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NewsSASMEX Keeps the Focus on Safety
The Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX) returns to the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on 16 and 17 April following a successful re-launch at the same venue last year.
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News'Gulf Maritime' Rides Regional Growth
The sixth edition of the Gulf Maritime Exhibition, the Middle East' s premier maritime event dedicated to meeting the complete sourcing requirements of the commercial, government, leisure, and the military maritime sectors, will be held at Expo Centre Sharjah from 21 to 23 April 2008.
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NewsWinter Storms Lead Salvors a Merry Dance
When the roll-on-roll off ferry ‘ Riverdance’ was blown ashore near Blackpool on 1 February in heavy seas and force 10 winds, it was just the start of a protracted salvage operation in which weather conditions in the area have remained firmly in control.
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NewsJoint Service Fire Boat for French/Germans
Europa 1, the first fire fighting boat to go into joint service with both French and German authorities, has been delivered to fire brigades in Kehl and Strasbourg on the Rhine by German builder Neckar-Bootsbau Ebert.
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NewsFelixstowe Survives Crane Crash Chaos
The UK Port of Felixstowe is still clearing the twisted remains of two quayside container cranes which collapsed at the weekend after a vessel delivering new cranes broke free of its moorings in 80 mph winds.
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NewsMCA Staff Walkout Over Low Pay
Up to 700 staff of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) are staging the first strike in their history over pay concerns. The 24 hour walkout began at 07:00 today (Thursday 6 March).
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NewsCheetah Marine Gallops Back to Seawork
One of the enduring qualities of Seawork is the return of so many exhibitors year after year to both support the show and benefit from their presence there. One of many such exhibitors is the Isle of Wight based catamaran designers and builders at Cheetah Marine, who commute to the ...
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NewsParticipation in MPA planning invited
Finding Sanctuary, a pioneering project that is designing a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in the seas around South West England, is calling for key representatives of marine livelihoods and leisure activities to join its Steering Group to help plan where the MPAs should go.
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NewsTeesport Gateway Gets Go Ahead
PD Ports (PDP) has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.
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NewsSpecialist Transporter Recovers 'Katie Hannan'
Staffordshire based specialist shipping firm Robert Wynn & Sons responded quickly last month when they were asked to assist with the recovery of the RNLI' s Portrush Lifeboat, the ' Katie Hannan' .
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NewsFirst CEDA Dredging Conference in the Gulf
The first Central Dredging Association (CEDA) international conference on dredging and land reclamation in the Arabian Gulf, titled ' Dredging and Sustainability: How Wide is the Gulf?' , takes place on 6 - 7 May 2008 in conjunction with the Ship & Port + Europort Maritime Exhibition at the Qatar ...
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NewsAnniversary Record Breaking at Milford Haven
Milford Haven Port Authority sailed into its 50th anniversary year with an announcement that it handled the largest amount of shipping ever in its history during 2007.
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Echosounder bonanza at Seawork
HMS Severn is 79.75loa and utilises a double chine hull form which will provide an improved seakeeping performance compared with the curent Island Class ships as well as superior accommodation. The flexible and efficient design is providing VT with export opportunities, including New Zealand where the design has been short ...
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NewsEnvironmental Innovation 'Oracelle Fund' Launched
Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of capital for environmental marine research and development projects. Other contributors are welcome to participate.
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NewsChinese New Year for Rotterdam Salvors
Severe gales around the coasts of Britain and western Europe late in January and early February presented the emergency services and salvors with a number unusual and potentially difficult challenges.
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Salvors Back IMO Emergency Response Guidelines
Salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization’ s (IMO) adoption of Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency.
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NewsClimate Change Comedy on the South Coast
To launch National Science Week in the UK next month, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University of Southampton have managed to persuade two great comedians to give a lighter side to science and to climate change, at 19:30 on 10 March at the Nuffield Theatre.
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NewsLasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting
Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast of Scotland.
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NewsSafety Through Software Set to Save Lives
The UK' s Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the safety of those at sea throughout Europe by employing Hampshire based software assurance firm TestIT.
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NewsFassmer Builds Research Ship for Fugro
Fassmer in North Germany is designing and building a state of the art 65m LOA geophysical survey vessel for Holland’ s Fugro Group, which is active worldwide in the collection and interpretation of data related to the earth’ s surface and sea beds.
