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    Harley Goes Green with 'Lela Joy'

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    As of January this year all newbuilds for service in US waters are required to be powered with engines that meet the US Environmental Protection Agency''s Tier 2 emission standards.

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    Galileo Problems

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The Galileo project, Europe''s proposed answer to the US Global Positioning System (GPS), is in disarray following the failure of an eight member group of companies to meet a European Commission deadline to transform itself into a legal entity with a chief executive, headquarters and a strategy.

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    New Lifejacket Moves Safety Standards Forward

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    A new lifejacket has been launched by International Safety Products Ltd (ISP) of Merseyside UK to meet the needs of the Spanish fishing industry. Developed in conjunction with Aeromarine, the distributor of ISP products in Spain, the lifejacket has been designed to comply with new regulations requiring Spanish fishing crew ...

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    FleetBroadband Launches

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Global satcomms provider Inmarsat has launched FleetBroadband, its new commercial service delivering voice and high speed data services for maritime users.

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    FerryGreen Way to Save the Planet

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The first ferry ticket agency in the UK to address the environmental issues associated with travel by sea has launched a website at which customers have the opportunity to offset carbon emissions during the booking process.

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    New Seatruck Ferry Sets Sail

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Seatruck Ferries, freight only specialists on the Irish Sea route, are about to introduce a major increase in capacity for the link between Heysham and Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland. Seatruck is part of the major shipping consortium Clipper Group.

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    Important Wind Farm Hurdle Overcome

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    A potential threat to what is described as the world''s largest wind farm off the north Kent Coast has been lifted following a Government ruling on the siting of the onshore substation. London Array Ltd, a company comprising Shell WindEnergy, E.ON and DONG Energy, is proposing to install up to ...

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    X-Ray Specs Enhance Port Security

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The requirement for rapidly deployable and portable x-ray systems that can be used in public places such ports, airports, railways and underground stations has grown substantially in the last year.

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    Marine Firefighting for Turkey and Egypt

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    A new marine fire fighting system designed by Anglesey based company Marinex, has won a five figure deal to supply high speed military patrol boats in Turkey.

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    ECDIS Upgrade for Red Funnel

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    UK based Red Funnel was the ''original Isle of Wight ferry operator'', transporting passengers between Southampton and Cowes since 1861.

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    Ports Policy Due

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Following the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) conference in Spain recently, the UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the EU to focus its ports policy on the key issues for shippers of port congestion and transportation links. 

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    Sensor Packages for Seven New Dredgers

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The Dutch specialist manufacturer of underwater equipment, Seatools, has signed a contract with Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group to supply the underwater sensors for monitoring the dredging process on board four hopper dredgers and three cutter suction dredgers currently under construction. The order is worth ¢ 500,000.

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    Diving and Handling

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    The Professional Diving Academy has incorporated the RYA Level 2 Powerboat handling course into their complete commercial air diving courses.

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    More Orders for KST and a New Rotor Tug Design

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Anyone in the towage industry who doubted the likely success of the unique triple unit ‘ Rotor Tug’ design when it was first introduced by Ton Kooren of Kotug in 1999, must surely be having second thoughts.

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    Extensive Design Study Prefaces Wind Farm

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    A metocean design has been completed for the proposed ''Round 2'' Sheringham Shoal offshore wind farm, planned for the southern North Sea off the UK''s North Norfolk coast, just inside the 12 mile territorial limit. Environmental design and risk management specialists Metoc plc did the work for operator Scira Offshore ...

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    Dredging Restores Depth at Island Harbour

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Jenkins Marine Ltd and Land & challenging project to dredge the Island Harbour Marina in the Isle of Wight. The works, which started in April, are due for completion by the end of this month, by which time some 23,000m3 of dredged material will have been removed and disposed of.

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    Lifeboats Delivery Surge in Norway

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Norwegian marine equipment manufacturer Noreq AS has built and delivered 19 lifeboats to Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC) for use on their semi-submersible crane vessels ''Thialf'' and ''Hermod''.

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    Washburn & Doughty Delivers 'Eleanor F. Moran'

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Another shiphandling tug, typical of the new generation of vessels being produced in the USA to support oil and LNG terminal operations is the ‘ Eleanor F. Moran’ , delivered earlier in the year to Moran Towing of New Canaan, Connecticut. Currently working in the port of Norfolk, Virginia, the ...

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    Dredger Delivers Vroom with a View

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    Italian dredger builder Italdraghe SpA delivered and launched a new, small SGT150C model cutter suction dredger for the beautiful coastal town of Casal Velino in Southern Italy in July. Casal Velino is within the protected Cilento National Park.

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    'Plug & play' deck workshops at Seawork

    2008-07-30T12:36:00Z

    ' Mobile workshops can be almost used on a plug and play basis on workboat decks said Simon Coote, general manager of Seawork exhibitor Richards Drydock & Engineering Ltd, which was showing some of the customised boxes on the Seawork quayside last month.