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Bearing up well
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
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NewsReplenishing the beach at Felixstowe
Coastal defence work has started to replenish the beach and construct a series of groynes at Felixstowe Beach in Suffolk UK.
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Smit announce record profits
Announcing their results for 2007, Smit Internationale N.V. has reported another record year with a 40% increase in net profit from € 75m to € 105.6m. Operating results increased to 23% from € 77.3m to € 94.7m.
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News'Alternative' Baltic port gets cash to restructure
A total € 13.5m is being invested in the restructuring of facilities at the Baltic seaport of Wismar to improve its significance as an ' alternative' port of call to busy neighbours Luebeck to the west and Rostock to the east.
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BMT grows again
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
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NewsMarineCo boosts fleet with two additional vessels
Two recent additions to the fleet of Scottish marine services provider MarineCo UK Ltd have boosted the company’ s capability and versatility considerably. A particularly interesting acquisition is the tug Marineco Ashanti, purchased in May from the Russian company Dukkar Engineering.
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NewsSeaGen successfully installed in Northern Ireland
Pioneering renewable energy developer Marine Current Turbines successfully completed the first installation phase of the 1.2MW SeaGen Tidal System into the fast flowing waters of Strangford Narrows of Northern Ireland last month. It is the world' s first commercial scale tidal energy turbine.
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NewsSingapore success for Seawork exhibitor
Proving popular at a number of international exhibitions, returning Seawork exhibitor VersaDock has received an order from the organisers of Boat Show Asia 2008 for 300 m2 of VersaDock to not only create a floating stage but also to extend the display and visitor space available at this year’ s ...
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NewsREDS dive into New Year with renewables
Rugby UK based Reach Engineering & Diving Services (REDS) has started off the New Year as they finished 2007, winning a contract for a diving project on N-Power' s Rhyl Flats Wind Farm, off the North Wales coast.
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NewsLong distance dredging makes marina work
A new development at the UK' s Plymouth Marina has involved the construction of a boat launching facility to move craft directly from the storage yard into the estuary below.
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NewsFourth cruise terminal for Southampton
Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Southampton has awarded a multi-million pound building contract for its fourth cruise terminal to Dean & Dyball, the Hampshire UK based multi-disciplinary contractor.
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NewsNew synthetic decking for marina construction
Hamble UK based Solent Marine has become the exclusive worldwide supplier of SolDeck, a new synthetic decking which offers marinas a number of advantages over other systems.
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NewsEnvironmental oil bridging the gaps
The ABP Port of Southampton has recently installed new ship to shore walkways at the Port’ s City Cruise Terminal.
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NewsWork underway on Hamburg Port bridge
Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has begun construction works for a new bridge over the Rethe canal.
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NewsCardiff Bay Gets a Coastline
Following a competitive tendering exercise UK based Coastline Surveys Limited have been awarded a two year survey contract to undertake monthly surveys of the Cardiff Bay, the Barrage, Inner and Outer Harbours and Approaches and parts of the Rivers Taff and Ely. The waters are managed by Cardiff Harbour Authority ...
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NewsTTS revamps Stena linkspans
TTS has carried out a major upgrade project to extend the life of access ramps serving a Stena Line route.
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NewsNew Rhine terminal is first of its kind
Europe’ s first container terminal to be built inland entirely for operation by global shipping majors has been completed and inaugurated in Europe’ s biggest inland port, Duisburg, after construction costing around € 20m.
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NewsFast growing Navalia returns to Vigo
Following a successful show debut in 2006 which saw 200 exhibitors from over 30 countries attract some 8,000 visitors, the Navalia International Shipbuilding and Maritime Industries Exhibition and conference returns to the Spanish port city of Vigo on 20 - 22 May.
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NewsDredging gets underway at Port of Lerwick
Work was due to begin last month on the largest single capital project yet at Lerwick Harbour, providing improved vessel access, deeper berths and new opportunities through land reclamation for future development.
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NewsDeep dive wing development rewarded
One of the problems in towing an instrument underwater is the long length of cable required to get the device down to depth. JW Fishers have developed a universal wing called the DDW-1 Deep Dive Wing to help overcome this problem.
