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Vision of ‘Port 2060’ in Antwerp
More than 50 years after the start of containerisation, Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look against a possible backdrop of game-change technology and innovation.
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Belfast marks centenary of Titanic launch
Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city''s most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.
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Impressive RheinFantasie enters service
Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second catamaran.
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Seaweed may become a marine industry
Seaweeds and micro-algae have been receiving increasing interest and investment over recent years, and may at some point become one of the UK’s established marine industries.
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Deputy PM backs Green Port Hull
Nick Clegg, UK Deputy Prime Minister and Member of Parliament for Sheffield Hallam, visited Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Hull late last month to see for himself the proposed Green Port Hull site.
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ACES high with a green trump card
Bodewes Binnenvaart bv (part of the Damen Shipyards Group) has pioneered a unique way of meeting increasingly strict environmental standards while simultaneously saving on fuel costs - ACES.
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Hytech acquisition strengthens IHC Merwede
Netherlands based specialist vessel builder IHC Merwede acquired vessel equipment supplier Hytech on Tuesday, further securing its position in the offshore market.
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Conference on underwater pollution threats
An international conference, Wrecks of the World II: Evaluating and Addressing Potential Underwater Threats, will take place on 6 and 7 June in Maryland USA to investigate global pollution concerns.
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HERCULES strengthens engine performance
The Germany based operation of America’s Federal-Mogul Corporation has developed new piston ring simulation techniques that will help make future marine engines more fuel efficient.
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Longest Ro-Pax completes Kiel’s conversion
The first call on Wednesday by Stena Scandinavica at Kiel’s Schwedenkai Terminal saw Stena Line’s new ship generation switch on the Kiel-Gothenburg ferry route.
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Bottom line concerns could cost Green UK
If the UK government puts its concerns about the bottom line deficit first, it could end up by losing the economy many billions of pounds of vital investment in green energy projects.
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Marco Polo heads for the sea
Following a thorough selection and negotiation process, 32 new Marco Polo projects are set to receive a share of the €57m funds earmarked under the 2010 Call for proposals.
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Arguments rumble on as foghorns fall silent
The sudden quietening of the Alderney and Guernsey foghorns has caused a ruckus of a different nature.
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Biggest Bight cat sails through check
The biggest and most modern catamaran in the German Bight, Halunder Jet, has had a two week overhaul and class check at Bremerhavener Dockbetrieb (BREDO).
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Floating boxport plan for Scapa Flow
An innovative plan for a floating container port that could be located at Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands could bring enormous benefits to Scotland’s economy.
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AUVs locate lost Air France flight
After two years, one of the strangest and most worrying puzzles of recent times, the loss of Air France Flight 447, may be about to be solved with the finding of the wreckage some two and a half miles down.
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Action on illegal diving at shipwrecks
English Heritage has issued a warning that action will be taken against anyone illegally accessing, damaging or removing items from protected historic wrecks.
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Naval vessel converts to research usage
The German Navy’s long serving military research auxiliary Schwedeneck is being converted into a modern, multi-purpose research ship at the Peene facility of P + S Werften in Wolgast.
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Call to honour UK’s heroic mariners
The Shipwrecked Mariners’ Society is calling on members of the maritime community and air/sea rescue organisations across the UK to nominate their colleagues for their heroic acts of bravery at sea.
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Wilhelmsen launches world’s largest Ro-Ro
The Wallenius Wilhelmsen group has launched its 150th anniversary vessel, MV Tønsberg, into operation. The Mark V class is claimed to be the most sophisticated vessel ever built in the Ro-Ro segment.