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News Snips

  • Voith Takes AIR

    Ship propulsion systems specialist Voith Turbo GmbH & Co KG has acquired a majority share in AIR Fertigung-Technologie GmbH & Co KG, with whom it has been working for the past two years. 

  • Ports Expertise Expanded

    The BMT Group has acquired the ports and shipping consultancy Baxter Eadie Ltd, which has expertise in port planning and development, market surveys, traffic forecasting, statistical and risk analysis, management, and financial modelling. 

  • STG Joins CEMT

    The German Society for Maritime Technology (STG) became a member of the Confederation of European Maritime Technology at CEMT's recent board meeting in Hamburg, joining member institutions from the UK, Poland, the Netherlands, France, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Italy. 

  • Surf Harbour's Past

    New sections added to the Chichester Harbour Conservancy's website enables users to see what sediments have been deposited in the harbour over the last 10,000 years an thus learn about the changing harbour landscape and how it was used. 

  • Ship Ahoy Doha

    Ahoy Rotterdam, organiser of the recent Europort Maritime exhibition, has entered into a partnership with Dubai based Al Fajer Information & Services to host the third edition of a renamed Ship & Port + Europort Maritime shipbuilding, port and marine technology exhibition. 

  • Fos Box Tops

    The French Port of Marseilles was closing on the one million TEU mark for 2007 as the year ended, with throughput reaching 826,000 units to the end of October. 

  • FleetBroadband Launches

    Global satcomms provider Inmarsat has launched FleetBroadband, its new commercial service delivering voice and high speed data services for maritime users. 

  • RESON Med Buy-Out

    Mr Pietro Basciano has acquired all the shares of RESON Mediterranean in Bologna, Italy and changed the company's name to REMED sri. 

  • Ferries Find Favour

    Over the three months of July, August and September, SeaFrance enjoyed an increase of 13% in car traffic. This performance sees the French operator currently investigating shipyard availability in Europe to build a new vessel with significantly increased garage space. 

  • Cash for Seaford Sinking

    Marine South East, which addresses the needs of the marine sector in the UK South East region, has offered 40% of the funding for an initial scoping study into a project which aims to boost the local economy of Seaford and Newhaven. 

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