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NewsSlovenian Navy finds Sentinel fault free
The Slovenian Navy has taken delivery of a Sonardyne Sentinel Intruder Detection Sonar (IDS) for the underwater protection of key installations in the northern Adriatic Sea.
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NewsPolice force chooses Microdive scuba systems
The Abu Dhabi Police Force has become the first to buy Microdive scuba systems from Mini B Ltd, for use during operational policing.
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NewsTop turnover in tough times at Tyne
At the Port of Tyne’ s annual review last month, Andrew Moffat, CEO of the port, reported an excellent 2008 trading performance, but added a cautionary note that 2009 will be a more difficult trading period and that the port was ready for the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.
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NewsWartsila orders drop with downturn
The Ship Power business of Wä rtsilä Corporation initiated a formal process last month to realign its organisation and resources to adjust to the substantially weakened global marine market situation. Negotiations will affect all of Wä rtsilä Ship Power' s personnel in all functions globally. Some 400 to 450 jobs ...
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NewsStockholm to pioneer 'green' port regeneration
The Stockholm Royal Seaport development was announced last month as one among 16 founding projects of the Climate Positive Development Program.
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NewsHighland fling for marine renewables
A measure of the potential for marine renewable energy in the upper reaches of Scotland can be gauged by the number of companies from that region participating in the All Energy 09 exhibition in Aberdeen last month.
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NewsDryport planning flowers during downturn
’ Green’ logistics solutions will remain a high priority for most companies even in the economic downturn, delegates at a Dryport conference in Bruges were told last month.
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NewsApprenticeship boost for marine industry
The South East of England based Berthon Boat Company has led a consortium of marine companies, with help from Paragon Skills and support from Marine South East and the British Marine Federation, to gain funding from the UK Government’ s Apprenticeship Expansion Programme to improve skills across the industry.
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NewsStockholm to pioneer 'green' port regeneration
The Stockholm Royal Seaport development was announced last month as one among 16 founding projects of the Climate Positive Development Program.
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NewsHighland fling for marine renewables
A measure of the potential for marine renewable energy in the upper reaches of Scotland can be gauged by the number of companies from that region participating in the All Energy 09 exhibition in Aberdeen last month.
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NewsDryport planning flowers during downturn
’ Green’ logistics solutions will remain a high priority for most companies even in the economic downturn, delegates at a Dryport conference in Bruges were told last month.
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NewsApprenticeship boost for marine industry
The South East of England based Berthon Boat Company has led a consortium of marine companies, with help from Paragon Skills and support from Marine South East and the British Marine Federation, to gain funding from the UK Government’ s Apprenticeship Expansion Programme to improve skills across the industry.
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NewsWorld's largest LNG carrier in Milford Haven
Mozah, the world’ s largest LNG carrier, arrived at the Welsh port of Milford Haven last week, berthing at the South Hook Terminal. The Q-Max vessel has the ability to carry up to 266,000 m3 of LNG, enough to heat every home in the UK for one day.
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NewsPort of Hamburg's Birthday pulls 1.2m visitors
The 820th Hafengeburtstag Hamburg (Port Birthday Hamburg) ended on Sunday after attracting more than 1.2 million visitors from Germany and abroad.
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NewsTugnology ties up in Amsterdam next week
Tugnology ’ 09, taking place in Amsterdam next week, follows on the heels of the hugely successful inaugural Tugnology, which took place in Southampton in 2007 at the same time as Seawork.
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NewsCameron supports UK port rates solution
The vexed issue of back dated rates demands for UK port based businesses moved towards possible resolution at the start of this month when a proposed solution to the crisis was introduced.
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NewsThe right to bear arms?
The timing of MARSEQ’ s ' Combating Piracy 09' event in London at the end of last month was fortuitously perfect, coinciding as it did with a sharp rise in piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somalia.
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NewsAntwerp road-rail hub sets impressive targets
Construction has begun in Antwerp of a new € 29m road-rail terminal which is designed to head off future port container and traffic congestion by moving 150,000 TEUs a year off the roads.
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News'Chatty Beetle' fights ferry fatalities
A prototype satellite based radio messaging system for relaying weather warnings in remote areas is set to be tested as part of the Interferry/International Maritime Organization joint initiative to reduce ferry fatalities in developing nations by 90%.
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NewsDouble Dutch make Croatian clean-up
Dutch towage and salvage salvage operators Multraship Salvage and Mammoet Salvage have successfully completed the removal of the wreck of a floating dock which sank in June 2007 at the Viktor Lenac shipyard, Rijeka, Croatia.
