Industry News – Page 301
-
News
Coastal Surveillance for Poland
Atlas Elektronik, BAR Systems'' Bremen based German subsidiary, has received a ? 5morder from the Polish Border Guard for a coastal surveillance system. The pilot scheme will provide surveillance of the Polish coastline from the Russian border to the Hel peninsula, north of the Gdansk Bight. Further extensions to the ...
-
NewsWorkboat Funding on hand at seawork
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance returns to seawork with Asset Finance Manager - Marine, Paul Ratcliffe, again on hand to discuss asset finance with those tempted by the 60 boats in the floating exhibition or any other marine equipment on display.
-
News
Employers Be Aware of Seafarers' Rights
Does Britannia rule the waves when it comes to seafarers'' employment rights? The answer to this question, according to Deborah West, an employment lawyer who works with Southampton based LAMarine , Lester Aldridge ''s specialist shipping and marine law team, is sometimes yes and sometimes no.
-
NewsCall to Put Hub Ports on Economic Agenda
One of the UK''s leading freight and shipping academics criticised the Government for not doing enough to support hub port developments in Scotland at the Transportation 2010 and Beyond conference organised in Edinburgh last month by legal transport specialists Henderson Boyd Jackson .
-
NewsEEDA Funding Anchors Trinity House
Suffolk UK based main contractor Jackson Construction has landed an £ 8m contract to construct a new headquarters office and buoy yard for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales. The development project is part funded by a £ 2.5m grant from the East of England ...
-
News
New US AMS Rules Require Prompt Action
Since 2 April this year carriers entering or leaving the US who fail to comply with the required advance electronic presentation of cargo information face enforcement measures by the USBureau of Customs & Border Protection (CBP), writes Stephen Hawke, Executive Director of Aon Limited '' s Marine Division .
-
News
Associated British Ports Promote Environmental Awareness
Associated British Ports (ABP) in the UK has teamed up with two of the UK''s foremost educational institutions for environmental sciences to undertake key research which, it hopes, will help the ports industry to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to some of the environmental issues which face the ports industry ...
-
News
Improved Access to ENC Rules and Regulations
The first harmonised collection of IMO SOLAS and flag state regulations covering the use of official electronic navigation charts (ENCs) and electronic chart display and information system (ECDIS) has been issued by official ENC service Primar Stavangar .
-
News
EU Supports 'Motorways of the Sea'
New Guidelines for the transEuropean transport network adopted by the European Parliament include a new mechanism for supporting Motorways of the Sea . The new guidelines include a list of 30 priority projects which, at a projected cost of ? 225 billion by 2020, will aim at ensuring modal shift ...
-
News
IMarEST/SUT Partnership
The first step towards creating a global federation uniting professional and learned societies within the marine engineering, science and technology (MEST) world has taken place.
-
News
Orbimatic Website
The 80m LOA Terra Marique is some 20 times longer than the smallest Ally Duck, but the two vessels share seawork common ground in addressing the requirements of European commercial marine operators, contractors and project managers.Orbimatic GmbH , the German manufacturer of orbital welding equipment, has made major improvements to ...
-
News
AVEVA to Acquire Tribon Solutions
The Cambridge UK headquartered AVEVA Group has announced the proposed acquisition of Tribon Solutions AB , the global supplier of IT solutions for shipbuilding and marine design.
-
News
Rapid Growth at Bristol Port
A new study commissioned in the UK by the South West Regional Development Agency has assessed the potential for economic growth at Bristol Port over the next 25 years.
-
News
P&O Sale Completed
P&O has completed the sale of part of its Irish Sea ferry operations and related assets to Stena AB and has received approximately £ 50m in cash. P&O has acquired P&O''s Fleetwood - Larne route, including the ferries European Leader , European Pioneer , and European Seafarer as well as ...
-
News
PLA Holds Even
The Port of London Authority has reported overall trade figures for 2003 which are very similar to 2002, with the total volume of trade down from 51.2 million tonnes to 51.0 million tonnes.
-
News
Thrane & Thrane Expansion
Denmark''s Thrane & Thrane completed the purchase last month of 88.6% of the shares in EuroCom Industries , giving it control of maritime communications brands Sailor and Skanti . As a result of the acquisition, the combined company will be able to provide its distribution partners and the market with ...
-
NewsABP Shows Resilience
Associated British Ports hasdemonstrated resilience in the face of adversity with a range of new measures to streamline operations in the wake of their Dibden Terminal proposal for the Port of Southampton being rejected by the British Government.
-
News
Ten Million Passengers for HSS
Staff and crew on board the Stena HSS fast ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire celebrated both the vessel''s eighth anniversary recently and the ten millionth tourism passenger. The two HSS craft operating between Britain and Ireland have also carried almost two million cars, 45,000 coaches and 335,000 freight vehicles ...
-
News
New Terminal Tractors Will Boost Thamesport
To further enhance operations, London''s Thamesport received four new YT220 Terminal Tractors from manufacturer Terburg DTS .
-
NewsInsurance Incentive to Replace Banned Halon Extinguishers
UK motorboat insurance specialists Navigators and General (N&G) has negotiated a reduced rate on fire extinguishers to encourage owners to replace their banned Halon units.
