Interviews – Page 15
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NewsOwners Beware of Inadvertent Pollution
The recent bad weather in which ''MSC Napoli'' was grounded in Lyme Bay UK has caused more than the usual headaches for port authorities trying to ensure that vessels do not pollute or become contaminated by pollution.
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Insurers Advise on Floating Box Risk
The recent and ongoing loss of containers from the grounded ''MSC Napoli'' has drawn attention to the risk of hitting semi-submerged objects, (containers included) in most oceans.
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Royal Haskoning Leads Upgrade of Ferry Facility
Royal Haskoning in the UK is leading a project that will add years to the life of the ferry facilities at Holyhead, Stena Line''s busiest ferry port in the UK.
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CEDA Stakes Out Position on WFD
The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) participated in the recent Seminar ''Navigation and the EU Water Framework Directive'' which took place on 31 January in Brussels. CEDA provided input on a range of subjects relevant to the WFD and the dredging industry.
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Coordination of Contaminated Sediment Strategy
Port areas around the UK are being expanded to deal with ever increasing maritime trade. In order to maximise the economic advantages this presents, dredging of seabed sediments is being undertaken to provide safe operational navigable depths. The historical and contemporary industrial legacy has, however, created zones of contaminated sediments, ...
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Agreement on Increased River Tolls
The Broads Authority in the UK has accepted the Navigation Committee''s proposals that tolls should rise by 9.9% for private boat owners and 6.1% for hire boats from 1 April 2007 to pay for an extra £ 100,000 of dredging.
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NewsStrategy Defined for Sustainable Aggregates Industry
The British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA), which represents over 90% of the marine aggregates industry, has released a sustainable development strategy for the sector. As a constituent member of the Quarry Products Association (QPA), and following on from last year''s overarching QPA document, BMAPA has created the strategy to ...
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UK's Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences
The UK''s Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formally opened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour and Preston Parade on October 3rd. The ceremony marked the completion of an 11 month project to build new groynes and totally recharge the beach at West Beach.
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NewsBMT Business Planning for UAE Port Development
BMT Maritime Consultants Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Ltd, has completed the business planning for a major new offshore port development near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. The work undertaken by BMT on behalf of the Mubadala Development Company will be used as a basis for the ...
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NewsWaterways Ireland Proposes New Navigation for River Shannon
As part of its ongoing programme to develop the Shannon Navigation, Waterways Ireland is proposing to extend the navigable channel from Lough Allen, where it currently ends, to Annagh Upper. Annagh Upper, is located in County Leitrim approximately 3.5km from Lough Allen and is less than 2km downstream from Dowra ...
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NewsUmoe's Long Term Strategy for Schat-Harding
PLANS by the Norwegian group Umoe Industri to merge its lifeboat and davit subsidiary Umoe Schat-Harding with Bergen based equipment manufacturer TTS Marine ASA have been cancelled. Umoe has called off the proposed all-share merger following a significant change in the shareholder profile of TTS.
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Conference Will Navigate the Water Framework Directive
PIANC, together with its partners in the Navigation Task Group on the Water Framework Directive, will host a conference on the EU''s Water Framework Directive and the issues it raises for ports, navigation and dredging in Brussels on 31 January 2007.
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LLPs Boost Partners' Incomes
Until recently, UK businesses had only two basic choices of structure. They could be limited companies or they could be partnerships. A new hybrid structure, the Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) offers many benefits for businesses owned by their proprietors, as is often the case in the maritime community.
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News'Unsafe Berths and Ports
As MJ was going to press, LA Marine, the specialist marine law team of Lester Aldridge Solicitors, was giving a presentation at their London office on the theme Unsafe Berths and Ports. The focus was to be on the legal elements of proving an unsafe berth or port claim and ...
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Warning to Shipowners, Cut the 'Wriggle Room' to the Minimum
London law firm Lawrence Graham LLP says owners contracting for new ships should be extra careful about communication with the yard to ensure that they do actually get the ship they want, when they want it.
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NewsMarine Claims Agents Simulate Life at Sea
London based P& I insurance clubs have broadened their knowledge of claims after attending a five day course in simulation at South Tyneside College. On the course were two representatives from the Britannia Steamship Insurance Association and two members of Thomas Miller & Co''s London branch.
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NewsUK Consultation Paper on Dredging Regulations
The Department for Communities and Local Government in the UK has issued a Consultation Paper on Draft Marine Minerals Dredging Regulations and Procedural Guidance. The document is aimed at the marine dredging industry, organisations who advise on dredging proposals, environmental groups and those who comment on individual dredging applications.
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Ports Insurance Responds to Hectic Hurricane Season
Following losses from the 2005 hurricane season, property premiums have increased on average by 40% for global ports and terminals, particularly those operating in catastrophe prone areas, according to a new report by Aon Marine.
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NewsInvestment Programme for Wightlink Ferry Operations
Wightlink Isle of Wight Ferries is poised to embark on an investment programme that will see the company ordering new ships, replacing its operating systems, enhancing its corporate image and, in the shorter term, making changes to the structure of its senior management.
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NewsMCT Moves for Money Men
With Marine Current Turbine''s 1MW SeaGen tidal device set to be installed in Northern Ireland''s Strangford Lough later this year, and preliminary work underway to develop a commercial tidal farm in UK waters within the next three to five years, MCT has appointed KPMG as financial advisers to review all ...
