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Investors in the P& O ports and ferries group must feel like Christmas is ongoing as the Singapore governments investment fund Temasek, which already owns the worlds number two container terminal operator…

1st January 2006

P&O Ports Takeover Cliffhanger

1st January 2006

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s UK Port of Felixstowe applied last month for permission under the Transport and Works Act (TWA) to improve the existing single track branch line between Trimley St Mary and Levington.

1st January 2006

UK Port Rail Plan

1st January 2006

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The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency last month awarded a five year interim contract for the provision of Coastguard search and rescue helicopter services to CHC Scotia. The contract provides for commercial…

1st January 2006

New MCA Search & Rescue Helicopter Contract

1st January 2006

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The RNLI officially unveiled its new Tamar Class all-weather lifeboat at the London Boat Show earlier this month.

1st January 2006

RNLI Launches Tamar at London Boat Show

1st January 2006

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Acquisitive Australian investment group Babcock & Brown has bought into UK port operations with the purchase of PD Ports and into the growing European marine renewable energy market with the purchase of…

1st January 2006

Babcock & Brown March on Maritime Europe

1st January 2006

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Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced anticipated net profits for 2005 will be up by at least 80% on 2004, when the company posted a figure of ?32.3m. A large…

1st January 2006

Boskalis Boom Year

1st January 2006

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Associated British Ports (ABP) welcomed the Government decision last month to permit construction of the proposed Quay 2005 container terminal at the companys northern Port of Hull. The two berth development would…

1st January 2006

Box Terminal Gets Go Ahead

1st January 2006

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ITT-Jabsco has signed an agreement with Americas Algae-X International for the sale and distribution of Algae-X fuel maintenance and management systems to the European marine industry. Algae-X is a range of fuel…

1st January 2006

Fuel Conditioning Deal

1st January 2006

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AC-CESS has continued its success in selling to international defence markets with the sale of the first AC-ROV to the French Ministry of the Defence after a successful demonstration at the Breast…

1st December 2005

AC-CESS Micro ROV Orders

1st December 2005

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ROV manufacturer Sub-Atlantic Ltd, based in Aberdeen in the UK, has been awarded a contract to deliver a 6,000m depth rated version of its light Workclass Comanche ROV to salvage company Subsea…

1st December 2005

6,000m ROV Contract Awarded to Subsea Resources

1st December 2005

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Over 25 owners and operators attended the first UK VideoRay Conference held over two days in Poole, Dorset. The event was organised by UK distributors Atlantas Marine.

1st December 2005

Atlantas Marine Organise First UK VideoRay Users Conference

1st December 2005

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Hurricane damage and an increased demand for more capable inspection ROVs has led to an urgent order for Seaeye for three systems to be rushed to the Gulf of Mexico.

1st December 2005

ROVs for Hurricane Hit Gulf

1st December 2005

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Demand for Aquatechs new survey launch Aquadynamic was so great that the vessel was put into service 18 months before its official launch at Oi06 next March.

1st December 2005

Early Start for Hydrographic Survey Newbuild

1st December 2005

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Kongsberg Maritime in Norway has introduced a new survey package for ROVs, the EM 3002. Comprising a suite of imaging, positioning and communication hardware and software, the company says it is designed…

1st December 2005

Kongsberg ROV Survey Package

1st December 2005

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Canadian software specialists CARIS have launched a new suite of products for bathymetric data management, Base Editor 1.0. It enables users to compile, validate and analyse bathymetric data from multiple formats and…

1st December 2005

New CARIS Software

1st December 2005

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A 2.85m research project for development of an electronic pilot display and information system (EPDIS), part-funded by the EU under its Information Society Technology programme, has been successfully completed following presentation of…

1st December 2005

EU EPDIS Project Completed

1st December 2005

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Conducting marine operations in surf zones can be extremely difficult, particularly when the project is a geotechnical survey off Devon UKs premier surfing beach. Such was the challenge posed to Mojo Maritime…

1st December 2005

Mojo Working Miracles at Woolacombe

1st December 2005

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Definitive guidelines for shared use of Differential GPS for dynamic positioning and survey operations have been published by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the London-based organisation with around 300 member companies…

1st December 2005

DGPS Shared Use Guidelines

1st December 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Workboat operator Rederij Waterweg BV has joined forces with another Dutch workboat company, Van Stee Survey & Supply, after the latter was taken over by what is now the parent company of…

1st December 2005

Dutch Workboat Duo Join Forces

1st December 2005

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Drogheda Port Company announced on 9 December that it is commencing an open competitive process for a joint venture partner for the development of its Bremore Deepwater Port in the Greater Dublin…

1st December 2005

Bidding for Irish Deepwater Port

1st December 2005