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VT Halmatic rounded off an eventful 2003 with the completion of the worlds tallest yacht mast, which will be fitted on the high-tech luxury yacht Mirabella V under construction by parent company…

1st January 2004

Worlds Tallest Mast Delivered

1st January 2004

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Orkot Marine Bearings have launched a website to provide easily accessible information on their range of rudder bearings for the shipping and marine industries. Data on material grades, fitting, matching and applications…

1st January 2004

Rudder Bearing Website

1st January 2004

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Ship repair and conversion specialist A&P Falmouth has been named as one of the best training providers in the country by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), the government body responsible for reporting…

1st January 2004

A&P Falmouth a Top Trainer

1st January 2004

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In the week before Christmas the UKs Crown Estate revealed plans for 15 new Round Two offshore wind farms and named the companies which have bid successfully to develop them.

1st January 2004

UK Green Light for 15 Offshore Wind Farms

1st January 2004

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The UKs long tradition of making maritime history was extended this month with the spectacular naming ceremony for Queen Mary 2 , the worlds largest passenger liner, at the Port of Southampton…

1st January 2004

Southampton Welcomes Queen Mary 2

1st January 2004

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Abeking & Rasmussen has fitted a fast ballast system on the German SWATH pilot tender Dose and not only speeded up pilot transfer involving low-freeboard ships but also eased the rescue of…

1st January 2004

A&R Pilot Tender Gets Fast Ballast System

1st January 2004

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Aberdeen based oil and chemical spill specialists Ceto Environmental Ltd , which is contracted to the MCA to deal with incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, has announced the opening of a…

1st January 2004

Ceto Environmentals Third UK Response Centre

1st January 2004

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This English language version of Scheepskennis follows the success of theDutch language version in the authors own country.

1st December 2003

Ship Knowledge: A Modern Encyclopedia

1st December 2003

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When the ISM Code was introduced in 1998 for passenger ships, bulk carriersand tankers it was received with mixed reactions by an industry that wasstruggling economically and burdened by legislation.

1st December 2003

Cracking the Code

1st December 2003

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Composite product specialist CTG has won a contract to supply 16 large carbon composite buoyancy tanks to Thales Geosolutions . The filament-wound carbon fibre epoxy tanks have been designed, developed and manufactured…

1st December 2003

CTG Delivers Subsea Buoyancy Tanks

1st December 2003

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Europes largest indoor dive pool and techquarium has opened on the site of a former sewage works at Fort William in Scotland. The £ 2.5m Ocean Frontier attraction received funding from a…

1st December 2003

Indoor Diving Fun at Ocean Frontier Attraction

1st December 2003

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JLMD Ecologic Group , the French company which has invented and patented the JLMD System for recovering fuel oil from sunken ships, has signed its first three orders for a total of…

1st December 2003

Sales Surge for Shipwreck Oil Recovery System

1st December 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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The Society for Underwater Technology and the Hydrographic Society in Scotland are convening a one-day seminar on Digital Video for Offshore Survey & Inspection , in Aberdeen on 15 January. It will…

1st December 2003

Digital Video Seminar

1st December 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The UK Hydrographic Office snew £ 3.5m Ritchie Archive building at its Taunton headquarters was formally opened by Prince Andrew, Duke of York on 26 November in the presence of Chief Executive…

1st December 2003

Duke of York Opens New UKHO Archive Centre

1st December 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro NV , the leading Dutch survey concern with over 250 offices in 57 countries, has acquired Thales GeoSolutions for a reported ? 147.5m.

1st December 2003

Fugro Buys Thales GeoSolutions

1st December 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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Canadian echosounder specialist Knudsen Engineering is to premiere two new systems at Oceanology International 2004 at Londons ExCel Centre next March.

1st December 2003

Knudsen to Launch Sounders

1st December 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The London-based International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), which has a worldwide membership drawn from more than 40 countries, has published a set of Terms & Conditions for Survey Support Services based on…

1st December 2003

IMCA Survey Document

1st December 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

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Cornwall UK based marine contractors Seacore has sold a Seawalker self contained eight leg walking jack-up platform to the Namibian mining company Namdeb foruse in mining diamonds in the shallow raging surf…

1st December 2003

Seawalker With Diamonds On the Sole of Its Shoes

1st December 2003

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PORTS & HARBOURS

NEG Micon has concluded a major offshore agreement with the Danish utility Elsam concerning the Kentish Flats Offshore Windfarm off the English coast of Kent.

1st December 2003

Danes Do UK Windfarm Deal

1st December 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hutchison Ports (UK) Ltd (HPUK) , on behalf of its subsidiary Port of Felixstowe, formally applied last month to Suffolk Coastal District Council for planning permission to reconfigure the southern part of…

1st December 2003

Felixstowe Applies for New Box Terminal

1st December 2003