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Large Leap for Inland Boxes
Box traffic on French inland waterways increased by 37% during the first nine months of 2004 and showed particularly strong growth in the River Rhone basin, where it increased by 53%. Growth in the Rhine and Seine basins and Nord-Pas de Calais was up by more than 30%. Overall traffic ...
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NewsSmall Ship Work for Polish and German Repair Yards
Shipyards in Poland and Germany have been reporting good business of late in the complex conversion and upgrading of small vessels.
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NewsCold Peace Rescue for Russian Icebreaker
For the first time in recent history, and unthinkable in the Cold War, a Russian ice-breaker was asked to rescue a team of 1,000 American scientists cut off from supplies in a remote research base in the Antarctic. The American plea came as food and fuel shortages threatened to halt ...
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Wartsila Thrust Into China
Finland based marine engine and propulsion supplier Wartsila is investing ? 6.6 million to establish a tranverse thruster factory at Wuxi, near Shanghai in China. The wholly owned Wartsila Propulsion (Wuxi) Co Ltd will employ some 120 people producing LIPS brand thrusters for the global shipbuilding market.
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NewsLondon Extends Thames Wharf Protection
The Mayor of London has addressed the contentious issue of River Thames wharves disappearing to property development in a new report which endorses not only a continuation of the existing ''safeguarding'' policy but extends it to safeguard 25 wharves east of the Thames Barrier for the first time.
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Dutch Dredger Builders Detach
IHCCaland Shareholders in Holland''s approved the sale last month of the group''s shipyards to their management, supported by the equity arm of Rabobank.
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NewsJenkins Buys Dean & Dyball Marine Equipment
Poole UK based company Jenkins Marine has purchased four vessels and other items of associated plant from Dean & Dyball Construction .Following a consolidation of Jenkins'' civil and marine activities last year the purchase heralds a new era of growth for the company.
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News'Glass Ceiling' Rescues Brunel's Masterpiece
Works are underway in Bristol UK to preserve the SS Great Britain , Brunel''s breakthrough wrought iron hulled, screw driven passenger steamship, for the next 100 years with the creation of a protective environment intended to halt corrosion.
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NewsNew Patrol Boat Concept for Hamburg Police
The latest patrol boat to go into service with the Hamburg River Police is, by all accounts, an improved if not technologically superior version of earlier vessels.
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Resin Trade Sticks to Thamesport
Thamesport (London) Limited has signed a new contract with Burton-upon-Trent UK based resin importer Resin Trade which will boost the company''s volume through Thamesport from 1,000 tons per month last year to 2,500 tons per month by the end of 2007. The agreement heralds the creation of six dedicated silos ...
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Marine Society/Sea Cadet Merger
The Marine Society and The Sea Cadet Association in the UK have merged to form a new organisation called TheMarine Society & Sea Cadets .Committed to serving seafarers and promoting the sea as a career, the move will strengthen the role of the voluntary sector in support of both commercial ...
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Dolphins Dry Docked In Belfast for Refurbishment
Specialist construction services and protective coatings group Pyeroy Ltd is supporting Belfast''s Harland and Wolff Heavy Industries on a major contract for the repair and refurbishment of two large semi-submersible oil rigs.
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Consortium Awarded Doha Airport Contract
Doha International Airport Steering Committee in Qatar has awarded a contract for dredging and reclamation for the new Doha International Airport to a consortium of four dredging companies.
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Green Light for New Padstow Lifeboat House
The RNLI Trustees have given the go-ahead for a new lifeboat house and slipway to be built at Padstow as a home for the next generation Tamar class lifeboat.
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MBO at Certex
UK lifting gear distributor Certex has been bought out by its existing directors and will be run as a private limited company.
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Rolls On A Roll
Rolls-Royce rolled up a strong second half performance in 2004, signing contracts for some £ 160 million worth of UT-Design vessels and equipment for the offshore market. The company signed contracts with shipyards in Norway, Brazil, India, Singapore and Spain for OSVs and new vessel types. A total of 50 ...
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AAE Transponder Order
Applied Acoustic Engineering, which is presently expanding its Great Yarmouth premises, reports an order worth more than £ 100,000 from PGS Physical in Norway for 32 of its 915 series acoustic positioning mini-transponders together with specially designed flotation devices and battery chargers. PGS plans to use them for deepwater surveys ...
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SOC On New Footing
The Southampton Oceanography Centre (SOC) will be renamed the National Oceanography Centre , Southampton from 1st May this year as it bids to become the focus for oceanography in the UK. The vision is embraced by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the University of Southampton, which will continue ...
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Seighford Gets to Grips With GRP
Southampton UK based corporate recovery specialists Fanshawe Lofts successfully sold the troubled Isle of Wight business GRP Laminates last month to the Oxford based Seighford Investments Company Ltd, which plans to expand the business and secure the future for its 28 strong workforce. Cowes based GRP Laminates designs and supplies ...
