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P&O Sale Completed
P&O has completed the sale of part of its Irish Sea ferry operations and related assets to Stena AB and has received approximately £ 50m in cash. P&O has acquired P&O''s Fleetwood - Larne route, including the ferries European Leader , European Pioneer , and European Seafarer as well as ...
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PLA Holds Even
The Port of London Authority has reported overall trade figures for 2003 which are very similar to 2002, with the total volume of trade down from 51.2 million tonnes to 51.0 million tonnes.
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Thrane & Thrane Expansion
Denmark''s Thrane & Thrane completed the purchase last month of 88.6% of the shares in EuroCom Industries , giving it control of maritime communications brands Sailor and Skanti . As a result of the acquisition, the combined company will be able to provide its distribution partners and the market with ...
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NewsABP Shows Resilience
Associated British Ports hasdemonstrated resilience in the face of adversity with a range of new measures to streamline operations in the wake of their Dibden Terminal proposal for the Port of Southampton being rejected by the British Government.
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Ten Million Passengers for HSS
Staff and crew on board the Stena HSS fast ferry from Holyhead to Dun Laoghaire celebrated both the vessel''s eighth anniversary recently and the ten millionth tourism passenger. The two HSS craft operating between Britain and Ireland have also carried almost two million cars, 45,000 coaches and 335,000 freight vehicles ...
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New Terminal Tractors Will Boost Thamesport
To further enhance operations, London''s Thamesport received four new YT220 Terminal Tractors from manufacturer Terburg DTS .
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NewsInsurance Incentive to Replace Banned Halon Extinguishers
UK motorboat insurance specialists Navigators and General (N&G) has negotiated a reduced rate on fire extinguishers to encourage owners to replace their banned Halon units.
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NewsDoes SEMS Seem Sensible?
With thousands from the commercial maritime industries converging on the Solent for seawork2004 , it is a timely moment to input comment upon The Solent European Marine Site (SEMS) Management Scheme , which has been produced to ensure that relevant authorities comply with the requirements of the EU Habitats Regulations ...
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NewsFinnish Fusion for VTMS and Coastal Surveillance
AIS technology innovator Saab TransponderTech AB andVTMS solutions provider Navieelektro ky have reached co-operative agreement to promote their products for the VTMS and Coastal Surveillance Systems market.
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NewsUlstein Converts Normand Cutter
Norway''s Ulstein Verft has re-delivered the 12,100gt cable-layer Normand Cutter after extensive conversion into a dual-purpose pipe-laying and construction ship and just three years after first delivering her to Solstad.
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Mersey Beats Route to China
Portia Management Services , the international port management and consultancy arm of the Mersey Docks Group , has won a contract to advise on the development of a major grain terminal in China and has set up a Shanghai office from which to undertake the 2.5 year project.
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News'Fastest Diesel Ferry' Makes American Debut
A 284ft long Australian built catamaran claimed to be the world''s fastest diesel powered high speed vehicle ferry was commissioned in April onto the commuter service between Rochester, New York and Toronto, Canada. The Spirit of Ontario will reduce travel time between the two cities by over 50%. Servicing the ...
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Coastal Surveillance for Poland
Atlas Elektronik, BAR Systems'' Bremen based German subsidiary, has received a ? 5morder from the Polish Border Guard for a coastal surveillance system. The pilot scheme will provide surveillance of the Polish coastline from the Russian border to the Hel peninsula, north of the Gdansk Bight. Further extensions to the ...
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NewsWorkboat Funding on hand at seawork
Bank of Scotland Marine Finance returns to seawork with Asset Finance Manager - Marine, Paul Ratcliffe, again on hand to discuss asset finance with those tempted by the 60 boats in the floating exhibition or any other marine equipment on display.
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Employers Be Aware of Seafarers' Rights
Does Britannia rule the waves when it comes to seafarers'' employment rights? The answer to this question, according to Deborah West, an employment lawyer who works with Southampton based LAMarine , Lester Aldridge ''s specialist shipping and marine law team, is sometimes yes and sometimes no.
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NewsCall to Put Hub Ports on Economic Agenda
One of the UK''s leading freight and shipping academics criticised the Government for not doing enough to support hub port developments in Scotland at the Transportation 2010 and Beyond conference organised in Edinburgh last month by legal transport specialists Henderson Boyd Jackson .
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NewsEEDA Funding Anchors Trinity House
Suffolk UK based main contractor Jackson Construction has landed an £ 8m contract to construct a new headquarters office and buoy yard for Trinity House , the General Lighthouse Authority for England and Wales. The development project is part funded by a £ 2.5m grant from the East of England ...
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New US AMS Rules Require Prompt Action
Since 2 April this year carriers entering or leaving the US who fail to comply with the required advance electronic presentation of cargo information face enforcement measures by the USBureau of Customs & Border Protection (CBP), writes Stephen Hawke, Executive Director of Aon Limited '' s Marine Division .
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Associated British Ports Promote Environmental Awareness
Associated British Ports (ABP) in the UK has teamed up with two of the UK''s foremost educational institutions for environmental sciences to undertake key research which, it hopes, will help the ports industry to develop innovative and cost-effective solutions to some of the environmental issues which face the ports industry ...
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ISU Welcomes Release
The International Salvage Union (ISU) has welcomed the release from detention in Pakistan of Tsavliris Salvage Master Nicolas Pappas and members of the crew of the tanker Tasman Spirit , which had run aground and broken up in the approaches to the Port of Karachi . The ISU called upon ...
