Industry News – Page 280
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Sands of Time Shifting
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster says reports emanating from the Singapore and Malaysian press mention a breakthrough in discussions between the two countries which could result in the resumption of sand supply from Malaysian waters to Singapore land reclamation projects in the short term. Massive land reclamation works in ...
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NewsABP Rejects Takeover Bid
Associated British Ports (ABP) has rejected as ''wholly inadequate'' a £ 2.2bn takeover bid from an investment consortium which includes the Government Investment Corporation (GIC) of Singapore.
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Kalmar American Expansion
Container handling equipment provider Kalmar, whose machines handle every fourth container or trailer transfer at terminals around the world, has boosted its presence in the American market with the acquisition of East Coast Cranes and Electrical Contracting Incorporated (ECC). ECC has over 100 employees working in ports predominantly on the ...
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Rapid Rescue Rewarded
A SeaFrance Dover to Calais ferry crew was awarded their country''s National Sea Rescue Society (SNSM) medal last month for the courageous rescue at sea of a passenger last November. The passenger fell overboard into very cold water from another company''s ship. An alarm was raised and SeaFrance Rodin diverted ...
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Economic Change Slow for Environmental Salvage
The debate on compensation for salvage operations which prevent damage to the environment, initiated by the International Salvage Union (ISU), is a good thing, International Oil Pollution Compensation Funds director Mans Jacobsson told delegates to the ISU Conference in London last month.
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Imtech Buys Radio Holland
Imtech NV is to acquire the Radio Holland Group BV in a move that will almost double the revenues of its maritime markets to some ?350m while increasing staff to 1,700 people. The acquisition will be formalised after the expected approval of Dutch and German regulatory authorities. Imtech technology is ...
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NewsBusy New Year for Salvage Teams
SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage BV had a busy start to 2006, with four Lloyds Forms and one other salvage operation in the first five weeks.
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NewsTerror Hysteria Mars P&O Ports Transaction
Dubai Ports World has been forced to put the American dimension of its newly acquired P& O Ports operation up for sale following an unprecedented eruption of xenophobia in the US Congress. Senators and Representatives from both American political parties joined in a chorus of hysteria over a sale they ...
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Marine Environmental High Risk Areas Revealed
In a Written Statement to Parliament last month, the British Government''s Transport Secretary, Alistair Darling MP, unveiled 32 locations around the UK coast that have been identified as Marine Environmental High Risk Areas (MEHRAs). The primary purpose of the MEHRAs will be to inform mariners of areas of high environmental ...
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Wind Powers Aquarium's Marine Renewables Exhibition
The National Marine Aquarium at Plymouth UK opens a new three floor exhibit this month powered by a pair of 15m high wind turbines residing in the attraction''s new Ocean Sculpture Park.
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CIMAC Call for Papers
The International Council of Combustion Engines (CIMAC) has set the dates of 21-24 May 2007 for the 25th CIMAC Congress 2007, to be held in Vienna, Austria. A leading event in the field of ship propulsion, power generation and rail traction, the CIMAC Congress 2007 will focus on all aspects ...
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ISU Develops Environmental Award Proposals
A salvage industry plan to introduce a new reward system for environmental services is developing a sharper focus.
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Light Dues Online Migration Completed
King Henry VIII would marvel at the changes since he first issued Trinity House with the Charter to collect Light Dues in 1514. The latest is a new internet based solution, Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS), which has been delivered to Trinity House for the collection of Light Dues ...
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Boskalis Grows Again
Dutch dredging industry giant Royal Bosklis Westminster nv has acquired the dredging fleet of Finnish company Wasa Dredging Oy. The Wasa staff of some 30 employees will join Terramare Oy, the Finnish home market subsidiary of Boskalis.
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Pharos Marine Correction
Trinity House is funded from Light Dues levied on commercial shipping in some of the busiest sea lanes in the world, at no expense to the taxpayer. The revenue provides for nearly 600 aids to navigation ranging from lighthouses, buoys and beacons to the latest satellite navigation technology.In an article ...
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BMT Buys Belgian
BMT Ltd has acquired Belgian based Techmar International NV, the largest technical marine surveying company in Antwerp.
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Resinex Deliver Secure Moorings
As the largest single owner operator of LNG tankers in the world, Petronas subsidiary MISC is concerned for the safe and secure mooring of its vessels. Along with another Petronas subsidiary, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Equipment, they needed a mooring point for shuttle tankers to an FSO operated by Talisman ...
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Record Rescue Year for RNLI
Search and rescue statistics published last month by the UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution show that 2005 was the busiest year on record, with RNLI lifeboat launches up 8% to 8,273.
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Renewables Rule at All-Energy 2006
With the British Government''s energy review drawing considerable media attention and public interest, there will be more buzz than ever at the action packed sixth annual All-Energy Exhibition and Conference in Aberdeen on 24 and 25 May.
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Steady Growth Continues for ABP
Associated British Ports (ABP), operator of 21 ports around the UK, has reported its underlying UK ports and transport operating profit for 2005 up 3% to £ 151.3m and underlying group profit before taxation up 2% to £ 132.3m, translating to a 6% rise in the dividend for shareholders.
