Bruges Belgium 

The historic city centre is a prominent World Heritage Site of UNESCO. It is oval-shaped and about 430 hectares   in size. The area of the whole city amounts to more than 13,840 hectares, including 1,075 hectares off the coast, at Zeebrugge (meaning "Brugge aan Zee" or "Bruges on Sea"). The city's total population is 117,073 (1 January 2008), of which around 20,000 live in the historic centre. The metropolitan are  including the outer commuter zone, covers an area of 616 km² and has a total of 255,844 inhabitants as of 1 January 2008.

Along with a few other canal-based northern cities, such as Amsterdam, it is sometimes referred to as "The Venice of the North. Bruges has a significant economic importance thanks to its port. At one time, it was the "chief commercial city" of the world.

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Santiago Bernabéu 

Santiago Bernabeu Yeste became president of Real Madrid in 1945. Under his presidency, the club, its stadium Santiago Bernabeu and its training facilities Ciudad Deportivawere rebuilt after the Spanish Civil Wardamages. Beginning in 1953, he embarked upon a strategy of signing world-class players from abroad. 

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The Aiguille du Midi (3,842 m) is a mountain in the Mont Blanc massif in the French Alps.

The name "Aiguille du Midi" translates literally as "Needle of the South". In the brochure for its cable car the Compagnie du Mont Blanc  asserts it gets its name from the fact that it points south when viewed from in front of the church in Chamonix. 

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Liburan February 2012 di Annecy - France 

During the French Revolution the Savoy region was conquered by France. Annecy became attached to the département of Mont Blanc, of which the capital was Chambery. After theBourbon Restoration in 1815, it was returned to the kingdom of Sardinia (heir of the Duchy of Savoy). When Savoy was sold to France in 1860, it became the capital of the new département of Haute-Savoie.

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Natal di Amsterdam 

Amsterdam is part of the province of North Holland and is located in the west of the Netherlands next to the provinces of Utrecht and Flevoland. The river Amstel terminates in the city centre and connects to a large number of canals that eventually terminate in the IJ . Amsterdam is situated 2 metres above sea level. The surrounding land is flat as it is formed of large polders. To the southwest of the city lies a man-made forest called het Amsterdamse Bos. Amsterdam is connected to the North Sea through the long Nort Sea Canal.

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Volendam is a town in North Holland  20 kilometres north of Amsterdam. Sometimes called "the pearl of the Zuiderzee", this place is a highly popular tourist destination. Here, you'll find many Dutch clichés, including the traditional costumes and wooden shoes. Most of them, however, have a lot of historic truth to them.

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About Offshore Vessel Inspection Database (OVID)

The Offshore Vessel Inspection Database has been developed by OCIMF in response to a request from its members to provide a database of offshore inspections broadly following the format of SIRE. Recognition that the offshore industry has different processes and procedures than the tanker world for assurance and chartering has been taken into account.

The aim of OVID is to provide a robust web based inspection tool and database of inspection reports; this will be underpinned with professional, trained and accredited inspectors. In the long term it is an aspiration that OVID will form a that is central to the selection and assurance of offshore vessels enhancing the safety of operations in the industry.
Benefits of OVID

OVID has been designed to provide a number of positive benefits to OCIMF / OGP Members and vessel managers. By utilising a database where inspection reports are available to OVID participating members experience has demonstrated that inspection numbers will drop over time.

Assurance checks as a part of the chartering process may be speeded up as the assurance personnel have access instantly to credible information on the vessel and its safety performance.

OCIMF members have cooperated to develop a common inspection document and format that will eliminate the need for inspectors to conduct inspections using a core document and client specific supplements; this should simplify the inspection process for both inspectors and ships staff and also provide assurance personnel in the oil companies with increased confidence in the inspection report content.

The provision of a document detailing vessel/ unit principal dimensions and equipment will give vessel operators the ability to 'show case' its capabilities and provide a tool to project teams to pre screen vessels that are capable of undertaking the required activities. Having this document controlled by the vessel/unit operator allows for rapid amendment to reflect upgrading activities, and hence allowing project teams to quickly evaluate the vessels new capabilities.

Proactive owners of offshore vessels will quickly see the benefit of keeping an active inspection on the database as it will streamline the pre chartering process and, for competent vessel operators reinforce their positive image with the clients.

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