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The trend to deploy ROVs in nearshore applications gained further momentum recently when Dean & Dyball used an ROV provided by Subsea Vision to survey power station pipeline diffusers off the coast…

1st July 2003

ROV Diffuses Nearshore Survey Risk

1st July 2003

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The joint application from the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and the UKs national regeneration agency, English Partnerships, to transform 31 hectares of Liverpools waterfront into a major residential and leisure village…

1st July 2003

Mersey Docks Redevelopment Plans Approved

1st July 2003

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A potentially significant new category of marine construction activity emerged in late May when the worlds first offshore tidal current turbine was successfully installed approximately 3km to the northeast of Lynmouth off…

1st July 2003

Worlds First Offshore Tidal Current Turbine Installed

1st July 2003

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Thales GeoSolutions environmental and metocean services division has completed a 13 month oceanographic measurement programme in the outer Thames estuary. The programme was completed for Hydrosearch and is part of a pre-development…

1st July 2003

Thames Wind Farm Survey Completed

1st July 2003

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A website launched late last month allows all interested parties to follow salvage operations for removal of the car carrier Tricolor , which sunk in the English Channel following a collision last…

1st July 2003

Tricolor Salvage Goes Online

1st July 2003

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Malmö ’ s new SEK 220 million Toyota Nordic Hub Vehicle Logistics Centre, which was only opened in May, is now gearing up to double its car handling capability this year.

1st July 2003

New Swedish Port Terminal Prepares to Take Off

1st July 2003

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International marine management company Inchscape Shipping Services (ISS) has been appointed as sole Lloyd’ s Agents for southern Iraq, effective from the first of this month. ISS will be responsible for the…

1st July 2003

ISS Lands in Umm Qasr

1st July 2003

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Consultants High-Point Rendel have won a contract for repairs to a berthing dolphin at the Immingham Oil Terminal . The contract, awarded by Humber Oil Terminals Trust , is for repairs to…

1st July 2003

High-Point Heals Harbour

1st July 2003

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The restructuring of marine electronics specialists Kongsberg Maritime, announced at Nor-Shipping in June, came into effect on the first of this month. The subsidiaries Kongsberg Simrad and Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS)…

1st July 2003

Kongsberg Restructure In Place

1st July 2003

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Published on the final day of seawork2003 , Dive EnglandsGreatest Wrecks is the perfect companion for any diver interested in exploring Englandsmost exciting shipwrecks, preserved as time capsules of an era of…

1st June 2003

Dive Englands Greatest Wrecks

1st June 2003

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After 27 years in the British Royal Navy, the author was Deputy Secretary ofThe Nautical Institute from 1984 until 1998 and is thus well placed to tell thestory of a new organisation…

1st June 2003

A Nautical Odyssey: A History of The Nautical Institute 1972 – 2002

1st June 2003

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Castrol Marine have successfully relaunched the semi-synthetic 10W40 multigrade oil previously known as Dynamax under its new name, Enduron, with Italian fast ferry and hydrofoil operator SNAV.

1st June 2003

Oil Cuts Costs for Fast Ferry Fleet

1st June 2003

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The first Ulstein Aquamaster Azipull thrusters to enter service will be four AZP085 units propelling the new Fjellstrand FerryCat double-ended catamaran ferry which is due to commence operations in Norway this summer.…

1st June 2003

Azipull Thrusters Head for Offshore Service

1st June 2003

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The Canadian Coast Guard has adopted a new operational concept for its fisheries inspection patrol boats, switching from a mix of larger vessels supplemented by smaller boats near shore, to new smaller…

1st June 2003

Patrol Boat Re-Think for Canadian Coast Guard

1st June 2003

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Caterpillar has launched four new commercial power ratings for its 3516B engine in both HD (High Displacement) and standard configuration. The move provides some 8% more power from an existing engine footprint…

1st June 2003

Dutch Treat Delivers Caterpillar Power Boost

1st June 2003

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In another demonstration of the versatility of the Schottel Pump-Jet (SPJ) propulsion system, the British Royal Navy has taken delivery of the first four LCU MK 10 landing craft for the new…

1st June 2003

Pump-Jet Propulsion for ‘Drive Through’ Landing Craft

1st June 2003

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The first shipment of PRM marine gearboxes to the USA based Westerbeke Corporation has been dispatched by Newage Transmissions of Coventry UK following the establishment of a supply agreement between the two…

1st June 2003

Newage Gearboxes Sail for USA

1st June 2003

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Tidewater s new crew boat Miss Jane Tide carries moisture eliminators from Delta T Systems , meeting a vital requirement of offshore service vessels which is to prevent moisture and sea spray…

1st June 2003

Dry Engine Rooms Vital to Tidewater

1st June 2003

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The worlds first triple hulled ship to put to sea under electric propulsion has its power system protected by neutral earthing resistors (NERs) provided by Leicester UK based Cressall Resistors. In the…

1st June 2003

Irresistible Protection for Electric Propulsion System

1st June 2003

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Co-operation between Twin Disc and their UK distributor, seawork2003 exhibitor Marine & Industrial Transmissions Ltd has resulted in the provision of a substantial sponsorship package to Bear Grylls for his Arctic Challenge…

1st June 2003

Bear Goes to Sea (and seawork ) With Proven Propulsion

1st June 2003