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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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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 ...
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Marine Renewable Opportunities
A new report prepared for the Scottish Enterprise Energy Team by industry consultants OTM says a diverse range of Scottish sectors are well placed to capture work in marine renewables projects.
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Hutton's Lucky Seven
Hutton & Co (Ship''s Chandlers) Ltd has expanded its UK national presence by adding a new office in Aberdeen to the six it already operates in Hull, Immingham, Southampton, Middlesbrough - Tees, Edinburgh - Leith, and Grangemouth. The new facility at Aberdeen includes a 4,000ft 2warehouse containing full frozen, chilled ...
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NewsNOCS/Swire in Climate Change Study
Scientists from the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS) in the UK are to work with the Swire Group on crucial research into the oceans'' ability to slow the build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
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NewsNorwegians Produce Patrol Boats in China
The first of a new type of high speed patrol boat has been delivered to port authorities in China after being designed and built at the Norwegian owned Qingdao production subsidiary of Umoe Schat Harding.
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NewsMaltese Cat Has Sextuplets
The 68m jumbo catamaran ferry Maria Dolores is going into service with Malta based Virtu Ferries on the company''s established Malta - Italy propelled by six Kamewa waterjets, three in each hull.
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NewsFinal Approval for Bathside Bay
The British Government has given final approval for Hutchison Port''s proposal to build a new £ 300m container terminal on a greenfield site at Bathside Bay, Harwich. The development, which will be known as the Harwich International Container Port, will have a capacity of 1.7m TEU per annum, 1,400m of ...
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Milford Haven Sells DV Howells
Milford Haven Port Authority in Wales has sold its wholly owned pollution response subsidiary DV Howells to the London based ship broking and consultancy services provider Braemar Seascope. DV Howells'' 30 employees will transfer with the business.
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MAN B&W Doubles Profit
The MAN B&W Diesel Group more than doubled its operating profit last year, leaping to 117m from 55m in 2004. Incoming orders were up by 18% to 2,203m and turnover was up by 17% to 1,666m.
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NewsGeneral Offshore Returns to Shallow Water
The successful completion of a contract in support of a major telecoms system supplier heralds the return of General Offshore. London based shallow water cable and pipeline installation and maintenance contractor General Offshore Ltd has been re-formed by senior personnel from the original General Offshore (UK) Ltd, which was amalgamated ...
