Industry News – Page 308

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    James Fisher Acquires FenderCare

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Marine services provider James Fisher has acquired Fender Care Marine Solutions Ltd and Fender Care Marine Services Group Ltd (FenderCare), suppliers of large scale pneumatic fenders, for a maximum consideration of £ 12m cash, with the final £ 740,000 subject to earn out provisions for the financial year ending 31 ...

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    Stromme Purchases Norwegian Maritime Equipment

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Stromme ASA of Haslum in Norway has purchased Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS (NME) for NOK12.2m in cash plus shares in Stromme ASA .

  • Veteran icebreaker Stephan Jantzen.
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    Baltic's 'Iron Pig' Bows Out to Modern 'Arkona'

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Germany''s biggest Baltic icebreaker Stephan Jantzen , lovingly nicknamed the Iron Pig by her crew, has been replaced by the new all-rounder Arkona and put up for sale by German authorities after 38 years in service .

  • CML, which recently produced and installed this pool for the cruise ship Saga Ruby, is formed of a nucleus of staff previously employed by Blondecell.
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    Reformed Marine Team Pools Its Resources

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The Cruise & Ferry Exhibition and Conference returns to London at Earls Court Two on 3 -5 May as the only specialist event dedicated to design, construction and operation for the passenger shipping industry.

  • Inland Navigator is brought into the flooded hold of mother ship Terra Marique
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    Inland Load by Water Capabilities Proven

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The unique multi-purpose pontoon Terra Marique , which has famously carried the last Concorde aircraft down London''s River Thames and past the Houses of Parliament, has now had its semi-submersible capabilities successfully tested at Hull''s Albert Dock.

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    Give 'em Enough Rope

    2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Maritime charity Seafarers UK has linked up with Trinity House , The Northern Lighthouse Board and the Royal Marines to provide a summer challenge for anyone over the age of 18. In ''The Seafarers UK Royal Marines Lighthouse Challenge'' participants who have raised £ 125 for the charity will, under ...

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    EU Funding Behind SEA-AHED

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    font-family: " Times New Roman" font-family: " Times New Roman" ">project, which has somehow been given the acronym SEA-AHED, has been funded by over ¢ 1.7 million from the EU''s Framework Programme.

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    Engine Barrier Broken

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    MAN B&W Diesel has broken the single engine 100,000bhp barrier with its new 12 cylinder 12K98MC pumping out a total of 101,645 bhp.

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    Deutz Flight to the Finnish

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

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    Seafarers' ID Convention

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    France, Jordan and Nigeria ratified The Seafarers'' Identity Documents Convention 2003 (No.185) last month, bringing it into force.   

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    First IPSEM Certification to Port of Cork

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    An aerial view of the Port of Cork's Tivoli container TerminalThe certificate covers the safety and environmental management of the operations and maintenance of all Port of Cork general, dry bulk, liquid bulk, Lo-Lo and Ro-Ro terminals, pilot launch, tug and workboat operations and the VTS system Bureau Veritas drew ...

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    EHMC Seminar in Port of Bordeaux

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    The programme covers current topical issues in port operations and safety such as quality criteria in port byelaws as they affect areas such as the requirements for tug use, manoeuvring problems and ship blackouts in ports, the consequences of increased vessel dimensions on fendering systems, mooring and tugs, dealing with ...

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    No Lead in this Zeppelin

    2005-03-01T18:07:00Z

    Dutch heavy transport shipping operator Dockwise delivered its lightest ever load last month when a 75m LOA zeppelin weighing only 700 kilos was transported on board Dock Express 10 on a 35 day voyage from Germany to Japan.

  • An artists impression of a pile mounted twin rotor tidal turbine design by Marine Current Turbines of Bristol, UK
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    UK To Lead Push for Renewables

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    With the global market for renewable energy technologies topping $25 billion last year, 11 UK renewable energy trade associations have joined forces to publish an eight point action plan aimed at rapidly expanding the use of renewables to a point where they provide a quarter of British energy needs by ...

  • One of the many ships destroyed by the tsunami.
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    United Nations' Tsunami Aid Role

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The United Nations agency International Maritime Organisation is to help coordinate restoration of key maritime infrastructure in the aftermath of the Asian tsunami tragedy.

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    SeaBritain 2005 Festival Online

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    This year will see a nationwide celebration of Britain''s long love affair with the sea, inspired by the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar and the death of Admiral Lord Nelson.

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    MCA Awards Radio Contract

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    The UK''s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has awarded a new contract for Maritime Radio Survey & Inspection to Selenia Communications Ltd .The three year contract, awarded following a full European tendering process commences on the first of next month and will include Port State Control, survey and general inspection as ...

  • The new Inchscape buoy was laid recently in excellent weather conditions.
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    Famous Buoy Successfully Upgraded in the Arabian Gulf

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    After 30 years acting as a key rendezvous point for tankers in the Arabian Gulf, the Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) buoy has been successfully upgraded to a high focal plane buoy adjacent to the main tanker lane exiting the Gulf.

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    Bridge Equipment Goes Dutch

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    To obtain a further shortening of lead time, especially in the increasingly important retrofit market, Furuno has opened a new European Distribution Centre at Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands.

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    Large Leap for Inland Boxes

    2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

    Box traffic on French inland waterways increased by 37% during the first nine months of 2004 and showed particularly strong growth in the River Rhone basin, where it increased by 53%. Growth in the Rhine and Seine basins and Nord-Pas de Calais was up by more than 30%. Overall traffic ...