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Axis Drive deal
South Africa’ s Caudwell Marine has signed an agreement with Golden Arrow Marine of Southampton UK for the sales, distribution and service support for its range of Axis Drive propulsion systems in the UK and Europe.
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Offshore wind abstracts
A call for abstracts has been issued by the organisers of the European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference & Exhibition, which will take place in Stockholm on 14-16 September.
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News31st IADC seminar spotlights Abu Dhabi
At the very end of 2008, twenty professionals from around the world got acquainted with dredging and its challenges during the 31st IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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News: ¢300m orders bonanza for IHC Merwede
The financial downturn is not effecting Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede, which has added € 300m to its already full order book with contracts for ten newbuilds to emerging global powerhouses India and China.
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NewsGSS has twins
Scotland’ s renewable energy trade body Scottish Renewables estimates that in 20 years the country’ s marine renewables industry could employ some 25,000 people and provide enough power for more than 500,000 homes. Marine renewable energy from wind, wave and tidal sources could in fact contribute to Scotland meeting more ...
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NewsScania/Kohler launch gensets at Workboat Show
Kohler Power Systems launched a new line of diesel powered marine generators at the International Workboat Show in New Orleans last month. Scania’ s 12 and 16 litre marine engines will be used to power the high output marine generators.
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NewsLifting gear galore for new Port of Vuosaari
Cargotec’ s Kalmar division has delivered four new ship to shore (STS) cranes and nine other new container handling machines to the Port of Vuosaari at Helsinki in Finland.
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New Fugro GNSS positioning service
Fugro in the Netherlands is to launch G2 on 1 February, a new satellite based precise positioning service combining data from both the US GPS constellation and the Russian Glonass network for what it says will be composite position solutions.
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NewsWind farm project is workboat magnet
The construction of the Gunfleet Sands wind farm off the Essex UK coast got underway at the end of August, since when a fleet of specialist vessels has arrived in the area.
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NewsWartsila's involvement in European research icebreaker
Finnish engine manufacturer Wä rtsilä and The Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research, part of the Helmholtz Association, recently presented in Berlin the technical design of the European research vessel Aurora Borealis, a multi-purpose icebreaker, deep sea drilling, and research ship for polar sea conditions.
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NewsEquipment suppliers lead EU electric ship study
BMT Defence Services Limited is heading a consortium of 30 companies to investigate the commercially effective application of electric ship technology in a € 23m European Union funded project.
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NewsEquipment suppliers lead EU electric ship study
BMT Defence Services Limited is heading a consortium of 30 companies to investigate the commercially effective application of electric ship technology in a € 23m European Union funded project.
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NewsThe drums speak of a propulsion revolution
A pulsating procession of African singers, dancers and drummers drew a large crowd to the stand of Golden Arrow Marine on opening day of the London International Boat Show earlier this month. Golden Arrow Marine is European distributor of the new Caudwell Axis Drive system, which was launched with a ...
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NewsNew GE diesels see Workboat Show success
GE Transportation announced contracts to supply seven L250 inline diesel engines for three separate projects in the United States at the International WorkBoat Show in New Orleans last month.
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NewsMacGregor do deck handling double
The MacGregor Group’ s Offshore division has received orders for four remotely controlled deck handling manipulator systems (DHMS) for the two Island Offshore AHTS vessels, Island Valiant and Island Vanguard.
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NewsHello Dolly for a quayside cradle
The Yacht Leg and Cradle Company has introduced the Motor Boat Dolly to its range of products which may make motor boat movement more efficient, onshore.
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NewsEurope sails closer to the wind
The Renewable Energy Directive, agreed last month, sets a target which means that more than one third of EU electricity must come from renewables in 2020 and wind energy will be the biggest contributor. Moreover, the directive addresses existing barriers that prevent Europe from fully exploiting its largest domestic energy ...
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NewsDanube Twin City Liner delivered
The Danube’ s two ship Twin City Liner catamaran link between the Austrian capital Vienna and downstream Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is developing into more than just a pleasure boat trip.
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NewsCrane construction oversight in China
Four new gantry cranes have arrived safely at their new home in Hamburg' s Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) following the close supervision of their construction by Hamburg Port Consulting (HPC).
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IFHS elects new chairman
William Heaps, Assistant Marine Advisor & Hydrographic Manager of Associated British Ports (ABP), has been elected chairman of the six member International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) in succession to Commander Paul Hornsby of the Royal Australian Navy. Also elected, as Vice-Chairman, is Aubrey Price, President of The Hydrographic Society ...
