Industry News – Page 301
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New Survey Conference
Luneplate was launched in early June at the Heise Schiffsreparatur & Industrie Service shipyard in Bremerhaven.A two day conference to examine the future of hydrographic and offshore survey is being launched by TMS International Ltd in partnership with Intelligent Exhibitions Ltd. To be held in March 2007 at the National ...
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NewsContainer Security Struggles for Standards
Governments and port authorities acknowledge that the 17 million cargo containers in use around the world are a weak link in national security arrangements. Importers/ exporters and manufacturers understand that poor container security poses a risk to the goods they contain. Yet because there are so many players in the ...
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NewsFast Security Craft for Russia
Swedish boat builder Dockstavarvet delivered a second security craft to Russia last month. Smaller than the first boat, the HSPC 11.3 M was turned over to Moscow based brokers Autogrand Marine Ltd for operation on Russia''s inland waterways.
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NewsImproved Surveillance Camera for Marine Security
A new design surveillance camera from Texas USA based Night Vision Technologies will enhance safety and security by improving the operator''s ability to detect, observe and identify objects and activity in total darkness, daylight or mixed light.
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NewsMantsbrite named Koden's exclusive UK distributor
Changes are afoot in the way that the range of Koden marine products will be distributed in the UK and Ireland. From the first of this month, Seawork exhibitor Mantsbrite, which has been jointly distributing Koden''s marine products, will become Koden''s exclusive distributor.
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DSB Acquires Yarmouth Shipping
International shipbrokers DSB Offshore have acquired the business of specialist tug broker Yarmouth Shipping Company Limited, which recently completed the sale of two 50 ton bollard pull tugs from BHP Billiton in Western Australia to Italian interests.
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NewsRenewables Nuked in UK Energy Review
In announcing its long awaited Energy Review last month, the British Government committed to extending the Renewables Obligation (RO) from 15% to 20% for green energy sources including wave, tidal and offshore wind power.
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Marine Society's 250th
Her Majesty The Queen was the principal guest last month when The Marine Society & Sea Cadets celebrated the 250th anniversary of the UK''s most enduring maritime charity. Speaking at the reception in Greenwich on board the Royal Navy''s amphibious assault ship HMS Albion, Vice Admiral Sir Tom Blackburn KCVO ...
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Multidocker Will Boost Throughput at Ridham Dock
The recent arrival of a new high-tech multi-purpose cargo handling crane promises to speed up throughput at the busy Kentish port of Ridham Dock in the UK. Purchased by Ridham Sea Terminals Ltd (RST) the new machine, a Swedish built Multidocker CH65C, started work at one of the three berths ...
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VTMS Wins Waterford Contract
Leicestershire based Vessel Traffic Management Systems (VTMS) is establishing an Irish base at Waterford Container Terminal in Belview after being awarded a maintenance contract by Port of Waterford.
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NewsGLAs Make 'The Case for eLoran'
Continuing the theme of operational efficiency in our coverage of the Trinity House Technical Open Day in Harwich last month, the General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland have released The Case for eLoran.
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Boskalis Buys Cofra
Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has boosted its 51% holding in geosynthetics for civil engineering specialist Cofra to full ownership. The acquisition strengthens Boskalis'' position in the global market for specialist soil improvement techniques. Cofra has concentrated on methods of soil improvement for the construction of infrastructure projects and ...
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SASMEX Sails Home
It identifies how enhanced Loran (eLoran) will secure the safe, low risk and cost effective mix of Aids to Navigation (AtoN) needed for the benefit and safety of all mariners around the British Isles.The Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX), which Safety at Sea International magazine hosted for ...
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NewsEnvironmental Offset at New Ro-Ro Terminal
The DFDS Nordic Terminal Riverside, the new £ 35m development at Associated British Ports'' Port of Immingham was opened last month on the day which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the construction of the Immingham Dock.
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News'Nomadic' Returns to Belfast Birthplace
History was made on the 15th of last month when the White Star Line tender Nomadic returned to Belfast 95 years after leaving the Harland & Wolff shipyard where it was built.
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Rising Seas Predicted
A report published by UK Environment Secretary David Milliband concludes that climate change poses an immediate threat to the European Union target of halting biodiversity loss by 2010.
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EWEA
Nomadic served as tender to its ill-fated big sister Titanic when the latter ship made its first and only call at Cherbourg on 10 April 1912. Nomadic ferried 172 first and second class passengers out of Cherbourg harbour to board Titanic, including John Jacob Astor, Benjamin Guggenheim and Margaret 'Unsinkable ...
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ABP EGM Votes 'Sell'
The sale of Associated British Ports Holdings PLC to the American led international consortium Admiral Acquisitions UK Limited was approved by 98.75% of the shares voted at an Extraordinary General Meeting last month. It was expected that dealings in ABPH shares on the London Stock Exchange would be suspended on ...
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LLPs Boost Partners' Incomes
Until recently, UK businesses had only two basic choices of structure. They could be limited companies or they could be partnerships. A new hybrid structure, the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) offers many benefits for businesses owned by their proprietors, as is often the case in the maritime community.
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News'Unsafe Berths and Ports
As MJ was going to press, LA Marine, the specialist marine law team of Lester Aldridge Solicitors, was giving a presentation at their London office on the theme Unsafe Berths and Ports. The focus was to be on the legal elements of proving an unsafe berth or port claim and ...
