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HIT Bulks Up
A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Immingham''s Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per year.
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DNV Makes It Official
Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows many years during which the experienced staff at some 51 Radio Holland Group subsidiary branches along the major ...
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NewsFirst of Three 'Heavies' for Hamburg Police
Now in service in Germany is the first in a series of three 17.56m long heavy harbour patrol boats for the Hamburg Wasserschutzpolizei, which is responsible for law and order on the City''s rivers and estuary waters.
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Holyhead Freight Boom
Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea fleet, commencing operations on the Central Corridor in July.
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News'HMS Daring' Foremast Delivered
VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navy''s first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.
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Box Tops at Felixstowe
The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on ...
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NewsYoung Engineer Drug Busters
Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.
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NewsSpanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of Bilbao on the 18th of this month.
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NewsPort-Net Partners Share Experiences
Delegates from the Haven Gateway Partnership joined port representatives from across Europe last month to share and discuss their experiences in electronic data interchange (EDI) and cargo flows, in the latest of a series of workshops within the EU''s Port-Net initiative.
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NewsFassmer Produces First Oil Skimming Combination
Fassmer Werft has handed over the first of a new type of small ship combination designed for environmental service with local authorities.
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MCA SAR Improvements
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency search and rescue figures for 2005 show the total number of occasions where assistance was required went down compared to 2004, and the total number of persons rescued (where lives were at risk) was also down. The total number of alerts received by the ...
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International ENC Cooperation
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS), operator of the Primar Stavanger electronic navigational chart service, has signed a distribution agreement for Japanese ENCs with the Japan Hydrographic Association.
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Calamity Corner: The Wrecks of the Eastern English Channel
The Titanic is the best example of an enduring public fascination with shipwrecks, but for many whose interest is perhaps determined by a proximity to home territory or some aspect of personal history, there is lore to match each and every nautical location.
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Significant Ships of 2005
The companion publication to Significant Small Ships of 2005, reviewed in MJ last month, Significant Ships of 2005 is a heftier publication dealing with the heftier end of the market in newbuilds produced worldwide last year.
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Management of Accelerated Low Water Corrosion in Steel Maritime Structures
ALWC is a particularly aggressive and localised form of low water corrosion which can occur in tidal and brackish waters on steel maritime structures.
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NewsGet to Ghent for RORO 2006
The 18th biennial meeting point for the international ro-ro industry, RORO 2006, takes place at Flanders Expo in the Belgian Port of Ghent on 16-18 May. Sponsored by the Ghent Port Company, RORO 2006 will focus on a range of commercial, operational and technical issues affecting the future of the ...
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NewsTwo Newbuilds for Hamburg's Busy HADAG Ferry Fleet
Hamburg''s HADAG Seetouristik und Fahrdienst has taken into service its eighth Type 2000 ferry and excursion boat, Ovelgonne, and is looking forward to taking delivery of a ninth in June.
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NewsFirst Xblocs for Africa
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in the Netherlands has granted Hitech Construction Company Ltd a licence for the application of Xbloc armour units for the construction of a shore protection at Bar Beach, Lagos, Nigeria. Bar Beach will be the first application of Xbloc in Africa.
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British Government Cuts UK Light Dues
The British Government has reduced the light dues paid by merchant ships for aids to navigation in UK waters from 39 pence to 35 pence per ton in 2006/07. The tonnage cap will remain at the same 35,000 tons, making the maximum charge for light dues £ 12,250 per voyage.
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V.Ships Buys UMC
Southampton UK based underwater engineering company UMC International has been purchased by marine services provider V.Ships. UMC has diving teams servicing both the commercial marine and military sectors out of bases in Plymouth, Rotterdam, Dubai and Fujairah. UMC will retain its name and existing management. The new owners expect their ...
