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Seawork Adds Hydro Survey Conference
Coastal and Ports Surveying, a new one day conference for hydrographers, port and harbour authorities and engineers, to be held at Seawork International in Southampton on 14th June 2007, has been welcomed by the Chair of The Hydrographic Society UK.
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NewsOpportunity Knocks at Gulf Maritime 2007
The fifth annual Gulf Maritime event, Gulf Maritime 2007, will take place from 16 to 18 April in the United Arab Emirates at Expo Centre Sharjah, which is in close proximity to the business centres of Sharjah and Dubai.
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News'Personal Everest' Sails in May
Disabled yachtsman Geoff Holt launches his challenge this month to be the first disabled person to sail solo around the coast of Great Britain, a voyage of over 1600 miles.
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NewsA Fascia Lift for Westminster Bridge
The UK''s seat of Government backs on to waters that are part of the country''s third largest port by volume of trade and even so far inland, the River Thames at Westminster still sees a fair amount of commercial traffic passing through the ''17 Bridges to Wandsworth''.
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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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NewsShipping Loss Total Tumbles
There has been a dramatic reduction in the number of total losses of merchant ships since the year 2000.
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NewsOwners Beware of Inadvertent Pollution
The recent bad weather in which ''MSC Napoli'' was grounded in Lyme Bay UK has caused more than the usual headaches for port authorities trying to ensure that vessels do not pollute or become contaminated by pollution.
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Insurers Advise on Floating Box Risk
The recent and ongoing loss of containers from the grounded ''MSC Napoli'' has drawn attention to the risk of hitting semi-submerged objects, (containers included) in most oceans.
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Royal Haskoning Leads Upgrade of Ferry Facility
Royal Haskoning in the UK is leading a project that will add years to the life of the ferry facilities at Holyhead, Stena Line''s busiest ferry port in the UK.
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CEDA Stakes Out Position on WFD
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) participated in the recent Seminar ''Navigation and the EU Water Framework Directive'' which took place on 31 January in Brussels. CEDA provided input on a range of subjects relevant to the WFD and the dredging industry.
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Boeing Going to Sea
The Boeing Company continues to grow the marine division of its wholly owned subsidiary Jeppesen with the purchase of digital maritime cartography, data services and navigational information providers C-Map.
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NewsUK Wind Farm Beyond Territorial Waters
The British government has granted planning permission for one of the world''s largest wind farms, which will also be the first UK offshore facility to be built outside of territorial waters.
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Dockside Regasification Facility Opens at Teesport
The arrival of the first liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo at Teesport UK last month marked the opening of the first ever dockside regasification port and second operational LNG facility in the UK.
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NewsBiggest Dredgers Yet for Jan De Nul
Family owned Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul has overturned the current industry form book with an order for what will be by far the world''s highest capacity trailing suction hopper dredger.
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Mustang/Camarc Formalise Collaboration
A close working relationship has been in place between naval architects Camarc and Wales based boat builder Mustang Marine for some time.
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Propulsion Website Launched
Southampton UK based CJR Propulsion Ltd, which designs and manufactures propellers and stern gear systems, launched a new website last month.
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WaterBridge Webster
Based in Northumberland UK, The Engineering Business has appointed the experienced marine engineer Ben Webster as Business Developer for Renewable Energy Projects.
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Gardline Adds Consultancy
Great Yarmouth UK based Gardline Environmental Limited (GEL), part of independently owned survey company Gardline Marine Sciences, has acquired the environmental consultancy Marine Ecological Surveys Limited.
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New Scotland Power House
American diesel marine generator manufacturer Northern Lights has opened a dedicated warehouse in Scotland to service their European and UK sales. The warehouse stocks generators and sound enclosures on the 5 kW to 30 kW range.
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Ferry Good Numbers
Particularly strong growth in goods traffic between eastern Europe and Scandinavia helped Scandlines Denmark A/S boost the volume of lorries carried last year.
