Industry News – Page 292

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    Dutch Dredger Builders Detach

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland''s approved the sale last month of the group''s shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.

  • The Doreen Dorward is now in the fleet of Jenkins Marine.
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    Jenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins'' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company.

  • One of 170 glass panels which will protect the hull of ss Great Britain from further corrosion is lowered into position.
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    'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel''s breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion.

  • Roomier boat for Hamburg police crews.
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    New Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.

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    Resin Trade Sticks to Thamesport

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Thamesport (London) Limited has signed a new contract with Burton-upon-Trent UK based resin importer Resin Trade which will boost the company''s volume through Thamesport from 1,000 tons per month last year to 2,500 tons per month by the end of 2007. The agreement heralds the creation of six dedicated silos ...

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    Marine Society/Sea Cadet Merger

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Marine Society and The Sea Cadet Association in the UK have merged to form a new organisation called TheMarine Society & Sea Cadets .Committed to serving seafarers and promoting the sea as a career, the move will strengthen the role of the voluntary sector in support of both commercial ...

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    Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfast''s Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.

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    Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.

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    Green Light for New Padstow Lifeboat House

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The RNLI Trustees have given the go-ahead for a new lifeboat house and slipway to be built at Padstow as a home for the next generation Tamar class lifeboat.

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    MBO at Certex

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    UK lifting gear distributor Certex has been bought out by its existing directors and will be run as a private limited company.

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    Books

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Potential use of Alternatives to Primary Aggregates in Coastal and River Engineering (CIRIA C590) By Alan Brampton, Michael Wallis, Elizabeth Holliday. Published by CIRIA. ISBN 0 86017 590 1 Paperback, 134 pages. Price £ 40.

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    Rolls On A Roll

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Rolls-Royce rolled up a strong second half performance in 2004, signing contracts for some £ 160 million worth of UT-Design vessels and equipment for the offshore market. The company signed contracts with shipyards in Norway, Brazil, India, Singapore and Spain for OSVs and new vessel types. A total of 50 ...

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    AAE Transponder Order

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Applied Acoustic Engineering, which is presently expanding its Great Yarmouth premises, reports an order worth more than £ 100,000 from PGS Physical in Norway for 32 of its 915 series acoustic positioning mini-transponders together with specially designed flotation devices and battery chargers. PGS plans to use them for deepwater surveys ...

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    SOC On New Footing

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) will be renamed the National Oceanography Centre , Southampton from 1st May this year as it bids to become the focus for oceanography in the UK. The vision is embraced by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the University of Southampton, which will continue ...

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    Seighford Gets to Grips With GRP

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Southampton UK based corporate recovery specialists Fanshawe Lofts successfully sold the troubled Isle of Wight business GRP Laminates last month to the Oxford based Seighford Investments Company Ltd, which plans to expand the business and secure the future for its 28 strong workforce. Cowes based GRP Laminates designs and supplies ...

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    Success Filters Through

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Port Talbot UK based filter element specialists for marine and other industries, Filtration and Separation Ltd , reports a 60% increase in production during 2004, its first full year since being taken over by TS2Group . To meet the increased demand from existing and new customers, significant investment in production ...

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    UKHMA 2005 Spring Seminar Announced

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Harbour Masters'' Association will hold its 2005 Spring Seminar at the IMarEST Conference Centre incentral London on 13 April.

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    Klyne Take Over LEC Marine Branches

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Klyne Group Holdings has purchased from LEC Marine Limited (currently in Administration), plant, machinery and stock to operate a marine maintenance division, switchboard division, engraving and sign writing and cable supply division following a decision by the Administrator to close the business on 11 February 2005.

  • Images such as this one of trans-Atlantic passengers arriving in New York are on display now at the Merseyside Maritime Museum.
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    Cunard Honours Mersey Heritage

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Merseyside Maritime Museum has landed a £ 25,000 sponsorship from Cunard for its recently opened exhibition ''Liverpool to New York - the only way to cross''. Given its long history as one of the major Atlantic shipping lines, formerly based in Liverpool, the deal which makes Cunard the museum''s biggest ...

  • The research vessel Triton is to take on a new life as a hydrographic survey vessel.
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    Fork In the Road for 'Triton'

    2005-02-01T00:00:00Z

    Having successfully proven the concept of using a trimaran design for warships of the future, science and technology solutions specialist QinetiQ has sold its high profile research vessel Triton to Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Shipping for use as a hydrographic survey vessel.