Industry News – Page 257
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Scotland gets shipshape
Scottish Enterprise, Scotland''s main enterprise, innovation and investment agency, has launched a three year campaign to boost the number of new recruits entering the shipbuilding and engineering industry in Scotland.
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Satellites save lives
Satellites operated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were key factors in the rescue of 283 people in the USA and its surrounding waters last year.
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Wartsila's Global glory
Finland based marine engine manufacturer Wartsila was included on the list of the Global100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, published at the recent World Economic Forum held in Davos, Switzerland.
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French turn the tide
Electricite de France (EDF) has chosen Irish renewable engineering company OpenHydro to develop the first tidal current demonstration farm to be connected to the French electricity grid.
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NewsStepping lightly through conflicting demands
Concerns over ports'' energy outputs are rising. It isn''t just the price that is giving port authorities pause for thought, there are two other sets of clashing public and political demands. One of them is improved security and the other is for greener practices. They are not the most natural ...
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NewsRunaway lorry leaves Stranraer ferry passengers stranded.
A lorry broke free of its lashings and crashed through the stern door of the ferry Stena Voyager last night as it was leaving the Scottish Port of Stranraer on passage to Belfast.
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NewsMegabucks barrage barges onto Severn shortlist
The British Government announced five shortlisted schemes this week to harness the tidal power in the Severn Estuary, the largest of which would cost at least £ 22bn.
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NewsAnother timber spill approaches UK south coast
The timber cargo that broke free from the Russian vessel Sinegorsk in heavy seas earlier this week has started coming ashore on the Kent coast today.
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NewsPort of London Authority plans Gala Centenary Concert
The Port of London Authority celebrates its centenary this year and one of the planned highlights is a very special Gala Concert in London’ s Cadogan Hall, to be held on Saturday 18 April at 7:30 PM.
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NewsMersey beats big boat record
The largest ship ever to enter the Port of Liverpool berthed at the Tranmere Oil Terminal yesterday to discharge a new traffic of West African crude oil for the Shell Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire.
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NewsDo dredgers divine the rainbow's return?
The credit crunch may be having an adverse effect on almost every industry, including investment in ports and marine infrastructure, but recent investments by some of the biggest and best known names in the business suggest that companies believe they can ride out the seeming slump in demand and that ...
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NewsProlific tug and workboat innovation continues
It is only when we stop for a breath and look back over the 250 issues of Maritime Journal that it becomes obvious to what degree massive historic changes in the many maritime industries embraced by the magazine have been put on record.
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NewsNew name for water freight body
Sea and Water, the promotional body for water freight transportation in and around the UK, has been renamed Freight by Water, the last act in the organisation’ s restructuring process which began in late 2007.
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NewsWhat recession? Evergreen 'to build 100'
According to a report in The Economic Times of India, Evergreen Marine has announced plans to spend $5.5bn to build 100 container ships before the anticipated recovery of the global economy in 2012.
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NewsShuttle barge 'greens' molasses movements
The ‘ green’ barge shuttling containers up the Manchester Ship Canal from the Port of Liverpool to the heart of the North West of England is now making a regular ‘ bus stop’ call at Ellesmere Port en route to Irlam Container Terminal.
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News'Chip Shop' by sea wins design award
A 21st century pier for New Brighton inspired by a tea house and a chip shop has won the top award in a student contest to design a water feature for the Merseyside resort.
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NewsMJ 250th Issue - Marine Construction
The credit crunch may be having an adverse effect on almost every industry, including investment in ports and marine infrastructure, but recent investments by some of the biggest and best known names in the business suggest that companies believe they can ride out the seeming slump in demand and that ...
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NewsOffshore breeze with Wind Farm Wildcat
Ireland’ s Safehaven Marine is expanding its Wildcat catamaran range with a new 50ft/16m version aimed specifically at the wind farm market.
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News31st IADC seminar spotlights Abu Dhabi
At the very end of 2008, twenty professionals from around the world got acquainted with dredging and its challenges during the 31st IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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Oil Spill Response
Oil Spill Response Limited & East Asia Response Limited, the world’ s largest international oil spill response organisation, has been renamed Oil Spill Response.
