Industry News – Page 287
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Paperless US Navy
The US Navy has unveiled plans for a major transformation in military marine navigation, with paper nautical charts to be replaced by advanced, interactive electronic navigation systems throughout the fleet. The ECDIS-N will be based on the Voyage Management System software developed by Sperry Marine operating with digital nautical charts ...
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Radar and ARPA Manual (2nd Edition)
Radar systems are fitted on all commercial vessels and are widely used in the marine leisure sector as well as Vessel Traffic Services (VTS).
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Boats, Boffins and Bowlines
Most salty dogs and even the general public know about modern sailing heroes such as Sir Francis Chichester, Clare Francis, Dame Ellen MacArthur, and Ben Ainslie MBE who wrote the forward to this book.
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NewsStrong First Half for ABP
Associated British Ports Holdings PLC issued its trading statement for the six months ending 30 June 2005.
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NewsPort of London Authority Chasing Olympic Gold
The Port of London Authority has welcomed London''s surprise victory in the race to host the 2012 Olympic Games. PLA chief executive Richard Everitt said, ''This is excellent news for London and the UK. The announcement also presents important opportunities for greater use of the River Thames.''
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NewsSalvors Deploy the World's Most Powerful Helicopter
The Tsavliris Group hasdeployed the world''s most powerful helicopter for lightering duties in works to free the 25,500dwt bulk carrier Kiperousa , which ran aground off South Africa following flooding in its engine room. The vessel was on a voyage from Gabon and Cameroon to China fully laden with 23,000 ...
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NewsFlexible Power for Newbuild Feeder
Wartsila Corporation has won a contract to supply two Wartsila 46F engines to power an Ice class 1A open top container feeder vessel ordered by Dutch owner Wagenborg Shipping and being built at the Kinderdijk yard of IHCHolland Dredgers BV . The new Wartsila 46F was launched at the SMM ...
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Thamesport Adds Dublin Feeder
X-Press Container Line (UK) Ltd has introduced a third service at Thamesport (London) Limited .The specialist feeder operator''s RDX service will provide a weekly service from Thamesport to Dublin, with the port rotation continuing from Dublin to Rotterdam before returning to Thamesport.
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NewsCranes Upgrade Lifts Thamesport's TEUs
In order to accommodate the new generation of larger container vessels being used on Far East shipping routes, Thamesport (London) Limited has undertaken an ambitious modification programme to five of its quayside cranes.
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Elliott Transfer to Tees
Elliott Turbomachinery Ltd has transferred ownership, all intellectual rights and all new sales, service and spares of Elliott White Gill Thrusters, White Gill Thrusters , and Gill Thrusters to Cleveland UK based Tees Components Ltd . Tees has been Elliott''s principal subcontractor for the manufacture and assembly of thrusters units ...
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NewsPort-Net Project Pushing Ports
The Haven Gateway will be playing a key role in a new European port networking initiative, Port-Net , which held its opening conference in Hamburg recently.
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NewsGreen Light for London Gateway Port
Dredging and marine construction companies, as well as everyone concerned for UK ports capacity, will be delighted with Transport Minister Derek Twigg''s long awaited announcement that he is minded to approve P& O ''s proposal for the London Gateway Port development on the 607 hectare brownfield site of the former ...
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NewsCutterhead Breakthrough
The Belgian DEME Group ''spowerful self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) D''Artagnan , nearing completion by IHC Holland and due for delivery next month, was designed to work in hard rock and will be equipped with a third generation cutting system designed and supplied by VOSTA LMG .
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Big Response for WMTC 2006
Nearly 500 abstracts from 43 countries have been submitted for the World Maritime Technology Conference ( WMTC 2006 ) which takes place 6-10 March next year at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.
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Boxship Boost for MacAndrews
MacAndrews has added the 700 TEU Werder Bremen to its weekly shortsea container service between Portugal, Ireland, the UK and Holland.
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One 'L' of a Typo
First revealed to CEDA Dredging Days at Europort 2003, the system has been field tested and further developed since then and is now ready to be marketed.In a July MJ News story concerning the British Royal Navy 's first Type 45 destroyer, the name of the ship was spelled incorrectly. ...
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Sea and Water Seminars
Sea and Water , the UK based organisation which promotes the use of short sea, coastal and inland shipping to move freight, is planning two more half day seminars this year. The current state of affairs and future prospects will be examined in September, with an in-depth look at the ...
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Ro-Pax Order for Aker
Silja Oy AB and Aker Finnyards have signed a letter of intent for the order of two ro-pax vessels valued at 205 million.
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NewsVT Takes a Bow in Portsmouth Harbour
VT Shipbuilding ''s 1,000 ton bow section for the first of class British Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Darling hassailed from Portsmouth to Glasgow. The steel structure is being transported on the barge VT Woolston having left a canalling lock in the Portsmouth Naval Base after being hooked up ...
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Safety Award for Fugro GEOS
Oceanographic services provider Fugro GEOS Ltd has been awarded a British Safety Council International Safety Award for2004. Only companies with low accident rates are eligible to apply, but winners must also have good safety policies and safety plans and commitment to health and safety at the highest board level. They ...
