Industry News – Page 284
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NewsKelvin Hughes in £52m Buyout
Marine navigation equipment manufacturer Kelvin Hughes has been acquired by UK mid-market buyout specialist ECI Partners LLP (ECI) in a £ 52m transaction out of Smiths Group plc, the UK listed technology company. Kelvin Hughes is a leading supplier of navigation products and services for the naval and commercial marine ...
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NewsNew SOSREP is Appointed
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency has announced the appointment of the new Secretary of State' s Representative for Maritime Salvage & Intervention (SOSREP), after a competitive public recruitment process. Hugh Shaw will take up his post on 1st January 2008 and will replace Robin Middleton, who is retiring after ...
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News'Napoli' Stern Removal Gets Underway - By Jack Gaston
A wreck removal operation is now underway to remove the stern section of the ill fated container ship ' MSC Napoli' from Lyme Bay on the UK' s Devon coast. After much planning and discussion Smit Salvage has been contracted by the underwriters to dismantle the remaining portion of the ...
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NewsRotterdam Targets Box Record
Europe’ s biggest universal seaport, Rotterdam, has said it will this year become the world’ s first non-Asian port to handle more than 10m TEU containers and will have the capacity to cope with them.
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Jobs to Go in MCA Reshuffle
Coastguard services and emergency response capability will not be affected by the loss of up to 25% of staff at Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) headquarters in Southampton UK. That was the Agency' s promise after new chief executive Peter Cardy told staff last month of plans to bring all ...
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NewsEmergency Teams in Thames Training Exercise
A simulated explosion in ship’ s engine room put crews from the Port of London Authority, emergency services and Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the test during an exercise on the River Thames last month.
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NewsClimate Change and the Deep Blue Sea
The UK based Blue Climate and Oceans Project announced a new partnership last week with the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) to inspire and engage greater awareness of seas, shores and wildlife by linking sport with the environment.
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NewsSeatruck Expands Ferry Fleet
Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have progressed their fleet expansion plans with the purchase of two ro-ro ferries from Elmira Shipping of Greece.
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NewsDouble Dutch Exhibition Season
The annual autumn exhibition and conference season hits its peak this month with two of the year' s biggest shows both lined up to take place in the Netherlands. For many of Maritime Journal' s readers, the best targeted show of the year (after Seawork) is Europort Maritime, which returns ...
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NewsRail Upgrade for Port of Southampton
The UK Port of Southampton will benefit from a major improvement to the port’ s rail freight capabilities, after the Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed that it would contribute almost £ 43m from the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF) to help implement the Solent Midlands Advancement of Rail Transport (SMART) project, ...
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NewsBig Box Milestone for Drogheda Port
Ireland' s Drogheda Port hit the 500,000 TEU container handling mark for the first time last month, with the milestone box carrying nuts and dried fruit from Holland.
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NewsEmergency Teams in Thames Training Exercise
A simulated explosion in ship’ s engine room put crews from the Port of London Authority, emergency services and Royal National Lifeboat Institution to the test during an exercise on the River Thames last month.
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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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RESON Med Buy-Out
Mr Pietro Basciano acquired all the shares of RESON Mediterranean in Bologna, Italy last month and changed the company''s name to REMED sri. The subsidiary of global hydrographic survey equipment supplier RESON A/S was established four years ago, with Mr Basciano as the local director. REMED sri will continue to ...
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NewsNew Shipbreaking Regulations in Pipeline
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is taking action to address the unacceptable working conditions and poor environmental standards at many shipbreaking yards around the world. A new convention is currently being drafted to regulate the breaking up of old ships.
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NewsNew Harbour Master for Lower Thames
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Roy Stanbrook harbour master for the Lower Thames District, which stretches along the Kent and Essex coasts from Crossness to the sea. He joined the PLA as deputy harbour master six years ago and has a wideranging maritime background.
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BP's Rotterdam Re-Focus
BP Marine is restructuring its ports portfolio to take greater advantage of the strategic location of Rotterdam. The restructure will involve its Dover - Calais contract business being serviced via Rotterdam barges.
