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NewsDouble-up Research Ship is 'Immense Challenge' Say Dutch
A unique new research vessel boasting a double propeller plant and two separate engine rooms is now under construction at Dutch shipyard Niestern Sander in Delfzijl.
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UKHMA Autumn Seminar Set
The UK Harbour Masters'' Association Autumn 2003 Seminar takes place on Wednesday, 29 October 2003 at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London.
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NewsSupersonic Legend Makes Final Flight By Water
Dutch marine transport specialists Van der Wees Watertransporten made front page news in the Netherlands and Germany recently when their pontoon Lastdrager wasused to sail a decommissioned Concorde aircraft 50 miles down the Rhine.
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IHC To Close van der Giessen-de Noord Shipyard
The Netherlands'' IHC Caland offshore and shipbuilding group has announced the pending closure of its van der Giessen-de Noord shipyard in Rotterdam with the loss of 400 jobs. Completion of existing orders will keep the yard open until early next year.
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Letters From The Mary Rose
The raising in 1982 of Henry VIII''s favourite warship, the Mary Rose, has made her into one of the most famous ships in history, as a global television audience followed her salvage and painstaking preservation at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard where she is now on public display.
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MSI Data Report: Commercial Ports: UK
This report from MSI Marketing Research for Industry covers the review period of 1998 - 2002, during which time the volume of UK port traffic increased to an estimated 567.9 million tonnes in the final year.
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The Statesman's Yearbook 2004
Published last month is this 140th annual edition of an institution which has come to be the byword for accurate and comprehensive information on the current political, economic and social status of every country in the world.
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NewsMalaysians Visit Scarborough Coastal Works
Consultancy High-Point Rendel has played host to a visit rom the Malaysian Department of Irrigation and Drainage and other representatives of the country''s government, business and academic institutions. The 23 member Malaysian team visited the £ 33m coastal protection scheme at Scarborough UK being supervised by High-Point Rendel.
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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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BMAPA and Crown Estate Release Second Set of Aggregates Zoning Details
As part of what they call their ''ongoing commitment to responsible management through continual development, '' the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate have released the second set of zoning information for 2003. This confirms their guarantee to provide more detailed information on the zoning of ...
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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.
