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The 53rd UNB-OMB/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course, co-hosted by the Swedish Maritime Administration, will be held 15-20 March 2010, at the Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron 2, SE-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.

21st January 2010

Multibeam training in Malmö

21st January 2010

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Following Orolia’s acquisition of Kannad in September 2009 and of McMurdo in November (forming Orolia’s new Positioning Division), a new strategy has been implemented for both companies.

21st January 2010

McMurdo adds Kannad

21st January 2010

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MAN Nutzfahrzeuge transfered part of its business involving high speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel, effective from the first of this month.

21st January 2010

MAN to MAN

21st January 2010

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A new trade association armed with a broad mandate to represent and promote the health and medical interests of the world’s seafarers, port workers and cruise passengers as well as improve shipboard…

21st January 2010

IMMA’s London launch

21st January 2010

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The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has announced that Mr. René Kolman assumed the position of Secretary General from the first of this month.

21st January 2010

New IADC head

21st January 2010

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Warnemunde in northern Germany is the venue for Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 18th biennial European hydrographic conference, which will be held from 2 to 5 November.

21st January 2010

Hydro 2010 in Germany

21st January 2010

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Fox Delta Limited has launched as a specialist provider of land and maritime security risk management, training and related services.

21st January 2010

Firm foxes pirates

21st January 2010

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The Georgia USA based manufacturer of fibreglass marine wet exhaust mufflers and systems, Centek Industries, has appointed the German importer and distributor of technical boat equipment, Bukh Bremen GmbH, to distribute Centek’s…

21st January 2010

Georgia silences Germany

21st January 2010

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The British Fluid Power Association (BFPA), has launched a new one day Foundation Course in Working Safely with Hydraulic Hose and Connectors, so that people can work more safely with hydraulics.

21st January 2010

Hydraulics foundation course

21st January 2010

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Those who make all the rules and regulations that govern the design and operation of ships need to be sensitive to human element implications in all that they do according to the…

21st January 2010

‘Human Element’ Bulletin

21st January 2010

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Turkish communications and technology company Turkcell will collaborate with Turkey’s Directorate General of Coastal Safety for its pioneering ‘Remote Management of Lighthouses’ project, which will bring the latest technology to lighthouses and…

21st January 2010

Turkish lighthouse links

21st January 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

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Newly formed UK company Wiper Solve Marine, which manufactures window wipers and controllers for the marine industry, has newly designed products reaching the end of first phase development and test stages.

21st January 2010

New company solves wiper problems

21st January 2010

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

DBC Marine Safety Systems Ltd, part of the Zodiac SOLAS group, is to supply two marine evacuation systems for installation aboard the MV Chihuahua Star operated by Baja Ferries in Mexico. The…

21st January 2010

New evacuation systems for Mexican ferry

21st January 2010

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Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has delivered its mega-lifeboats, complete with unique davit systems, to the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas.

21st January 2010

Catamaran mega-lifeboats for largest cruise ship

21st January 2010

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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A Jumbo Shipping heavy lift vessel arrived at the Keppel Shipyard in Singapore last month carrying the drill tower for the first Shell/Frontier Bully drill ship, which was shipped from the Huisman…

21st January 2010

Jumbo delivers Bully I drill tower

21st January 2010

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Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, has signed an exclusive agreement with Vanguard to supply lifeboat release hooks complying with the latest…

21st January 2010

New MCA approved lifeboat release hooks

21st January 2010

SHORTSEA & FERRY

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Australian shipbuilder Austal has successfully launched its next generation 102m high speed trimaran vehicle/passenger ferry. The vessel has been undergoing final fit-out prior to its sea trials this month.

21st January 2010

Austal launch next generation high speed trimaran

21st January 2010

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

At the end of last month a Damen cutter suction dredger of type CSD450 was prepared for transport to Nigeria for Fiddil Nigeria Ltd.

21st January 2010

Full option ‘Ononaku’ bound for Nigeria

21st January 2010

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging of the Port of Raahe has been the most significant channel project in Finland over the past decades. The project was ordered by the City of Raahe and the Finnish Maritime…

21st January 2010

Deepened channel boosts Port of Raahe

21st January 2010

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Veils of fog dissolve in the cold morning sun. Six shivering men hurry to the reclamation area to man the bulldozers. They must be ready, engines running, when the dredger arrives. Suddenly…

21st January 2010

Reclamation extends Ronaldsway Airport runway

21st January 2010