Industry News – Page 308
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NewsUK To Lead Push for Renewables
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 ...
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NewsUnited Nations' Tsunami Aid Role
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
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
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 ...
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NewsFamous Buoy Successfully Upgraded in the Arabian Gulf
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
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
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 ...
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NewsSmall Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards
Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels.
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NewsCold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker
For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a remote research base in the Antarctic. The American plea came as food and fuel shortages threatened to halt ...
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Wartsila Thrust Into China
Finland based marine engine and propulsion supplier Wartsila is investing ? 6.6 million to establish a tranverse thruster factory at Wuxi, near Shanghai in China. The wholly owned Wartsila Propulsion (Wuxi) Co Ltd will employ some 120 people producing LIPS brand thrusters for the global shipbuilding market.
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NewsLondon Extends Thames Wharf Protection
The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing ''safeguarding'' policy but extends it to safeguard 25 wharves east of the Thames Barrier for the first time.
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Dutch Dredger Builders Detach
IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland''s approved the sale last month of the group''s shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.
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NewsJenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment
Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins'' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company.
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News'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece
Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel''s breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion.
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NewsNew Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police
The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.
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Resin Trade Sticks to Thamesport
Thamesport (London) Limited has signed a new contract with Burton-upon-Trent UK based resin importer Resin Trade which will boost the company''s volume through Thamesport from 1,000 tons per month last year to 2,500 tons per month by the end of 2007. The agreement heralds the creation of six dedicated silos ...
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Marine Society/Sea Cadet Merger
The Marine Society and The Sea Cadet Association in the UK have merged to form a new organisation called TheMarine Society & Sea Cadets .Committed to serving seafarers and promoting the sea as a career, the move will strengthen the role of the voluntary sector in support of both commercial ...
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Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment
Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfast''s Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.
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Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract
Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.
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Green Light for New Padstow Lifeboat House
The RNLI Trustees have given the go-ahead for a new lifeboat house and slipway to be built at Padstow as a home for the next generation Tamar class lifeboat.
