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NewsFelixstowe port expansion begins
Work has started on expanding the capacity of the UK''s largest container port. The first stages of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) involved demolition of the old dock basin and buildings, demolition of the oil jetty and moving one of the ro-ro pontoons to the southern end of the Languard ...
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Single beam survey software
Dutch survey software specialists Quality Positioning Services (QPS) of Zeist have extended their established QINSy 8 series of data acquisition and navigation software modules with introduction of a new low cost suite specifically designed to support single beam survey operations, QINSy Inshore.
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NewsMarine Bill MMO could revive Dibden Bay
The Port City Futures conference in Southampton heard last week that the Dibden Bay Container Terminal plan could be revived by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), which will be set up by the current Draft Marine Bill.
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Seatronics expands Houston base
A $250,000 calibration laboratory and cable moulding facility doubling the size of its operations has been opened by Seatronics Inc at its Houston premises.
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Ballast water compliance
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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Queen's Awards Deadline
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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NewsVan Oord awarded contract for quay wall in Dubai
Van Oord has been awarded a contract to build a 5.5km quay wall on the Deira Islands in Dubai. Van Oord has already received an award for a 3.5km quay wall for the same project. The new order brings to 9km the length of quay wall that Van Oord will ...
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NewsHot August start for Kotug
Last month got off to a busy start for Rotterdam based Kotug International BV. The liner SS Rotterdam arrived at the Maascenter buoy on Monday the 4th after a short voyage from Wilhemshaven, towed in by Kotug''s tugs RT Magic and RT Spirit.
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NewsData buoys enjoy Atlantic evolution
A report out this month on an array of long term data buoys in the Atlantic shows that it has exceeded expectations - despite fishing damage, vandalism and bird droppings - and that demand for the information is growing with over 50,000 downloads of information in one year alone.
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NewsEuropean operators spend big at ASRY
With marine activity in the Gulf skyrocketing, the Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY) has again broken all previous records during the first quarter of the year.
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NewsArctic research ship skates on thin ice
The ''Ice Chaser'' survey team on board the James Clark Ross icebreaker returned last month from their exploration of the Arctic''s sea ice with news on the environment, a hot topic since some forecasts have predicted an ice-free Arctic summer within the next ten years.
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'Cutty Sark' gains another donation
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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NewsMHPA to host BPA annual conference
The British Ports Association will hold its annual conference in Milford Haven on 8-9 October in an event hosted by the Milford Haven Port Authority. Non-BPA members are welcome to book for the open sessions and a trade exhibition will be held in conjunction with the conference.
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AMP ramps orders
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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NewsRobert Allan Ltd looks to the future
Leading tug design company Robert Allan Ltd (RAL), based in Vancouver, has announced that a long-planned restructuring of the company has now been completed. The restructuring will ensure long term continuity of the high quality design and independent engineering service to the marine industry for which Robert Allan Ltd. has ...
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NewsTransas brings AIS to SMM
Transas has just delivered onboard and vessel traffic monitoring systems to DFDS Canal Tours of Denmark
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NewsThermal imaging aids navigation in Spain
FLIR Systems'' input into the commercialisation of thermal imaging has allowed marine electronics specialist Redcai S.A. to add considerable value to the service it provides by bringing FLIR''s thermal imaging expertise to a much wider customer base.
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Crown Estate increases turnover from aggregates dredging
The Crown Estate in the UK has announced a net revenue surplus of £ 211.4 million for the year ending 31st March 2008, a 5.6 per cent increase on last year. All of this money is paid to the Treasury for benefit of all UK taxpayers.
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Get Afloat! funded
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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NewsCity helps keep 'Cutty Sark' afloat
It may seem unusual that City types from the rarefied world of finance are getting involved in historic ship restoration, but the vessel in question is the Cutty Sark and the City folk are actually some of London''s top shipbrokers.
