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NewsHistoric shipyard equipment sails for India
The end of an era is truly at hand, with the UK’ s Port of Tyne preparing for the final departure of the Swan Hunter floating drydock, which is to sail away on board a heavy lift vessel.
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NewsPort of London's century goes on show
UK shipping minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP opened a three week exhibition on the history of the Port of London Authority (PLA) at Museum of London Docklands on Tuesday. The event was held 100 years to the day since the PLA was formed.
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NewsPing is the thing at Ocean Business
Among the many products being given on the water demonstrations at the well attended Ocean Business 2009 exhibition and conference in Southampton UK this week is what claims to be the world’ s first fully integrated high resolution real time 3D sonar inspection system.
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NewsMore Towlines
JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd of Invergordon has sold the 31m ASD tug Kincraig. Purpose built in Japan in 1998, Kincraig has been in constant use carrying out shiphandling services at Invergordon and under contracts in many other ports around the UK and Europe, in addition to coastal and short sea ...
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NewsTape shapes up to seal safety
You could guess at what can happen if a flange carrying fuel fails, and just how nasty the resulting spray of fuel could be. But what happens if this fine spray meets the kind of hot spots commonly found in engine rooms?
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NewsSeawork in for some Parker ribbing
Parker Ribs’ UK distributor AH Parker & Sons (GB) Ltd will be exhibiting at Berth 3 on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2009.
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NewsOffshore Solution for North Sea operation
Offshore Solutions BV has announced the installation and operation of their third Offshore Access System (OAS) in the Southern North Sea.
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NewsRapid return with magnetic patches
The use of magnetic patches has resulted in the oil field supply ship CM Service returning to work in just 60 days after its hull was holed in the Caspian Sea. The 54m vessel was on supply duties off Kazakhstan when it hit an uncharted object that ripped two holes ...
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News'Simon Stevin' will be the world's largest rockdumping vessel
Belgium’ s Jan De Nul Group has the biggest dredging vessels in the world in its fleet. The very large self-propelled seagoing rock cutter dredgers JFJ De Nul, Leonardo da Vinci and Marco Polo can tackle the hardest and most difficult soil conditions during shore approach dredging works.
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NewsInterspill 'Working Together' with the IMO
With the spill industry offering more prevention, better response and serving wider markets across Europe and the world, the need for a platform to demonstrate the strengths of the industry and to communicate its message is fulfilled by the Interspill 2009 Conference and Exhibition.
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NewsThirty years history and 'props' at Inverlane
Inverlane Marine, which recently celebrated 30 years in business on the banks of the River Clyde, has just completed the reconditioning of an FOPX613 purifier.
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NewsNew website for historic ship preservation
The UK’ s National Historic Ships Directory of Skills & Services is aiming higher. Due to go online at the beginning of May, the new website aims to bring together not just the specialist skills needed to maintain the UK' s historic fleet, but also researchers, suppliers, and other heritage ...
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Wartsila goes Kampen
Finnish marine engine producer Wartsila has commissioned the design and implementation of a new Central Distribution Centre (CDC) at Kampen in the Netherlands. The € 50m contract will result in facilities enabling Wartsila to centralise the spare parts logistics from nine existing product line specific warehouses into a single global ...
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NewsReflex look to move people globally
Following the recent launch of the TORO capsule, designed to enhance the safe transfer of personnel by crane, Reflex Marine have announced that the device will soon be operating in the North Sea and in North Africa.
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Geoswath multibeam systems for Rijkswaterstaat
GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouth, which was acquired by Kongsberg Maritime last autumn for a reported £ 4.3m, has delivered four of its GeoSwath multibeam systems to the Rijkswaterstaat (RWS), the arm of the Dutch Ministry of Transportation & Water Management responsible for construction and maintenance of national waterways and flood ...
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NewsTrinity House introduces its first LED Light Vessel
Trinity House, the general lighthouse authority for England, Wales, the Channel Isles and Gibraltar, is about to commission its first LED Light Vessel (LV), set for duty on the Varne station in the English Channel. This is the first major development in LV technology since the distinctive red vessels were ...
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NewsRobotic fish will fight pollution
Another level in artificial intelligence is to add its weight to the fight against marine pollution. Robotic fish are being developed that will not only detect potentially hazardous pollutants in the water, such as leaks from vessels in port or underwater pipelines, but will also communicate their findings with each ...
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NewsEurope can lead a wind power world
‘ Wind energy can replace a large proportion of the polluting and finite fuels we currently rely on, said EU Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, at the opening session of the European Wind Energy Conference and Exhibition (EWEC) in Marseilles last month. ‘ It makes good sense to invest in indigenous ...
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HMS Endurance in for repairs
HMS Endurance, the damaged British Royal Navy ice patrol ship, has finally been transported home from the Falklands to undergo extensive repairs following her flooding incident last December.
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NewsNew Saab ROV development
Pioneering technology at Saab Seaeye in Fareham, Hampshire UK has resulted in what is claimed to be the world’ s most advanced electric work class ROV, which will significantly reduce operating costs by accelerating the shift from hydraulic to electric work ROVs for many more applications.
