Industry News – Page 213
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NewsHERCULES strengthens engine performance
The Germany based operation of America’s Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed new piston ring simulation techniques that will help make future marine engines more fuel efficient.
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NewsLongest Ro-Pax completes Kiel’s conversion
The first call on Wednesday by Stena Scandinavica at Kiel’s Schwedenkai Terminal saw Stena Line’s new ship generation switch on the Kiel-Gothenburg ferry route.
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NewsBottom line concerns could cost Green UK
If the UK government puts its concerns about the bottom line deficit first, it could end up by losing the economy many billions of pounds of vital investment in green energy projects.
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NewsMarco Polo heads for the sea
Following a thorough selection and negotiation process, 32 new Marco Polo projects are set to receive a share of the €57m funds earmarked under the 2010 Call for proposals.
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NewsArguments rumble on as foghorns fall silent
The sudden quietening of the Alderney and Guernsey foghorns has caused a ruckus of a different nature.
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NewsBiggest Bight cat sails through check
The biggest and most modern catamaran in the German Bight, Halunder Jet, has had a two week overhaul and class check at Bremerhavener Dockbetrieb (BREDO).
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NewsFloating boxport plan for Scapa Flow
An innovative plan for a floating container port that could be located at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands could bring enormous benefits to Scotland’s economy.
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NewsAUVs locate lost Air France flight
After two years, one of the strangest and most worrying puzzles of recent times, the loss of Air France Flight 447, may be about to be solved with the finding of the wreckage some two and a half miles down.
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NewsAction on illegal diving at shipwrecks
English Heritage has issued a warning that action will be taken against anyone illegally accessing, damaging or removing items from protected historic wrecks.
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NewsNaval vessel converts to research usage
The German Navy’s long serving military research auxiliary Schwedeneck is being converted into a modern, multi-purpose research ship at the Peene facility of P + S Werften in Wolgast.
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NewsCall to honour UK’s heroic mariners
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society is calling on members of the maritime community and air/sea rescue organisations across the UK to nominate their colleagues for their heroic acts of bravery at sea.
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NewsWilhelmsen launches world’s largest Ro-Ro
The Wallenius Wilhelmsen group has launched its 150th anniversary vessel, MV Tønsberg, into operation. The Mark V class is claimed to be the most sophisticated vessel ever built in the Ro-Ro segment.
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NewsScot MSPs oppose coastguard plans
Liberal Democrat Northern Isles MSPs, Tavish Scott and Liam McArthur, have jointly responded to the UK Government’s consultation on the future of the Coastguard service.
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NewsRisk management crippling port operations
The port sector is being crippled by the burden of managing operational risk, according to an industry wide survey.
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NewsNew research boat for university
The University of Rostock will soon take delivery of a €150,000 multi-purpose research boat, which will join a refurbished research cutter in biological research and training duties in the Baltic.
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NewsAnother Rhine ferry for Warnow River
Hansestadt Rostock, the fourth and biggest passenger ferry in service with Rostock excursion operator Dieter Schütt, has gone into operation on the Warnow River in eastern Germany.
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NewsGetting rid of the paper log jams
In the past, marine licenses were often delayed by the necessity for the physical receipt and passing on of a number of pieces of paper, which often created log-jams in a complex system.
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NewsUK’s largest crane arrives at Rosyth
The Goliath crane ordered by Babcock for the final assembly of Britain’s new Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers at Rosyth arrived at the dockyard last week.
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News‘Cormorant’ salvages trawler off Dunkirk
Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship has undertaken the salvage of fishing trawler Nieuwpoort 28 (N28), which capsized off Dunkirk on 1 March.
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NewsConsent for new berth at Southampton
Associated British Ports (ABP) has been granted consent from the Marine Management Organisation for the construction of a new quay wall at Berths 201 and 202 in the Port of Southampton.
