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NewsBoulogne's new Hub Port terminal opens
s new Hub Port terminal was officially opened for the start of ferry operations on Saturday 19 September.
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News33rd IADC Seminar set for Singapore
Singapore has seen some massive land reclamation projects and there is an intention to take course participants on board a working dredger.For this reason, the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation, developed by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), continues to be highly regarded and well attended. This 33rd ...
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High latitude radar
America’ s Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has received type approval from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping for its VisionMaster FT family of marine radars for high speed and standard craft. The approvals relate to the growing importance of the Polar Regions for the maritime transportation industry. The VisionMaster FT ...
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Safe heavy transport
The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden last month. The Mighty Servant 1 was transporting the Gjoa Hull from Korea to Norway. The EUNAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie, participating in ...
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Fixed price safety
Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking has developed a new fixed price safety concept for shipowners. The Viking Shipowner Agreement’ s many options incorporate safety products, global servicing, single source management, and financing in a variety of transparent, fixed price structures. The agreement, designed to be adapted to meet changing customer ...
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Ireland-France ferry
LD Lines has entered into a new ship charter agreement with ferry operator Celtic Link Ferries which sees the former’ s vessel ‘ Norman Voyager’ operate under charter to the latter from the end of last month. The move is part of an LD Lines reorganisation of its Ireland – ...
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Dragon fires up
Dragon LNG’ s new liquefied natural gas terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven in South West Wales has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has now commenced commercial operation. The ability to import LNG is a significant component within the UK’ s long-term energy strategy and the new terminal is the ...
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Dutch wind farm consent
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has been given the go ahead to build the first offshore wind farm to receive approval in the Netherlands for almost seven years. SSE’ s renewable energy division Airtricity obtained consent from the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management to build the ...
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Environmental award winner
Marine exhaust system manufacturer Halyard won the first ever Wavestream Environmental Award for Distributor of the Year at last month’ s Southampton Boat Show. The award was given in recognition of Halyard’ s commitment to Wave International’ s Wavestream bilge filtration system for oil removal. Halyard has been the sole ...
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Almanac hits download target
In the four month period since launching its free downloadable online Almanac, Wiley Nautical has seen the useful marine information resource downloaded more than 18,000 times. The Almanac provides access to port, weather, facilities and tidal information for 150 primary ports and over 80 secondary ports along England’ s South ...
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NewsPiracy about to rise
It will soon be ‘ piracy season’ on the high seas off Somalia, points out this week&rsquo
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NewsEC funds maritime pollution prevention project
Countries in the Black Sea (pictured) and Caspian Sea regions will benefit from the project.The order was secured with Group De Cloedt, in Belgium, for 1000m of HI Sprint 2000 inflation boom supplied on four hydraulic reels. The contract, worth more than €400,000, will be delivered by the end of ...
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News'Leiv Eiriksson' launched in Spain
s latest mega-trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson was launched at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao in Spain on Friday.
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NewsThanet on schedule
Swedish company Vattenfall is making steady progress with construction of the Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, with over half the foundation and transition pieces now installed and plans in place for the cable laying, turbine installation and longer term maintenance phases of the project. When completed, it will be the world’ ...
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French Navy orders Valeport systems
SHOM, the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service in Brest, has commissioned 14 miniSVS sound velocity sensors and five miniSVT sound velocity with temperature sensors from Totnes UK based Valeport, which has been a preferred supplier of this type of instrumentation to the organisation for a number of years.
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NewsHeavy lifter 'Svanen' to drive piles for wind turbines
Ballast Nedam' s heavy lift vessel Svanen left the port of Rotterdam early this month after being commissioned by Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors to drive 56 steel piles for the foundations of the Belwind offshore wind farm off the coast of Zeebrugge (Belgium). This is the first phase ...
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Dutch pledge on Westerschelde dredging
The Netherlands will meet its treaty obligations to the Flemish region of Belgium and dredge the sea lane to the port of Antwerp, the Dutch prime minister has confirmed.According to a report in the Handelsblad newspaper, the delay in dredging work in the Westerschelde, the main point of entry for ...
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NewsSeaZone software supports dredge monitoring
Software from SeaZone in the UK is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.
