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NewsPoseidon Meets Demand on Berlin Waterways
It took East German shipyard Bolle just 21 weeks to build and deliver Poseidon, described as one of the most technically advanced and attractive passenger ships on the German capital''s waterways.
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NewsContract Management for Land Reclamation Conference
Following the success of the Contract Management Days for Dredging and Maritime Construction in 2006, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), in association with CIRIA and the Institution of Civil Engineers are organising a Contract Management for Land Reclamation Conference, a two day ...
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NewsTidal Energy Summit Next Month in London
Tidal energy, is more predictable than wind or solar and can produce 20% of the UK''s current energy needs. Capturing four times more energy than anything air based, tidal energy has real potential.
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NewsNew Terminal HITs It Big
Since it was opened in June 2000, Associated British Ports'' Humber International Terminal (HIT) has exceeded all throughput expectations, having recently handled its 50 millionth ton of cargo.
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NewsPort-Net Partners Meet in Hamburg
After more than two years of workshops, conferences, best practice tours and several papers and studies being published considering the common challenges faced by ports across Europe, the EU''s Port-Net project held its closing conference and general assembly in Hamburg last month. Delegates focused on EU Port Policy at this ...
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NewsDredging Discovery of Plane Crash Sites
The first phase of a study is underway into the thousands of planes which have crashed into the sea around Britain, many during WWII, and how they relate to the activities of the marine aggregates dredging industry.
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NewsUnmanned 50 Knot Harbour Security Craft
Sentry, a fast unmanned reconnaissance and surveillance craft developed by QinetiQ, that brings together military design requirements with a compact waterjet propelled platform, was publicly demonstrated for the first time on QinetiQ''s stand at Defence Systems & Equipment International (DSEi) in London last month.
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NewsThermal Imaging for Calais' Port Security
The French cross-channel ferry Port of Calais saw more than 11m passengers through its facilities last year whilst freight traffic also increased by a remarkable 11.8% to nearly 2m trucks.
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NewsGurkhas Driving Port Vehicle Security
Security specialist Octavian Security has been appointed by the GBA Group to provide manned guarding services for a number of its vehicle import terminals across the UK.
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NewsBomb Threat Detection for Ports
Leicestershire UK based 3DX-Ray has produced a detailed technical brochure on its advanced portable x-ray system, TPXi-675, for bomb and threat detection in suspect packages.
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NewsUKHMA Autumn Seminar and Dinner
The UK Harbour Masters'' Association Autumn Seminar will take place at the IMarEST Conference Centre in London on 17 October. The programme has proved a challenge to finalise but the result offers one of the most interesting ranges of topics in recent years. The line up of speakers includes the ...
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NewsCardiff Celebrates Centenary of Queen Alexandra Dock
Associated British Ports'' (ABP) Port of Cardiff celebrated the centenary of Queen Alexandra Dock with an official tree planting ceremony last week and the opening of a special photographic exhibition featuring images from the past 100 years of port operations.
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NewsGiant Boxship Docks at Hamburg
At the beginning of September the new flagship of the Chinese shipping company COSCO Container Lines Ltd docked at the Port of Hamburg for the first time. The ''Cosco Asia'', with its slot capacity of 10,062 TEU, is the largest container ship to have entered the Port of Hamburg to ...
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NewsBatman Boat to Save the Planet
The revolutionary New Zealand biodiesel powerboat Earthrace arrived in Amsterdam last week as part of its European promotional tour sponsored by Deutsche-Med of Rostock, Germany.
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NewsSt Petersburg Hosts Ports and Shipbuilding Conference
Neva 2007, the 9th International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition takes place on the 24th- through 27th of September at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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NewsNicola Turns Port Waters Green
The Port of London Authority' s (PLA) Nicola Jenkins has scooped an international award for showing European ports how to " up" their environmental game.
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Coastal Port Agency
Cory Brothers Shipping has been awarded a three year contract to provide agency services throughout the UK to coastal tanker operator James Fisher Everard, whose combined fleet will provide an anticipated additional 3,000 port calls per year.
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More Shortsea
The growing freight market between the UK’ s River Thames and the Continent was boosted last month by the introduction of a new dedicated ro-ro service between the Port of Tilbury and Zeebrugge in Belgium.
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NewsWounded Warriors Sail the Channel
At noon on 11 September, ten members of the British Limbless Ex-Service Men''s Association (BLESMA) and two participants from its American counterparts The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP) embarked upon a nine day sailing trip across the English Channel.
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Britain's Best Maritime Technology Student
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will take an active role in finding Britain''s Best Maritime Technology Student when it hosts the judging of this category in the annual SET awards (Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year) on 20 September.
