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Norcontrol/Tideland Team Up for VTS/AIS Solutions
Norcontrol IT has signed a Teaming Agreement with Tideland Maritime Systems which is intended to enhance the global presence of both companies and provide ports and harbours worldwide with complete VTS and AIS solutions.
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NewsRotterdam Bolsters Security Measures
Rotterdam Municipal Port Management (RMPM) is setting up a new bureau for overseeing the enforcement of security in the Port of Rotterdam. The centre''s duties will include coordinating the actions of RMPM, port police, the fire service and others in the event of emergencies.
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NewsUK Launches Waterways Freight Initiative
UK Transport Minister David Jamieson MP launched British Waterways'' new national freight marketing initiative last month by opening a project on the Grand Union Canal which will see 450,000 tonnes of sand and gravel transported by canal. The contract, which has been signed between British Waterways London, Harleyford Aggregates and ...
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NewsDutch Yards Join Hands on Novel Tanker Newbuild
Four Dutch shipyards in Holland have handed over LRG Gas 85, an innovative, ultra-safe, ¢ 8m inland gas tanker which is the new flagship of German transport company VTG Lehnkering.
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NewsDenmark's Wave Dragon Delivers Power to the Grid
History was made recently off the coast of Denmark when scientists from Aalborg University switched on the turbine which made their Wave Dragon the first offshore wave energy converter in the world generating power to a local grid.
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NewsSuperferry Launch Lifts Irish Sea Capacity
Stena Line has launched the longest ship ever to sail on the Irish Sea, the 211m superferry Stena Adventurer, on the Holyhead to Dublin route. The arrival of Stena Adventurer follows the launch of its sister ship Stena Britannica on the Harwich to Hook of Holland route in March for ...
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NewsWaterjet Thrust Builds Bridge Over Troubled Waters
The US Army Tank Automotive and Armaments Command (TACOM) completed the longest float bridge to be built during combat since World War II during the recent war in Iraq. The 568m ribbon bridge, which spanned the Tigris River at Tikrit, was built using Bridge Erection Boats (BEBs) which had recently ...
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NewsNew ILAMA Chairman Sets Out Life Saving Priorities
Ove Roessland, managing director of lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding, has been elected chairman of the International Lifesaving Appliance Manufacturer''s Association (ILAMA).
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NewsTrinity House Chooses Lightweight Portable Davit System
The Trinity House Lighthouse Service has installed the Atlas lightweight carbon fibre portable davit system on board a number of its vessels for handling light loads on and off of light vessels.
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NewsLift Off For Teesport Expansion
The £ 20m redevelopment and expansion of the UK''s PD Teesport to create a second container terminal known as TCT2 reached a significant milestone recently with the first lift of a container from the first ship berthed at the new terminal.
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Short Sharp Shock-Free Centa
seawork2003 exhibitor Centa Transmissions Ltd was showing its recently launched ADM variant of the Centaflex AGM Series propulsion driveshaft coupling, which retains all the advantages of the original design but substantially reduces the overall length of the unit.
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NewsCarbon Fibre Propellers Launch
While the marine industries have enjoyed the advent of carbon fibre technology for masts, hulls and other maritime applications, propeller technology had seen little similar benefit over recent years.
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Strandings and Their Causes (2nd Edition)
This book is a companion volume to Collisions and Their Causes (3rd Edition) by the same author, which was reviewed in MJ last October.
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Glory Days: British Ferries
For all the changes that have arisen through its membership of the European Union, Great Britain remains an island nation.
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ISPS Code: A Practical Guide
In the wake of the terrorist atrocities of 11 September 2001, the IMO''s Maritime Safety Committee and its Intersessional Working Group began paving the way for the Maritime Security Conference held at the IMO''s London HQ in December 2002.
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NewsGeotechnical Survey Precedes Canary Wharf Development
A detailed marine site investigation has been completed in London which will be used in the design and construction of the proposed BP4 tower development at the Canary Wharf complex on the Isle of Dogs. The major geotechnical survey was conducted by Cornwall UK based Seacore for client Canary Wharf ...
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Portsmouth Proposals for Marine Works Bonanza
Proposals unveiled last month for a major £ 200m revamp of Portsmouth Naval Base to accommodate a new generation of larger warships include dredging the existing fairway 10ft deeper or creating a completely new channel which would pass near the wreck site of Henry VIII''s flagship, the Mary Rose .
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Terminal Chalks up First Year Success
What is said to be Europes most advanced handling facility, the unique high-tech Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA) in Hamburg has handled morethan half a million TEUs in its first year of operation.
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Sustainability Research Study on Coastal Defences at Roa Island
A vital causeway that links the residents of Roa Island, just off the northwest coast of England, to the mainland at Rampside in Morecambe Bay, Cumbria, is the focus of important sustainability research after being identified in a Government initiated Shoreline Management Plan that ensures each coastal county in the ...
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One Small Step For Mankind
With less than a year to run before all vessels trading internationally must be in compliance with the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code, Det Norsk Veritas announced that the Bergsen-owned LNG tanker Berge Boston had become the first vessel to ever receive the International Ship Security Certificate.
