Industry News – Page 305
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NewsSanta Delivers for Poole Harbour Commissioners
Poole UK based Wessex Marine enters into its 10th Anniversary year having capped 2003 in style with the Christmas handover of a new Targa 25 patrol boat to Poole Harbour Commissioners .
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NewsConversion Creates Specialised Tanker
Germany''s Koetter-Werft hascompleted the conversion of the inland waterways tanker Eiltank 4 into a 1350dwt Class C double hulled vessel, its latest for Duisburg shipping company Reederei Jaegers .
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NewsEurope Opens Biggest Waterway Transport
Europe''s biggest waterway traffic junction, which includes the continent''s longest canal bridge, is now open to shipping at Magdeburg. Eliminating dependence on Elbe water levels, it is likely to dramatically increase east-west inland waterway transport in the years ahead.
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Cosalt on Fire
Cosalt Safety & Protection has set up a new team in the UK''s south west to handle the design, supply, installation and commissioning of fixed fire suppression systems, particularly to the newbuild market, in both the UK and Europe. The Falmouth Docks based facility is part of the company''s drive ...
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Happy New Name for De Groot
Dutch dredger builder and dredging equipment supplier De Groot Nijkerk , which has been a member of the Damen Shipyards Group for some 13 years, has received a name change to Damen Dredging Equipment , effective from the first of last month. The company''s staff and products remain the same ...
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NewsTwin Peaks for UK Waterways Freight
The British Government''s determination to take ''abnormal loads'' and other freight off the nation''s congested highways was underscored last month by the maiden voyage of the Inland Navigator . The vessel was purchased and converted at a cost of £ 500,000, 99% of which was met by a Department of ...
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Christian's Fleet
In November 1795 the greatest fleet to leave Britain''s shores set sail for the West Indies.
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Marine Diesel Engines
Published last September, this 2nd Edition of Nigel Calder''s best selling book again focuses on the smaller end of the diesel spectrum, engines ranging in horsepower from 10 to 100.
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Rescue at Sea
This handsome volume, published late last year with the full support of the International Lifeboat Federation, the UK''s RNLI and the US Coast Guard, is subtitled An International History of Lifesaving & Coastal Rescue Craft.
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Seafarers Health Award
A team led by Dr Tim Carter, Chief Medical Adviser at the UK''s Department for Transport , has won an award from the BUPA Foundation for its work to improve the health of seafarers. The team, including representatives from the DoT , the Maritime and Coastguard Agency , the Chamber ...
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NewsEuroport Launch Lifts ISPS Port Compliance
Transas used the occasion of Europort to launch a new product which will help to provide an ISPS Code compliance solution for port and harbour authorities.
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VTM to Aid ISPS Compliance
Tideland Maritime Systems and Norcontrol IT AS have jointly developed V-Track Modular (VTM), a vessel identification and movement monitoring system designed to comply with the requirements of the IMO''s ISPS Code . VTM provides real-time ship identification and monitors vessels'' movements within a given area. It is designed to assist ...
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TSS Does AIS and VDR Europort Double
VT TSS Ltd launched two new products at Europort under the S G Brown brand name.
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NewsWorld's Tallest Mast Delivered
VT Halmatic rounded off an eventful 2003 with the completion of the world''s tallest yacht mast, which will be fitted on the high-tech luxury yacht Mirabella V under construction by parent company VT Shipbuilding . The 90m hollow carbon epoxy mast, which has a maximum cross section of 1.6m and ...
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Rudder Bearing Website
Orkot Marine Bearings have launched a website to provide easily accessible information on their range of rudder bearings for the shipping and marine industries. Data on material grades, fitting, matching and applications together with downloadable copies of classification society approval documents is supported by useful links and contact details on ...
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A&P Falmouth a Top Trainer
Ship repair and conversion specialist A&P Falmouth has been named as ''one of the best training providers in the country'' by the Adult Learning Inspectorate (ALI), the government body responsible for reporting on the quality of education and training received by adult learners and young people in England.
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NewsUK Green Light for 15 Offshore Wind Farms
In the week before Christmas the UK''s Crown Estate revealed plans for 15 new ''Round Two'' offshore wind farms and named the companies which have bid successfully to develop them.
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NewsSouthampton Welcomes 'Queen Mary 2'
The UK''s long tradition of making maritime history was extended this month with the spectacular naming ceremony for Queen Mary 2 , the world''s largest passenger liner, at the Port of Southampton and her subsequent departure on a maiden voyage to Fort Lauderdale USA.
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NewsA&R Pilot Tender Gets Fast Ballast System
Abeking & Rasmussen has fitted a fast ballast system on the German SWATH pilot tender Dose and not only speeded up pilot transfer involving low-freeboard ships but also eased the rescue of people in the water.
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Ceto Environmental's Third UK Response Centre
Aberdeen based oil and chemical spill specialists Ceto Environmental Ltd , which is contracted to the MCA to deal with incidents involving hazardous and noxious substances, has announced the opening of a third regional response centre at Huddersfield.
