Key Deals – Page 189
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Marine power agreement
Metoc plc, which provides environmental design and risk management services for infrastructure assets, and consulting engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff have signed a non-exclusive alliance agreement to provide new services to the offshore renewable energy and marine power cable sectors.
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Maersk Line moves
Maritime expansion goes forward in Liverpool as international shippers Maersk Line UK & Ireland, part of the vast A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, establishes a headquarters in the port city.
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Alphatron approved and expanded
Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine has been appointed ''Officially Approved LRIT Test Centre'' by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (IVW).
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Good news on Ouse
UK operator PD Ports achieved a full calendar year without any reportable accidents at its shortsea port of Howden on the River Ouse.
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The United Kingdom Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.
Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) is the first yard in the world to receive the ISO 9001:2008 certificate, successor to the ISO 9001:2000.
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UKHMA Seminars venue
The United Kingdom Harbour Masters'' Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.
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NewsGermans launch first of two SWATH ships for Customs
Germany''s Nordseewerke (NSW) Shipyard has launched Helgoland, the first of two unique 50m SWATH offshore patrol vessels for international Customs service in the German Bight and North Sea.
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NewsMuseum celebrates PLA's 'Century of Service'.
The Port of London Authority (PLA) is celebrating a century of responsibility for the tidal Thames this year and the Museum of London Docklands is supporting its centenary with an exhibition titled ''Port of London Authority: A Century of Service''.
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NewsMore wind for joint venture partners
The Fluor Corporation''s UK division, Fluor Limited, and Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy, have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore wind farm at Bell Rock off Scotland''s Angus coastline.
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NewsRange of new boat types for German owners
Specialist German newbuilds are in the news this month with one due for delivery, another launched and a third awaiting official approval.
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NewsLargest export hovercraft on trials
The latest addition to the Canadian Coast Guard''s hovercraft fleet is undergoing trials off the Isle of Wight. ''Mamilossa'', Abenakis Indian for ''he who goes from water to the land'', was built at St Helens on the Island by hovercraft manufacturer Hoverwork Limited and will be the largest hovercraft ever ...
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NewsDedication day for Falmouth's new tug
A& P Falmouth honoured the patron saint of Cornwall last week by naming and dedicating their newest tug St Piran.
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NewsNautical Institute launches ECDIS guidance
The Nautical Institute professional body for qualified mariners has launched guidance to the industry on the transition from navigating with paper charts to navigating with ECDIS to help navigating officers meet the challenges of the change.
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News'Combatting Piracy' comes to London
It is obvious in the face of growing piracy issues that the maritime industry itself needs to come together to share the most recent findings and analysis on the subject, and talk about ways to minimise the risk of attack.
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NewsAgreement to develop 1,000MW of wave and tidal
Edinburgh based Aquamarine Power, the first marine energy company in the UK to develop wave and tidal power devices simultaneously, has signed a Development Agreement with Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
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NewsCollege campaigns to boost marine recruitment
Uncertain times have not slowed the boom in the marine industry when it comes to recruitment.
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NewsAgreement to develop 1,000MW of wave and tidal
Edinburgh based Aquamarine Power, the first marine energy company in the UK to develop wave and tidal power devices simultaneously, has signed a Development Agreement with Airtricity, the renewable energy development division of Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).
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NewsDutch designer plans workboat revolution
Dutchman Jacco Wakker has developed the Fast-Multicat, a new type of multicat style vessel which he claims will offer operators the choice of up to 90% savings on fuel or the capability to run at up to three times the speed of similar but more conventional vessels.
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NewsWave and tidal surge of interest
The Crown Estate announced in the UK last week that the first stage of the process to allocate sites for wave and tidal renewable energy in the Pentland Firth strategic area is complete.
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NewsDragon Boats sighted on Olympics Lake
International seafaring charity Sailors'' Society has secured Dorney Lake at Eton, the venue for rowing events at the 2012 Olympics, for its bi-annual fundraising Dragon Boat Challenge, which takes place on 27 June.
