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The Savannah Pilots of Savannah, Georgia USA have ordered a new 78ft pilot boat designed by the UKs Camarc Ltd which will be built at Kvichak Marine Industries of Seattle USA. The…

1st October 2003

Camarc/ Kvichak for Savannah Pilots

1st October 2003

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Alfa Laval Marine & Diesels engine room systems will be on show at Europort in two locations, at Alpha Lavals Stand 01.1167 in the Europahal and Kormarines Stand U82.

1st October 2003

Engine Rooms Protected at Europort

1st October 2003

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Just published by Tempus is this third volume by Mike Stammers, followinghis earlier efforts on Liverpool Docks (1999) and Norfolk Shipping (2002).

1st September 2003

Suffolk Shipping

1st September 2003

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This hefty volume contains a number of papers which, despite a somewhatacademic slant, could be of relevance to Maritime Journal readers within theport authorities as they collectively provide a comprehensively global view…

1st September 2003

The Handbook of Maritime Economics and Business

1st September 2003

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This digital reprint of an existing title from the Motorboats Monthly seriesremains of value to novice boaters and experienced professionals alike.

1st September 2003

Marine Inboard Engines

1st September 2003

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The sextant is the treasured navigational device of generations of seamenand airmen. It enables position to be determined with good accuracy for oceannavigation and it was the combination of sextant and chronometer…

1st September 2003

Reeds Sextant Simplified: 7th Edition

1st September 2003

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

With 50,000 ferry movements and over 16 million passengers handled last year, the UKs Port of Dover is one of the busiest ferry ports in the world. Cruise liners, cargo ships and…

1st September 2003

Tide and Weather Monitoring Lifts Dovers Soul

1st September 2003

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Irish Continental Group (ICG) subsidiaries Eucon Shipping & Transport and Eurofeeders have entered into a vessel sharing agreement (VSA) with Mersey Docks & Harbour Company subsidiary BG Freight Line which becomes effective…

1st September 2003

Vessel Sharing Agreement

1st September 2003

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Caterpillar Motoren GmbH & Co KG is celebrating an engine hat trick after supplying MaK engines to a third Northlink passenger ferry.

1st September 2003

Cal-Mac Makes MaK a Multiple Choice

1st September 2003

SUBSEA SERVICES

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A new large-scale survey of divers and diving supervisors carried out by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) appears to disprove popular theories that the average age of divers is rising, no…

1st September 2003

Official Survey Shows – Divers Not Getting Older

1st September 2003

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KDBC launched two new linear lighting products at seawork2003 .

1st September 2003

SeaSnake Delivers Divers Delights

1st September 2003

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Briggs Marine have resumed work on a UK Ministry of Defence contract to remove oil from the tank of a sunken battleship off Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Royal Oak wastorpedoed by a…

1st September 2003

Work Resumes on Warship Oil Removal

1st September 2003

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Miami, Florida-based wreck exploration and salvage organisation, RPM Nautical Foundation , has acquired a new Type SM-5A Containerised Air Dive System from South African diving system manufacturer Southern Oceanics (Pty) Ltd .

1st September 2003

Containerised Air Dive System for Wreck Exploration and Salvage

1st September 2003

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Elmeridge Cables Ltd , the Brighton UK based cable technologists, have designed and produced new tether cables specifically for remote offshore video systems (ROVs) manufactured by Deep Scenes Ltd of Perth in…

1st September 2003

Technology Advance for Underwater Cables

1st September 2003

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Dorset UK based ROV specialist Subsea Vision Ltd has been appointed by the Babtie Group on behalf of Montrose Port Authority to conduct an underwater survey of approximately 100m of collapsed quay…

1st September 2003

Subsea Vision With Falcons Eagle Eye

1st September 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Thales GeoSolutions and Sonsub have been retained by Spanish oil company Repsol YPF to design and build ROVs for deepwater surveys and investigation of the Prestige oil tanker which sank 150 miles…

1st September 2003

Thales-Sonsub Prestige Contract

1st September 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Society , which is presently devolving into the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS), is to hold its 14th biennial international symposium in Galway, Ireland from 2-4 November 2004.

1st September 2003

Hydro4 Symposium

1st September 2003

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

US company Ocean Grafix of Minnesota reports testing of a service that can provide instant paper charts using latest advances in digital print technology. It has begun tests at two locations in…

1st September 2003

US Charts on Demand

1st September 2003

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HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency , the UKs national maritime administration responsible for promoting standards of safety at sea and protection of the marine environment, has acquired a series of licences for…

1st September 2003

Licences for MCA

1st September 2003

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Traditionally adversarial relationships between environmentalists and port developers have been reversed by a pioneering agreement between Associated British Ports and leading UK conservation organisations which will help to safeguard the future of…

1st September 2003

Habitat Agreement Paves Way for Port Construction

1st September 2003