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News'Marco Polo' plan pursued in Shetland
The planned ' Motorway of the Sea' linking Kristiansund in Norway, Rosyth in the UK and Zeebrugge in Belgium has unexpectedly run into a snag. While not grounded completely, the plan has certainly been hit by a delay.
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NewsMacduff rebrand their new tug and workboat range
In response to increasing enquiries for its tug and workboat designs, Scotland' s Macduff Ship Design has developed several new designs and re-branded its entire range of vessels. Over thirty designs are now being offered and the tug and workboat range has been divided into vessel classes, each bearing the ...
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Scour protection guide to be published
Scour, the erosion of sediment at the base of a structure, is a serious engineering issue, and understanding, designing for and managing toe scour and beach lowering at coastal structures is a key issue for coastal managers, designers and engineers.
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Marine group launches
The Imtech Marine Group was officially launched at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.
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NewsTurkish Navy goes fishing for sonar
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
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
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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NewsGermany to get new ETVs
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
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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NewsErika III pulls through stormy waters
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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NewsFelixstowe South digs in for expansion
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
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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NewsEconomic ramifications of Riga port development
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
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Van Oord wins work flood defence project
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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NewsGuards monitor and protect DC systems
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
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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NewsKinetic moves propulsion control forward
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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NewsSWATH pleasure sector opens on a Silver Cloud
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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NewsSalvage operations keep SMIT busy
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.
