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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Europa 1, the first fire fighting boat to go into joint service with both French and German authorities, has been delivered to fire brigades in Kehl and Strasbourg on the Rhine by…

13th March 2008

Joint Service Fire Boat for French/Germans

13th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A paper on the transition from navigating with paper charts to navigating with ECDIS, which was presented at a recent meeting of the IMOs Sub-Committee on Standards of Training & Watchkeeping (STW),…

12th March 2008

ECDIS transition guide from The Nautical Institute

12th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

There is a new service for the electronic management of onboard information that has come from the teaming up of ChartCo and Regs4Ships.

10th March 2008

Fit and forget data management

10th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

As investment starts in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games, Portland Harbour Authority starts to upgrade its AIS and radar based system.

10th March 2008

Portland prepares for an Olympic effort

10th March 2008

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

An innovative scheme funded by the European Union' s Interreg IIIA programme to increase safety on the seas was launched last month in Larne, Northern Ireland. The Automatic Identification System will improve…

6th March 2008

New AIS Pinpoints Irish Sea Navaids

6th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

There has been for some time a need for researchers to have marine and coastal data at their fingertips, in order to meet the growing disquiet about what is happening to our…

6th March 2008

Research Information Finds a Platform

6th March 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

New helicopters introduced to provide search and rescue (SAR) services from two bases in the north of Scotland are now established in the role. The new Sikorsky S92 aircraft have been introduced…

6th March 2008

MCA Gets New SAR Helicopters

6th March 2008

KEY DEALS

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The UK Port of Felixstowe is still clearing the twisted remains of two quayside container cranes which collapsed at the weekend after a vessel delivering new cranes broke free of its moorings…

6th March 2008

Felixstowe Survives Crane Crash Chaos

6th March 2008

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KEY DEALS

Up to 700 staff of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are staging the first strike in their history over pay concerns. The 24 hour walkout began at 07:00 today (Thursday…

6th March 2008

MCA Staff Walkout Over Low Pay

6th March 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord chose SPS Overlay to provide side shell protection for its trailing suction hopper dredger Volvox Iberia. The work was carried out in Ajman at a yard which…

4th March 2008

Plating Repair Provides Impact Protection

4th March 2008