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News'Napoli' design defects identified by MAIB
Design defects which led to catastrophic hull failure of the containership ' MSC Napoli' when it encountered heavy seas in the English Channel last year have been identified in 12 other ships.
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NewsMajor donation to National Maritime Museum
The UK' s National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £ 20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
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NewsCrane Ship Finally Delivers the Goods
The heavy lift crane carrier Zhen Hua 23, which broke away from its moorings at Felixstowe on 1 March, was finally moved to the Trinity Container Terminal number 7 berth some three weeks after the accident which destroyed two of the port’ s quayside container cranes.
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NewsOban Trial Demonstrates Galileo Navigation
The Northern Lighthouse Board, the General Lighthouse Authority for Scotland and the Isle of Man, welcomed guests and members of the European MARUSE Consortium to its base in Oban last month to view a high tech demonstration aimed at developing an understanding of the maritime uses of Galileo for navigation.
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NewsAmos Saved from a Watery Grave
After 32 years lying on the Medway next to Chatham Historic Dockyard, the UK’ s last surviving steam paddle tug, ' John H Amos' , has been moved to a more suitable location for work on the vessel’ s restoration.
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NewsClimate Change Comedy Raises Funds for NOCS
The National Oceanography Centre Southampton (NOCS) at the University of Southampton is celebrating the success of its Climate Change Comedy Night, held to raise funds for its Solent Science Roadshow programme.
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NewsChallenge of Ferries on the Move
Following the delivery voyages of the fast ferry ' Tallink Autoexpress 2' and the ' Coastal Renaissance' , Netherlands based Global ship delivery and crewing specialist Redwise Marine Services BV is currently delivering the second newbuilding ferry from BC Ferries, the ' Coastal Inspiration' , from Flensburg (Germany) to Vancouver ...
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Climate Change Conference
The 2008 CIWEM Climate Change Conference takes place on 7 May at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Central London.
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MCA Training Gatwick
Oil pollution response specialists DV Howells Ltd will be running full MCA 4p and 5p courses at their Gatwick facility in Crawley, West Sussex next month.
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UKHO Launches AVCS
The UK Hydrographic Office launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) at events in Singapore and London earlier this month.
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DP Training in Croatia
The AdriaMare Maritime Training Centre in Split, Croatia has responded to customer demand by opening the first Dynamic Positioning Centre in that country.
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Diving Danger Seminar
A diving seminar which addresses marine pollution control and the salvage of environmentally hazardous objects is taking place in May.
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Diving Deals Done
Aberdeen UK based Hydro Group plc has secured major contracts with international diving technology company Divex.
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Hydro Equipment Contract
Havant UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has won a contract to service. repair and calibrate oceanographic equipment used by the Royal Naval Hydrographic Service.
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Rolls Into Vietnam
Marine power systems and services provider Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in Hanoi.
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Sailor's Society Celebrates
The Southampton UK based charity, the Sailor' s Society, celebrated its 190th Anniversary last month with a service.
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Baltic Goods Growth
Denmark' s Scandlines reports a successful 2007 during which freight traffic across its 13 routes grew by 10%.
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NewsCoasters 2007
This selection of the world' s coasters not only gives the gross tonnage, present flag and a bit of history, but, just like a group of rather homely pin-ups, it also shows them in some unusual locations.
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NewsSolent Shipping Memories
This book is the latest all colour album in the same series as Bristol Channel Shipping Memories and Mersey Shipping Memories. It takes a look at Solent Merchant Shipping over the last 50 years.
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NewsMaritime Britain
Maritime Britain is a journey around Britain' s coast in bite-sized pieces that still manages to give the local flavour of the harbours, bays and ports, while putting them all in their historical context.
