Industry News – Page 246
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NewsWOAC issues piracy recommendations
The United Kingdom Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) responded on Tuesday to the extraordinary security situation in the Gulf of Aden; the establishment of the Maritime Security Patrol Area defined by the Commander of CTF 150 and the adoption of resolutions concerning Somalia by the UN Security Council.
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NewsSalvage awards and the 'disparity principle'
In a recent salvage award case involving the Vessel Voutakos versus Tsavliris Salvage (International) Ltd in the English High Court, the Admiralty Judge had a rare opportunity to consider an appeal from a Lloyd' s Open Form arbitration award.
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NewsFreight by Water sets 'Agenda for Change'
The UK Minister for Shipping, Paul Clark MP will be sharing the Government’ s views on modal shift and the importance of water freight with delegates at a seminal event hosted by Freight by Water, to highlight the increasing need for waterborne transportation to combat environmental impact and rising costs.
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NewsAbu Dhabi buys into London Array
What is expected to become the world' s largest offshore wind farm got back on track recently when the Masdar Initiative, the Abu Dhabi government' s multi-billion dollar investment in renewable energy, took a 20% stake in the London Array project in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsVOA admits failure of port rates revaluation
The UK campaign for a fair evaluation of taxes for businesses operating in UK ports got a boost recently when the agency involved admitted it had failed to complete its revaluation process before putting the new rates into effect.
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NewsNorwegian shortsea line under threat
A Norwegian coastal shipping line has ' unexpectedly' mothballed another vessel as it struggles with mounting financial problems.
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NewsRain in Spain mainly adds to claims
Last weekend' s storms around Spain created a nightmare for not one, but two Liberian flagged ships. First the bulk carrier Tawe ran aground in Algeciras on Friday night.
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NewsFormer Halmatic site redevelopment event
Always a highly topical and relevant subject, Strategic Waterfront Sites will be the topic for the November MareNet event which is being partnered by SEEDA and will take place at the former VT Halmatic site at Porchester.
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NewsSafety pays in Jervoise Bay
Flanders Dredging Corporation (FDC), a fully owned subsidiary of Belgium' s Jan De Nul Group, has transformed praise from a strict Australian client into victory when its project at the Australian Marine Complex located in Jervoise Bay, Western Australia was awarded this year' s IADC Safety Award.
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NewsMAIB report on the tragic 'Flying Phantom' sinking
The UK' s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on 19 December 2007, resulting in the loss of three of its crew, was published on 30 September.
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NewsUN Security Council backs force against pirates
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday urging states to commit naval and air forces to the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsCall for renewables priority grid access
In view of the upcoming EU Energy Council meeting tomorrow, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has sent an open letter to French Energy Minister Borloo.
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NewsHybrid energy consent in East Irish Sea
Low-carbon energy company Eclipse Energy UK has been granted government consent to enlarge its previously consented Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm and to generate and export electricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development. This completes the series of principal permissions necessary to construct the worlds first co-development of offshore gas ...
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NewsWind farm winds up shipping interests
The UK' s Chamber of Shipping expressed disappointment last month that the government' s Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given consent to the development of the West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm site in Morecambe Bay.
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NewsBlonde ambition for 'Boris Island'
London' s unpredictable new Mayor, Boris Johnson, caused a stir last month by proposing Heathrow Airport be closed down and replaced by a new four runway facility operating 24 hours a day and built on 1,375 hectares of reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsNew fisheries boat for Germans
Seefalke, the first of two identical new innovative fisheries research boats is being handed over this month by the Peene-Werft yard in Wolgast to Germany' s Bonn based Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLE).
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NewsFirst 55 pilot for Port of Sines
Following an international tender last year, Ireland' s Safehaven Marine, builders of the Interceptor range of pilot boats, was awarded the contract to supply an all weather pilot boat to the Port of Sines in Portugal.
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NewsRNLI in RIB lease agreement
Two inshore RIBs have joined Dorset Polices Marine Section fleet to patrol the coast and rivers of Dorset thanks to a new collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
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NewsMETS marks progress on 20th Anniversary
The Marine Equipment Trade Show (METS) celebrates its 20th Anniversary this year when it returns to Amsterdam' s RAI exhibition centre on 18-20 November.
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NewsDutch double offshore airport concepts
Offshore airport proposals for overcrowded northern Europe are suddenly very much in the news. London Mayor Boris Johnson' s proposal last month for an alternative to Heathrow on reclaimed land in the Thames Estuary has been matched by an even more striking concept from the Netherlands.
