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Have your say on the Marine Navigation Bill
05 Jun 2008
Proposals to improve marine safety in ports and at sea were published in the UK recently and are open for consultation until 25 July 2008.
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Waterfront Strategy Findings and Open Forum
05 Jun 2008
Anyone running a marine business in the Southampton UK area will take an interest in the long awaited findings from the SEEDA Waterfront Strategy Research, which will be presented and debated in an open forum MareNet event taking place on Monday 23June 2008 at the National Oceanography Centre, European Way, Southampton SO14 3H.
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Chinese take away RNLI boats and expertise
30 Jul 2008
Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK's Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted in a special relationship between these two organisations on opposite sides of the world.
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Maritime Training Addresses Skills Shortage
27 Mar 2008
Nautical – the Next Step, a maritime training initiative including a Deck Cadet training course offered by Banff and Buchan College in Scotland, has been launched to tackle industry skills shortages.
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Major donation to National Maritime Museum
24 Apr 2008
The UK's National Maritime Museum (NMM) has received a donation of £20m towards the creation of a major new wing at the heart of its Maritime Greenwich World Heritage Site.
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'Alternative' Baltic port gets cash to restructure
22 May 2008
A total €13.5m is being invested in the restructuring of facilities at the Baltic seaport of Wismar to improve its significance as an 'alternative' port of call to busy neighbours Luebeck to the west and Rostock to the east.
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Rescue service in urgent funds drive
22 May 2008
The Gosport and Fareham Inshore Rescue Service (GAFIRS), an independent rescue service providing free marine rescue cover in the Solent, has launched an appeal to raise the £61,000 funding shortfall that will enable it to bring a new frontline lifeboat into service.
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UK OK for world's largest offshore wind farm
29 May 2008
The Fluor Corporation signed a contract last month with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) to design and construct the 500 MW Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm.
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Pirates rock the boat in Portland
29 May 2008
One of Britain’s most interesting historic vessels, the ex-Trinity House Light Vessel 'LV 18', has landed a role in a multi-million pound UK-Hollywood movie, The Boat That Rocked.
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First of three patrol boats for German police
29 May 2008
Fassmer in Germany has delivered Falshöft, the first of three 27.2m coastal patrol boats for local police and part of an order for six vessels of different sizes placed in 2006.
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County Clare embraces its maritime heritage
29 May 2008
Clare County Council in Ireland has launched an education initiative based on a recently completed survey of over 200 coastal structures in County Clare.
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Draft Marine Navigation Bill Seminar
19 Jun 2008
The recently published UK Draft Marine Navigation Bill proposes to legislate to reinforce the Port Marine Safety Code, to improve the management of the General Lighthouse Fund and the powers of the General Lighthouse Authorities, and to enable the ratification of the International Convention on the Removal of Wrecks.
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