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NewsPiracy related torture is on the rise
A new trend is making the rising incidence of piracy in the waters off Somalia even more disturbing.
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NewsGovernment U-turn on UK coastguard cuts
The UK Government has partially backtracked on its radical plans to slash coastguard services, with Transport Secretary Philip Hammond telling the House of Commons that 10 centres would remain open 24 hours a day.
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NewsHistoric steam coaster returns to London
Londoners were able to witness history in the making yesterday as the world’s last remaining steam coaster made its return to the Royal Docks.
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NewsBarging about on the River
The Barge Driving Race on the River Thames has been run annually since 1975 and this year’s event saw 11 lighters (or punts) being rowed with the flood tide from Greenwich to Westminster.
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NewsUK’s largest lift crane commissioned
The largest lift capacity crane in Britain completed commissioning last week at Babcock’s Rosyth dockyard.
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NewsWill LEPs leap for marine businesses?
The UK government’s rhetoric about ‘localism’ covers a major drop in funding and the hope that business will pick up the pieces.
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NewsLegislation to cancel English port taxes
The UK Government has laid draft regulations to cancel the unfair backdated business rate bills faced by many port based businesses across England.
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NewsEPCSA launches with an ‘Added Dimension’
Europe is home to the most efficient Port Community Systems in the world and will play a vital role in the EC’s aspirations for trade facilitation through a ‘Single Window’, say new organisation the EPCSA.
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NewsAlsterwasser gets a second chance
The world’s first hybrid fuel cell propulsion passenger ship, Alsterwasser, is back in service on Hamburg’s rivers after being out of action for more than a year because of a fire.
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NewsInteractive marine planning map at MMO
The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) in the UK is reminding developers of the need to obtain a licence before carrying out removals from the seabed including benthic grab sampling and vibrocore surveys.
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NewsGravitational pull towards concrete foundations
With 20 to 25% of an offshore wind farm’s capital expenditure sunk into its foundations, offshore wind foundation costs threaten to explode as offshore wind farms move into deeper waters, further from shore.
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NewsHistoric submarine lifted for new museum
Preparations for the opening of North Europe’s biggest new maritime museum are well underway in Estonia with the world’s oldest in the water submarine having been lifted to land.
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NewsLow carbon shipping research underway
A new three year research project, ‘Low carbon shipping – a systems approach’, has been launched to help the shipping industry reduce levels of emissions in order to comply with new legislation and mitigate global warming.
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NewsRotterdam gears up for growth
Rotterdam Port Authority (RPA) has given an upbeat assessment of future prospects with the publication of its long term strategy.
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NewsMarine policy warning to UK Government
The UK is on a “dangerous course” said Mark Dickinson, general secretary of Nautilus International in a talk at the Houses of Parliament last month.
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NewsNew diesel fuel standards discussed at Seawork
Changes to the standards for marine diesel fuels have been causing anxiety and some confusion throughout the industry.
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NewsSubmarine rescue training underway in Spain
Submarine rescue specialists and other experts are in Spain last month to prove rescue systems and procedures developed to rescue submariners from worst case scenarios.
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NewsVision of ‘Port 2060’ in Antwerp
More than 50 years after the start of containerisation, Cargotec has envisaged the way the port of the future might look against a possible backdrop of game-change technology and innovation.
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NewsBelfast marks centenary of Titanic launch
Belfast marked the 100th anniversary of the launch of one of the city''s most famous creations, RMS Titanic, on 31st May 2011.
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NewsImpressive RheinFantasie enters service
Big demand for special functions on the Rhine motivated the building of the €10m multi-function event ship RheinFantasie, whose owners have this time plumped for a monohull newbuild instead of a second catamaran.
