    2011-04-19T09:00:00Z

    The installation of fire fighting equipment aboard harbour tugs is commonplace but the capacity of those installations rarely exceeds that necessary to comply with classification society Fi-Fi 1 notation, with a total pumping capacity of 2,400 cu/m/hr.

  • Koerts International Towing Service has taken delivery of the Norne from the Kooiman Shipyard. (photo courtesy Leen vd Meiden)
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    Norne gives Viking a powerful sister

    2011-04-18T09:00:00Z

    On 2 April, Dutch tug owners Koerts International Towing Service (KITS), based in Delfziyl, took delivery of the new shallow draft anchor handling tug Norne.

  • The RT 110-37E is a new escort version of the Rotor Tug incorporating several design features easily recognisable as originating at RAL.
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    Thirty one ‘Rotor Tugs’ and counting

    2011-04-16T09:00:00Z

    It is just twelve years since Dutch towage company Kotug introduced a series of four ‘Rotor Tugs’ to the ports of Rotterdam and Bremerhaven.

  • ‘Sea Herald’ features the deck space of a Multi Mac and an underwater hull form similar to a tug.
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    Macduff designs dynamic workboat duo

    2011-04-15T10:00:00Z

    Two Macduff Ship Design tug/workboats have entered service recently, further increasing the extensive range of vessels now offered by the company.

  • Wave and tidal power devices are not yet mature technologies.
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    Bottom line concerns could cost Green UK

    2011-04-14T11:38:00Z

    If the UK government puts its concerns about the bottom line deficit first, it could end up by losing the economy many billions of pounds of vital investment in green energy projects.

  • The Italian port of Livorno will be at one end of the new Marco Polo route.
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    Marco Polo heads for the sea

    2011-04-14T11:37:00Z

    Following a thorough selection and negotiation process, 32 new Marco Polo projects are set to receive a share of the €57m funds earmarked under the 2010 Call for proposals.

  • The Casquets light house is soon to be silenced.
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    Arguments rumble on as foghorns fall silent

    2011-04-14T11:36:00Z

    The sudden quietening of the Alderney and Guernsey foghorns has caused a ruckus of a different nature.

  • The three vessels are designed for an offshore service role, including the installation and support of wind farms.
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    Three DC buses come along for Alewijnse

    2011-04-13T17:18:00Z

    Alewijnse Marine Systems in the Netherlands is to design and install a new electric propulsion drive using a DC bus system for the main electric installation in three vessels to be built at Shipkits B.V.

  • The SE Hydraulics damping systems enable ARRCs to be deployed quickly and safely, often in very harsh operating conditions.
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    Passive damping lifts support vessel safety

    2011-04-13T16:42:00Z

    Specialised UK engineering company SE Hydraulics and American motion and control specialist Parker Hannifin have partnered to develop a passive damping system to protect crew members on Regional Support Vessels.

  • Just one of over 180 mine arches bound for China  is made ready at Teesport  for loading on board  Rickmers Jakarta.
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    Loading brings mining joy to Teesport

    2011-04-13T16:42:00Z

    Teesport in the UK was temporarily transformed into a scene resembling a science fiction film earlier this month.

  • Dynex Warp rope was used over several months on the MV Seabed Worker in a salvage operation to rescue valuable cargo from a sunken ship.
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    Lightweight rope makes deep sea recovery

    2011-04-13T16:41:00Z

    A salvage operation on a shipwreck 3,200m below the surface of the South Atlantic has been successfully carried out using lightweight ropes made with Dyneema ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene fibre.