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NewsRamsgate Slipways Back in Action
The barque Julia is seen undergoing sale slipping at the newly reopened yard.Vessels up to 60m in length and 750 tons displacement can be accommodated on the four various sized slipways with accompanying workshops and plant also available. Previous customers included Trinity House, PLA, HM Customs, RNLI, Lapthorn Shipping Co ...
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Boat Tanks Online
Hampshire UK based Tek-Tanks, which builds custom water, waste and fuel tanks from High Density Polyethylene (HDPE), has produced an easy to read guide explaining everything boat operators need to know about selecting and designing their tanks.
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Felixstowe Hits 3m
The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) project more necessary than ever.
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Old Foes at Massvlakte
Port operators Dubai Ports World (DP World) and Singapore''s PSA, which battled it out for control of P& O last year, are expected to contest the concession to run a container terminal on Rotterdam''s new Maasvlakte 2 facility. The 3.5 million TEU terminal will occupy 146 hectares of reclaimed land ...
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NewsVT Halmatic 'Streamlining' Shuts Steel Division
A major strategic review underway at UK boat builders VT Halmatic and a rationalising of its product range has seen the closure of the company''s Steel Division as the focus shifts to composite built military patrol craft. The company has withdrawn from participation in the Seawork 2007 exhibition and expects ...
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NewsRoyal Send-Off for Research Vessel
HRH The Princess Royal formally named the UK''s new £ 40m royal research ship RRS James Cook in a ceremony held earlier this month at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Southampton.
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NewsWWF Calls for Protection of UK 'Marine Hotspots'
A WWF report out last month identifies for the first time, the most important marine locations in the UK in urgent need of protection. The wealth of sea life existing off UK shores and surrounding waters is gradually being degraded by the impacts of human activity. According to the ...
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Big Ship Salvage at ISU Members' Day
The salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will provide the timely focus for the International Salvage Union''s Fourth Associate Members'' Day meeting in London on 7 March.The meeting will be attended by representatives of a high proportion of the ISU''s 43 associate members and 53 full members.
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NewsNorway Goes It Alone on Ballast Water
Norway is to implement strict controls on ballast water management during 2007, applying the standards set down in the IMO Convention on ballast water to ships calling at Norwegian ports, even though it may be many years before the convention comes into force internationally, warns Wikborg Rein, Norwegian maritime law ...
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NewsBallast Water Breakthrough at Greenwich
The movement of organisms via the transport of water from one ecosystem to another can lead to serious ecological, health and financial consequences in the host environment.
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'White Knight'Buys GL
hamburg based classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been rescued from the hostile takeover advances of French rival Bureau Veritas by local tycoon Gunter Herz, who has now acquired over 95% of GL''s shares.
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Wartsila Buys Schiffko
The Wartsila Corporation completed the acquisition of German ship design company Schiffko shortly after Christmas. Shiffko specialises in the planning and design of ships, specialising in the container, research and offshore vessel market sectors. It also provides consultancy and project management services for ship owners and shipbuilders.
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Kalmar Buys a Ferrari
Global handling equipment provider Kalmar Industries has acquired Italy''s CVS Ferrari Group, strengthening its market position and service capabilities in Southern Europe and other Mediterranean markets.
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NewsStudents Lay Up Skills for the Future
Over 400 children aged thirteen and fourteen from fifteen schools on the Isle of Wight took part in a project last month to study boat design and create their own catamaran. The aim of the project was to introduce glass fibre and all its properties to young people using a ...
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IMCA's Norwegian Head
It its biennial board changes, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed its first ever Norwegian president. Knut Boe, senior executive vice president for marine operations and technical resources in Technip''s offshore branch, also becomes chairman of the IMCA''s Overall Management Committee (OMC).
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James Fisher Buys Everard
James Fisher created the largest UK owned shipping and marine services group last month with the £ 350m purchase of rival product tanker operator FT Everard.
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Torque Talk Returns
The second conference on The Science of Making Torque from Wind has been scheduled for 28 to 31 August at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) at Lyngby, 10 miles north of Copenhagen.
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NewsMustang's Match with Incat Crowther
Mustang Marine (Wales) Ltd has signed a cooperation agreement with Australian design house Incat Crowther which gives the Pembroke Dock based boat builders exclusive rights to build Incat Crowther designs for customers in the UK and Ireland. Mustang Marine anticipates that the demand will be for workboats and ferries in ...
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News'Arrow' Flies to Falmouth
The second VT Halmatic 16m pilot boat was named ''Arrow'' and entered service in ceremonies conducted at the Port of Falmouth last month. Arrow is the second of two new Camarc designed boats ordered by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners and PD Ports. Sister ship Greatham entered service recently at Teesport (see ...
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Hazardous Waste Website
With the current regulatory climate creating a financial and manpower burden to UK businesses, a new website launched this month aims to help small and medium sized businesses comply with waste legislation. The website, www.BeCompliant.co.uk, provides applications and tools to help producers of hazardous waste meet compliance criteria, save money ...
