News 2-10 – Page 186
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NewsSEP 2012 Front Cover Story
The recent combined efforts of Neptune Shipyards and Rotterdam based marine services company Stemat have resulted in the new ''Stemat 89'', a multi-purpose barge with accommodation capacity for 60 persons.
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NewsCG completes Cairnryan port survey
Scottish near shore and onshore service provider, Caledonian Geotech (CG), recently completed a survey contract with the Port of Cairnryan Limited.
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NewsLerwick boats prove vital to operations
Bond Offshore Helicopters’ search and rescue operations in Scottish waters have been supported by Lerwick harbour’s pilot boats for their 100th exercise.
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NewsRix plans orders around turbines
Hull based energy company, Rix, has increased its order for new vessels in a bid to make the most of the developing offshore windfarm sector off the East Yorkshire coast in the UK.
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NewsMaritime Journal extends its footprint
Maritime Journal has recently added the social media platform Facebook to the various ways in which its content is being distributed.
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NewsAberdeen harbour plans port expansion
Scotland''s Aberdeen Harbour Board has begun a study to evaluate the likelihood of extending the facilities at the port to meet its increasing operations.
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NewsEncouraging inshore fishery management
Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authorities (IFCAs) are encouraging people interested in the management of inshore fisheries around the North East and North West coasts of England and the Isles of Scilly to volunteer to help.
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NewsRNLI plans future production
The UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) has announced its plans to build an £11.2m lifeboat building and maintenance facility at its headquarters in Poole, Dorset, for future in-house production of all weather lifeboats.
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NewsTransas launches port management systems
Swedish marine software company, Transas Marine, has launched its Port Management Information Systems (PMIS) – a solution for real-time port management.
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NewsRealistic cost and budget targets needed
This summer’s report on the US Coast Guard is not only damning about the need for forward looking, realistic targets when it comes to maintenance, it also carries lessons more broadly applicable.
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NewsEco Marine completes EnergySail
Japanese marine solutions company, Eco Marine Power (EMP) Co Ltd, recently announced that it has completed the design of its EnergySail product – a year after the design project began.
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NewsImtech opens Brazilian office
Pulled by customer demand alone, Dutch marine solutions company, Imtech Marine and Offshore, will be establishing its presence in the South American market this month with the opening of an office in Santos, Brazil.
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NewsABC portfolio gets bigger and greener
Belgian medium speed engine company ABC has launched a new engine at SMM in Hamburg. The 6DL36 is rated at up to 5,299bhp at 750rpm and is said to comply with IMO Tier III without the need for external catalysts.
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NewsZF Marine firsts at SMM 2012
Germany’s ZF Marine Group had a lot to shout about at this year’s SMM trade fair in Hamburg – it launched a new hybrid ready ZF 5300 PTI transmission gearbox and introduced its new executive vice president in industrial technology to customers.
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NewsVoith showcases control system at SMM
German ship propulsion systems specialist, Voith Turbo, displayed its latest vessel propulsion control system for Voith Schneider Propellers and Voith Radial Propellers at SMM 2012 in Hamburg this week.
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Maritime Labour Convention ratified
Ratification of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is “great news for the world’s more than 1.2m seafarers”, said Dr Rosalie Balkin of the IMO’s Legal Affairs and External Relations Division.
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NewsCammell Laird targets renewables
UK based Merseyside shipyard and engineering business, Cammell Laird, is looking to grow its business across the marine, renewables and civil nuclear sectors in the second half of 2012, following a strong first six months of trading.
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NewsAustal vessel completes Acceptance Trials
The first-in-class Joint High Speed Vessel USNS ‘Spearhead’ (JHSV 1), under construction at Austal USA’s Alabama shipyard, has successfully completed Acceptance Trials (AT) – the last milestone before delivery.
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NewsPaper calls for research strategy agenda
More needs to be done to bring industry and academia together as a matter of urgency, says Alf Baird of Edinburgh Napier University.
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NewsEuropeans jack-up offshore innovation
HGO InfraSea Solutions, a joint venture between Germany’s Hochtief Solutions and GeoSea, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, has officially commissioned a powerful jack-up vessel for offshore work, the ‘Innovation’ this week.
