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The UK Environment Agency closed Londons Thames Barrier three times in four days last month to protect the city from flooding.

1st February 2007

News Snip Thames

1st February 2007

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Devon UK based Duncan Propellers Ltd have opened an office and shop in Rovigo, Italy which will handle the sales of propellers and stern gear in that region.  The office will also…

1st February 2007

Propellers Go Italian

1st February 2007

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Lifeboats and davits supplier Schat-Harding haspurchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group ofNorwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost effective andenvironmentally friendly ship hull cleaning solutions to…

1st February 2007

Schat-Harding Acquires CleanHull

1st February 2007

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A2SEA AS, the Danish contractor specialising in the transport, installation and service of offshore wind turbines, has acquired the Jumping Jack installation barge and related assets from Dutch offshore contractor Mammoet Van…

1st February 2007

Foundations Expand for Wind Farm Installer

1st February 2007

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Vessels up to 60m in length and 750 tons displacement can be accommodated on the four various sized slipways with accompanying workshops and plant also available. Previous customers included Trinity House, PLA,…

1st February 2007

Ramsgate Slipways Back in Action

1st February 2007

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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