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    ABP Takeover Bid

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Following the announcement on 29 March 2006 that Associated British Ports Holdings PLC (ABPH) had received a non-binding proposal from a consortium comprising Borealis Infrastructure Management Inc. an investment vehicle directed by GIC Special Investments Pte Ltd and Goldman Sachs International (the ''Consortium''), ABPH has now announced that it has ...

  • Jack Gastons commitment to the tugs and towage industry is characterised by a willingness to go anywhere for a story or a picture.
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    BTA Award for Maritime Journal Correspondent Jack Gaston

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Executive Committee of the British Tugowners Association has unanimously selected MJ''s Tugs & Towage correspondent, Jack Gaston, as the first ever recipient of the British Towing Industry Award for an outstanding contribution to the British towing industry.

  • The ECT Delta Terminal in Rotterdam was one of those visited by Port-Net delegates.
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    Container Terminal Competitors Share Best Practice

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Sharing experience and best practice among European ports can extend even to the largest container terminals.

  • How the Cutty Sark will look after essential conservation works have been completed.
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    'Cutty Sark' Conservation Works Imminent

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The famous clipper ship Cutty Sark, which has been a maritime landmark and tourist attraction ever since HRH The Duke of Edinburgh formed the Cutty Sark Society and moved the vessel into a specially constructed dry berth at Greenwich UK in 1954, will close to the public later this year ...

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    MPs' Praise for Seafarers

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    As the Mission to Seafarers was celebrating its 150th Anniversary at a service in Westminster Abbey, an all-party group of MPs, led by Shadow Minister for Shipping Julian Brazier, praised the work of the Mission. Tabling an Early Day Motion, Brazier said, ''This charity, and its Catholic sister the Apostleship ...

  • Some 95% of Britains international trade, by tonnage, arrives by sea.
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    UK Government Launches Ports Policy Review

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    UK Shipping Minister Stephen Ladyman launched the British Government''s long anticipated Ports Policy Review last month and invited responses on a range of broad strategic issues. He also announced the outcome of a review of the management of ports in local authority ownership in England and Wales.

  • Skomer is expected to operate from some 3,000 hours per year in an often hostile environment.
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    Construction Start This Year for Deepwater Port?

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    Authorities in Wilhelmshaven are hoping that construction can begin this year on the planned deep water JadeWeser Port (JWP) Container Terminal, Germany''s 1,000m answer to main rival Rotterdam.

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    Fos Fast Starts 2006

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    With strong growth in almost all trade sectors, cargo throughput at the Port of Marseilles-Fos totalled 16.42m tons to the end of February, marking a 12.4% increase on the first two months of last year.

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    PLA Quality Awards

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The Port of London Authority (PLA) has received two certifications from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

  • Tanya Budds Hypo Hoist safety device becomes commercially available this month.
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    Tanya Takes USCG Water Safety Award

    2006-06-01T00:00:00Z

    The current holder of the title Young Engineer for Britain has won the United States Coast Guard Award for Boating and Water Safety at the International Science and Engineering Fair held at Indianapolis USA last month.

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    HIT Bulks Up

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Immingham''s Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per year.

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    DNV Makes It Official

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows many years during which the experienced staff at some 51 Radio Holland Group subsidiary branches along the major ...

  • The first of three new police boats from Barthels.
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    First of Three 'Heavies' for Hamburg Police

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Now in service in Germany is the first in a series of three 17.56m long heavy harbour patrol boats for the Hamburg Wasserschutzpolizei, which is responsible for law and order on the City''s rivers and estuary waters.

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    Holyhead Freight Boom

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea fleet, commencing operations on the Central Corridor in July.

  • The HMS Daring foremast is loaded onto a barge at VT Shipbuildings Portsmouth facility.
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    'HMS Daring' Foremast Delivered

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navy''s first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.

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    Box Tops at Felixstowe

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on ...

  • The winning team from Bishops Castle Community College receive prize from FOTR Admiral Borley.
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    Young Engineer Drug Busters

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.

  • MV Fortuny begins sailing between the ports of Bilbao and Portsmouth this month.
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    Spanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of Bilbao on the 18th of this month.

  • Port-Net delegates from across Europe gathered in the Italian port of Ravenna.
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    Port-Net Partners Share Experiences

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Delegates from the Haven Gateway Partnership joined port representatives from across Europe last month to share and discuss their experiences in electronic data interchange (EDI) and cargo flows, in the latest of a series of workshops within the EU''s Port-Net initiative.

  • The novel new environmental service ship combination from Fassmer Werft.
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    Fassmer Produces First Oil Skimming Combination

    2006-05-01T00:00:00Z

    Fassmer Werft has handed over the first of a new type of small ship combination designed for environmental service with local authorities.