Interviews – Page 13

  • The port city of Rotterdam provides a perfect setting for Europort 2011.
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    Technology tops the bill at Europort 2011

    06/10/2011

    Europort returns to the Ahoy in the port city of Rotterdam from 8 through 11 November 2011.

  • Andrew Forsyth is an Associate in the Shipping and Transport team of Brodies LLP, a leading Scots law firm with offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen.
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    Operators and employers in for a bumpy ride

    29/09/2011

    A flyer issued by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) earlier this year may have consequences for insurers and employers who own, operate, or have employees travel on RIBs, writes Andrew Forsyth, an Associate at Brodies LLP.

  • Neil Carrington’s Bon Accord Employment Services is launching free lunchtime human resources support surgeries in Aberdeen.
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    Good pension news for renewables workers

    22/09/2011

    The offshore industry has tended to be one step behind when it comes to working regulations.

  • A research project in Turkey has come up with a new rational decision making process for evaluating the optimum, environmental friendly locations for new or relocated ship recycling yards.
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    Investment guidance for green recycling yards

    25/06/2011

    Increasing thought is going into the optimization of what happens to today’s gleaming newbuilds at the other end of their lifecycle.

  • Andrew Jackson partner Andrew Oliver has been appointed Head of Off-Shore Renewables.
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    Specialist renewables law unit at Seawork

    10/06/2011

    A Hull UK based law firm whose long involvement with the local maritime industry has evolved to now include services for the offshore wind farm industry is exhibiting at Seawork 2011.

  • Ports need to schedule more maintenance checks to offset the burden of managing risk and possible disputes, says Trelleborg.
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    Risk management crippling port operations

    22/03/2011

    The port sector is being crippled by the burden of managing operational risk, according to an industry wide survey.

  • Dredger ‘Ben Crom’ at work in Tayinloan, a regular task. Many operations would be made easier by streamlining applications. Photo: P Mackie
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    Getting rid of the paper log jams

    17/03/2011

    In the past, marine licenses were often delayed by the necessity for the physical receipt and passing on of a number of pieces of paper, which often created log-jams in a complex system.

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    Marine Renewable Energy

    20/01/2011

    Marine renewable energy activity in European waters is expanding rapidly

  • This scenario shows an oil spill of 2.500 tons from a cruise ship over the course of 120 hours.  A full interactive version of the model including further information and source information is available at www.wwfrsapartners.com.
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    Insurers use marine GIS to mitigate risk

    04/11/2010

    In an exercise undertaken with the World Wildlife Fund, insurer RSA has used the latest Geographic Information Systems to show how technology could help predict the spread of an oil spill – helping both the marine industry and environmentalists predict, and minimise, the damage a spill could cause.

  • Beluga is involved in the construction and development of offshore wind farm erector ships for its joint venture with Hochtief Construction AG, Beluga Hochtief Offshore.
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    Financial partnership enables Beluga expansion

    29/07/2010

    Bremen based Beluga Shipping GmbH is planning to make further investments in the super heavy lift market.

  • Author Duncan MacLean, a partner at Scotland based Brodies LLP.
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    Marine renewables: the importance of understanding risk

    20/07/2010

    Parallels are drawn between the infrastructure required in the oil and gas sector and that required by the marine renewables sector, both in terms of deployment and ongoing operation and maintenance, writes Duncan MacLean a partner in the marine team and a member of the renewable energy group at Scotland ...

  • 'Deepwater Horizon' exploded on 20 April and the effects, both ecologically and economically, will be felt for years to come.
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    Oil disaster rig owner tries to escape liability

    26/05/2010

    Gulf of Mexico disaster oil rig owner Transocean''s ploy to limit liability will be fought, according to law firms representing Deepwater Horizon workers.

  • The Arctic is suffering from a fractured approach to governance of its resources. Photo: WWF
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    Arctic is suffering from ‘governance gaps’

    26/05/2010

    The legal instruments relevant to protecting the Arctic’s marine environment are numerous, yet also incoherent and incomplete say the World Wildlife Fund.

  • The IIMS is now having an input to maritime surveying operations from Australia to Fujairah
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    Marine surveyors look to a global presence

    26/05/2010

    John Lawrence of the International Institute of Marine Surveyors (IIMS) says that local difficulties need local input, and no end of good ideas from outside the area will substitute for asking people with knowledge of regional laws and regulations.

  • A new team in the Houses of Parliament has pledged an immediate freeze on the collection of backdated port rates.
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    End in sight for backdated UK port rates bills

    19/05/2010

    ‘The end game is very near’ for the backdated rates bills at ports says Andrew Finfer, the solicitor advising the dock rating groups that has been spearheading the attack on the UK Valuation Agency Office’s incompetent handling of the issue.

  • The Confined Disposal Facility at Ketelmeer in the Netherlands is a good example of best practice.
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    IADC addresses Confined Disposal Facilities

    06/04/2010

    Facts About Confined Disposal Facilities was issued last month by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). The four page booklet, available free of charge online and in print, is the latest in the IADC series of concise, easy to read ‘management summaries’, which give overviews of essential information on ...

  • Evolution Time Critical facilitates rapid deliveries of vital parts for urgent operations conducted by global marine salvage company Titan Salvage’.
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    Emergency logistics save insurers millions

    16/03/2010

    Critical marine salvage operations have been able to proceed on schedule due to emergency logistics support from Evolution Time Critical, avoiding the risk of an oil spill at sea and saving insurers millions in damage repairs.

  • Lucy Harrold and Eifion Morris of international law firm Stephenson Harwood make the case for marine industries embracing green technology.
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    Why should marine embrace green technology?

    16/03/2010

    The maritime industry is under increasing pressure to improve its green credentials. With shipping C02 emissions equal to 3.3% of the global C02 emissions from fossil fuel, it rivals aviation in terms of significant pollution.

  • News

    Ports of Scotland 2010

    15/03/2010

    Published by Maritime Publications Ltd Paperback, 260 pages Price £17.00

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    Camera on the Clyde

    15/03/2010

    By Ann Glen and Bruce Peter Published by Ferry Publications Email: sales@gazellebooks.co.uk Hardback, 120 paqes Price: £18.00