Industry News – Page 257

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    Diesel academy opens

    2009-04-01T12:36:00Z

    The new MAN Diesel training centre, the PrimeServ Academy, was inaugurated at Saint-Nazaire in France earlier this month. Located in the Saint-Nazaire plant, the PrimeServ Academy showcases diesel engine best practice and will provide expert diesel engine maintenance and operational training. A natural evolution of the Diesel School, which has ...

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    'Simon Stevin' will be the world's largest rockdumping vessel

    2009-04-01T12:36:00Z

    Belgium’ s Jan De Nul Group  has the  biggest dredging vessels  in the world in its fleet. The very large self-propelled seagoing rock cutter dredgers JFJ De Nul, Leonardo da Vinci and Marco Polo can tackle the hardest and most difficult soil conditions during shore approach dredging works.

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    MCA Scotland grounds SAR helicopters

    2009-03-26T12:36:00Z

    The UK’ s Maritime & Coastguard Agency was advised last Friday by its helicopter contractor CHC that all four Coastguard S92 helicopters operating out of Stornoway and Shetland have been grounded pending further advice from the relevant safety authorities.

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    Port of Hamburg boosts inland waterway box transport

    2009-03-19T12:36:00Z

    The German Port of Hamburg achieved record results last year for internal waterway shipping, with container transport by environmentally friendly inland vessels growing by a dramatic 29%.

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    Arabian Gulf gets its Work Boat show

    2009-03-17T12:36:00Z

    With a high percentage of the world''s dredging fleet and ancillary workboats filling the region in recent years it is surprising that the Arabian Gulf has not had its own dedicated workboat exhibition and conference. The unlikely void has now been filled by Baird Publications, which launches Work Boat Gulf ...

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    Ocean Business back with a bang

    2009-03-16T12:36:00Z

    Ocean Business 2009 brings the ocean technology industry back to the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK for an event which has doubled in size compared to its last staging in 2007.

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    Experts meet to discuss aggregates challenges

    2009-03-14T12:36:00Z

    The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) is  hosting what it describes as ''an exceptional conference in Rome, Italy on 7 and 8 May 2009.

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    Wartsila pezzi del motore

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Finland based marine engine manufacturer Wartsila has boosted its range of engineering services available in Italy by opening a new workshop in Taranto, an important commercial hub in the Puglia region of Southern Italy.

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    Site purchase for SAR HQ

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Agreement has been reached on the purchase of a suitable site for the proposed new Doolin Search and Rescue Headquarters in Ireland.

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    Marine podcasts for free

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The new site offers podcasts on a range of topics, including marine insurance, ports and terminals. Coracle provides the audio files for free via the site and via iTunes, supported ...

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    Marine power agreement

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Metoc plc, which provides environmental design and risk management services for infrastructure assets, and consulting engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff have signed a non-exclusive alliance agreement to provide new services to the offshore renewable energy and marine power cable sectors.

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    Maersk Line moves

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Maritime expansion goes forward in Liverpool as international shippers Maersk Line UK & Ireland, part of the vast A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, establishes a headquarters in the port city.

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    Alphatron approved and expanded

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine has been appointed ''Officially Approved LRIT Test Centre'' by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (IVW).

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    Good news on Ouse

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    UK operator PD Ports achieved a full calendar year without any reportable accidents at its shortsea port of Howden on the River Ouse.

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    The United Kingdom Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) is the first yard in the world to receive the ISO 9001:2008 certificate, successor to the ISO 9001:2000.

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    UKHMA Seminars venue

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    The United Kingdom Harbour Masters'' Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.

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    Germans launch first of two SWATH ships for Customs

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Germany''s Nordseewerke (NSW) Shipyard has launched Helgoland, the first of two unique 50m SWATH offshore patrol vessels for international Customs service in the German Bight and North Sea.

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    Museum celebrates PLA's 'Century of Service'.

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) is celebrating a century of responsibility for the tidal Thames this year and the Museum of London Docklands is supporting its centenary with an exhibition titled ''Port of London Authority: A Century of Service''.

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    More wind for joint venture partners

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    The Fluor Corporation''s UK division, Fluor Limited, and Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy, have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore wind farm at Bell Rock off Scotland''s Angus coastline.

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    Range of new boat types for German owners

    2009-03-13T12:36:00Z

    Specialist German newbuilds are in the news this month with one due for delivery, another launched and a third awaiting official approval.