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Salvage operations in the English Channel to remove the sunken car carrier Tricolor and its cargo have been suspended due to hostile weather conditions. Based on weather statistics from the past, it…

1st December 2003

Tricolor Salvage Suspended

1st December 2003

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The collision avoidance benefits of AIS will become more financially accessible to the operators of smaller commercial and leisure vessels when Euronav launches its low-cost Ai3000 AIS receiver at the 2004 London…

1st December 2003

Euronav Launch Budget AIS

1st December 2003

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Murmansk Shipping Company operates the worlds largest nuclear powered river ice breaker. The 1987 built Taymir generates 45,000kW of propulsive power which drives through three water lubricated closed propeller shaft installations. Each…

1st December 2003

Rubber Prop Shaft Bearings for Nuclear Ice Breaker

1st December 2003

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Maidstone UK based Hi-Tec Spray Ltd has grown as a UK force in surface coating technology for the marine industry following its acquisition of Bollom Finishing Equipment . The newly expanded company…

1st December 2003

Hi-Tec Acquires Bollom

1st December 2003

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ChartCo has achieved a major technical milestone by broadcasting its upgraded user software, oceanMaster , direct to over 1,000 ships at sea. This software upgrade, including integration with existing on board database…

1st December 2003

Remote Upgrade to 1000 Ships

1st December 2003

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Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants (MUSC) have had the first Ship Security Plan onboard a container vessel to be verified by the UKs Maritime and Coastguard Agency . The ISPS compliant security…

1st December 2003

First ISSC Certificate for Boxship

1st December 2003

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Visitors to the 2004 London Boat Show , taking place next month at the ExCel Exhibition Centre in the Docklands, will be able to travel towards the show from central London along…

1st December 2003

Fast Cat Travel to Boat Show

1st December 2003

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Oilfield Publications produces a range of similar titles covering vesseltypes such as tugs, survey vessels and mobile drilling units.

1st November 2003

Dredgers of the World: Fourth Edition

1st November 2003

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The first of Corrintec s newly developed Patroltek hull corrosion protection systems has been supplied for a newbuild Mexican Navy patrol craft.

1st November 2003

Fast Craft Covered for Corrosion Protection

1st November 2003

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A three-way temperature control valve from AMOT Controls features a 70% increase in flow capability which allows the use of a more cost effective smaller valve. The new valve also includes a…

1st November 2003

Cost Control with Increased Flow

1st November 2003

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First time exhibitors continue to swell the ranks of companies taking part at Ship Repair & Conversion 2003 , the twelfth anniversary of the industrys premier exhibition and conference, taking place the…

1st November 2003

First Timers Flock to ShipRepair & Conversion

1st November 2003

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It has been an encouragingly active Summer and Autumn for many of Europes ship repair and conversion facilities and thus a refreshing contrast to the gloomy order situation in much of the…

1st November 2003

Encouraging Signs for Repair Sector in Europe

1st November 2003

INTERVIEWS

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Wirral UK based seabed mapping and marine survey specialists Osiris Projects hascommissioned a new coastal survey vessel and is set to double its workforce with the help of a £ 650,000 financial…

1st November 2003

Innovative Finance Funds Unique Newbuild

1st November 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Net Survey of Claydon, Oxfordshire reports recent completion of two contrasting projects that have pushed the boundaries of multibeam technology, says Managing Director Duncan Mallace.

1st November 2003

Advanced Multibeam Ice Scour Surveys

1st November 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HMS Enterprise , the second of the Royal Navys new multi-role hydrographic and oceanographic survey vessels, was formally commissioned in the presence of 200 invited guests at Devonport Naval Base on 17…

1st November 2003

New RN Ship Commissioned

1st November 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

CARIS , the Canadian leader in software for marine and hydrographic spatial information production and management, has released Version 2.0 of its widely-used Hydrographic Production Database (HPD).

1st November 2003

CARIS Upgrades HPD Database

1st November 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Work on what is claimed to be the first parametric echo sounder capable of deployment on ROVs down to 2000m is now being carried out by Aquadyne AS of Asker, Norway in…

1st November 2003

First ROV Parametric Sounder

1st November 2003

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HR Wallingford in the UK has recently completed a research project to provide new guidance for the hydraulic design of jetties in exposed locations, the project being funded by UK government under…

1st November 2003

New Guidelines for Hydraulic Design of Exposed Jetties

1st November 2003

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Marine aggregates producers in the UK should learn early next year whether new licences for the extraction of aggregates in the Eastern Channel have been approved, allowing them to make plans for…

1st November 2003

Eastern Channel Key to UK Aggregates Industry

1st November 2003

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The International Salvage Union has deplored the decision of a Pakistani Court to detain the Salvage Master involved in the recent Tasman Spirit salvage operation after the tanker had grounded at Karachi…

1st November 2003

Pakistan Pollution Detention Prompts ISU Ire

1st November 2003