Industry News – Page 282
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Neptune Is King at Humber Ceremony
The first of a new fleet of pilot launches commissioned by Associated British Ports'' Humber Estuary Services was officially named Humber Neptune in a ceremony at the Port of Grimsby''s 5 Quay late last month.
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NewsMaritime Careers Sighted on Essex Exercise
Pupils from six schools in Essex UK have been praised for the way in which they dealt with a ''disaster at sea'' in a special exercise staged within the Haven Gateway.
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NewsPLA Opts for Low Wash Launches
As a measure to conserve the environment of the tidal river Thames and better serve Upper District river users, the Port of London Authority (PLA) has signed a contract with Cornwall UK based Ecocats Ltd for two Javelin 31 low wash patrol launches.
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NewsAgreement Breaks Scopic Rates Deadlock
The International Salvage Union (ISU) and the International Group of P& I Clubs have reached a New Year agreement which has cleared the way for an increase in the tariff rates for personnel engaged in salvage operations under Lloyds Form where the SCOPIC Clause (Special Compensation P& I Club) has ...
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Trelleborg Acquires CRP
Sweden''s Trelleborg Group has acquired the Lancashire UK based CRP Group of companies for £ 70m. CRP, whose operations relate primarily to systems for the subsea sector of the oil and gas business, will slot into Trelleborg Engineered Systems within the Trelleborg Group. As a result of the acquisition, oil ...
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NewsP&O Ports Takeover Cliffhanger
Investors in the P& O ports and ferries group must feel like Christmas is ongoing as the Singapore government''s investment fund Temasek, which already owns the world''s number two container terminal operator Port of Singapore Authority (PSA), made its long anticipated counter-approach through PSA for the P& O group in ...
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UK Port Rail Plan
s UK Port of Felixstowe applied last month for permission under the Transport and Works Act (TWA) to improve the existing single track branch line between Trimley St Mary and Levington.
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NewsNew MCA Search & Rescue Helicopter Contract
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency last month awarded a five year interim contract for the provision of Coastguard search and rescue helicopter services to CHC Scotia. The contract provides for commercial SAR helicopter from civilian operated bases at Sumburgh, Stornoway, Lee-on-Solent, and Portland, running for a five year period ...
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NewsRNLI Launches 'Tamar' at London Boat Show
The RNLI officially unveiled its new Tamar Class all-weather lifeboat at the London Boat Show earlier this month.
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Babcock & Brown March on Maritime Europe
Acquisitive Australian investment group Babcock & Brown has bought into UK port operations with the purchase of PD Ports and into the growing European marine renewable energy market with the purchase of Energis.
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Boskalis' Boom Year
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has announced anticipated net profits for 2005 will be up by at least 80% on 2004, when the company posted a figure of ?32.3m. A large intake of orders late in the year, including a ?0.8bn project in Qatar, has doubled the order book ...
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NewsBox Terminal Gets Go Ahead
Associated British Ports (ABP) welcomed the Government decision last month to permit construction of the proposed Quay 2005 container terminal at the company''s northern Port of Hull. The two berth development would be built on the riverside in front of the present Alexandra Dock and will allow the port to ...
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Night Vision in Europe
Hampshire UK based Eurotask Ltd has been appointed European distributor for US based Night Vision Technologies Inc (NVTi) and will handle their range of night and day vision systems used for security and surveillance within the marine industries. The NVTi systems use a combination of thermal, Generation III light intensified, ...
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Fuel Conditioning Deal
ITT-Jabsco has signed an agreement with America''s Algae-X International for the sale and distribution of Algae-X fuel maintenance and management systems to the European marine industry. Algae-X is a range of fuel conditioning equipment which optimises the performance and reliability of diesel engines by keeping tanks clean and protecting injection ...
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NewsP&O Accepts Dubai Takeover Bid
The P& O ports and ferries group has agreed to a £ 3.3bn takeover bid from Dubai Ports World (DP World), which is owned by the Dubai government. P& O announced that it had received an unsolicited approach last month, and the ensuing offer of 443 pence per share in ...
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PLA Awarded PERS
The Port of London Authority has been awarded the EcoPorts Port Environmental Review System (PERS) certificate in recognition of its work to maintain high environmental standards. PERS is a European standard system designed by ports themselves to assist in complying with recommendations of the Environmental Code of Practice of the ...
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'Matching Marine Propulsion' Workshop
Ship and boat builders who want to know how best to match ship propulsion components and systems, perhaps avoiding costly mistakes, will take interest in the second international Matching Marine Propulsion Workshop, which starts in Vlaardingen in the Netherlands on 7 February 2006.
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More Traffic for HST
The Simon Group, which operates the Humber Sea Terminal (HST), has signed an agreement with A P Moller-Maersk Group subsidiary Norfolkline BV to supply port and terminal services between HST and Vlaardingen in Holland.
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EU Short Sea Focus
Short sea shipping has been identified as a sector for attention by EU environment commissioner Stavros Dimas. Alongside ship building, Mr Dimas believes new legislation for Europe''s maritime industries is necessary under his marine environment strategy aimed at cleaning up Europe''s territorial waters by 2021.
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Moor Care Needed
The London P& I Club has warned of the potentially fatal consequences of failing to observe the highest levels of care and attention, on board and ashore, during the mooring and unmooring of ships. In the latest issue of its StopLoss Bulletin, the Club highlights a case in which a ...
