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Medway Shipping
The Medway ports of Rochester, Chatham and Sheerness have a long and varied history, it has always played second fiddle to the Thames, however the Medway is Kent''s main waterway and has been regarded for centuries as a safe and secure haven for shipping.
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NewsRace Against Time at Bremerhaven
Officials in Bremerhaven are working fast in the Weser approaches to ensure that the giant Emma Maersk, billed by her owners as the world''s biggest container ship, will be able to turn when making its first call at a German port this month. The 400m long and 56m wide container ...
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NewsPoseidon Progress in the Agean
Fugro Oceanor has won a contract for the second operational phase of Poseidon, the sea condition forecasting system in the Aegean operated by the Hellenic Centre for Marine Research (HCMR).
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NewsPEARL's a Thinker
We may never know how PEARL became an acronym for Port Environmental Information Collector but the three year European Commission funded project will focus on collecting environmental data and facilitating closer European cooperation on port related environmental issues. In the UK, ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) will undertake a ...
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Disabled Access Improves
The Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) in the UK has published research showing the shipping industry has responded to its guidance on improving the accessibility of passenger ships, ferries and ports for disabled people. The guidance issued in 2000 expanded on that issued earlier by the IMO.
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Danube Summit Due
The 3rd Danube Summit, taking place in Budapest on 18 and 19 October, will focus on the region''s economic growth, with presentations covering trade flow forecasts and the requirements from major transport users for new inland waterway services.
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Jolly Good Fellow
HRH The Princess Royal has accepted an invitation to become an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). She follows in the footsteps of her father, HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, who became an Honorary Fellow in 1949 and was IMarEST''s President in 1962. IMarEST ...
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NewsGreat Yarmouth Selects Outer Harbour Partner
Great Yarmouth''s Outer Harbour Development has taken an important step forward with an announcement by the promoters, East Port Great Yarmouth Limited and Great Yarmouth Port Authority, that, following a competitive process which has taken place over the last five months, they are minded to award preferred partner status to ...
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Lankelma Acquires Andrews
Lankelma Marine SI has acquired Great Yarmouth UK based Andrews Survey, which has become Lankelma Andrews. Andrews brings 30 years of marine survey experience and their geotechnical capability will augment the Lankelma marine resource pool with CPTs, hydraulic vibracorers and a range of other seabed samplers. The new company will ...
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NewsTrinity House Vessel 'Galatea' Launched in Poland
The second new ship for Trinity House has been launched at the Stocznia Remontowa SA shipbuilders yard in Gdansk, Poland by Jane de Halpert, wife of Trinity House executive chairman Jeremy de Halpert.
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NewsNew Pollution Combat Ship for German Coast
It has taken nearly two years to acquire, organise, convert, complete and outfit, but Germany''s latest marine pollution combat ship Luneplate was finally due into service after trials in July.
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New Survey Conference
Luneplate was launched in early June at the Heise Schiffsreparatur & Industrie Service shipyard in Bremerhaven.A two day conference to examine the future of hydrographic and offshore survey is being launched by TMS International Ltd in partnership with Intelligent Exhibitions Ltd. To be held in March 2007 at the National ...
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NewsHamburg Serves Up a Whopper
SMM 2006 is setting records in all areas, with the world' s largest shipbuilding event expecting 1,669 exhibiting companies from 50 countries to fill some 75,000m 2of exhibition space alongside a host of conferences and specialist events. The 22nd Shipbuilding, Machinery & Marine Technology International Trade Fair Hamburg will fill ...
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DSB Acquires Yarmouth Shipping
International shipbrokers DSB Offshore have acquired the business of specialist tug broker Yarmouth Shipping Company Limited, which recently completed the sale of two 50 ton bollard pull tugs from BHP Billiton in Western Australia to Italian interests.
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NewsRenewables Nuked in UK Energy Review
In announcing its long awaited Energy Review last month, the British Government committed to extending the Renewables Obligation (RO) from 15% to 20% for green energy sources including wave, tidal and offshore wind power.
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Marine Society's 250th
Her Majesty The Queen was the principal guest last month when The Marine Society & Sea Cadets celebrated the 250th anniversary of the UK''s most enduring maritime charity. Speaking at the reception in Greenwich on board the Royal Navy''s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, Vice Admiral Sir Tom Blackburn KCVO ...
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Multidocker Will Boost Throughput at Ridham Dock
The recent arrival of a new high-tech multi-purpose cargo handling crane promises to speed up throughput at the busy Kentish port of Ridham Dock in the UK. Purchased by Ridham Sea Terminals Ltd (RST) the new machine, a Swedish built Multidocker CH65C, started work at one of the three berths ...
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VTMS Wins Waterford Contract
Leicestershire based Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) is establishing an Irish base at Waterford Container Terminal in Belview after being awarded a maintenance contract by Port of Waterford.
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NewsGLAs Make 'The Case for eLoran'
Continuing the theme of operational efficiency in our coverage of the Trinity House Technical Open Day in Harwich last month, the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland have released The Case for eLoran.
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Boskalis Buys Cofra
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has boosted its 51% holding in geosynthetics for civil engineering specialist Cofra to full ownership. The acquisition strengthens Boskalis'' position in the global market for specialist soil improvement techniques. Cofra has concentrated on methods of soil improvement for the construction of infrastructure projects and ...
