Industry News – Page 249
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Oceans
Whether you''re an experienced sailor or learning the ropes, The Hitchhiker''s Guide to the Oceans is full of practical information on everything from how to find a crew position through to sailing as a profession.
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NewsIce Chasers return
The ''Ice Chaser'' survey team on board the James Clark Ross returned last week from its exploration of the Arctic''s sea ice with news on the environment, a hot topic since some forecasts have predicted an ice free Arctic summer within the next ten years.
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NewsTurkish ro-ro sinks in Marmara Sea
At least one person drowned and four are still missing after a ro-ro ferry carrying about 150 people and 75 vehicles sank late on Sunday night in the Marmara Sea.
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NewsCeasefire 'removes' threat to ships in Georgian waters
The Joint Negotiating Group (JNG) has rejected a demand from the International Transport Workers'' Federation (ITF), made this week, that the ports and Black Sea coastal waters of Georgia should be declared an area of warlike operations under Article 17 of the International Bargaining Forum (IBF) Framework Agreement.
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NewsSinking Ice Maiden leaves gap
A& P Tyne is out hunting for a ''substantial'' piece of work to fill the gap left by the sinking of Scottish C& M Group, and with it the Ice Maiden I contract.
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NewsShort sea offered 'a break with tradition'
An ''invitation to break with maritime tradition'' is being offered in the form of a pilot study by Dutch firms Wagenborg Shipping, Flinter Management and Amasus Shipping.
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NewsLatvian SWATHs get engine change
The new SWATH patrol boats being built by Germany''s Abeking & Rasmussen for the Latvian Coast Guard will boast MAN propulsion rather than the MTU engine technology of earlier 25m vessels.
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NewsUnderwater noise is news in Southampton
The marine environment is subject to both natural ambient noise and man made noise from sources such as shipping, offshore oil and gas platforms, renewable energy generators, seismic surveys, piling, sonar, fisheries and marine aggregate extraction.
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NewsSouth Boats finds winners from Seawork
Isle of Wight based boatbuilder South Boats Special Projects won contracts for four more boats from the June Seawork event, a sales surge which operations director Ben Coleman said was worth ' in the region of £ 22m' .
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Another famous Belgian
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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Harbour Master's views sought
The shipyard has produced a large number of tugs of this type, based on a very successful design from Robert Allan Ltd. Over the years the original design has been refined in the light of experience gained locally and through other operators also using vessels built by Irving. In this ...
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Minister supports seafarers
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.UK Shipping Minister Jim Fitzpatrick MP met a delegation of port chaplains from as far away s New Zealand, Brazil and Ghana at the Sailors' Society Global Port Chaplains Conference ...
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Acquisitive big Brude
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Brude Safety AS of Aalesund in Norway has purchased the boat and equipment builder Holen AS, which is located at Sula, near Aalesund. Holen AS manufactures marine deck equipment, MOB ...
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Silence in Iceland
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Specialist marine exhaust systems designer and manufacturer Halyard has appointed Asafl ehf as distributor or its products in Iceland, where the fishing industry accounts for more than half of the ...
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Coastwatch website launch
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI) has launched a new website (see www.nci.org.uk) incorporating the domain sites and details for every NCI watch station operating around the UK coastline. Of the ...
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Quayside cable factory
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Teesport UK based PD Ports has signed a 15 year lease with subsea cable manufacturer JDR Cables Ltd which will provide JDR with a 100,000 sq/ft factory on the deepwater ...
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Risk sharing loan funds Estonia ferry
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is stepping up its support in Estonia by providing ¢ 25m in support of investment in maritime transport. A finance contract with AS Tallink Grupp was signed in Tallinn.
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NewsMAIB addresses dangers of enclosed space working
The UK''s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has addressed long standing concern regarding the risks to seafarers working in enclosed or confined spaces on board ships.
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NewsBreakdown assistance extended to workboats
UK specialist marine warranty company ShoreGuard has introduced its marine warranty and breakdown assistance service to commercial vessel owners operating within the EU.
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NewsA yacht in the new 400 ton travel hoist of Pendennis in Cornwall.
An asset finance deal has enabled Cornwall UK based super-yacht builders Pendennis to acquired a new travel hoist capable of carrying vessels of up to 400 tons.
