Industry News – Page 240
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NewsSalvors remove navigational hazards in Haiti
A TITAN Salvage team is working in Haiti to remove navigational hazards following the devastating earthquake, including the collapsed Washington gantry crane, in Port-au-Prince for the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), in an effort to increase the cargo throughput in the heavily damaged port.
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NewsStena Line invests £200m in new Scottish port
Stena Line is investing some £200m in a new ferry port facility at Loch Ryan in Scotland on a 28 acre brownfield site two miles north of Cairnryan.
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News‘Amfibus’ trialled on River Clyde
UK Transport group Stagecoach trialled an innovative amphibious bus which can operate on both water and roads on the River Clyde on Monday.
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NewsAn 'Illustrious' refit for Royal Navy flagship
HMS Illustrious arrived at Rosyth on Monday in preparation for a 13 month docking period to start next month, in a £40m contract awarded under the Surface Ship Support Alliance (the alliance between the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD), Babcock and BAE Systems).
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NewsFunding for ‘Motorways of the Sea’
The European Commission gave its green light last week for public financing from France and Spain to the Fres Mos project. It will link the French port of Nantes-Saint Nazaire with the Spanish port of Gijon, and will be operated by GLD Atlantique.
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NewsJan De Nul launches ‘Zheng He’ in Croatia
Belgian dredging giant Jan De Nul continued its major fleet expansion on Saturday with the launch of the cutter suction dredger ''Zheng He'' at the Uljanik Brodogradiliste d.d. Shipyard in Pula, Croatia.
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NewsWorkboats breakthrough for IPS propulsion system
Five years after Volvo Penta’s Inboard Performance System (IPS) was launched, Estonian shipyard Baltic Workboats will design and build a 16m fast pilot boat equipped with twin IPS1050 units.
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NewsSuccessful inland shipping trial on Ouse
Some 1,200 tons of Pulverised Fuel Ash (PFA) from Yorkshire’s Drax Power Station in the UK was carried for its entire journey by water freight late last month in a trial which is expected to set the stage for more shipments later this year.
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NewsCarbon monoxide poisoning awareness urged
UK gas safety charity, The CORGI Trust, and The Port of Liverpool Police force were recently urging foreign vessel crew members arriving into UK ports, and all personnel working on vessels, to be aware of the symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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News‘Mulberry harbour’ devised for Haitian relief
The Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), unloaded Haiti relief cargo in Rio Haina, Dominican Republic last week. Fifty-six of the 68 20foot containers loaded with water and meals-ready-to-eat (MREs) were trucked across the border into Haiti.
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News‘Future Energy’ alights in London
The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, spoke at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi last week to highlight the UK’s leading role in meeting the global challenge of combating climate change with renewable energy.
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NewsShips services contract for Maasvlakte 2 dredging
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has secured a contract to provide ships agency services to dredging contractor Van Oord at Maasvlakte 2, the major port expansion project in Rotterdam.
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NewsBird survey launches Round 3 activity
Gardline Marine Sciences Ltd of Great Yarmouth in the UK is one of the first companies to benefit from the Round 3 offshore wind farm site allocation announced this month.
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NewsOffshore wind opportunities at Humber Gateway
Local marine and renewable energy businesses are to hear first hand about the supply chain opportunities that will be available if the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm gets planning consent later this year.
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Bristol Channel service
UK ferry operator Severn Link, which recently announced plans to launch the first regular modern ferry service across the Bristol Channel, connecting Swansea and Ilfracombe, has taken delivery of the first ferry in its fleet.
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Mega-ferry underway
Construction of the second in a pair of new ships for P&O Ferries has started at the yard of STX Europe in Rauma, Finland.
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Wind farm cables
Global cable industry player Nexans has won a contract worth some €100m to design, manufacture and supply the high voltage subsea power export cables that will connect the London Array wind farm to the UK grid.
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Multibeam training in Malmö
The 53rd UNB-OMB/UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course, co-hosted by the Swedish Maritime Administration, will be held 15-20 March 2010, at the Malmö Börshus, Skeppsbron 2, SE-211 20 Malmö, Sweden.
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McMurdo adds Kannad
Following Orolia’s acquisition of Kannad in September 2009 and of McMurdo in November (forming Orolia’s new Positioning Division), a new strategy has been implemented for both companies.
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MAN to MAN
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge transfered part of its business involving high speed engines to the group’s sister company, MAN Diesel, effective from the first of this month.
