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The Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) will be renamed the National Oceanography Centre , Southampton from 1st May this year as it bids to become the focus for oceanography in the UK. The…

1st February 2005

SOC On New Footing

1st February 2005

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Southampton UK based corporate recovery specialists Fanshawe Lofts successfully sold the troubled Isle of Wight business GRP Laminates last month to the Oxford based Seighford Investments Company Ltd, which plans to expand…

1st February 2005

Seighford Gets to Grips With GRP

1st February 2005

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Port Talbot UK based filter element specialists for marine and other industries, Filtration and Separation Ltd , reports a 60% increase in production during 2004, its first full year since being taken…

1st February 2005

Success Filters Through

1st February 2005

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The UK Harbour Masters Association will hold its 2005 Spring Seminar at the IMarEST Conference Centre incentral London on 13 April.

1st February 2005

UKHMA 2005 Spring Seminar Announced

1st February 2005

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Klyne Group Holdings has purchased from LEC Marine Limited (currently in Administration), plant, machinery and stock to operate a marine maintenance division, switchboard division, engraving and sign writing and cable supply division…

1st February 2005

Klyne Take Over LEC Marine Branches

1st February 2005

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Merseyside Maritime Museum has landed a £ 25,000 sponsorship from Cunard for its recently opened exhibition Liverpool to New York - the only way to cross. Given its long history as one…

1st February 2005

Cunard Honours Mersey Heritage

1st February 2005

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Having successfully proven the concept of using a trimaran design for warships of the future, science and technology solutions specialist QinetiQ has sold its high profile research vessel Triton to Great Yarmouth…

1st February 2005

Fork In the Road for Triton

1st February 2005

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In our January coverage of Wijsmuller Salvage s year end activities, reference was made to their response to the sinking of the tanker Vicuna , which exploded while discharging methanol alongside Cattalini…

1st February 2005

Vicuna Response Still Underway

1st February 2005

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As Liverpool was developing and prospering with the Industrial Revolution, William Laird arrived as a young man and began purchasing land at Birkenhead, on the more deprived side of the Mersey.

1st January 2005

Cammell Laird

1st January 2005

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With the campaign to save the White Star Lines tender Nomadic already on MJs news pages this month, Tempus has set a January publication date for asubstantial new volume detailing the life…

1st January 2005

RMS Olympic: Titanics Sister

1st January 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

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2005 sees Essex UK-based Bond Instrumentation and Process Control enter into its 30th year of trading on a high after a busy end to 2004.

1st January 2005

Expansive Bond Celebrates 30 Years

1st January 2005

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MONITORING & CONTROL

From this month, noise testing has become necessary as the amended EU Recreational Craft Directive (RCD) has come into force. For the first time, upper limits for boat noise are specified. Compliance…

1st January 2005

SoundBuoy Launch Boosts Boat Noise Compliance

1st January 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The double ended ferry Dokter Wagemaker has been built by the Damen Group in Romania and was delivered last month for finishing to their Schelde yard at Vlissingen in the Netherlands. The…

1st January 2005

Innovation Sparks DieselElectric Ferry

1st January 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

As fuel is the single largest cost of marine diesel ownership, accurate metering is critical.

1st January 2005

FuelCom Goes With the Flow

1st January 2005

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Working closely with Volvo Penta , Simrad has developed intelligent auto steering via CAN for the new Inboard Propulsion System (IPS) introduced earlier this month at the London Boat Show . The…

1st January 2005

Smart Steering for New System

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Swedens TTS Ships Equipment AB of Gothenburg, part of Norways TTS Marine ASA , has signed an agreement to purchase Finlands Liftec Products Oy of Tammerfors. The company will be renamed TTS…

1st January 2005

TTS Finnish Handling Expansion

1st January 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A 2,500 ton capacity crane mounted on an 84m LOA catamaran is helping the booming economic metropolis that is Shanghai meet its requirements for additional ports and coastal infrastructure.

1st January 2005

Cats Cranes Speed Expansion

1st January 2005

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The UKs Thamesport set about further boosting its productivity this month when it embarked upon an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes. The five post-Panamax cranes, which are now…

1st January 2005

Cranes Upgrade Expands Thamesport Capacity

1st January 2005

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Germany based HATLAPA recently celebrated its 85th anniversary and in the same week shipped a 56 ton towing winch, the largest produced in the companys history, from its home port of Uetersen.

1st January 2005

Heavyweight Winch Marks Anniversary

1st January 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

In January 2003 VOSTA LMG received an order from Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard for the design and supply of all dredging components for a trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) for the Chinese Harbor…

1st January 2005

European Expertise in Chinese Newbuild

1st January 2005