Inverness-based marine equipment and services company Gael Force has acquired Varis Engineering in Forres.
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He schmoozed owners of big marine equipment outfits, offering them a 10% cut for every new member they signed up (industry retailer Boaters World brought in 10, 000 or so last year).
It said one such branch in a British marine-equipment company wrote to the firm's headquarters in London suggesting that the company take advantage of strong local demand by moving more of its operations from Britain to China.
And after untangling the Marine's equipment, he extinguished the flames and pulled him to safety.
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Now companies pursuing wave and tidal energy, both of which require the installment of buoys and turbines in the ocean, are working to head off any concerns about the impact of such equipment on marine ecosystems.
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And most of those dollars still come from companies that sell boats, fishing equipment and other marine-related products.
These ranged from transporting Marine and Army units and much of their equipment into battle, to search and rescue, special forces and electronic warfare operations.
Initiatives such as Argo have reached out to stakeholders that do not traditionally participate in scientific research in an effort to use existing marine traffic for the purpose of gathering scientific data and launching monitoring equipment.
In many ways, they get the same training and equipment as SOCOM forces, but they are fully under the control of the Marine Corps.
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The Army needed six brigade sets of prepositioned equipment deployed forward in Europe, Korea, and Southwest Asia with an additional Marine brigade set in Norway.
The Marine Corps is being forced to consider further personnel cuts in part because of the expense of modernizing equipment, in particular its aging amphibious assault vehicles and its fighter jets.
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Army and Marine units are being cycled through the theater at a rate that is tough on the troops, their equipment, their families, the defense budget and, inevitably, on the all-volunteer force.
For instance, the Marine Corps is exploring how the vessel might be used as a troop carrier for small expeditionary units and their equipment, since in addition to all that space the littoral warship can launch and recover both boats and helicopters.
Following the tragedy, an inquiry by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MIB) found that a faulty steering system on the RIB and a lack of basic equipment may have led to the incident.
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