Industry News – Page 227
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NewsSAR privatisation announced as Swanland sinks
The 81m cargo ship Swanland sank in heavy seas off the north coast of Wales late last month with the apparent loss of six Russian crew members.
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NewsFunnelback transforms MJ search function
The parent company of Maritime Journal, Mercator Media, has today launched new and improved ‘search’ functionality for its websites that will provide users with more relevant results faster.
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NewsCosalt struggles to stay afloat
UK based marine safety company Cosalt is in financial trouble and seeking funds to be able to continue trading - but it appears that there may be a glimmer of hope after a crisis meeting held yesteday.
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NewsLow sulphur timetable impossible?
Trade association Interferry says that ferry operators in northern Europe face a near impossible choice in trying to meet the 2015 deadline for ultra low sulphur emissions from bunker fuel.
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NewsClear signals benefit lives at risk
“Systems need to be configured to meet the existing operational procedures of the coast station and not the other way around”, Peter Batt of ICS Electronics told Maritime Journal.
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NewsFerry industry ‘needs special treatment’
“Regulators are very willing to listen but they need facts and figures, not sentiment, which is something our industry needs to work harder on,” said Johan Roos, Interferry’s executive director of EU and IMO affairs.
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NewsSupport boat operating costs set to rise
Vessel operating costs across the board are expected to rise by 3.8% in 2011 and by 3.7% in 2012, with lube expenditure and crew costs identified as the categories most likely to produce the highest increases.
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NewsWärtsilä acquire Hamworthy plc
Wärtsilä announced on Tuesday that an agreement for the acquisition of UK engineering firm Hamworthy plc has been reached.
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Vessel owner guilty of overloading
The owner of a UK merchant vessel has pleaded guilty to overloading passengers on voyages between the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.
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NewsUK Coastguard modernisation plans
Long awaited plans to modernise the UK''s HM Coastguard have been announced by Shipping Minister Mike Penning.
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NewsIMO piracy and emission focus
IMO secretary general, Efthimios E.Mitropoulos told delegates at the 27th IMO assembly this week that piracy and ships emissions have been central themes of the organisation’s work this year.
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NewsImportant warning to our clients and readers
It has come to the notice of Mercator Media, publisher of ‘Maritime Journal’, that bogus organisations are continuing to contact subscribers, advertisers and exhibitors, supposedly on behalf of Mercator Media.
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NewsSupport the Mary Rose Trust
The commercial and leisure marine sectors are being asked to help support the UK based Mary Rose Trust in a big Christmas raffle to raise £10K for the charity.
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NewsShipping prepares for climate change talks
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents all sectors and trades of the global shipping industry, has produced a briefing document for government climate change negotiators.
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NewsBMF Commercial Marine gains support
Since it was launched at Seawork earlier this year, BMF Commercial Marine has gone from strength to strength and now has over 100 members working in the small craft commercial sector.
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NewsUK marine protection consultation
The public is being asked to get involved in the consultation process over whether an area of Dorset in the UK should be designated a new marine protected area.
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NewsWärtsilä scrubs up well at Europort
Wärtsilä has signed a cooperation agreement at Europort with Finnish and Dutch shipyards to facilitate installation of scrubbers in the marine market.
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NewsNew Dutch windfarm vessel
Braveheart Shipping BV has commissioned Dutch boatbuilders Javelin International and KD Workboats to build a new windfarm vessel to expand its workboat fleet.
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NewsCargo clipper sails back to the future
The age-old sight of clipper rig cargo ships might make a return to coastal, short sea and possibly even ferry routes.
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NewsSOX knocks boxes onto roads
The 2015 sulphur Emission Control Area (ECA) regulations may increase bunker fuel costs by 87%, forcing as much as half of the present freight that transits through these areas onto the roads.
