Industry News – Page 273
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NewsSolent Shipping Memories
This book is the latest all colour album in the same series as Bristol Channel Shipping Memories and Mersey Shipping Memories. It takes a look at Solent Merchant Shipping over the last 50 years.
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NewsMaritime Britain
Maritime Britain is a journey around Britain' s coast in bite-sized pieces that still manages to give the local flavour of the harbours, bays and ports, while putting them all in their historical context.
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NewsSWATH Windpark Tender Contract for A&R
Leading German SWATH ship builder Abeking & Rasmussen has booked a 26m tender for offshore wind farm maintenance and supply. The 13m wide tender is for delivery in 2010 to the BARD Group for operation at a new wind farm off the north German coast near Borkum.
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News'Terra Marique' Assists RNLI Again
Following last month' s high profile recovery of the Portrush lifeboat, the Katie Hannan, Eccleshall UK based shipping company Robert Wynn & Sons have been called in again to help the RNLI.
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NewsNew MCA Helicopters for UK South Coast
In a change to the previous arrangement, Canadian operator CHC Helicopter Corporation now operate rescue helicopters for the MCA at four UK bases.
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NewsPressure Builds for Mandatory Emissions Rules
More than 190 participants at the 5th annual Green Ship Technology conference in Rotterdam last month explored the latest tide of ‘ stick and carrot’ options for making shipping environmentally sustainable. Eco-friendly solutions aired at the forum ranged from legislative compulsion to commercially beneficial inducements.
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NewsBright Future for 'Wight Light' Route
Ferry operator Wightlink has launched the first of three new ferries at the Brodogradiliste Kraljevica yard in Croatia, where all three of the vessels are being built.
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NewsPirates SeizeYacht
Pirates took the crew of a luxury French yacht hostage on Friday 4 April. The 850-ton three-mast yacht the Ponant (operated by Marseille-based CMA-CGM) had 30 crew but no passengers when it was boarded by pirates in the Gulf of Aden, between Somalia and Yemen.
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Sea Defence Projects Awarded to CLI
Concrete Layer Innovations (CLI) in France reports that so far this year a total of seven new projects have been specified with ACCROPODE or CORE-LOC armoured units ordered from CLI’ s assigned areas for projects in Europe, the Middle East, the Caribbean and South America.
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NewsEuropean Maritime Education & Training Conference
The European Maritime Education & Training conference is being held in the historic port city of Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney Isles, on Friday 30 May, 2008.
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NewsMaritime Training Addresses Skills Shortage
Nautical – the Next Step, a maritime training initiative including a Deck Cadet training course offered by Banff and Buchan College in Scotland, has been launched to tackle industry skills shortages.
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News42nd Marine Measurement Forum
The 42nd Marine Measurement Forum will be hosted by Sonardyne International Ltd on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire UK.
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NewsWork on Track for Unique German SWATH Boats
Construction is underway at Nordseewerke (NSW) in Emden of two more unique German SWATH vessels. They are not the first of their kind from the yard but are the first ever for service with the German Customs.
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NewsNewbuild Underway for the Sea Cadets
After examining competitive bids from boat yards all over the world, The Marine Society & Sea Cadets has awarded the contract to build its new 24m training ship for young people to Bridgend Boat Company Ltd of Plymouth UK.
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NewsBook Now for UKHMA Spring Seminar
The UK Harbour Masters' Association (UKHMA) has scheduled its 2008 Spring Seminar for 16 April at the IMarEST City Conference Centre in London. The latest in the series of popular events will cover a broad range of topical issues.
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New Fishermen's Association
A new British national fishermen' s association has formed which claims it will soon represent over 85% of the fishing fleet.
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Multilingual Prop Site
Southampton UK based CJR Propulsion, which designs and manufactures propellers and stern gear systems, has launched French and Spanish versions of its new website.
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Marine Safety Guidelines
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published a slim guidelines volume titled ' Guidance on Basic Safety Training and Vessel Induction for Non-Marine Personnel Working Offshore' .
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More for Lamor
Finnish oil spill recovery equipment supplier Lamor Corporation Ab has acquired compatriot company Tarwell Ltd, an oil spill recovery technology provider based at Raisio. lamor has also purchased 50% of Tarw-Trading Ltd.
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Online Tracker Sold
Lloyd’ s Register-Fairplay (LRF) have purchased the 50% share in AIS Live Ltd (AISLive.com) previously owned by HITT NV of the Netherlands, giving it full ownership of the online vessel tracking system.
