Key Deals – Page 152

  • Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam are satisfied with the European Parliament Environment Committee voting results
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    Largest EU ports support moves on sulphur

    2012-03-15T16:10:00Z

    Three major European ports, Hamburg, Antwerp and Rotterdam, have said they are satisfied with the European Parliament’s ‘sulphur emissions’ resolution, which goes beyond the IMO regulations.

  • Damen First Crew Supplier 1605
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    Damen supplier built in Ecuador

    2012-03-14T16:17:00Z

    A Damen Fast Crew Supplier 1605 will be built for the first time in Ecuador by Astilleros Navales Ecuatorianos (Astinave) shipyard.

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    Marine Planned Maintenance

    2012-03-14T08:30:00Z

    Marine Software Ltd is supplying Marine Planned Maintenance software to Briggs Marine Contractors, to include 18 vessels and separate shore side maintenance equipment.

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    Award Shortlist

    2012-03-13T13:00:00Z

    London headquartered, employee owned marine engineering company Houlder has been shortlisted for a National Council for Work Experience (NCWE) Work Placement of the Year Award.

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    Pay as you sail

    2012-03-13T11:30:00Z

    Norway based E-navigation company NAVTOR has announced what it claims is a market first, with the launch of its ‘Pay As You Sail’ (PAYS) DNV approved NAVTOR ENC Service.

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    RIBs for Malta

    2012-03-13T11:30:00Z

    Finland’s Boomeranger Boats has won a European tender to deliver three high speed RIB’s to Malta armed forces.

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    Balast water approval

    2012-03-13T11:30:00Z

    The Maritime Environmental Protection Committee of the United Nations'' International Maritime Organization (IMO) has granted Siemens Final Approval for its Sicure ballast water management system.

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    Chinese ferry for Damen

    2012-03-13T11:30:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Gorinchem and Afai Southern Shipyard in China have been contracted to build a 35 m ferry for Liuzhou Yinliu Hotel Management.

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    Rena report reveals short cut

    2012-03-12T18:30:00Z

    An interim report on the Rena cargo ship grounding has revealed that the crew may have been taking a short cut which caused the incident.

  • Delta is powering the Irish coastguard
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    Delta power Irish Coastguard

    2012-03-09T12:25:00Z

    The UK’s Delta Power Group is delivering its second batch of RIBs to the Irish Coastguard shortly as part of a total fleet upgrade.

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    GIS cuts cost

    2012-03-09T12:00:00Z

    Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed a GIS-based data study for the first stage of Forewind’s planned Round 3 Dogger Bank offshore wind farm development.

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    DHV and Haskoning merge

    2012-03-09T12:00:00Z

    Netherlands based engineering consultancies DHV and Royal Haskoning have announce their intention to merge.

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    SafeMed software tool

    2012-03-09T09:30:00Z

    The development of a new software tool to help in the fight against substandard shipping has begun under the auspices of the SafeMed II Project.

  • UK Local Government Minister Bob Neill said, “For too long this unfair backdated port tax took its toll on the port industry, with unexpected million pound bills damaging the businesses at the foundation of this country’s import and export infra...
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    Port rates fiasco finally brought to an end

    2012-03-08T21:00:00Z

    Port based businesses in the UK facing unfair and unexpected backdated business rates bills can breathe a sigh of relief, Local Government Minister Bob Neill said last month.

  • Macduff Ship Design’s Donald Cameron and HRH The Princess Royal share a smile at the opening ceremony.
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    Royal launch for Macduff’s new design office

    2012-03-08T16:16:00Z

    HRH The Princess Royal officially opened Macduff Ship Design’s new office in Scotland last week.

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    Apprenticeship scheme

    2012-03-08T12:00:00Z

    More than a dozen marine businesses in Cornwall UK have boosted their workforce through Cornwall Marine Network’s unique Apprenticeship Scheme.

  • DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem with Simon Moore CEO of London Gateway, alongside berth 1, which opens next year.
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    First quaywall revealed at London Gateway

    2012-03-07T17:52:00Z

    DP World chairman Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem visited London Gateway late last month, the UK’s new deepwater container port and what will become Europe’s largest logistics park.

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    Dredging training course

    2012-03-07T17:45:00Z

    The training course Environmental Aspects of Dredging will next be presented in Delft, The Netherlands on 19 and 20 April 2012, organised by the Postgraduate Academic Programme of the Delft University of Technology.

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    €90m dredging deal

    2012-03-07T14:00:00Z

    Compañía Sudamericana de Dragados S.A., a subsidiary of Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group, has been awarded a contract for capital and maintenance dredging in the port of Bahia Blanca, Argentina.

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    Drives/batteries cooperation

    2012-03-07T13:00:00Z

    The global AC drives manufacturer Vacon Plc and European Batteries Oy, a Finland-based lithium-ion-iron-phosphate (LFP) battery systems manufacturer, have agreed on cooperation in the field of technology that combines the use of battery systems and AC drives in the same electrical system.