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NewsBuoyant BV Pursues Wary GL
French classification society Bureau Veritas is enjoying a record breaking year, with turnover expected to reach ¢ 1.8 billion by the end of this month. Speaking at a reception at Trinity House in London last month, managing director Bernard Anne said the group is doubling in size every five years ...
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NewsMultraship Refloats Tank Barge Newbuilding
A Multraship vessel works to remove 'Limosa 2' from the rocky beach below the cliffs at Hope Point.On December 8, working under an LOF 2000 form in cooperation with URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, Multraship mobilised the rescue tender Brandaris, the multipurpose salvage vessels Multrasalvor and Union Beaver, the tug ...
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NewsEmden Maintains SWATH Momentum with German Customs Boats
Emden based Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has won the contract to build two revenue cutters for the Procurement Agency of the German Federal Customs Administration. The first boat is scheduled for delivery in November 2008, the second one in June 2009.
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NewsNew Drogheda - Rotterdam Container Service Launched
A new Europe Lines container service between the ports of Drogheda and Rotterdam was launched last month, initially with one vessel sailing on a weekly basis every Friday evening from Barge Centre Waalhaven to arrive on Monday at Drogheda.
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Schat-Harding Expansion
Lifeboat and davits supplier Schat-Harding has extended its wholly owned global service network with the purchase of Cadiz based Equipos Aquanor, an established independent lifeboat servicing station covering the ports and shipyards of Spain and Portugal.
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HME Website Update
The Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME) has launched a restyled website at www.hme.nl, where visitors can find information about Dutch equipment and maritime suppliers or subscribe for email postings of HME sponsored events. The site is available in Dutch and English. HME members receive a weekly update on worldwide ...
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Princess Supports Seafarers' Centre
HRH The Princess Royal visited the Southampton Seafarer''s Centre recently to attend the annual meeting of volunteers and supporters.
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News'Rokia Delmas' Pollution Response Underway
Salvors continue to study options for the ro-ro container ship ''Rokia Delmas'', which ran aground off the French Atlantic coast port of La Rochelle in late October and has now been declared a total loss by its insurers. Efforts continue to refloat the vessel and the maritime prefecture in Brest, ...
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Lloyd's List Ports of the World 2007
This book provides details on over 2,800 of the world''s commercially active ports and over 19,000 port facilities and services within these ports to ensure the reader has the best knowledge to conduct business activities effectively.
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Never Turn Back - The RNLI since the Second World War
Never Turn Back features evidence from the RNLI archives to show how the fiercely independent RNLI was nearly taken over by the Government in the 1970s.
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NewsKlyne Get Two Year Extension on ETV Contract
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Limited a two year extension to the contract to provide Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) at four strategic areas around the UK coast. This further award extends the current eight year contract until 3 September 2011.
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Novatug Establishes Sourcing Consultancy
Rolf Kievits, general manager of Novatug said, 'There are huge shortages of certain types of equipment in today's market. But Novatug is in a position to offer a valuable service to help owners and shipyards find the right equipment in the right place, at the right time, at the right ...
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NewsNew Fairmount Tug Fleet Nears Completion
Fairmount Marine BV, with its headquarters in the Netherlands, now has four of it new ocean going tugs in operation and the fifth and final vessel due for completion in May of next year. With a whole generation of four new ocean going tugs now operational, each with a bollard ...
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NewsIHC to Complete the First of a Trio for Kazakhstan
The Sliedrecht shipyard of IHC Holland Delta has completed the shallow draft, multi-purpose pusher tug Sarbas for COC of Kazakhstan. Sarbas left the yard for the first time on preliminary builder’ s trials on 21 November. At the same time, two sister vessels, Dzhicit and Batyr, were nearing completion in ...
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NewsSmit Busy with Overseas Harbour and Terminal Towage
In late October, Smit announced the commencement of a new towage operation in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Known as Smit Harbour Towage Argentina, the new organisation has brought into operation the two recently delivered Damen ASD 2810 tugs Smit Jamaica, Smit Antigua and the conventional tug Buni. The new tugs are ...
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TOWLINES
Stuart McNiven, managing director of Svitzer Marine Limited, left the company on 1September after five years in post and 20 years service with A.P. Moller-Maersk. Stuart is well known in the offshore and towage sector and has left on an amicable basis to pursue other business interests. James Curry, who ...
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NewsMobile Maintenance for Remote Lighthouses
Established MoD naval painting contractor Pyeroy Group is extending its maritime protective coatings work with new contract which will see it providing painting and refurbishment services to lighthouses in remote and exposed locations in the UK.
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NewsTrinity House's New Emergency Wreck Marking Buoys on Station
Trinity House has chosen Tideland Signal''s SB-98P polyethylene buoy and MLED-120SC lantern for use as its emergency wreck marking buoy in accordance with the new IALA Recommendation O-133 of December 2005.
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NewsSmall Ports NavComms Solution
The Port Marine Safety Code and other legislation makes it all the more important that even the smallest ports and harbours control their waters effectively. AIS on its own, a solution favoured by many ports, is unreliable since the accuracy of the information received depends upon the correct configuration of ...
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NewsHeliobond Toughens LCD Marine Monitors
Monitor manufacturer Kent Modular Electronics (KME) has introduced a new environmentally sealed transflective LCD screen, Heliobond, for use in marine applications such as bridge wing monitors, control room consoles and security monitors. The product was developed for international naval applications but KME has now set its sights on commercial marine ...
