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SME IPC at SMM
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, signed an Innovation Performance Contract (IPC) on the Holland Pavillion at SMM in Hamburg last month for 18 small ...
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NewsDenmark moves on fixed link to Germany
A company owned by the Danish Government is expected to be created soon to plan and construct the controversial EUR 5.8bn Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Germany and Denmark, which has finally been agreed.
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NewsMAIB report on 'Sava Lake' deaths
A report published jointly by the UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Maritime Administration of Latvia has found that the deaths earlier this year of two seafarers on board a Latvian registered cargo vessel was almost certainly due to oxygen depletion in the compartment they had entered.
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'Cutty Sark' hoovered
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.A police investigation into the fire which caused £10m damage to the iconic tea clipper 'Cutty Sark' in May 2007 has determined the cause to be an industrial vacuum cleaner ...
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NewsDutch double offshore airport concepts
Offshore airport proposals for overcrowded northern Europe are suddenly very much in the news. London Mayor Boris Johnson' s proposal last month for an alternative to Heathrow on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary has been matched by an even more striking concept from the Netherlands.
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NewsTOWLINES
'Dutch Pride' has been sold to EDT of Cyprus.Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch Partner has two Caterpillar 3512 DITA main engines of 1,521bhp ...
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NewsA moving tale from Paris
A fundamental part of the business of cement, ready-mix concrete and aggregates supplier CEMEX involves moving significant tonnage of construction materials quickly and efficiently from quarries and cement plants to construction sites.
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NewsNew tugs ordered to transport London's refuse
After many years of planning and negotiation the construction of a new waste to energy facility has started at Belvedere in Greater London. The facility will be developed and operated by Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd (RRRL) a wholly owned subsidiary of Cory Environmental. All of the refuse from three major ...
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NewsNew linkspan for Swedish port
TTS Port Equipment is about to start building a new linkspan for the port of Ystad in the south of Sweden, due for handover in March 2009. Ystad is a significant port in Sweden because of its ferry links to Poland and to the Danish island of Bornholm, which can' ...
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NewsMore is less with new waterjets
Rolls-Royce has introduced a new series of waterjets, the Kamewa S3, which draws on experience from the popular SII series but incorporates numerous improvements made possible by advanced design calculation methods and testing and production techniques.
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NewsNew research project to shed light on lesser known timbers
New research into the properties of alternative timbers will help those in the marine and freshwater construction industry make their work more sustainable, claims the Environment Agency in the UK, which is working with HR Wallingford and TRADA Technology to provide better, clearer information on commercially available, but lesser known ...
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News'Green' ship recycling underway on the Mersey
The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.
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NewsMarkey go massive on the 'SMBC Monterrey'
Seattle USA based Markey Machinery has just installed a massive new electric hawser winch aboard the terminal support tug SMBC Monterrey in Spain.
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NewsFowey Harbour purchases a Voith tractor
Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out the changes he had in mind. The Commissioners have purchased the Voith tractor tug Holmgarth from Svitzer and ...
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NewsMAIB report on the tragic ‘Flying Phantom’ sinking
The UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on 19 December 2007, resulting in the loss of three of its crew, was published on 30 September. The ...
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NewsProductivity improved 'Hootronically' at Felixstowe
Reliability, performance, maintenance and running costs have always been a concern for applications that require the traditional signalling sounds of hooters, buzzers, bells and sirens. Now, using the latest in SMD class D amplifier technology and digital to analogue conversion, the E2S Hootronic can faithfully replicate all of these sounds ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty rapidly up and running
US tug builder Washburn & Doughty has achieved a number of important milestones following a massive fire on 11 July destroying most of their shipyard facilities (Maritime Journal Towlines August 2008). On 15 August the company delivered the Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Linda Moran. The tug was nearing ...
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NewsSMM debut for more silent silencer
Finnish marine engine manufacturer Wä rtsilä unveiled a novel engine exhaust noise reduction system at SMM in Hamburg last month which it hopes will eventually make conventional single unit diesel engine silencers a thing of the past.
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NewsProgress cutting up stranded ferry
When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF, all attempts to refloat the vessel failed.
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NewsTitanic implications of marine winch certification
Shipyards and manufacturers are increasingly confronted with major and growing quality assurance challenges as a result of globalised manufacturing processes and the necessity to deliver key components to specialised subcontractors around the world.
