Industry News – Page 158
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NewsBoskalis dredging contract
Royal Boskalis Westminster is to dredge and construct the Bronka Port shipping channel in St Petersburg, Russian Federation, as part of a €130m contract.
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NewsNew SMS Towage operation
SMS Towage has invested more than £5m in a new operation at Belfast harbour in response to demand from port users.
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NewsLegal support helps deliver tidal project
UK law firm Burges Salmon has advised MeyGen in helping it secure consent for the 86MW Phase 1 Pentland Firth tidal generation development.
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NewsLondon still leads as maritime centre
A new report from TheCityUK reveals that London remains the world’s leading maritime centre.
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Waveblade secures funding for global growth
Waveblade Limited, the Scotland based company which makes submersible power tools, has raised £610,000 in a second round of funding as it continues its global expansion and diversification into new sectors.
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Hamburg growth
Total throughput in the Port of Hamburg in the first six months of 2013 reached 68.1m tonnes, an improvement of 3.5% on 2012.
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Civils join forces
Marine civil engineering consultants Peter Fraenkel & Partners Ltd has joined forces with international, multidisciplinary civil engineering consultants NIRAS A/S to form a strong European marine engineering company.
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Design/build partnership
Naval architects BMT Nigel Gee’s latest partnership with Ares Shipyard in Turkey involves the design and build six 18m patrol boats from advanced composites, for the Bahrain Coast Guard.
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Legal charter to support seafarers
In an important contribution to the legal support of seafarers worldwide, SRI (Seafarers'' Rights International) has launched a Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to Seafarers.
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New Caspian port
Turkmenistan has launched a $2bn project to build a new port on the Caspian Sea, designed to boost exports.
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ECDIS certified
Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam’s Alphatron Training Centre has received the official Letter of Recognition from the Minister of infrastructure and Environment (also called the Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate.)
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New Meercat design
The UK’s Meercat Workboats has raised the bar in workboat design again with its latest dual lift design.
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MMO marine plan
Predictions on the future of the seas off the UK south coast are outlined in a report published last month by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).
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Polish agent
The MacArtney Group has signed a representative agreement with Escort Sp. z.o.o. to function as official MacArtney agent in Poland.
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Concordia upright
Described as the largest and most expensive salvage operation ever undertaken, the Costa Concordia has been righted in an operation that took 19 hours and cost upwards of £500m (€600m).
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Wind transport
Foundation structures for the Global Tech 1 Windfarm are being transported to the construction site from the BLG Logistic Group’s offshore terminal at Bremerhaven with the installation vessel, Innovation.
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MLC treaty welcomed
IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu welcomed the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) last month, adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a sister UN agency to IMO.
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Hamburg security office
Maritime security solutions provider AdvanFort has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, as part of its growing and far reaching customer service network, particularly for clients in Europe.
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Finland to China
Kewatec AluBoat Oy, based at Kokkola in Finland, has signed an agreement with Chinese Conglin Group establishing a JV, Shandong ConglinKEWA Aluminum Boat Co, Ltd.
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Spain – UK ports link
A bilateral agreement formalising trade links has been signed by the respective chambers of commerce in Hampshire UK and the southern Spanish port city of Almería.
