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Macduff Has The Right Stuff
Macduff Ship Design hasreceived two accolades reflecting the company''s provision of high quality professional technical services to the marine industry.
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Tall Oil Tales in Yorkshire
Rix Shipping ''s coastal tanker RixHawk recently became the first vessel since the early 1990s to discharge at the UK''s Drax Power Station on the River Ouse between Goole and Selby.
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Ports Hunger for Feeders
A new report from Netherlands based shipping consultancy Dynamar says the shortsea feeder trade is an important part of an integral port network. Efficient feeder links act as a catalyst to the growth of containerisation and hence play an important role in growing business volumes. Transhipment cargo, in addition to ...
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Rail Rockets from Thamesport
Thamesport (London) Ltd has introduced a fourth train operating company, Direct Rail Services , which will operate a full daily service to Daventry from the Medway based container port.
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MARPOL Revisions Adopted
Revised regulations to prevent marine pollution by ships carrying oil or chemicals have been adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO .The revised MARPOL Annex 1 isexpected to enter force on 1 January 2007, incorporated the various amendments adopted since MARPOL entered into force in 1983. These ...
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News'Maria S Merian' Readies for Action
Shaping up to enter service in January 2005 in waters as far north as the Arctic fringes is the research vessel Maria S Merian , being completed at Kroeger Werft near Rendsburg for delivery to German authorities.
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NewsPort of London Raises Historic Elizabethan Remains
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has successfully recovered significant sections of a late 16th Century vessel from the Thames Estuary. Working closely with experts from Wessex Archaeology the Marine Services Department of the PLA has raised a portion of the bow, part of the side of the Tudor vessel ...
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NewsFast Travel to London Boat Show
With the London Boat Show returning to the ExCel Exhibition Centre on 6-16 January, visitors wishing to get into a maritime mood en-route can travel to the event by high speed catamaran and shuttle coach from six central London piers. The ExCel Express , operated by Thames Clippers, will be ...
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2nd Sea and Water Conference
The second annual Sea and Water Conference will be held in Hull UK on 1 March 2005. The event will include a full day''s conference, a dinner and a tour of local water freight facilities. Agreement has been reached for a senior government minister to deliver the keynote speech for ...
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Contract Awards
Marine Support Services (1) Glasgow, UK; (2) Ministry of Defence, Glasgow; (3) Marine-base support services for the Portsmouth International Festival of the Sea 2005.
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'City Barge' Potential Nurtured
A special inland navigation vessel which can transport 144 TEU of boxes as well as big bags and pallets has been developed to bring and collect cargo to and from companies and manufacturers in the Amsterdam and North Sea Channel area.
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Jan De Nul Growing Again
Belgium''s Jan De Nul Group has ordered two stationary cutter suction dredgers from the same Tianjin Xinhe Shipyard in China that is building four 3,700m3 split barges for the dredging and marine construction giant.
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MCA Diverse and Conquers
The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency is the national overall winner in Remploy ''s 8th annual Leading the Way Awards . The awards were developed to recognise employers that have made significant moves towards actively encouraging diversity within their organisations. The MCA employs 380 people at its Southampton headquarters, 17% ...
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Project Ahead of Schedule
Reclamation work on The Pearl-Qatar , the US $2.5 billon man-made island being built offshore Doha, is running ahead of schedule, The Pearl-Qatar newspaper reported in October.
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Dredging Strategy for Port of London Unveiled
A new publication detailing the approach to maintenance dredging in the Port of London area has been published.
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Success Rewarded for HCT
PD Ports '' agreement with Associated British Ports (ABP) to operate the Hull Container Terminal , due to expire next month, has been extended until further notice. The announcement follows the announcement in May that record numbers of containers had been handled at HCT in the year ending 31 March ...
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Marine Consultancy Online
Marine consultants and organisations offering marine consultancy can take advantage of the International Directory of Marine Consultancy (IDMC), a global online database run by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST). The database can be searched free of charge at www.imarest.org/idmc by anyone looking for expertise in these ...
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NewsNew Boatlift Exhibits Itself
Stockholm''s Slagsta Marina hassigned a five year contract with Stockholm Boat Exhibitions toprovide a boat lifting and transportation service within the exhibitions.
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Felixstowe In Safe Hands
Adsteam Felixstowe is celebrating a certificate of recognition for achieving the highest safety record possible in the last 12 months. The ship assist crews at Felixstowe were congratulated by Adsteam operations director Ken Marshall for 12 months without any time lost through injury. This is the first time that Felixstowe ...
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NewsNew Ropax Ferries Will Boost North Sea Traffic
Stena Line will expand its North Sea business in 2006 with the introduction of two new Ropax ferries on the Hook of Holland - Killingholme freight route. The two ferries of the Stena Seabridger Class will be built by Stena RoRo at FMV in Norway and will be ready to ...
