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NewsGeoff Holt Conquers 'Personal Everest'
Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt successfully completed his ''Personal Everest'' quest to become the first disable person to sail around Great Britain on 5 September when his trimaran passed the South Cardinal buoy in Southampton Water 109 days after setting off. He had sailed 1,455 miles, stopped at 51 ports, and ...
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NewsSwansea Handling Gets Amazon Online
The ABP Port of Swansea is serving as the handling facility for thousands of tons of concrete components for a new distribution centre being built by the online retailing giant Amazon on Swansea Bay.
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NewsNew Look Cat in Med Service
The high speed passenger ferry catamaran Tanger Jet 11 has gone into service between ports in Spain and Morocco for German shipowner Förde Reederei Seetouristik, FRS, after conversion at the BREDO Shipyard in Bremerhaven.
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NewsOlympics Anticipated at Port of Tilbury
The Port of Tilbury UK is providing an ideal stopping off point for two river buses travelling from Brisbane, Australia, to their final destination on the River Thames.The vessels, built for the Thames Clippers fleet, arrived at Tilbury on board the Edmongracht, and were unloaded in a carefully planned tandem ...
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NewsImportant Wind Farm Hurdle Overcome
A potential threat to what is described as the world''s largest wind farm off the north Kent Coast has been lifted following a Government ruling on the siting of the onshore substation. London Array Ltd, a company comprising Shell WindEnergy, E.ON and DONG Energy, is proposing to install up to ...
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NewsClimate Change Business Impacts Workshop
All businesses are vulnerable to risks associated with adverse weather and climate. An enhanced understanding of the oceans improves weather and climate prediction, enabling better informed business decisions.
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NewsMarine Scientific Industries Boost to Renewables
Members of the London based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) recently examined the business opportunities available in the expanding renewable sector at the first of their new style networking meetings.
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NewsConditional Support for Severn Tidal Barrage
A report published in October by the UK' s Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public leadership and ownership of the project, and full compliance with environmental legislation protecting the estuary.
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News: IMarEST dinner date with low wash future
The first of a class of 13.5m catamaran patrol launches to be operated by the Port of London Authority is under construction, ready for trials and introduction into service in Spring 2009.
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NewsPLA's Ecocats Win Innovative Design Award
The Port of London Authority (PLA), Southampton University and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Ecocats Limited have won a special prize from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and Lloyd''s Register of Shipping, for the innovative design of the latest river patrol launches.
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News'Voe Jarl' Ready to Catch the Wind
Based in Lerwick on Shetland, Delta Marine Ltd is well placed to participate in an anticipated expansion of marine renewable energy activity which would reflect both the expressed commitment of incoming British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and the concurrent easing of the consent process for essential infrastructure.
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Diving and Handling
The Professional Diving Academy has incorporated the RYA Level 2 Powerboat handling course into their complete commercial air diving courses.
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Marine Radar at 60
Another major milestone in the history of Kelvin Hughes Ltd. was achieved recently when the company celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the installation of its first marine radar.
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Partners Rewarded
Marinecall, the seafarers'' dedicated weather service, which provides UK Met Office data by phone, fax and internet, has started an Affiliate Partner scheme which is available to harbour authorities and any other organisation whose members or customers require sound met advice.
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'Passenger Pollution'
''Passenger Pollution'' at some European destinations has led cruise ship operators to look for relatively ''unknown'' ports where their vessels can call. Delegates to a cruise workshop held by the EU ports network project Port-Net were told of the opportunities for ports to exploit the burgeoning market, with Europe the ...
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Along Dubai for QE2
Dubai World, which owns Dubai Ports World, which purchased P& O''s global ports operations last year, has now acquired the iconic ocean liner ''Queen Elizabeth 2'' for $100m. The 40 year old, 70,000 ton cruise ship will be turned into a floating hotel alongside a pier at the Palm Jumeirah ...
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Wartsila Propped Up
Finland based marine engine manufacturers Wartsila has acquired UK propeller repair company McCall Propellers Ltd, which employs 33 people and had a turnover of £ 6.4m last year.
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Ports Policy Due
Following the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO) conference in Spain recently, the UK''s Freight Transport Association (FTA) has called on the EU to focus its ports policy on the key issues for shippers of port congestion and transportation links.
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NewsChinese take away RNLI boats and expertise
Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted in a special relationship between these two organisations on opposite sides of the world.
