News 2-10 – Page 282

  • The new EC Directive would use the concept of 'serious negligence' in assessing seafarers' actions with regard to events such as the 'Prestige' sinking.
    News

    EC Pollution Directive Criticised

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The European Commission Directive on Ship Source Pollution is misconceived, unnecessarily harmful to the maritime industry and contrary to international law, according to Epaminondas Embiricos, chairman of the Greek Shipping Co-operation Committee.

  • News

    Keep Those Terms and Conditions Under Review

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The importance of keeping your terms and conditions under review can be overlooked in the struggle to make bigger and better profits, writes Linda Jacques, partner at LA Marine, the specialist shipping and marine law team of Lester Aldridge solicitors.

  • News

    Port-Net Partners' 'Victory' Dinner

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Prettys Solicitors sponsored a dinner last month to commemorate the Battle of Trafalgar which was attended by the Haven Gateway shipping community and visitors from about a dozen overseas European ports.

  • News

    New General Counsel at Associated British Ports

    2005-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Associated British Ports has named Andrew Garner as the company''s new General Counsel in an appointment which became effective from the first of this month.

  • News

    Maritime Portsmouth: A History and Guide

    2005-10-01T18:07:00Z

    The maritime heritage of Portsmouth is described and celebrated in this book, which is published to coincide with the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar.

  • News

    Keepers of the Sea: The Story of the Trinity House Yachts and Tenders

    2005-10-01T18:07:00Z

    Captain Richard Woodman crewed on the 1960 Tall Ships Race aged 16 before signing on with the Blue Funnel fleet as an indentured midshipman.

  • News

    ISSA Joins ISMA

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The International Ship Suppliers Association (ISSA) has strengthened its relationship with the global ship management sector by becoming an associate member of ISMA. With global membership approaching 1,600 companies, ISSA currently represents over 70% of the world''s ship supply sector.

  • News

    Wartsila/Mitsubishi Alliance

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Wartsila Corporation and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd have signed an agreement for a strategic alliance in the field of two-stroke diesel engines.

  • News

    New Thames Safety Guide

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    A new guide, The Tidal Thames - a guide for users of recreational craft , is available free from the Port of London Authority . The 30 page booklet explains the key rules that apply on the tidal Thames and outlines basic safety procedures. The guide covers the entire tidal ...

  • News

    UKHO Owns SeaZone

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Environmental engineering consultancy Metoc plc has agreed to sell its majority shareholding in SeaZone Solutions Ltd to the UK Hydrographic Office . Metoc will continue to work from time to time with SeaZone, which delivers UKHO hydrospatial and other UK and overseas agencies'' data to the worldwide geographical information market.

  • Tugs manoeuvre Eukors Morning Courier onto the berth at Humber Sea Terminal.
    News

    First Car Carrier Arrives on Humber

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The ever expanding Humber Sea Terminal (HST) has added a car carrier to its list of clients with the arrival of a vessel operated by Eukor Car Carriers transporting some 2,500 cars from a major producer in the Far East.

  • Wind farm components are delivered from Denmark to the Port of Invergordon.
    News

    Wind of Change Sweeps Highlands Port

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Cromarty Firth is becoming a key staging post for the delivery of components to wind farm developments in the Highlands and the north east of Scotland. Danish logistics company Deugro Danmark A/S has begun a series of 15 shipments through the Port of Invergordon of components for wind farm ...

  • The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Savory.
    News

    Call for UK Maritime Lobby

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Lord Mayor of the City of London, Michael Savory, believes that the UK''s diverse maritime industry needs to create a UK-wide council to ensure that the sector is taken seriously by Government.

  • The worlds largest containership, MSC Pamela, alongside last month at the Port of Felixstowe.
    News

    'Pamela' Points Towards Port Expansion

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK Port of Felixstowe has received calls from the world''s largest and longest containerships recently.

  • News

    Primar ENC Pilot Service

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Primar Stavanger , operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service , has established a new service under which it will support more than 280 national coastal pilots with remote ENC access.

  • News

    Swift Selling Safety

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Aberdeen based Swift Industrial Supplies Ltd , which supplies ships chandlery and marine safety equipment, has been awarded the sales distributorship for Draeger Safety . Draeger Safety specialises in gas measuring technology and supplies fixed and portable warning systems which measure for gas continuously and sound an alarm if elevated ...

  • The Maria S Merian will be handed over to the Baltic Research Institute Warnemunde this month.
    News

    Delayed Research Ship Heads for Handover

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Due for handover this month, nine months later than scheduled, is the new German polar research ship Maria S Merian , being described as the most modern ship of her type in Europe.

  • News

    First S-VDR Type Approval

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Norwegian marine electronic safety equipment manufacturer Jotron Electronics AS hasclaimed an industry first by gaining Type Approval for their new TRON S-VDR (Simplified Voyage Data Recorder) capsule. Jotron''s latest product has been tested and approved by DNV in accordance with IMO Res.MSC.163 (78).

  • News

    Irish-Norwegian Accord

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The Marine Institute of Ireland in Galway and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) in Bergen have signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering collaboration and co-operation for seabed surveys and underwater robotics as well as fisheries science, farming and health.

  • Luneplate will be deployed in the Weser Estuary, where increasing ship traffic heightens the possibility of pollution incidents.
    News

    New Pollution Ship Heads for Completion

    2005-10-01T00:00:00Z

    The former Eckelmann cleaning and oil disposal tanker Marcus is now in Bremerhaven for final fitting out and completion as Germany''s latest oil pollution combat ship Luneplate after conversion in Brake.