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    Marine group launches

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The Imtech Marine Group was officially launched at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

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    Turkish Navy goes fishing for sonar

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Simrad has asserted that their SP92MKII commercial sonar is up to competing with military units on both specifications and performance at a fraction of the cost. The Turkish Naval Forces Command is about to take them up on the challenge.

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    Woolwich Ferry transfer

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    London' s Woolwich Ferry, a free service carrying road vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists across the River Thames, sees its operation transferred from the London Borough of Greenwich to international services company Serco from the first of this month.

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    PEMA expands

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The Port Equipment Manufacturers' Association (PEMA) has expanded its membership with the addition of four specialist manufacturing and consulting companies from Europe and the USA.

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    Germany to get new ETVs

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Germany is to have new Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) to replace two existing tugs currently on station to protect the German coastline in the North Sea and the Baltic.

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    ETA meeting set

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The European Tugowners' Association (ETA) 46th Annual Meeting is to be held in Lisbon in May of next year. The meeting, scheduled for 13-15 May, is to be hosted by the Svitzer Group.

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    Erika III pulls through stormy waters

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    It was anything but plain sailing for the Erika III, a set of seven legislative proposals presented by the European Parliament intended to strengthen maritime safety and anti-pollution measures in European waters.

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    Felixstowe South digs in for expansion

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The UK Port of Felixstowe has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.

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    Hollandsch Diep disposal site formally opened

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The 2nd of October marked the official opening of the Hollandsch Diep dredged spoil disposal site in The Netherlands. The new facility, built on a section of river linked to the Rhine and the Meuse, will allow the Department of Public Works to store polluted dredged spoil from the lower ...

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    Economic ramifications of Riga port development

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    BMT Transport Solutions has won a contract to work on the Port Development Strategy for the Port of Riga, which is a vital part of the broader Riga Development Plan, emphasising that economically successful ports lead to successful seaside cities.

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    Distress demos online

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

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    Van Oord wins work flood defence project

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    On 3 October, the Dutch State Secretary for Transport and Water Management and the Queens Commissioner for the Province of Limburg presided over the official launch of the Border Meuse project, which is due to be one of the biggest flood defence projects in the Netherlands.

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    Guards monitor and protect DC systems

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    A hot topic around ports these days is the vulnerability of ships alongside to a total loss of the alarm system fed by DC power if, for example, a worker from shore brings a power tool on board and it shorts out the DC network through an insulation fault.

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    New survey craft for PLA

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The Port of London Authority, which is responsible for navigational safety and related issues on 150km of the tidal Thames from the sea to Teddington, has commissioned Galloper, a new £ 115,000 catamaran for hydrographic operations. It replaces the PLA' s ten year old survey boat, Brent, and is now ...

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    Kinetic moves propulsion control forward

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Workboat operators considering newbuilds or refits will be interested in the new Kinetik propulsion control system which has been launched by Surrey UK based RCS.

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    SWATH pleasure sector opens on a Silver Cloud

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Europe' s latest SWATH vessel, and its first for private pleasure rather than commercial pilot or coastguard operation, arrives in the US late this month after sailing from Germany where it was built.

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    Salvage operations keep SMIT busy

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Salvage teams from Rotterdam and other SMIT Salvage locations worldwide have responded to a series of marine emergencies in recent months. Operations in the third quarter included the response to the plight of the chemical/oil tanker Peonia, aground off Cape Verde.

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    Buoyant Sonardyne Scout Sales

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    Sonardyne of Yateley UK reports strong sales of its Scout USBL (Ultra-Short Baseline) series of acoustic positioning systems, with over 20 units ordered over the last few months. Comprising a range of three models suitable for any size of vessel, the series is designed to make the benefits of the ...

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    First day at work for new Boskalis dredger

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The latest vessel to join Royal Boskalis Westminster' s fleet of dredgers started its maiden dredge operation at the Harwich Maintenance Contract in Harwich Haven last month.

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    A Lodestar is born

    2008-11-01T12:36:00Z

    The first marine Attitude Heading and Reference System (AHRS) that used ' strap down' inertial sensors has received IMO Wheelmark approval. The ' strapdown' part of the system is particularly important because it means that sensors are directly attached to the body of the Sonardyne Lodestar unit, resulting in greater ...