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  • Survitec Zodiac liferafts undergo servicing at the new Aberdeen depot.
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    Renewables drive safety expansion

    2012-05-21T11:49:00Z

    Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen depot is now fully operational, just one month after it opened, to service the growing demand for safety equipment from the expanding offshore renewables market.

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    Desktop workboat design

    2012-05-21T09:04:00Z

    (France - UK) Engineering software solutions provider Desktop Engineering (DTE), an accredited business partner of Dassault Systèmes, has created a new team that will focus on the marine and offshore sector, and in particular the yachts and workboat sectors.

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    Ports consultancy alliance

    2012-05-21T08:30:00Z

    (UK) HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers have formed an alliance aimed at improving service to clients and enhancing their offerings to market in both the UK and overseas.

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    13,000 TEU at CTA

    2012-05-19T11:00:00Z

    (Germany) On its maiden voyage to Hamburg last month, the Hyundai Together was the first ship with a carrying capacity of 13,000 TEU to be handled at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).

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    Sete joins Medlink

    2012-05-18T16:00:00Z

    (France) The Medlink Ports partnership formed four years ago linking Marseilles Fos and nine trimodal ports on the 550km Rhone-Saone inland waterways network has been joined by the seaport of Sete.

  • Offshore windfarm workers have created unusual demand at Ramsgate’s Belgian Café. Photo: Peter Barker
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    Soft drinks only after windfarm work

    2012-05-17T13:51:00Z

    A Ramsgate UK seafront café/bar has been refused a licence to serve alcohol from 6:00 am to satisfy the demand from sailors from Denmark and the Netherlands.

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    Ferry safety rules

    2012-05-17T11:30:00Z

    The European Commission (EC) will propose new rules to increase the safety of ferries and other boats by the end of 2012.

  • WMS president and chief executive officer, Dag Schjerven
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    Wilhelmsen - ‘Green makes sense’

    2012-05-16T17:48:00Z

    Wilhelmsen Maritime Services (WMS) president and chief executive officer, Dag Schjerven, emphasised the need for a green shipping ethos at the EXPO 2012 in Korea this week.

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    Dockwise moves on Fairstar

    2012-05-16T15:01:00Z

    At time of writing, Fairstar Heavy Transport has just rejected an unsolicited, conditional offer from Dockwise to acquire the former’s shares at a purchase price of NOK9.30 (€1.23) per share, in a bid to gain control of 54% of the company.

  • Seawork starts on Tuesday 22 May at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK
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    One week until Seawork 2012

    2012-05-16T14:26:00Z

    There is less than one week to go until this year''s Seawork, taking place next week from 22 to 24 May at the UK''s ABP Port of Southampton.

  • Receivers aim to find a buyer for tall ship ‘Pelican’
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    New owner needed for tall ship

    2012-05-15T16:27:00Z

    British receiver Smith & Williamson has been appointed to find a new owner for the 370 tonne tall ship, Pelican.

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    Propeller Workshop

    2012-05-15T16:00:00Z

    HydroComp Inc. is holding a 2012 Propeller Workshop on 11 June in Glasgow.

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    Safe design award

    2012-05-15T11:00:00Z

    (Belgium) Richard Pawling has been announced as the winner of the GL COMPIT Award 2012.

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    Alphatron heads east

    2012-05-14T15:58:00Z

    (Poland) Alphatron has acquired two establishments in Poland, establishing Alphatron Marine Poland as an Eastern European base.

  • Milford Haven – already an energy hub in the UK
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    EcoPort cert for MHPA

    2012-05-14T15:57:00Z

    Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has become one of just three ports in the UK to be awarded an EcoPorts PERS certificate for its environmental management system.

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    Broadband for WFSVs

    2012-05-12T16:03:00Z

    (UK) SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, has launched a new OceanLink Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications capability.

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    RYA for workboats

    2012-05-11T16:02:00Z

    Not just aimed at the leisure sector, the new RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities course aims to help mariners, whether on board a workboat or private yacht, with understanding their requisite duty of care.

  • Rosyth has a long history with naval construction research
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    New maritime technical advice centre

    2012-05-11T15:47:00Z

    A new maritime technical advice centre in Rosyth, Scotland, has been opened this week by the UK’s Ministry of Defence Director Ships, Tony Graham.

  • Delegates gathered in the Port of Barcelona last week.
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    MOS4MOS progresses towards final stage

    2012-05-10T15:15:00Z

    The European project MOS4MOS (Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea) has demonstrated the importance of cooperation between different states in order to boost competitiveness.

  • The Spirit of Innovation Trophy will be awarded on 22 May 2012
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    A decade of innovation at Seawork

    2012-05-09T12:21:00Z

    Over the past 14 years, some 90,000 visitors have flocked to Seawork - now firmly established as the international commercial marine exhibition where the industry buys, sells, negotiates and collaborates.