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NewsGreen gain with remote floating pier
Four years of development work by Scottish Woodlands Ltd, JST Services and the local timber industry in Scotland’ s North West Highlands culminated last month when the first 56 truckloads of round timber were diverted off a single track road and onto the sea in a single working shift.
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High latitude radar
America’ s Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has received type approval from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping for its VisionMaster FT family of marine radars for high speed and standard craft. The approvals relate to the growing importance of the Polar Regions for the maritime transportation industry. The VisionMaster FT ...
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Safe heavy transport
The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden last month. The Mighty Servant 1 was transporting the Gjoa Hull from Korea to Norway. The EUNAVFOR Belgian warship Louise-Marie, participating in ...
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Dragon fires up
Dragon LNG’ s new liquefied natural gas terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven in South West Wales has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has now commenced commercial operation. The ability to import LNG is a significant component within the UK’ s long-term energy strategy and the new terminal is the ...
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Environmental award winner
Marine exhaust system manufacturer Halyard won the first ever Wavestream Environmental Award for Distributor of the Year at last month’ s Southampton Boat Show. The award was given in recognition of Halyard’ s commitment to Wave International’ s Wavestream bilge filtration system for oil removal. Halyard has been the sole ...
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Ireland-France ferry
LD Lines has entered into a new ship charter agreement with ferry operator Celtic Link Ferries which sees the former’ s vessel ‘ Norman Voyager’ operate under charter to the latter from the end of last month. The move is part of an LD Lines reorganisation of its Ireland – ...
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Dutch wind farm consent
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has been given the go ahead to build the first offshore wind farm to receive approval in the Netherlands for almost seven years. SSE’ s renewable energy division Airtricity obtained consent from the Dutch Ministry of Transport, Public Works & Water Management to build the ...
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Fixed price safety
Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking has developed a new fixed price safety concept for shipowners. The Viking Shipowner Agreement’ s many options incorporate safety products, global servicing, single source management, and financing in a variety of transparent, fixed price structures. The agreement, designed to be adapted to meet changing customer ...
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Almanac hits download target
In the four month period since launching its free downloadable online Almanac, Wiley Nautical has seen the useful marine information resource downloaded more than 18,000 times. The Almanac provides access to port, weather, facilities and tidal information for 150 primary ports and over 80 secondary ports along England’ s South ...
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NewsPiracy about to rise
It will soon be ‘ piracy season’ on the high seas off Somalia, points out this week&rsquo
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NewsOperators fume over more Elbe deepening delays
According to a leading German feeder shipping company, new delays in plans to deepen Hamburg’ s Elbe River to 14.5 m to allow access for ever bigger boxships are dangerous and have already cost Germany’ s biggest seaport its position as Europe’ s Number 1 transshipment hub.
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NewsNew lightweight ferry boasts all-round benefits
A new lightweight, double ended ferry just delivered to the Port of Copenhagen boasts particularly low CO2 emission levels and fuel savings of up to 50 %, according to its builders.
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NewsShip AHOY for disabled sailors
British quadriplegic yachtsman Geoff Holt took the helm of a newbuild catamaran last month which has been specially designed for The Adventure Help & Opportunities for Youth (AHOY) Centre in London.
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NewsNew Berlin - Hamburg inland cargo link opens
The first containers to be delivered from Berlin to the Port of Hamburg via the new Elbe-Spree inland waterway were unloaded last month.
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NewsNew report puts 'Venice in Peril'
Venice is fast being lost to the water, says a report released this month by the conservation group, Venice in Peril.
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NewsDutch gear up for 'Offshore Energy'
The Netherlands will demonstrate that it is a major player in the offshore energy market when the Offshore Energy & Dredging 09 trade fair and seminar takes place in Den Helder on 8 October. Even though the Netherlands plays a smaller role in the North Sea offshore industry than the ...
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NewsNew hull design for latest RNLI lifeboat
The development of the latest all weather lifeboat for the UK&rsquo
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NewsInflation boom times at Interspill
Isle of Wight based Vikoma has won the latest EMSA (European Maritime Safety Agency) contract for the North Sea. The announcement was made yesterday at the Interspill 2009 exhibition and conference, which is ongoing in Marseilles.
