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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Commercial and military boatbuilder VT Halmatic ofPortchester has recently secured a contract to build three WB18 workboats for an un-named overseas operator. The 18.9m steel workboats will be similar to Prince Rock…

1st March 2005

TOWLINES

1st March 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SASEMAR , the Spanish marine safety agency, has ordered two advanced pollution prevention and control vessels designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce in a contract worth approximately £ 16m.

1st March 2005

Spain Orders Pollution Control ETVs

1st March 2005

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With the global market for renewable energy technologies topping $25 billion last year, 11 UK renewable energy trade associations have joined forces to publish an eight point action plan aimed at rapidly…

1st March 2005

UK To Lead Push for Renewables

1st March 2005

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The United Nations agency International Maritime Organisation is to help coordinate restoration of key maritime infrastructure in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami tragedy.

1st March 2005

United Nations Tsunami Aid Role

1st March 2005

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This year will see a nationwide celebration of Britains long love affair with the sea, inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.

1st March 2005

SeaBritain 2005 Festival Online

1st March 2005

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The UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency has awarded a new contract for Maritime Radio Survey & Inspection to Selenia Communications Ltd .The three year contract, awarded following a full European tendering process…

1st March 2005

MCA Awards Radio Contract

1st March 2005

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After 30 years acting as a key rendezvous point for tankers in the Arabian Gulf, the Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) buoy has been successfully upgraded to a high focal plane buoy adjacent…

1st March 2005

Famous Buoy Successfully Upgraded in the Arabian Gulf

1st March 2005

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To obtain a further shortening of lead time, especially in the increasingly important retrofit market, Furuno has opened a new European Distribution Centre at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands.

1st March 2005

Bridge Equipment Goes Dutch

1st March 2005

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Box traffic on French inland waterways increased by 37% during the first nine months of 2004 and showed particularly strong growth in the River Rhone basin, where it increased by 53%. Growth…

1st March 2005

Large Leap for Inland Boxes

1st March 2005

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Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels.

1st March 2005

Small Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards

1st March 2005

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For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a…

1st March 2005

Cold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker

1st March 2005

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The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing safeguarding policy…

1st March 2005

London Extends Thames Wharf Protection

1st March 2005

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IHCCaland Shareholders in Hollands approved the sale last month of the groups shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.

1st March 2005

Dutch Dredger Builders Detach

1st March 2005

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Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins civil and marine activities last year…

1st March 2005

Jenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment

1st March 2005

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Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunels breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a…

1st March 2005

Glass Ceiling Rescues Brunels Masterpiece

1st March 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Antwerp based underwater specialist Hydrex has just adapted a fast, simple and inexpensive way of dealing with underwater work in confined areas, such as a thruster tunnel, where the work in the…

1st February 2005

NewDevelopment in Mobdock Technology

1st February 2005

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Due to the limited availability of purpose designed ships, there are regions of the world that frequently use vessels of opportunity from which to carry out surface supplied and saturation diving work.

1st February 2005

IMCA Delivers Dive Boat Guidance

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Natural Environment Research Council, which has an annual budget of around £ 300m to fund and undertake impartial research in environmental sciences, has commissioned construction of a new £ 36m…

1st February 2005

NERC Orders New Ship

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The widespread damage to livelihoods and infrastructures resulting from the magnitude 9 earthquake off the west coast of Sumatra on 26 December has brought a swift response from world aid agencies and…

1st February 2005

Tsunami Relief Aid Begins

1st February 2005

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

BP has concluded a $3m partnership agreement with the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, for a three-year research programme. The initial focus of the programme, say…

1st February 2005

BP-Scripps Agreement

1st February 2005