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NewsUnderwater Engineering from Seabed to Seawork
By the end of this summer a new offshore wind farm will be operational on Burbo Bank in Liverpool Bay at the entrance to the River Mersey.
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RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 the Last Great Liner
Since 1969 QE2 has sailed over three million miles, been a troop ship in the Falklands War and had her main engines changes from steam to diesel.
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Maritime Events & Training Directory
The Maritime Events & Training Directory is unique in that it is the only one of its kind in the maritime industry.
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Ports and Harbours of Northumberland
This book covers the sometimes turbulent history of the ports and harbours along the Northumberland coast, from its simple fishing harbours to the great industrial harbours built on coal export, and reflects on their Industrial Archaeology.
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Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas
The seas of northern Europe are some of the most heavily travelled in history and there are literally thousands of wrecks lying in quite shallow water.
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GL Marine Services Restructure
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd, fresh from victory in its takeover struggle with rival Bureau Veritas, has restructured its Maritime Services. From last month, the Maritime Services are subdivided into the divisions 'Fleet in Service', 'Ship Newbuilding', 'Maritime Systems and Components', and 'Innovation and Strategic Research'. Consisting of a ...
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NewsGreen Passport for UK Ship Recycling
The UK Ministry of Defence Disposal Services Agency (DSA), working with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have pioneered an innovative plan for the responsible disposal of UK flagged end of life ships. Following a lengthy period of public consultation, ''HMS Intrepid'' will be the first ...
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ISU Members' Day
The Salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will be the focus for the International Salvage Union''s Fourth Associate Members'' Day meeting in London on 7 March.
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News'MSC Napoli' - A Major Oil Spill Averted
Work on the ill-fated containership ''MSC Napoli'' has progressed well and to plan, since the 53,409gt ship was first put aground in Lyme Bay. Only a significant deterioration in the weather at the time of writing has delayed the total removal of small amounts of residual oil and the discharge ...
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NewsUnique Futura Finally Takes the Plunge
'RMS Kiel's semi-catamaran bow becomes a monohull by midships.The vessel is for New-Logistics in Kiel for charter with RMS between the German Rhine port of Duisburg and UK ports. RMS said Futura carriers would serve as feeders and be 'much more cost effective than conventional feeder ships'. The 3,300 dwt ...
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NewsFishery Protection Duo Go to German Yard
East German shipyard Peene-Werft has won a European tender worth about ¢ 63m to build two state of the art, ocean going fishery protection ships for the German authorities. The order came from the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (BLE) in Berlin which said 25% of the cost of ...
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News Snip Thames
The UK Environment Agency closed London''s Thames Barrier three times in four days last month to protect the city from flooding.
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Propellers Go Italian
Devon UK based Duncan Propellers Ltd have opened an office and shop in Rovigo, Italy which will handle the sales of propellers and stern gear in that region. The office will also act as a consultancy to solve performance problems for all types of boats.
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Schat-Harding Acquires CleanHull
Lifeboats and davits supplier Schat-Harding has purchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group of Norwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost effective and environmentally friendly ship hull cleaning solutions to its customers. The CleanROVconcept is based on underwater vehicles and technology developed through more than ...
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NewsFoundations Expand for Wind Farm Installer
A2SEA AS, the Danish contractor specialising in the transport, installation and service of offshore wind turbines, has acquired the ''Jumping Jack'' installation barge and related assets from Dutch offshore contractor Mammoet Van Oord BV. The jack-up barge was specially designed to be used or offshore marine installations, foundations and topsides ...
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NewsRamsgate Slipways Back in Action
The barque Julia is seen undergoing sale slipping at the newly reopened yard.Vessels up to 60m in length and 750 tons displacement can be accommodated on the four various sized slipways with accompanying workshops and plant also available. Previous customers included Trinity House, PLA, HM Customs, RNLI, Lapthorn Shipping Co ...
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Boat Tanks Online
Hampshire UK based Tek-Tanks, which builds custom water, waste and fuel tanks from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), has produced an easy to read guide explaining everything boat operators need to know about selecting and designing their tanks.
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Felixstowe Hits 3m
The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) project more necessary than ever.
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Old Foes at Massvlakte
Port operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Singapore''s PSA, which battled it out for control of P& O last year, are expected to contest the concession to run a container terminal on Rotterdam''s new Maasvlakte 2 facility. The 3.5 million TEU terminal will occupy 146 hectares of reclaimed land ...
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NewsVT Halmatic 'Streamlining' Shuts Steel Division
A major strategic review underway at UK boat builders VT Halmatic and a rationalising of its product range has seen the closure of the company''s Steel Division as the focus shifts to composite built military patrol craft. The company has withdrawn from participation in the Seawork 2007 exhibition and expects ...
