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NewsSWATH pleasure sector opens on a Silver Cloud
Europe' s latest SWATH vessel, and its first for private pleasure rather than commercial pilot or coastguard operation, arrives in the US late this month after sailing from Germany where it was built.
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NewsPelamis plugs Portugal into wave power
So many mariners, pounded by the merciless power of the sea, must have wondered what it would take to get this huge force on our side. The answer, developed over the last decade by an Edinburgh based company, has been forthcoming and wave power is now being harnessed following the ...
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News'Marco Polo' plan pursued in Shetland
The planned ' Motorway of the Sea' linking Kristiansund in Norway, Rosyth in the UK and Zeebrugge in Belgium has unexpectedly run into a snag. While not grounded completely, the plan has certainly been hit by a delay.
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NewsSalvage operations keep SMIT busy
Salvage teams from Rotterdam and other SMIT Salvage locations worldwide have responded to a series of marine emergencies in recent months. Operations in the third quarter included the response to the plight of the chemical/oil tanker Peonia, aground off Cape Verde.
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NewsFelixstowe South digs in for expansion
The UK Port of Felixstowe has held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.
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NewsFreight by Water sets 'Agenda for Change'
The UK Minister for Shipping, Paul Clark MP will be sharing the Government’ s views on modal shift and the importance of water freight with delegates at a seminal event hosted by Freight by Water, to highlight the increasing need for waterborne transportation to combat environmental impact and rising costs.
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NewsRapid rescue for grounded Scheldt boxship
Netherlands based towage and salvage specialist Multraship and Belgian salvage operator URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting refloated the 39,900 gt, Singapore flag containership Kota Lagu last week after it had grounded in the River Scheldt with hazardous cargo on board.
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NewsThirsty volunteers for Sailors' Society cycle ride
A lively group of ladies from Hampshire Womens Institute (WI) in Winchester UK and local branches at Shirley, Romsey, Stockbridge and Otterbourne, are volunteering their time to man a number of water stops for thirsty cyclists during the Deloitte and Sailors Society Cycle 2009.
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NewsWOAC issues piracy recommendations
The United Kingdom Warlike Operations Area Committee (WOAC) responded on Tuesday to the extraordinary security situation in the Gulf of Aden; the establishment of the Maritime Security Patrol Area defined by the Commander of CTF 150 and the adoption of resolutions concerning Somalia by the UN Security Council.
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NewsAbu Dhabi buys into London Array
What is expected to become the world' s largest offshore wind farm got back on track recently when the Masdar Initiative, the Abu Dhabi government' s multi-billion dollar investment in renewable energy, took a 20% stake in the London Array project in the Thames Estuary.
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NewsVOA admits failure of port rates revaluation
The UK campaign for a fair evaluation of taxes for businesses operating in UK ports got a boost recently when the agency involved admitted it had failed to complete its revaluation process before putting the new rates into effect.
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NewsNorwegian shortsea line under threat
A Norwegian coastal shipping line has ' unexpectedly' mothballed another vessel as it struggles with mounting financial problems.
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NewsRain in Spain mainly adds to claims
Last weekend' s storms around Spain created a nightmare for not one, but two Liberian flagged ships. First the bulk carrier Tawe ran aground in Algeciras on Friday night.
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NewsFormer Halmatic site redevelopment event
Always a highly topical and relevant subject, Strategic Waterfront Sites will be the topic for the November MareNet event which is being partnered by SEEDA and will take place at the former VT Halmatic site at Porchester.
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NewsSafety pays in Jervoise Bay
Flanders Dredging Corporation (FDC), a fully owned subsidiary of Belgium' s Jan De Nul Group, has transformed praise from a strict Australian client into victory when its project at the Australian Marine Complex located in Jervoise Bay, Western Australia was awarded this year' s IADC Safety Award.
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NewsMAIB report on the tragic 'Flying Phantom' sinking
The UK' s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on 19 December 2007, resulting in the loss of three of its crew, was published on 30 September.
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NewsUN Security Council backs force against pirates
The United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Tuesday urging states to commit naval and air forces to the fight against piracy off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsCall for renewables priority grid access
In view of the upcoming EU Energy Council meeting tomorrow, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) has sent an open letter to French Energy Minister Borloo.
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NewsHybrid energy consent in East Irish Sea
Low-carbon energy company Eclipse Energy UK has been granted government consent to enlarge its previously consented Ormonde Offshore Wind Farm and to generate and export electricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development. This completes the series of principal permissions necessary to construct the worlds first co-development of offshore gas ...
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NewsWind farm winds up shipping interests
The UK' s Chamber of Shipping expressed disappointment last month that the government' s Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) has given consent to the development of the West of Duddon Sands Wind Farm site in Morecambe Bay.
