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Wells-next-the-Sea Lifeboats
The lifeboat station at Wells-next-the Sea is an integral part of the town and locality. The lifeboat crew, all volunteers with the exception of the Coxswain/mechanic, devotes much of its time to the station and maintains a tradition of life-saving that dates back to the early nineteenth century.
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Lloyds Maritime Directory 2007
The Lloyds Maritime Directory 2007 is the most up-to-date comprehensive shipping reference directory which covers the entire shipping industry.
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NewsAfter Five Years, London Gateway Gets Go-Ahead
The British Government has finally granted planning permission for the most significant development in the Port of London for over a century.
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'WD Fairway' is a Total Constructive Loss
''WD Fairway'', currently the world''s largest trailing suction hopper dredger, has been declared a total constructive loss following a collision with the containership ''MSC Joanna'' whilst dredging fairways in China in March.
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News'Personal Everest' Has Set Sail
Quadriplegic sailor Geoff Holt has resumed his ''Personal Everest'' challenge to be the first disabled person to sail around Great Britain after his 15ft Challenger trimaran ''Freethinker'' was made to broach by the wash of well-wishing spectator vessels minutes after his initial departure.
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NewsROV Extends to Security Duties
American environmental services company Clean Harbors has extended its range of provision to also include emergency response, industrial maintenance, and marine security.
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NewsFlameproof Floodlight Aids Safety and Security
Hazardous area lighting specialists Victor Lighting have launched a new large aperture, front entry floodlight available in both narrow and wide beam patterns.
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NewsTrials Success for Container Tracking Technology
Successful trials of the latest satellite based container tracking technology, SECURED by CargoTrax, have been announced.
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NewsMarine Money Available at Seawork 2007
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance is a familiar name in the leisure marine market and an active player in the global shipping market for many years.
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NewsUK Budget Keeps Shipping on Even Keel
Recently presenting the UK Budget, Chancellor of the Exchequer (and soon to be Prime Minister) Gordon Brown said that his budget was fiscally neutral and was designed to meet three key objectives; ensuring long term investment and environmental sustainability, encouraging work and savings, and supporting families.
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NewsTime is Wright for Workboat Funding
Wright International Marine Finance Ltd (WIMF) and Merchant House Finance Ltd have signed a joint venture agreement.
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The Irish Boats Volume 2
For hundreds of years ships have piled the treacherous waters of the St Georges Channel and Irish Sea while trading between Ireland and Britain.
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Guide to Port Entry 2007/2008
Guide to Port Entry'' is a comprehensive information resource available to the shipping industry.
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Tanker Barges on the Humber Waterways
The introduction of iron tanks within barges in the early twentieth century enabled much heavier cargoes to be carried on the Humber waterways, including the liquids such as coal tar or vegetable oils and, by the 1920s petrol.
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NewsNATO Warships Keep the Seabed Clean
When three Dutch fishermen were killed by a bomb they picked up in their net two years ago, it emphasised the danger still posed by unexploded ordnance on the seabed
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NewsSEEDA Secures Marine Industry Development Sites
The South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA) has appointed LDA Design as master planners for the former West Medina Mills site in Newport, a significant river frontage location and part of the ongoing Cowes Waterfront Initiative on the Isle of Wight.
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NewsUK Stakeholders Plan Marine Protected Areas
Finding Sanctuary, a project that aims to create a network of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) around the South West coat of the UK, held a Regional Workshop late last month in Exeter.
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NewsProgress Knocks Locks Smocks for Century
It''s the end of an era for lock keepers all along the River Thames who hung up their old uniforms and welcomed a new look at the end of last month.
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NewsNor-Shipping 2007 Breaks all the Records
This year''s Nor-Shipping 2007 exhibition, the 21st since 1967, promises to be bigger than ever before.
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NewsMarine Softwre Solutions at NorShipping
At Nor-Shipping 2007 marine transportation software solutions provider Transas will present the full scope of its solutions for navigation, maritime training and vessel traffic services.
