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NewsNorth Sea Winches head south for Seawork
Specialist marine winch manufacturing company North Sea Winches will be exhibiting at Seawork for the seventh successive year following a busy time at the show last year. A string of orders resulted directly from contacts made at Seawork 2008.
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NewsA simpler form of wave power
Trident Energy is a marine renewables energy company that has developed a unique and low cost system for converting sea wave energy directly into electricity.
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NewsShow stopping weather forecasting at Seawork
A new web based marine forecasting service will be on show at Seawork this year. www.PortCast.co.uk is MeteoGroup’ s weather forecasting service for nearshore and shoreside operations, providing accurate site specific wind and wave forecasts plus real time alerts and observations.
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NewsFeel the thrust at Seawork
One of the many recent placements of UltraJet waterjets by Seawork exhibitor Ultra Dynamics Ltd has been to the second of three line handling boats of the Wave Handler range, built by Alnmaritec to operate on a new LNG terminal constructed in Yemen.
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Maritime testing facility
Magnetic compass manufacturer Lilley & Gillie has invested almost £ 250,000 in constructing a dedicated maritime testing facility on the outskirts of Birmingham in the heart of the UK’ s West Midlands. As well as taking new products to prototype stage, the Technical Centre can undertake equipment proving tests to ...
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NewsLink up with linkspan experts at Seawork
Central to the revamping of Bologne as a major European hub port with fast Ro-Ro and passenger service turnaround is the new twin deck linkspan which will start to operate at the beginning of July.
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NewsMalmo moves on port expansion
A major new European port project is just entering into construction, shrugging off the global credit crisis and aiming at the upswing.
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NewsSeawork exhibitor keeps quiet in Holland
Seawork exhibitor Halyard Marine Ltd is playing a fundamental role in keeping the Dutch waterways quiet with the installation of its custom designed exhaust silencing systems on ten new patrol boats for the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works and Water Management.
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Major response to fire at sea exercise
An emergency services test named ' Exercise Piran' , took place last month to put local response teams through their paces. This involved both the Brittany Ferries ship ' MV Armorique' playing its part by reporting a ' fire' via a distress call on VHF radio and a team of ...
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NewsKeeping an eye on the engines at Seawork
Seawork exhibitor Royston has noticed certain challenges to the efficient running of workboats that are coming up more and more frequently.
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NewsFIAT launches new engine at Seawork
Cheshire based FIAT Powertrain Technologies will use the occasion of Seawork 2009 to debut the triumphant N67 560 marine diesel, which is now available for commercial applications in the UK Market.
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Emu goes supersize
The marine company Emu Ltd doubling the size of its Durley headquarters near Southampton. The company has acquired an adjacent site, adding some 3,000 sq/ft to its HQ to accommodate its expanding business and increasing workforce. Emu also operates from two other locations, both on Hayling Island, where its marine ...
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NewsSee MSC lifejacket a year early at Seawork
UK based marine safety equipment supplier Cosalt will be showing off its new Premier 2010 lifejacket and the new Cosalt Personal Recovery Device (CPRD) at this year' s Seawork exhibition.
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NewsDutch tide turns in the Westerschelde
The C-Energy consortium installed a support structure for the first Dutch tidal energy demonstration project last week. The project is located at the Marine Terminal of the Total Refinery within the municipality of Borsele in the Westerschelde. Over the next two months all electronics and the rotor will be installed.
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NewsGeoSwath doubled for shallow water surveys
Two GeoSwath wide swathe bathymetric sonars are being used for regular hydrographic port surveys around the South Australian coast, providing bathymetry and side scan data for use in the development and maintenance of this important national infrastructure.
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New distributor at Seawork
Giraffe UK Ltd has appointed the European Marine and Machinery Agency as its sole distributor for the UK, Channel Islands, NI and Eire for its range of industrial products, which were on view at Seawork 2009. They are one of the first marine companies to be compliant with new ISO ...
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NewsA Versatile push tug design for German owners
A new versatile pusher tug has been delivered to German operators Hans Schramm & Sohn GmbH of Brunsbuttle. Named Christian, the tug is the second vessel of its type to be built to a new design by Nav-Consult Maritime Engineering and Consulting, a Schramm associate company.
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NewsROVing the depths
Coral, never before seen in colour and fish never seen alive or in their natural habitat have been filmed by a Saab Seaeye Falcon DR ROV in an expedition to discover new coral communities deep in the Gulf of Mexico.
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NewsPiggyback delivery for Malaysia tug newbuild
A punchy new Malaysian built anchor handling tug and a Singapore built ocean going pontoon have been sent from Asia to northern Europe as deck cargo on another ship also newly built for European shipowners.
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NewsHabbeke delivers a Rotterdam pilot's 'taxi'
Based at Volendam in the Netherlands, Habbeke Shipyard has been building aluminium vessels since 1966, winning the Dutch Aluminium Prize for innovation, quality and service in 1994. The yard has established excellent long term relationships with a number of clients, including the Royal Dutch Lifeboat Association (KNRM).
