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NewsFirst overseas contract for Red7Marine
East Anglia UK based Red7Marine (R7M,ex Haven Ports/ Anglian Marine Services) has started its first overseas commission by shipping a jack up barge to the Israeli port of Haifa, where it is to be used for site investigation work on a new port extension.
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Wave energy investigtion
Coastline Surveys have been contracted by SEI (Sustainable Energy Ireland) to carry out the ground investigation in connection with the Wave Energy Test Site off Annagh in Co. Mayo. The project requires the assessment of the ground conditions prevailing within a designated area from the cable shore landing site to ...
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NewsDiver detection success in UK port trials
Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.
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Maritime Museum development
The UK’ s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has confirmed a grant of £ 5M to the National Maritime Museum’ s project to develop a major new wing. This commitment from HLF, together with the substantial £ 20m gift from international shipping magnate and philanthropist Sammy Ofer KBE, announced in 2008, ...
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Port freight hangs on
Maritime Statistics 2008, published in September by the British Government, show that UK ports handled 562m tons of freight last year, only 3% down on 2007. Liquid bulk traffic accounted for 43% of the total, dry bulk was 23.5% while containers and ro-ro accounted for 29%. Grimsby & Immingham was ...
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New ISU President
Todd Busch was elected president of the International Salvage Union at the ISU’ s 55th general meeting in Boston USA last month. Mr Busch succeeds Arnold Witte who will continue to be a member of the ISU’ s executive committee. The appointment is effective from 28 September 2009. Todd Busch ...
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NewsWave energy device capsizes during deployment
The prototype Trident Energy wave generator is seen before deployment.The 80 ton device, capable of generating 20kW of electricity, was due to start a year long trial this week at a location five miles offshore from Southwold. The platform was recovered, connected to a tug and deliberately grounded in a ...
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NewsBoulogne's new Hub Port terminal opens
s new Hub Port terminal was officially opened for the start of ferry operations on Saturday 19 September.
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NewsGreen gain with remote floating pier
Four years of development work by Scottish Woodlands Ltd, JST Services and the local timber industry in Scotland’ s North West Highlands culminated last month when the first 56 truckloads of round timber were diverted off a single track road and onto the sea in a single working shift.
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High latitude radar
America’ s Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has received type approval from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping for its VisionMaster FT family of marine radars for high speed and standard craft. The approvals relate to the growing importance of the Polar Regions for the maritime transportation industry. The VisionMaster FT ...
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Safe heavy transport
The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden last month. The Mighty Servant 1 was transporting the Gjoa Hull from Korea to Norway. The EUNAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie, participating in ...
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Dragon fires up
Dragon LNG’ s new liquefied natural gas terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven in South West Wales has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has now commenced commercial operation. The ability to import LNG is a significant component within the UK’ s long-term energy strategy and the new terminal is the ...
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Environmental award winner
Marine exhaust system manufacturer Halyard won the first ever Wavestream Environmental Award for Distributor of the Year at last month’ s Southampton Boat Show. The award was given in recognition of Halyard’ s commitment to Wave International’ s Wavestream bilge filtration system for oil removal. Halyard has been the sole ...
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Ireland-France ferry
LD Lines has entered into a new ship charter agreement with ferry operator Celtic Link Ferries which sees the former’ s vessel ‘ Norman Voyager’ operate under charter to the latter from the end of last month. The move is part of an LD Lines reorganisation of its Ireland – ...
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Dutch wind farm consent
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has been given the go ahead to build the first offshore wind farm to receive approval in the Netherlands for almost seven years. SSE’ s renewable energy division Airtricity obtained consent from the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management to build the ...
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Fixed price safety
Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking has developed a new fixed price safety concept for shipowners. The Viking Shipowner Agreement’ s many options incorporate safety products, global servicing, single source management, and financing in a variety of transparent, fixed price structures. The agreement, designed to be adapted to meet changing customer ...
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Almanac hits download target
In the four month period since launching its free downloadable online Almanac, Wiley Nautical has seen the useful marine information resource downloaded more than 18,000 times. The Almanac provides access to port, weather, facilities and tidal information for 150 primary ports and over 80 secondary ports along England’ s South ...
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NewsPiracy about to rise
It will soon be ‘ piracy season’ on the high seas off Somalia, points out this week&rsquo
