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NewsMersey beats big boat record
The largest ship ever to enter the Port of Liverpool berthed at the Tranmere Oil Terminal yesterday to discharge a new traffic of West African crude oil for the Shell Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire.
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NewsDo dredgers divine the rainbow's return?
The credit crunch may be having an adverse effect on almost every industry, including investment in ports and marine infrastructure, but recent investments by some of the biggest and best known names in the business suggest that companies believe they can ride out the seeming slump in demand and that ...
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NewsProlific tug and workboat innovation continues
It is only when we stop for a breath and look back over the 250 issues of Maritime Journal that it becomes obvious to what degree massive historic changes in the many maritime industries embraced by the magazine have been put on record.
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NewsNew name for water freight body
Sea and Water, the promotional body for water freight transportation in and around the UK, has been renamed Freight by Water, the last act in the organisation’ s restructuring process which began in late 2007.
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NewsWhat recession? Evergreen 'to build 100'
According to a report in The Economic Times of India, Evergreen Marine has announced plans to spend $5.5bn to build 100 container ships before the anticipated recovery of the global economy in 2012.
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NewsShuttle barge 'greens' molasses movements
The ‘ green’ barge shuttling containers up the Manchester Ship Canal from the Port of Liverpool to the heart of the North West of England is now making a regular ‘ bus stop’ call at Ellesmere Port en route to Irlam Container Terminal.
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News'Chip Shop' by sea wins design award
A 21st century pier for New Brighton inspired by a tea house and a chip shop has won the top award in a student contest to design a water feature for the Merseyside resort.
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NewsMJ 250th Issue - Marine Construction
The credit crunch may be having an adverse effect on almost every industry, including investment in ports and marine infrastructure, but recent investments by some of the biggest and best known names in the business suggest that companies believe they can ride out the seeming slump in demand and that ...
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NewsOffshore breeze with Wind Farm Wildcat
Ireland’ s Safehaven Marine is expanding its Wildcat catamaran range with a new 50ft/16m version aimed specifically at the wind farm market.
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News31st IADC seminar spotlights Abu Dhabi
At the very end of 2008, twenty professionals from around the world got acquainted with dredging and its challenges during the 31st IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.
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Oil Spill Response
Oil Spill Response Limited & East Asia Response Limited, the world’ s largest international oil spill response organisation, has been renamed Oil Spill Response.
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Marcon's record year
Washington USA based shipbroker Marcon International celebrated a record year by completing three deals on the final day of 2008.
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Offshore wind abstracts
A call for abstracts has been issued by the organisers of the European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference & Exhibition, which will take place in Stockholm on 14-16 September.
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Axis Drive deal
South Africa’ s Caudwell Marine has signed an agreement with Golden Arrow Marine of Southampton UK for the sales, distribution and service support for its range of Axis Drive propulsion systems in the UK and Europe.
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Collision lookout failure
A German shipowner has pleaded guilty before a regional court in the UK to three merchant shipping vessel safety offenses following a collision between a coaster and the East Goodwin Light Vessel in February 2007.
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Hagglunds' marine facility
Hagglunds Drives has begun building customised power units for their hydraulic drive systems, particularly for marine applications.
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ISP management buy-out
The management team of International Safety Projects Ltd has completed a £ 4m buy-out of what they claim to be the world’ s largest manufacturer of inflatable marine lifejackets.
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Fos'inland links
The French port of Marseilles Fos has initiated a promotional partnership with eight inland ports serving its crucial north-south hinterland along the Rhone-Saone corridor.
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RNLI funds success
More than £ 3,500 was raised before Christmas for the UK’ s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by Newcastle based marine rigging specialists Storrar Marine.
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Maritime jobs guide
Sea Vision UK, a nationwide campaign to raise the profile of the sea and maritime sector, has launched the latest, largest version of its Maritime Careers Guide, a magazine profiling different jobs across the maritime sector.
