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NewsIHC launches largest ever Dutch built dredger
Dutch dredging major Van Oord’ s latest trailing suction hopper dredger, Vox Maxima, was named and launched at the IHC Merwede yard at Kinderdijk in the Netherlands. Her Royal Highness Princess Má xima of the Netherlands officiated during the naming and launching accompanied by dignitaries including Dutch Minister of Transport, ...
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NewsItalian dredger builder returns to Seawork
Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA returns for Seawork 2009 via Andrew Scott’ s Cloudburst, which it met when exhibiting at Seawork 2007.
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NewsBritish D-Day engineer honoured in France
Wartime necessity occasionally inspires moments of genius and one of the great marine civil engineering innovations of World War 2 was the Mulberry Harbour, the landing bridges critical to success of the D-Day landings at Normandy in June 1944.
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NewsNew harbour for Bremerhaven tugs
A new € 11m harbour with eight permanent berths for tugs and two emergency berths has been completed in Bremerhaven as a spin-off to the port’ s € 233m Kaiserschleuse development.
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NewsDredger in boxes transforms Lake Tanganyika
A Damen field service engineer has recently returned from his site visit to Kigoma, Tanzania where he presided over the assembly of a dredger of type DOP CSD350 and put it into operation. The dredger was able to start its job in the heart of Africa immediately, as it had ...
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NewsBourbon takes Liberty with serial production
Reading about the huge numbers of platform supply vessels and anchor handling tugs on order for Bourbon Offshore is impressive. Actually seeing the production process is awe inspiring. On a recent visit to the Zhejiang Shipyard at Ningbo in China, MJ contributor Alan Haig-Brown was overwhelmed by the scope of ...
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NewsRepower gives dredger upstream boost
The US Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredgers on the west coast of the USA to keep shipping channels open. The largest and most modern of them is the ‘ Essayons’ . Built in 1982, its aging power plant has recently been replaced by eight Cat marine engines ...
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NewsStrong wind brings South Boats fleet to Seawork
South Boats Special Projects Ltd will be taking up their usual berths at this year’ s Seawork 2009 exhibition at the bottom of the main gangway. What is different his year is that the company has arguably grown into the UK’ s busiest and perhaps largest boat building company.
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NewsRemote boat monitoring via mobile phone
Using simple SMS text messaging via a mobile phone, Mastervolt’ s new GPRS module not only allows owners to remotely control the operation of all the electrical appliances aboard their boat, such as the battery charger, heater or dehumidifier, it also allows them to get a full report of all ...
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NewsThe big chill is hot stuff for deck equipment
Ship and workboat equipment gets a bashing. If it isn' t physically banged around during docking, towing or unloading, the salt water corrosion alone would finish any less than tough pieces of machinery off in no time, so finding a process that can extend the life of metal parts would ...
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NewsDivers deliver quick fix for bent blade
Antwerp based Hydrex used its latest cold straightening machine to repair the propeller blade of a container vessel in Rotterdam that was bent more than 60° towards the pressure side.
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Pipe bending guidance
Designers of seawater systems looking for materials offering resistance to seawater corrosion, high inherent resistance to biofouling and good fabricability should consider specifying copper-nickels that offer all of the above. A new section on www.coppernickel.org, the global site for copper-nickel information, provides in depth information on tube and pipe bending. ...
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Queen at Belfast MRCC
The Marine Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) in Belfast welcomed Her Majesty the Queen last month. She was accompanied on the visit by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh and Secretary of State Shaun Woodward. After being greeted by the West of Scotland and Northern Ireland Coastal Safety Manager Brett ...
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NewsBarnacles blind to invisible hull paint
A hull paint that makes itself ‘ invisible’ to fouling organisms has received the Ingeniø rens Product Award 2009. The engineering prize is given by Ingeniø ren magazine to recognise Danish products that demonstrate a clear market focus with outstanding technological innovation.
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NewsBAM Nuttall at work on Olympic site
Work is now well underway on a project that aims to create hundreds of new jobs on Portland UK after the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
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Navigation back-up pops up at Seawork
Most crew on modern vessels have become used to relying heavily on electronic navigation systems, but what happens if there is a system malfunction or power failure?
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NewsAuto-Position Escort Winch System
The safety and effectiveness of escort tugs operating in the indirect towing mode is a matter of concern to many owners and designers. When operating in this way the tug’ s towline is made secure on the stern of the ship being escorted and uses the dynamic properties of the ...
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NewsParkinson's Atlantic Rowing Challenge requires support
Two brothers are preparing for a charity rowing event in which in which they are determined to cross the Atlantic Ocean unsupported in record breaking time, all to raise awareness and money for the Parkinson’ s Disease Society.
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National Workboat Association meets at Seawork
It is June. That means Seawork and a chance for the National Workboat Association to meet and greet clients old and new. Representatives can be found on Stand 133 at the show, ready and willing to answer any questions.
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NewsDigitised data assists coastal water quality studies
Detailed marine mapping is being used to understand factors affecting the quality of water off the Yorkshire coast.
