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The small family firm of David Ferran & Sons of Belfast recently had the distinction of taking delivery of the first steel tug/workboat to be completed by Hampshire boat builders VT Halmatic…

1st September 2003

Works in Progress

1st September 2003

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Bear Grylls and his team have succeeded in a record setting effort to make the first ever unassisted crossing of the North Atlantic just south of the Arctic Circle in an open…

1st September 2003

Success for Atlantic Crossing

1st September 2003

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Irelands first deep-sea research vessel, the Irish Marine Institute s new RV Celtic Explorer , appears to have drawn nothing but praise since she was commissioned in April after completion at Damen/Royal…

1st September 2003

Silent Running Celtic Explorer Garners Praise

1st September 2003

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Cheetah Marine of Ventnor on the Isle of Wight has launched the first example of its new Cheetah 7.9m design to coincide with the opening of the new Ventnor Haven sheltered mooring…

1st September 2003

New Cheetah Hungry for Power

1st September 2003

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The Port of Felixstowe officially opened the first phase of its Trinity Terminal expansion by adding six hectares of back-up land which will boost storage capacity by 6,500 teu. A further section…

1st September 2003

Expansion Opens at Trinity

1st September 2003

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Newcastle UK based Tyne First has launched a website to promote, serve and support marine and offshore technology companies on and around the River Tyne. The website, www. tynefirst. com , focuses…

1st September 2003

Tyne Online

1st September 2003

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The Van der Velden Group of companies, which includes Barkemeyer GmbH & Kg , has celebrated its 40th anniversary with a change of name. Oceangoing manoeuvring equipment specialists Barkemeyer will henceforth operate…

1st September 2003

Name Change for Barkemeyer

1st September 2003

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Associated British Ports officially opened its third cruise terminal in the Port of Southampton last month, with the £ 1.5m City Cruise Terminal bringing ABP s investment in Southampton cruise facilities to…

1st September 2003

ABP Opens 3rd Southampton Cruise Terminal

1st September 2003

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One of the largest wreck removal operations ever undertaken continues in the English Channel with the consortium Combinatie Berging Tricolor (CBT) having already removed two sections cut from the sunken car carrier…

1st September 2003

Successful Tricolor Removal Underway

1st September 2003

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A unique new research vessel boasting a double propeller plant and two separate engine rooms is now under construction at Dutch shipyard Niestern Sander in Delfzijl.

1st September 2003

Double-up Research Ship is Immense Challenge Say Dutch

1st September 2003

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The UK Harbour Masters Association Autumn 2003 Seminar takes place on Wednesday, 29 October 2003 at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London.

1st September 2003

UKHMA Autumn Seminar Set

1st September 2003

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Dutch marine transport specialists Van der Wees Watertransporten made front page news in the Netherlands and Germany recently when their pontoon Lastdrager wasused to sail a decommissioned Concorde aircraft 50 miles down…

1st September 2003

Supersonic Legend Makes Final Flight By Water

1st September 2003

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The Netherlands IHC Caland offshore and shipbuilding group has announced the pending closure of its van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard in Rotterdam with the loss of 400 jobs. Completion of existing orders…

1st September 2003

IHC To Close van der Giessen-de Noord Shipyard

1st September 2003

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The raising in 1982 of Henry VIIIs favourite warship, the Mary Rose, hasmade her into one of the most famous ships in history, as a global televisionaudience followed her salvage and painstaking…

1st August 2003

Letters From The Mary Rose

1st August 2003

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This report from MSI Marketing Research for Industry covers the reviewperiod of 1998 - 2002, during which time the volume of UK port trafficincreased to an estimated 567.9 million tonnes in the…

1st August 2003

MSI Data Report: Commercial Ports: UK

1st August 2003

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Published last month is this 140th annual edition of an institution whichhas come to be the byword for accurate and comprehensive information on thecurrent political, economic and social status of every country…

1st August 2003

The Statesmans Yearbook 2004

1st August 2003

MONITORING & CONTROL

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Smith Flow Control has launched an enhanced version of its Flexi-Drive cable driven remote valve operator. The new Continuous Loop version has the same versatility as the original model but can now…

1st August 2003

Smith Launches New Flexi-Drive for Hard to Reach Valves

1st August 2003

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Suffolk UK based AMOT Controls chose the recent Norshipping Exhibition in Oslo to showcase their new AMOT 47702X range of electric actuators, which have been developed for quarter-turn operating applications such as…

1st August 2003

Versatile Electric Actuators Turn Up in Norway

1st August 2003

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Kongsberg Maritime has won the contract for the complete upgrade of the automation systems on board the Color Line ferry Kronprins Harald.

1st August 2003

New Mon&Con Package for Kronprins Harald

1st August 2003

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seawork2003 exhibitor Centa Transmissions Ltd was showing its recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling, which retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces…

1st August 2003

Short Sharp Shock-Free Centa

1st August 2003