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Swedish hydro survey operator MMT AB has recently completed a refurbishment project that   allows the company to offer coastal high resolution surveys in shallow waters.

27th July 2009

Swedes refurbish shallow water survey boat

27th July 2009

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Germany’ s sea rescue service DGzRS has put the second of a new class of rescue cruisers into operation in the Baltic.

27th July 2009

New German rescue class gets second addition

27th July 2009

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Wind Force 1, billed as the first German flag offshore catamaran, has gone into service supplying and maintaining the North Sea Wind Park.

27th July 2009

Germanys first offshore cat in service

27th July 2009

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South West England’ s ambition to be a global centre for harnessing energy from the sea received a major boost last month with the announcement of a £ 10.3 million investment in…

25th July 2009

£10m boost for marine energy research

25th July 2009

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A& P Falmouth in the UK has joined an elite group of just 23 companies in Cornwall to gain membership of Beacon South West, an initiative which encourages companies with a proven…

25th July 2009

Repair yard a Beacon for economic growth

25th July 2009

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In these difficult financial times, it is worth remembering that full insurance cover is essential if liability for these risks is to be properly covered, writes John Sharp, partner at Browne Jacobson…

25th July 2009

Tug winch failure required full protection

25th July 2009

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The International Dynamic Positioning Operators Association (IDPOA) was launched in London recently at the inaugural European Dynamic Positioning Conference. The new not for profit professional body provides a representative voice to the…

23rd July 2009

Dynamic positioning association

23rd July 2009

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Resurgent UK shipyard Cammell Laird Shiprepairers and Shipbuilders is celebrating being crowned ‘ Business of the Year’ at the prestigious Liverpool Daily Post Business Awards. The shipyard had its most successful year…

23rd July 2009

Cammell takes award

23rd July 2009

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Maritime safety website Maritime Accident Casebook is now offering free safety sites to its corporate and organisational subscribers. Called SafeWork, the sites will enable subscribers to build targeted safety resources to meet…

23rd July 2009

SafeWork websites launched

23rd July 2009

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Southampton UK based GRP and FRP moulder Composite Mouldings Ltd (CML) has won an order to build mouldings for the Lochin 333 Harbour Pilot to be delivered to Plymouth. The order adds…

23rd July 2009

A pilots mouldings

23rd July 2009

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Scientists at America’ s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have demonstrated that tsunamis in the open ocean can change sea surface texture in a way that can be measured by satellite-borne…

23rd July 2009

Satellites site tsunamis

23rd July 2009

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Sweden’ s Saab TransponderTech AB has been awarded a contract from the Romanian Naval Authority to upgrade and expand the country’ s AIS network along the Black Sea coast. Under the contract,…

23rd July 2009

A job for Saab

23rd July 2009

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UK specialist pipe coupling manufacturer Teekay Couplings Ltd has launched a German operation, Teekay Rohrkupplunger GmbH at Ratingen, near Dusseldorf. The new company will meet the expanding business potential throughout central Europe,…

23rd July 2009

Continental couplings

23rd July 2009

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Walport has completed the filming of its new crew training DVD ‘ Lifeboat Drills – Preparing for Safety’ and will launch this latest addition to its maritime raining film library at the…

23rd July 2009

Lifeboat Drills Safety DVD

23rd July 2009

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Thermal management specialist Zircotec has developed what is believed to be the first ever flexible ceramic heat shield material which can reduce surface temperatures by up to a third. The new lightweight…

23rd July 2009

Flexible ceramic heatshield

23rd July 2009

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The overriding theme of this year’ s Port City Futures (PCFS) Convention, held at Southampton’ s Ocean Terminal last month, was one of growth and expansion.

23rd July 2009

Southampton Port plans for expansion

23rd July 2009

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PD Ports, the owner of Teesport in the UK, welcomed the Government’ s decision last month to approve MGT Power’ s 295MW wood fuelled power station, which is to be built on…

23rd July 2009

Biomass bonanza for British port

23rd July 2009

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South West England was last month named the UK’ s first Low Carbon Economic Area by the Government in recognition of its marine renewables expertise.

23rd July 2009

First Low Carbon Economic Area launched

23rd July 2009

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The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) is organising an international sustainable dredging seminar this October in collaboration with the Russian State Hydrometeorological University (RSHU) and the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University…

23rd July 2009

Eco-friendly Dredging seminar in St Petersburg

23rd July 2009

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Celebrations to mark the 500th anniversary of Henry VIII’ s accession to the throne this year have come to a fitting culmination with the announcement that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has…

23rd July 2009

Mary Rose grant fully approved

23rd July 2009