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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The state owned Port of Tallinn and KMG Inseneriehituse have signed a contract for the extension of the Muuga Container Terminal in Estonia.

29th July 2008

Expansion planned at Estonias Muuga terminal

29th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The EC funded Maritime Navigation Information Services (MarNIS) project is getting ready to demonstrate its visionary concept in Genoa from 23 to 25 September and Lisbon on 15 and 16 October in…

29th July 2008

Make tracks to MarNIS concept demonstrations

29th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Port Marine Safety Code and other legislation makes it increasingly important that even the smallest ports and harbours monitor and control their waters effectively. AIS, a solution favoured by many ports,…

29th July 2008

Port radar solution hits Sunderland and Fowey

29th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Royal Institute of Navigation has launched a bimonthly podcast to broaden public interest in navigation issues. It’ s called the NavCast, and it’ s on an MP3 player near you.

29th July 2008

RIN Navcast on an MP3 near you

29th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

NavComms distributor Icom (UK) Ltd has added a new VHF/DSC marine transceiver  to its commercial line up. The unit is so new that only its first consignment has been sold. 

29th July 2008

New transceiver completes GMDSS package

29th July 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Hampshire UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has recently supplied the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) with a data collection system for background monitoring at Skomer Marine Nature Reserve.

28th July 2008

Background monitoring for Welsh coastline

28th July 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A joint venture of Dredging International and Boskalis Westminster Middle East has been awarded a contract by the development company Nakheel for the construction and expansion of Port Rashid in Dubai.

28th July 2008

Boskalis-Dredging International JV wins Port Rashid project

28th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Department of the Transport in Ireland has announced that marine construction work has commenced in Broad Haven Bay, in North West County Mayo, as part of the Corrib Field Development.

28th July 2008

Dredging underway for Corrib Field Development

28th July 2008

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Rothesay Harbour on the Isle of Bute has two equally important demands on its facilities, the car ferry and recreational boats are an equally important part of the island' s trade. When…

28th July 2008

Green light signals success on Bute

28th July 2008

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Light was thrown on the sterling job of Scottish lighthouses last week when recognition of Princess Anne' s tours raised the profile of the Northern Lighthouse Board.  

28th July 2008

Princess raises NLBs profile in Parliament

28th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A cadet at the Britannia Royal Naval College (BRNC) has become the first international winner of a prestigious navigation award from the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO).

28th July 2008

First international winner for navigation award

28th July 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Geonav Marine Systems is to use the RCM3600 RabbitCore and PowerCore 3800 in their I-Compass solution for marine navigation.The company specialises in the development of marine electronics and offshore positioning systems. 

28th July 2008

Rabbit gets to Core of offshore positioning

28th July 2008

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Finnish oil recovery specialist Lamor Corporation Ab has completed delivery of three multipurpose oil recovery barges to a customer in the Middle East. The company is experienced in boat building and ship…

28th July 2008

More from Lamor with oil recovery barges

28th July 2008

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

International Salvage Union (ISU) president Arnold Witte has drawn attention to the incident at Newcastle NSW last year when the 225m bulk carrier ' Pasha Bulker' grounded on the Australian coast in…

28th July 2008

ISU Warns over new Bunker Spills Convention

28th July 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Union Naval Valencia (UNV), a subsidiary of the Boluda Group, is close to delivering a four tug series of salvage tugs to SASEMAR, the government funded Spanish Maritime Salvage Agency.

28th July 2008

UNV delivers a new series of ETVs to SASEMAR

28th July 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

For the first time in many years Damen Shipyards has introduced a new tractor tug design to their extensive range of series built tugs and workboats. In the recent past the company…

28th July 2008

Damen introduce a new tractor design

28th July 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Crowley Maritime Corporation has been awarded a contract by the Washington Department of Ecology to supply an all year round emergency response tug, to be based in Neah Bay, Washington state USA.…

28th July 2008

Crowley provide all year round Emergency Response Tug

28th July 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Ijmuiden based B Iskes & Son Towage and Salvage has taken delivery of ‘ Triton’ , the latest newbuilding in their growing tug fleet. The new tug, built by the Dearsan Shipyard…

28th July 2008

Towlines

28th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Environment Agency, in partnership with Chichester and Arun District Councils, has released more details of the draft coastal defence strategy for the West Sussex coastline between Pagham Harbour and West Wittering…

27th July 2008

Conservancy supports East Head strategy

27th July 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The French company IXSEA, which designs and manufactures navigation and positioning systems based on its fibre optic gyroscope technology, chose the historic naval port of Plymouth UK to demonstrate their fourth generation…

27th July 2008

French demonstrate sidescan in Plymouth

27th July 2008