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NewsHistoric Pilot Schooner is Transported Home to Hamburg
After 70 years in the United States, the Elbe pilot schooner No 5 Elbe has gone back to her home port Hamburg and the River Elbe, where she started her working life 120 years ago in 1883.
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IBIA Airs Response to EU Pollution from Ships Strategy
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) broadly welcomed the EU strategy for controlling air pollution from ships this month but expressed reservations over the practicality of aspects of the strategy which go beyond international regulations.
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NewsSouth Cat Workboat Lands Record Catch
South Boats have launched the fifteenth catamaran to be built at their Isle of Wight yard.
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South Coast Shipping Renamed RMC Marine
Southampton UK based South Coast Shipping has been renamed RMC Marine Ltd to bring the firm further into line with its parent company''s corporate identity.
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Schat-Harding Acquires Dutch Lifeboat Builder Mulder & Rijke
Lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding has taken over Dutch lifeboat builder Mulder & Rijke.
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European Support for Japanese Dredger
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has called upon European dredging expertise to help it build the largest dredger ever produced in that country, a 10,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger for the Suez Canal Authority. The vessel will be used to maintain dredged depths in entrance channels to the ...
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News'Tong Tan' Launch Marks IHC's Chinese Century
IHC Holland continues its steady output of small to medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers with the recent launch and naming ceremony for Tong Tan, built for China''s CHEC/Tianjin Dredging Company (TDC).
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News'Matador 3' in First Visit to Ireland
Rotterdam based heavy lift specialists Bonn & Mees are taking their new 1,500 ton capacity floating sheerlegs Matador 3 to Dublin this month where it will lift a 470 ton linkspan into position.
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New Parliamentary Act Helps Port Authority Build Economy
Royal assent has been obtained in Britain to create an Act of Parliament which will allow Milford Haven Port Authority to operate more efficiently and effectively, and help in its aim of developing the local economy.
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Essential Awareness of Port and Shipping Security
Following the recent major Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Security, held at the IMO between 9-13 December, the development of the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPSC) is likely to have considerable impact on shipping and port operations in coming years.
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News54 Years of Excellence Certified
PB Asher, Diesel Injection Specialists based in Southampton, Hampshire has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2000, the international quality management system standard and were presented with their certificate at the Ship Repair Exhibition at Olympia, London on Wednesday 27 November 2002 by James West, General Manager of MAN B&W Diesel, London.
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News'Centaur' Set To Be Shetland Workhorse
The Alexander Noble & Sons yard at Girvan on the West Coast of Scotland last month delivered the latest vessel in a long line of specialist workboats it has completed since moving into the sector from its traditional role as a builder of fishing boats.
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NewsNew Pontoons for Jenkins Marine
To support their recent growth in the marine civil engineering sector, as well as increase the size of their charter fleet, the Jenkins Marine Group, based in Poole, Dorset has recently purchased three 33 x 10m (approx) flat deck pontoons.
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NewsDavid Brown Gears Up for Gas Turbine Transmission
Huddersfield UK based David Brown Engineering has been awarded a contract to design and build an advanced technology, high speed accessory drive gearbox for use on the WR-21, a new generation intercooled recuperated gas turbine power plant being developed jointly by Northrop Grumman of the USA and Rolls Royce in ...
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Crystal Ball on Coastal Futures Rolls Into London
The excellent Coastal Futures Conference returns to London on 22 and 23 January 2003.
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Dolphins Suggest New Anti-Fouling Strategy
American scientists are pursuing research into new anti-fouling systems for ships by studying the shape and texture of dolphin skin and how it naturally prevents marine creatures from clinging to it.
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NewsIll-fated Small Yard Finally Delivers Strelasund
Small Rhine-based shipbuilder Neue Germersheimer Werft has applied for bankruptcy proceedings, becoming the third well-known shipyard in Germany to end up in financial difficulties this year.
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British Government Shows Commitment for Offshore Windfarms
The British Government has shown its commitment to marine renewables as an energy source by designating large areas of shallow coastal sea as suitable locations for developing offshore windfarms.
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NewsHoward Marine in Thames Site Investigation
Plymouth UK based Howard Marine has recently undertaken a large site investigation on the River Thames. Working on behalf of Norwest Holst, Howard Marine conducted the work close to the Tilbury Power Station and adjacent to the existing pier, which is to be extended to enable larger vessels to berth ...
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CEDA Dredging Days Call for Papers
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has announced a Call for Papers to be presented at CEDA Dredging Days, which will be held 20 and 21 November 2003 at the Amsterdam RAI in conjunction with Europort.
