Industry News – Page 264
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NewsCombined Commercial Marine Insurance Launched
Commercial marine insurance providers Navigators & General (N& G), members of the British Marine Federation (BMF), have launched a new Commercial Marine Combined insurance product offering a tailored one stop solution for the specialist UK leisure and small commercial marine industry.
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EU Waterways Directive Sparks Dutch Debate
A legislative proposal before the Lower House of Parliament in the Netherlands would revise the national Shipping Act to bring legislation into line with the EU Inland Waterways Directive (2005/44/EC).
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NewsShippers saving billions on freight spend
Outsourcing to a freight audit company seems to be a solution to the problem of increased obscurity in financial control.
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NewsNew Funding for Tidal Turbines
The ethical savings and investment bank Triodos is making its first ever investment in marine renewable energy as a contributor towards £ 7.5m of new funding for Marine Current Turbines Ltd (MCT), the developer of the world’ s first commercial scale sub-sea turbine.
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News'MSC Napoli' is Refloated & Re-Beached
The ongoing saga of the ill fated ‘ MSC Napoli’ took another significant turn on the 9th of July when the 53,409gt vessel was refloated.
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NewsTimber Contract Lifts King's Lynn
Associated British Ports'' (ABP) Port of King''s Lynn has been handling substantial volumes of forest products following the signing of a one year term agreement with Swedish timber company Vida Wood AB to handle approximately 50,000m3 of carcassing timber a year from Halmstad in Sweden.
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NewsYoung Engineers Sight Marine Careers
The UK independent educational charity The Smallpiece Trust is working with the Lloyd's Register Educational Trust to provide 140 teenagers in Southampton and Strathclyde with a valuable introduction to the marine industry and into the rewarding, well paid careers it can offer.
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IHMA Papers
The International Harbour Masters'' Association has issued a first call for papers to be delivered at their 6th Congress, which takes place 12-16 May 2008 in St Petersburg, Russia.
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Adriatic Diving Conference
The Open University Libar in cooperation with AdriaMare Maritime Training Centre is organising the 1st Adriatic Diving Conference, which will take place on 8 and 9 November 2007 at the Hotel Punta in Vodice, Croatia.
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Advice Bales Out
With over 100,000 tyres replaced in the UK every day and the EU Landfill Directive now preventing them going to landfill, the need to develop end of life uses is acute.
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NewsRenewables Power from Mersey Waterwheel
A giant waterwheel stretching across the River Mersey could be used to generate renewable electricity for the Northwest, according to a new study that identifies the river as one of the top sites for tidal renewable energy in the UK.
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NewsTri-Modal Terminal is 'Money Well Spent'
A new tri-modal logistics hub on the River Elbe could make a big contribution to German efforts to master increasing hinterland traffic to and from Hamburg and better integrate regional traffic flows.
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Plans for UK 'Energy Coast'
Proposals to transform West Cumbria into ''Britain''s Energy Coast'' are gathering pace following a positive meeting last month with then Secretary of State for Trade and Industry Alistair Darling and other key ministers before Gordon Brown took over as Prime Minister and formed a new government.
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NewsUSCG Group Joins IHMA
Some 44 US Coast Guard ''Captains of the Port (COTP) are the latest regional organisation to join the International Harbour Masters'' Association. The recruitment includes all the USCG Sector Commanders.
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NewsLower Elbe Sounding Ship for Germans
The new 23.9m modern sounding boat Wedel is now in service on the Elbe after completion for north German shipping authorities by the Fassmer Shipyard in Berne as a replacement for two older vessels.
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NewsPay for Port Links says FTA
The UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA), whose members consign over 70% of the freight moved by sea, has called on the Government to use its forthcoming Ports Policy Paper to accept responsibility for funding inland transport links from ports, as happens in other developed nations.
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Construction Start at Great Yarmouth
The Great Yarmouth Port Company has awarded a contract valued at some £ 50m to a joint venture of Van Oord UK Ltd and Edmund Nuttall Ltd to build the long awaited Outer Harbour Development, which is expected to be a major catalyst for economic growth both in the port ...
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NewsDragon Boat Day Funds Seafarer Support
The first ever British & International Sailors'' Society Dragon Boat Challenge took place last month at the 2012 Olympic rowing venue at Dorney Lake, Eton.
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NewsOstensjo to Build Offshore 'Flotel'
Ostensjo group member Edda Accommodation has placed an order for the offshore industry''s first purpose built ''flotel''. ''Edda TBN'' will be an Offshore Accommodation Vessel for a total of 600 personnel.
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Inland Ports Forum
Capacity problems in Europe''s seaports has put a focus on inland port and waterway development, which is the theme of the first European Inland Waterways and Ports Forum.
