Industry News – Page 239
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NewsMore Meercats emerge with company move
Seawork exhibitor Meercat Workboats Ltd is gearing up to deliver an expanded range of craft to shorter lead times following the move of their production facility to the historic No5 Boat Shop at Trafalgar Wharf in Porchester UK.
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NewsBand of workboats depart Felixstowe
The first phase of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) is almost complete, apart from the land-side works, and all the various dredgers, hopper barges, survey vessels and ancillary craft have now left the port.
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NewsWind farm jack-ups to Wärtsilä-IMS design
Wärtsilä, in consortium with IMS Ingenieurgesellschaft GmbH, has been engaged by RWE Innogy, the renewable energy arm of the German utility company RWE, as its designer to provide the basic design and consultancy services for a jack up crane vessel.
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NewsBorkum completes German Customs SWATH duo
The second of two 49.35m SWATH ships for German Customs has entered service after completion at the Nordseewerke Shipyard in Emden.
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NewsMarine power mapping project to proceed
A project to map offshore renewable energy potential around the coast of South West England was announced last week.
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NewsDredging exemptions to Marine (Scotland) Bill?
The Marine (Scotland) Bill (the Scottish Bill) is now at stage three of the parliamentary process, writes Rosie O’Donnell, an Associate in the Shipping Transport team of Brodies LLP, Glasgow and Edinburgh.
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NewsNew defences safeguard Baltrum against floods
Two years of work on bolstering flood defences on the East Frisian island of Baltrum have ended with German authorities saying the €9m project has now closed the last gap in the North Sea island’s coastal protection network.
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NewsBrothers get closer to Parkinsons Ocean Challenge
Two brothers and former Royal Marines who are planning an ocean challenge fundraiser in support of The Parkinsons Disease Society move closer to departure with the scheduled delivery of their boat this month.
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NewsScience and technology converge at Oceanology International
Over 500 suppliers of the latest technology and service developments covering every element of marine science and ocean technology will gather next month for Oceanology International 2010, being held at ExCeL in London''s Docklands from 9 to 11 March.
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NewsLottery funding for restoration of historic tug-tender
Britain''s last steam tug-tender, ‘Daniel Adamson’, has got the crucial go ahead to operate from Liverpool Cruise Liner Terminal.
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NewsBlack Sea base delivers successful salvage
Multraship Salvage and SVITZER Salvage have refloated the Russian flag cargo ship ''Irtysh 1'' after it had ran aground on the rocky coastline off the Bulgarian Black Sea coast near Bourgas.
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NewsSalvors remove navigational hazards in Haiti
A TITAN Salvage team is working in Haiti to remove navigational hazards following the devastating earthquake, including the collapsed Washington gantry crane, in Port-au-Prince for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in an effort to increase the cargo throughput in the heavily damaged port.
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NewsStena Line invests £200m in new Scottish port
Stena Line is investing some £200m in a new ferry port facility at Loch Ryan in Scotland on a 28 acre brownfield site two miles north of Cairnryan.
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News‘Amfibus’ trialled on River Clyde
UK Transport group Stagecoach trialled an innovative amphibious bus which can operate on both water and roads on the River Clyde on Monday.
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NewsAn 'Illustrious' refit for Royal Navy flagship
HMS Illustrious arrived at Rosyth on Monday in preparation for a 13 month docking period to start next month, in a £40m contract awarded under the Surface Ship Support Alliance (the alliance between the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Babcock and BAE Systems).
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NewsFunding for ‘Motorways of the Sea’
The European Commission gave its green light last week for public financing from France and Spain to the Fres Mos project. It will link the French port of Nantes-Saint Nazaire with the Spanish port of Gijon, and will be operated by GLD Atlantique.
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NewsJan De Nul launches ‘Zheng He’ in Croatia
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul continued its major fleet expansion on Saturday with the launch of the cutter suction dredger ''Zheng He'' at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.
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NewsWorkboats breakthrough for IPS propulsion system
Five years after Volvo Penta’s Inboard Performance System (IPS) was launched, Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats will design and build a 16m fast pilot boat equipped with twin IPS1050 units.
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NewsSuccessful inland shipping trial on Ouse
Some 1,200 tons of Pulverised Fuel Ash (PFA) from Yorkshire’s Drax Power Station in the UK was carried for its entire journey by water freight late last month in a trial which is expected to set the stage for more shipments later this year.
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NewsCarbon monoxide poisoning awareness urged
UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force were recently urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
