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Alfa Laval Acquires Gunclean Toftejorg
Alfa Laval , specialists in oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions for the marine, power and offshore industries, has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group , including the advanced tank cleaning operation Gunclean Toftejorg .
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NewsAdded Power for Solstad
Norway''s Ulstein Verft inUlsteinvik has added the powerful new Type A101 anchor handling tug supply vessel Normand Master to the fleet of Solstad Shipping for a wide range of offshore workhorse duties.
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New Port Management Alliance
A new alliance has been formed between British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) and International Infrastructure Management Pty Ltd (IIM) in Brisbane, Australia. The new company, to be called BMTMaritime Consultants Pty Ltd , will provide port management consultancy services around the world.
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Norwegian Company in China Shipbuilding Joint Venture
Norway''s Ulstein has formed a joint venture company with Chinese shipyard Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding which will enable Ulstein to build their own design offshore vessels in the Far East.
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Construction to Follow Irish Sea Ferry Shake-Up?
P&O and Stena AB have signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning Stena ''s proposed acquisition of a significant part of P&O ''s ferry operations on the Irish Sea.
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NewsMillbank Pier Turns On A Tourist Magnet
The new £ 1.8m Millbank Millennium Pier on London''s River Thames is now operational following opening ceremonies late last month presided over by London Mayor Ken Livingstone and attended by an unusual mix of artists, politicians and marine civil engineers.
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Scots and the Sea
Published this month, Scots and the Sea is a serious work imbued with a strong sense of history by a former naval officer who was present in Tokyo Harbour for the Japanese surrender in 1945 and was serving as Assistant Naval Attache in Moscow at the time of Stalin''s death.
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The Inland Waterways Manual (Second Edition Revised)
There are over 3,000 miles of navigable waterway in the UK, with many more in Ireland and Europe. Britain''s inland waterways are currently enjoying a welcome period of restoration and high profile works such as the Falkirk Wheel and the Anderton Boat Lift have caught the public''s imagination.
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NewsMaritime Solutions Win Seal of Approval
The creativity and technical expertise of those who find solutions to engineering problems has served to amaze us for generations. The skills and determination required to overcome difficult challenges has been the hallmark of our development.
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Eco-Friendly Marine Exhaust Trials to Start
P&O Ferries and BP Marine will commence trials next month of a new technology that is expected to dramatically improve ship exhaust emissions, including a 95% reduction in sulphur and an 80% cut of particulates.
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Interactive Online River Map for Port of London
A new interactive online river map has been added to the Port of London''s website (see www. portoflondon. co. uk/river map) as part of a drive by the Port to increase its appeal as a key commercial gateway to the UK and Europe.
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NewsCostly Rescue Cruiser Capable of Carrying 600 People
Germany''s latest, and biggest, sea rescue cruiser, SK29, due into service later this Summer, will remain a one-off addition for now to the fleet of the sea rescue service DGzRS, simply because she has been expensive to build.
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News35 Knot Workboats Speed to Mauritius
Portchester UK based VT Halmatic have delivered four RTK Logistic Support Boats to the Mauritius Police for use as heavy duty general purpose workboats by the Coastguard Division.
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NewsNew Hamburg Police Boat Costs Less than Predecessor
Hamburg''s Wasserschutzpolizei (WSP), which is responsible for the Elbe port city''s rivers and estuary waters, has taken delivery of SW25, the second in a powerful new type of patrol boats from east German small ship yard Schiffswerft Hermann Barthel.
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The Age of Sail
It is an unusual book that requests reader input to plan future editions but this new undertaking from Conway Maritime Press, subtitled The International Annual of the Historic Sailing Ship: Volume 1, celebrates the recent growth of interest in naval history and provides contribution guidelines for an enthusiastic global readership.
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Spanish Building Ropax for Faroes
The Spanish Izar San Fernando shipyard has entered the conventional ferry sector with the keel laying ceremony for a Ropax ferry that will operate in the harsh weather conditions around the Faroe Islands. The contract is with the Islands'' Ministry of Trade and Industry and the vessel will be operated ...
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Forth Coastguard Conduct Ferry Coordination Exercise
Scotland''s Forth Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre conducted an exercise with the Greek registered ro-ro ferry Superfast 10 last month as the vessel was on passage from Zeebrugge to Rosyth. The 30,285 tonne, 203m LOA vessel was approximately two hours from the Fairway Buoy when the one hour exercise commenced.
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NewsSouthampton Has A Lotta Bottle
A first shipment comprising 1,200 tonnes of recycled bottle-glass material left the Midland Glass Processing Company''s (MGPC) new plant at the ABP Port of Southampton last month on board MV Sea Kestrel, bound for the ABP Port of Goole on the Humber Estuary. It would have required 45 articulated lorries ...
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Snappy Conversions for German Cutters
German fishing authorities in Cuxhaven were reported very satisfied with the way German shipyard Bremerhavener Dock GmbH (BREDO) lengthened and converted three of their cutters and put them back into service on time, all inside just six weeks.
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NewsBMT Acquires Nigel Gee & Associates
British Maritime Technology Ltd has acquired Nigel Gee & Associates Ltd, the Southampton based designers specialising in innovative, high-speed mono and multi-hull vessels. Recent high profile designs include the X-Craft for the US Navy''s Office of Naval Research. Nigel Gee has provided the concept as well as preliminary and detailed ...
