Industry News – Page 315
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NewsABP Boosts Profits
Associated British Ports exceeded already high market expectations by posting a 6% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £ 138.1m and boosting turnover by 7% to £ 401.9m.
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NewsEXODUS Wins Prestigious Award
EXODUS evacuation simulation software developed by the University of Greenwich (UK) Fire Safety Engineering Group has been awarded a prestigious Queen''s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a special ceremony at Buckingham Palace. The Queen presented a gold medal and an illuminated prize certificate to the University''s Vice ...
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Militaries March to Marine Security
Recent and current world events have given rise to increased interest in port security, with many nations accelerating their plans in this area.
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Launch for CableAwareness. com
Thales GeoSolutions (Pacific) Inc has launched an online information system aimed at providing submarine cable owners with added protection for their cable system. The web address www.Cable Awareness. com provides basic cable positional data and cable awareness charts to the fishing community and other marine users over the internet on ...
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NewsLondon Gateway Inquiry Underway
The public inquiry into P&O and Shell''s proposals to regenerate the 1,500 acre site of the former Shell Haven oil refinery on London''s River Thames began late last month.
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Ness Lock on Windpower?
A renewable energy centre of excellence could be built at Lowestoft UK to help put the East Anglia region in prime position for the emerging windpower market. A report by the East of England Development Agency envisages a cluster of offices at the base of the giant turbine at Ness ...
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New Year, New ABPmer Team
ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) has expanded its services by forming a Processes team which will focus on work in the flood and coastal management sector as well as undertake dredging and marine navigation design studies.
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NewsMcMurdo Launches Regional 'Centres of Excellence' Plan
Portsmouth UK based marine safety equipment manufacturers McMurdo have announced plans to set up regional ''centres of excellence'' in major ports around the world.
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Four Minute Smile
The Thames passenger vessel Elizabethan observed a man fall into the Thames without a lifejacket while securing a workboat last month. The Elizabethan sent a distress call to London Coastguard.
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NewsGerman Yard Heads Into Busy 2003 After Delivering 'Loreley'
The Genthin facility of German shipyard Schiffbau und Entwicklungs-gesellschaft Tangermunde (SET) has handed over the police boat newbuilding Loreley to authorities in Mainz.
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SARIS II Wins Top Award
The search and rescue information system SARIS II, developed by British Maritime Technology subsidiary BMT Cordah Ltd, has won the 2003 Maritime Excellence Award for ''Technological Excellence in Training''. The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has been involved in the SARIS II project since its inception and operates the system ...
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NewsISS Ahead of Schedule
Inchcape Shipping Services'' (ISS) programme to expand support services in the Arabian Gulf is continuing apace, with the two launch vessels ordered last June on course to be delivered ahead of schedule.
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Alfa Laval Tanks Up in Denmark
Marine oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions specialist Alfa Laval has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group, which includes tank cleaning specialists Gunclean Toftejorg.
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Lights Due for a Rethink, Shippers Tell UK
A grouping of major shipping lines have warned the British government that they could end direct calls at UK ports and even go to court unless light dues are brought into line with those in most other European countries. The dues, which fund the provision of navigational aids, are paid ...
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Bountiful Year for Milford Haven
Milford Haven Port Authority has reported a strong performance in shipping activity for the year 2002, with the number of ships using the Welsh deepwater port up 3% to 3,445 while gross tonnage grew by 4.4% to 48,360,000. Recent innovations and investments at the port include the routine active escorting ...
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Cosalt Ropes Offshore Partnership
Cosalt Safety & Protection has formed an exclusive working partnership with Belgium based rope manufacturer BEXCOropes to promote, sell, manufacture and supply Single Point Mooring (SPM) hawser assemblies to the offshore marine market. The move extends Cosalt''s presence in the offshore sector, where it already supplies a range of products ...
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NewsSuzuki Tops Euro Outboard Sales
A 2002 sales increase of over 200% has given Suzuki a clear European lead in the fast growing 115-140hp outboard motor sector. Export figures published recently by ICOMIA handed Suzuki a 27.5% overall market share and 38.1% of four stroke sales, the only area in which Suzuki has an interest.
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NewsDemand Surge for Rough Terrain Container Handlers
As mobilisation builds for a possible war with Iraq, the Tank Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) of the US Army has placed another delivery order with the Kalmar RT Center LLC for Rough Terrain Container Handlers (RTCH). The new delivery order totals 93 machines and other logistical items carrying a ...
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Solar Solve Launch ROLASOLV
South Shields UK based Solar Solve Marine has supplemented its well established range of type approved SOLASOLV anti-glare sunscreens with the launch of ROLASOLV, a range of fire retardant roller blinds for crew and passenger accommodation areas.
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Norwegian Shipowner Earns Prestige
As controversy continues in the wake of the Prestige sinking off Spain, a refreshing approach to vessel management was seen in the UK earlier this month when the single hulled oil tanker Arendal was detained in Shetland after its owners requested a classification society surveyor inspect cracks reported by the ...
