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News'Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in One Volume
The Dutch based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a new edition of ' Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in cooperation with the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC).
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NewsLighten Up for Easier Mooring
Following a successful eight month sea trial on its Cosmerry Lake VLCC, Cosco Dalian found that, in comparison with steel wire mooring lines, ropes made with Dyneema enabled a reduction in mooring time and significantly improved crew safety.
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NewsSystem Software Drives Smarter Winch
Americ' s Markey Machinery has supplied of the second DEPCF-52 75hp electric hawser winch for a series of Nichols Brothers Shipyards built 6,800hp tugs.
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Crane gain at Europort Maritime
In ceremonies on the Van der Velden Marine Systems stand at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam last month, the wraps were pulled off an Effer 130 4S marine crane to signify the signing of an exclusive agreement for Van der Velden to distribute Effer marine cranes in the Netherlands and Germany.
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NewsCameras Keep Watch on 'Galatea'
Following the successful installation of Hernis Scan Systems' integrated surveillance systems onboard the Trinity House vessels ' Patricia and ' Mermaid' , Hernis has supplied its Hernis 400 system for the new Northern Lighthouse Board and Trinity House vessels built at the Remontowa shipyard in Poland.
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NewsLift Efficiency Boosts Tiger Bay
Marine Travelift Inc has sold its very first self-propelled transporter onto the US market. The Marine Travelift TM 40C was purchased by Tiger Point Marina and Boat Works of Jacksonville in Florida.
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NewsHamburg Automates to Boost Capacity
The Port of Hamburg’ s biggest container terminal operator, Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), has turned to Kalmar to supply three more crane blocks with its automatic stacking crane (ASC) system and related technology for the second phase in the conversion of HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai (CTB) to a ...
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NewsTugs & Towing - 20 Years On
Over the past two decades the towage industry has seen phenomenal changes in almost every sector and every aspect of the business. The industry has a history traceable with some accuracy to the 1830s and tug development moved forward in ‘ fits and starts’ until the 1960s, when a variety ...
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NewsContract Signed for New Dartmouth Ferry
The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company, operator of the town’ s Higher Ferry across the River Dart, has signed a contract with Pendennis Shipyard for the construction of a replacement vessel to be delivered in the summer of 2009.
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NewsRenewable Energy Congress Planned for Vienna
Environmental experts from all over Europe and overseas will be gathering in Vienna for the first European congress for environmental technology and renewable energies, Envietech, which will run from 31 January to 1 February.
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NewsSentinel Satisfies In Underwater Warfare Trials
The new Sentinel Diver Detection System from Sonardyne International successfully completed a four-day series of intensive trials at the US Naval Underwater Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island during October. Although full details of the tests cannot be disclosed, the US Navy subjected the system to a variety of threat scenarios. ...
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NewsWell Planned Pontoon Replacement
Sub-Surface Engineering (SSE), a subsidiary of Opus International Consultants, has completed a new section of the wave break pontoon at Southampton’ s town quay.
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News'Impossible' Underwater Repair Now Routine
When a fishing line and net became stuck between the seal rings of a 168m container ship, the underwater repair company, Hydrex, flew a highly qualified diving team to Salalah, Oman, to carry out the renewal of the aft stern tube seals of the vessel underwater.
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NewsNew Lock Gates for Sutton Harbour
Sub Marine Services Ltd (SMS) is providing the pontoon barge, crawler crane, support vessels and diving teams for a project underway to replace the inner and outer lock harbour gates at Sutton Harbour in Plymouth UK. Their plant is being used by Taylor & Sons Ltd, subcontractor to May Gurney ...
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NewsMCA Provides Feedback Following Emergency Exercises
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA’ s) maritime emergency exercises are now regular events around the British coast. A Maritime Guidance Note (MGN) has recently been published providing feedback, including observations and recommendations from a series of exercises involving a specific class of vessel.
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NewsMobile ROV Repair Saves the Day
As the ROV market is expanding rapidly, many ROV operators are forced to focus mainly on their direct operational performance, leaving them struggling with the maintenance and support for their valuable systems. Based at Zierikzee in the Netherlands, Seatec Underwater Systems B.V. has responded to these circumstances by expanding it’ ...
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NewsBusy Jack-Up Finds Haven in Harwich
The jack up barge ' Vagant' was towed into Harwich Haven last month to shelter from the North Sea storms and tidal surge which lashed the east coast of England and Continental Europe. The barge was under tow by Euro-Tugs’ 5,000bhp ' Union Diamond' from the North Sea to Dunkirk, ...
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NewsKaiserschleuse Key to Bremerhaven Vehicle Future
Work proper has begun on what is being described as one of Europe’ s biggest current port engineering projects, the € 233m rebuilding and expansion of Bremerhaven’ s Kaiserschleuse sea lock to provide access for giant modern vehicle carriers.
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NewsRostock Construction Boosts Cruise Capacity
Work on a new cruise ship berth is underway in the port of Rostock as the German Baltic facility rushes to keep up with rising cruise business which this year has been better than in any other German port save Kiel.
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News: Scale of Ambition Defines Marine Civils Projects
Much has changed in the marine civil engineering industry since Maritime Journal was first published, but perhaps the most obvious trend or development is the scale of many projects.
