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Briggs Marine signs landmark £182m contract with UK Ministry of Defence

Pyrotechnic signals will be with us for some time to come. ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Distress signals need to work in extremes

Stan Woodard points out his wireless fluid level measurement system, a spinoff technology originally developed to retrofit ageing aircraft with vehicle safety monitoring equipment. ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Safer sensors come down from the skies

The Rescue Buoy MOB has an air propelled, not pyrotechnic, launch device ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Pneumatic launcher for rescue device

The 6kg satellite will extend AIS capability dramatically. ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine objectives await launch into orbit

Italian owned 'Fox' is on charter as the 'Fairplay 27'. TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairplay Towage charter the Italian Fox – by Jack Gaston

'Orca VI' shows off in Indonesia prior to sailing to Panama. TUGS & SALVAGE

TOWLINES June 2010 – by Jack Gaston

The sheer area of the Port of Cork provides a major challenge for port security. SECURITY

Port of Cork is safe and secure

There will be negotiations with representative local lighthouse and port authorities for the transfer from the GLAs to them of 53 AtoN that are considered to be primarily for the benefit of local navigation. Photo courtesy of Tideland Signal. NAVAIDS

GLAs complete five year AtoN review

The Castor Green Terminal will feature wind turbines as the primary source of power, along with solar photovoltaic roof panels. KEY DEALS

Clean green terminal of the future

A new team in the Houses of Parliament has pledged an immediate freeze on the collection of backdated port rates. INTERVIEWS

End in sight for backdated UK port rates bills

The coalition intends to deliver at least half a million signatures to governments by IMO World Maritime Day on 23 September. SECURITY

Global coalition says, ‘Enough is Enough’

The AWS-III wave energy test device deployed in Scotland’s Loch Ness. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

New wave energy device aims for utility scale output

Ship operators are beginning to give their crews bonuses based on improvements in fuel consumption and related environmental aspects. POLLUTION CONTROL

An alternative route to greener shipping

The new DARAD monitor and alarm system was installed on Arco Dart while it was docked for service and repairs. MONITORING & CONTROL

Monitor your vessel’s requirements at Seawork 2010

Award winner Stefan Aarninkhof with former CEDA director Jan van’t Hoff at presentations in Liverpool last month. DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

‘Building with Nature’ wins dredging paper award

Aarsleff only had about a one hour working window at the extreme of the early morning and evening low tides. PORTS & HARBOURS

Piling success boosts pier maintenance project

‘SOSRCEM’ is an evolution of ‘ARCA’, the Damen designed pollution response vessel owned by the Dutch Ministry of Transport. POLLUTION CONTROL

Damen designs a pollution fighter for Vietnam

Local officials and the future operators of JWP are in dispute over when it will be completed. PORTS & HARBOURS

JWP construction on target amid dispute over opening

The handling of big boxships will not be impaired by the temporary offshore wind farm construction base. OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

New base is forerunner to planned Weser offshore port