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The following Merchant Shipping Notices and Notes have been published recently by the UKs Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) - an executive agency of the Department for Transport.

1st December 2005

Merchant Shipping Notices

1st December 2005

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Marine aftermarket products manufacturer MICAD Marine Specialty Products (MMSP) has launched the website www.MICADSHOP. com to make its range available to boat and ship owners worldwide. A debut product on MICADSHOP is…

1st December 2005

MICAD Moves Online

1st December 2005

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Dutch nautical instrumentation and control systems specialist Stork-Kwant, which was taken over through a management buy-out in January 2004, has changed its name to Kwant Controls BV with effect from the first…

1st December 2005

Kwant Controls Future

1st December 2005

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The first commercial application of a new type of tunnel thruster technology is being deployed on a UT 712 CD anchor handler currently under construction at Aker Yards Soviknes for Olympic Shipping…

1st December 2005

New Type Tunnel Thruster Debut

1st December 2005

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RingProp PLCs innovative ringed propeller for outboard motors received Special Mention in the Machinery, Propulsion, Electrical & Mechanical Systems and Fittings category from the international jury for the DAME 2005 Awards handed…

1st December 2005

RingProp Cops Award

1st December 2005

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The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) made a successful transition along with Europort last month when CEDA Dredging Days 2005 was held alongside the newly relocated Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam.

1st December 2005

Outlook Positive at CEDA Dredging Days

1st December 2005

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Historical animosities have been set aside to deliver the EU funded Summeri Project, which unites three major Gulf of Finland maritime training centres as one network capable of both training personnel and…

1st December 2005

Pollution Preparedness Bridges Historical Tensions

1st December 2005

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The second in a series of new 10.1 m patrol boats for the German sea rescue service DGzRS has gone into service out of Glowe on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

1st December 2005

New Series for German Sea Rescue Body

1st December 2005

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Dutch salvage company Multraship, working with Belgian salvor URS, has successfully refloated the 3,758gt chemical tanker Philipp Essberger, which grounded in the River Scheldt near Flushing following a reported engine failure.

1st December 2005

Successful River Scheldt Salvage

1st December 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

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The new Yanmar ECO Diesel range of low emission marine engines has been developed with an AMOT custom designed self-actuating temperature control valve for the water cooling system.

1st November 2005

Control Valve Streamlines Marine Diesels

1st November 2005

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Set up earlier this year in Gloucestershire UK as a sister company to land based air quality monitoring specialist Enviro Technology Services, ET Marine has had its compact SeaNox nitrogen oxides analyser…

1st November 2005

Analyser NOx Sox Off Emissions

1st November 2005

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When ships are loaded with liquids such as gasoline, fuel oils or naptha, vapour is displaced from the hold. This vapour can either be recovered or destroyed using an enclosed flare. The…

1st November 2005

Gas Vapour Monitors Satisfy US Coast Guard

1st November 2005

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Littlehampton UK based Kittiwake, which specialises in fuel and lube oil testing in the marine industries, has launched a new range of remote online sensors for lubricant and machine condition monitoring. The…

1st November 2005

Online Sensors Deliver Root-Cause Monitoring

1st November 2005

INTERVIEWS

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The European Commission Directive on Ship Source Pollution is misconceived, unnecessarily harmful to the maritime industry and contrary to international law, according to Epaminondas Embiricos, chairman of the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.

1st November 2005

EC Pollution Directive Criticised

1st November 2005

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The importance of keeping your terms and conditions under review can be overlooked in the struggle to make bigger and better profits, writes Linda Jacques, partner at LA Marine, the specialist shipping…

1st November 2005

Keep Those Terms and Conditions Under Review

1st November 2005

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Prettys Solicitors sponsored a dinner last month to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar which was attended by the Haven Gateway shipping community and visitors from about a dozen overseas European ports.

1st November 2005

Port-Net Partners Victory Dinner

1st November 2005

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Associated British Ports has named Andrew Garner as the companys new General Counsel in an appointment which became effective from the first of this month.

1st November 2005

New General Counsel at Associated British Ports

1st November 2005

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Coastal and Ocean Mapping, Operational Oceanography and EEZ Management are among ten main topics scheduled for the second triennial World Maritime Technology Conference (WMTC 2006), to be held in Londons Queen Elizabeth…

1st November 2005

World Maritime Technology Conference

1st November 2005

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A detailed review of methods now being increasingly adopted for digital encoding and recording of video data for offshore survey applications has been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which…

1st November 2005

IMCA Digital Video Review

1st November 2005

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Rostock, Germany based Innomar Technologie has extended its SES-2000 series of parametric sub-bottom profiling systems for open sea and shallow water applications with introduction of a fan-type model incorporating three common parametric…

1st November 2005

New Innomar Sub-Bottom Profiler

1st November 2005