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Hampshire UK based Tek-Tanks, which builds custom water, waste and fuel tanks from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), has produced an easy to read guide explaining everything boat operators need to know about…

1st February 2007

Boat Tanks Online

1st February 2007

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The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned…

1st February 2007

Felixstowe Hits 3m

1st February 2007

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Port operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Singapores PSA, which battled it out for control of P& O last year, are expected to contest the concession to run a container terminal…

1st February 2007

Old Foes at Massvlakte

1st February 2007

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HRH The Princess Royal formally named the UKs new £ 40m royal research ship RRS James Cook in a ceremony held earlier this month at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.

1st February 2007

Royal Send-Off for Research Vessel

1st February 2007

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A WWF report out last month identifies for the first time, the most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of protection. The   wealth of sea life existing off…

1st February 2007

WWF Calls for Protection of UK Marine Hotspots

1st February 2007

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The salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will provide the timely focus for the International Salvage Unions Fourth Associate Members Day meeting in London on 7 March.The meeting will be attended by representatives…

1st February 2007

Big Ship Salvage at ISU Members Day

1st February 2007

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The problem of generator exhaust discharge has been addressed by a new system from Americas Centek Industries which filters the exhaust to discharge environmentally friendly water. After exhaustive testing by a Lloyds…

1st January 2007

New Unit Controls Generator Exhaust Discharge and is Kind to Environment

1st January 2007

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Energy Solutions, based in Rochester, Kent UK, have developed System in a Box a new product designed primarily for boats under 40ft and incorporating one of the biggest selling products from the…

1st January 2007

System in a Box Monitoring Solution

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

International private equity and funds manager 3i has agreed to buy Dutch marine heavy lift operators Dockwise Transport BV from Dutch offshore services company Heerema Group and Norwegian maritime group Wilh. Wilhelmsen…

1st January 2007

Dutch Heavy Lift Operator Dockwise Sold for $700m

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

German winch manufacturer and deck equipment supplier HATLAPA enters the New Year with 30 large anchor handling and towing winches filling the order book. The largest of these is a 500 ton…

1st January 2007

Every Winch Way in the New Year

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users,…

1st January 2007

Worlds Strongest Fibre Boosts Synthetic Rope Technology

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Southampton UK based specialist project managers and marine engineers Osprey Shipping have been employed by crane manufacturer Stothert & Pitt, part of the international Clarke Chapman group, to supply a turnkey solution…

1st January 2007

Ospreys Innovation Expedites Crane Delivery

1st January 2007

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The first vessel in over a decade to collectscrap metal from the UK Port of Wisbech has been loaded in an operation madepossible by upgraded handling facilities. The cargo ship Brandaris sailed…

1st January 2007

Handlers at the Heart of Operations

1st January 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Lastmonths Ocean Business Exhibition and Conference in Southampton saw TSSInternational introduce its latest Orion series of Inertial Navigation Systems,providing precise attitude, heading and heave data for applications rangingfrom support of multibeam surveys…

1st January 2007

TSS Launches New INS Equipment

1st January 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MV Speciality, the first of four new 4,426dwt diesel-electric short sea product tankers built for Dartford UK based F T Everard & Sons by the Qingshan Shipyard in China, has been authorised…

1st January 2007

Everard Aims for Paperless Bridges

1st January 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS, who will be staging their 11th annual user group conference in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of March, have introduced a new version of Bathy DataBase for…

1st January 2007

CARIS Upgrades Bathymetric Software

1st January 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

73fifty, a new range of low cost digital video recorder/players which can typically download a half hour file in less than four minutes for marine as well as ROV and diving inspection…

1st January 2007

New DVRs from NETmc Marine

1st January 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a ¢ 30m contract for the expansion and deepening of the access channels to Port of Bourgas, the second biggest port in Bulgaria. In a statement, Dredging International said…

1st January 2007

Dredging International to Deepen Access to Bulgarian Port

1st January 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer), Associated British PortsSouthampton-based marine research arm, was commended at the Environment Agencys Project Excellence Awards when it was awarded Joint-Runner-Up in the Innovation and Technical Excellence category.

1st January 2007

ABPmer Reaps Environmental Award

1st January 2007

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

UK consultancy Royal Haskoning which has played a key role in the development of Moroccos Tanger-Med port, currently under construction and due to begin operations in 2007, has provided an update on…

1st January 2007

Tangiers New Transhipment Port Nears Completion

1st January 2007