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NewsOpportunity Knocks on China's River Growth Corridor
As China''s principle waterway transport corridor, the Yangtze Economic Belt has become an important component of China''s national modernisation strategy, generating some 41% of the country''s rapidly expanding GDP. As shipping volumes on the river grow, the role of Yangtze ports as key logistics hubs becomes ever more significant.
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NewsCruise + Ferry Relaunched on Thames
Scene setting debates on the European cruise and ferry industries, with the UK government minister responsible for shipping and ports due to make the keynote address, will open the relaunched Cruise + Ferry exhibition and conference at ExCel London from 24-26 April 2007.
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Hart Fenton to Houlder
Naval architects and marine engineering consultants Houlder Ltd has acquired bespoke ship designers Hart Fenton from the Sea Containers Group, expanding its capability and capacity for new ship design.
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White Star Line - A Photographic History
This book follows the White Star Line from 1871 when it appeared on the Liverpool shipping scene.
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P&A Campbell Steamers: The Edwardian Era
This book is the last in six volumes of White Funnel Fleet history from 1887 to 1968 and the second of two volumes dealing specifically with the years prior to the First World War.
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The Mariner's Role in Collecting Evidence In Light of ISM
This book is recognised as one of the most influential loss prevention guides in the shipping industry.
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NewsHolyhead Building for an International Market
The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has ordered its largest and most ambitious new tug, aimed at capturing a great share of an international market. Already allocated the name Afon Cadnant, the vessel will undoubtedly meet the demands of a wider sphere of operation in which this well known Welsh company ...
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NewsOne of the World's Most Innovative Anchor Handlers Enters Service
''Olympic Octopus'', one of the world''s most innovative offshore vessels, was delivered to its owner on the 21st of October. Designed by Rolls-Royce for Olympic Shipping, the vessel embodies the latest thinking in offshore anchor handlers for worldwide operation. The ship was completed by Aker Yards, Søviknes, Norway, and will ...
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NewsTarge Gets Three Awards in a Year
Scottish based tug owner and operator Targe Towing Ltd has recently received another award for their safety record and efficiency. On the 20th of September, Stuart Kerr, delivery manager at the BP Dalmeny Hound Point terminal, presented tug crews from Targe Towing with a memento to acknowledge 1,000,000 man-hours and ...
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NewsTOWLINES
Damen Shipyards Gorinchem has signed a contract with North Tugz Limited in Whangerei, New Zealand for the construction of one Damen ASD Tug 2411 The order represents another milestone in the history of Damen. This will be the first ever Damen tug to be delivered to a New Zealand customer. ...
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NewsMott MacDonald to Lead ALWC Effort
Mott MacDonald is to act as lead partner for a research and development project supported by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) in the UK which it is hoped will produce a cost effective treatment for Accelerated Low Water Corrosion (ALWC). The project, ''Enhancing the performance of pulsed current ...
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News£100,000 Dredging Fund Extension for the Norfolk Broads
At the Broads Authority Navigation Committee on October 26th members and officers recommended that a further £ 100,000 should be spent on dredging the rivers and broads and the creation of suitable disposal sites for the sediment.
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NewsSecond PCA Contract for De Nul
Belgian dredging company Jan de Nul has announced that on October 24th the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) awarded a one year contract to a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group for the excavation of rock alongside the Gaillard Cut.
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UK's Climate Change Minister Formally Opens New Sea Defences
The UK''s Minister for Climate Change and the Environment, Ian Pearson, formally opened a completed coastal defence scheme between Whitstable Harbour and Preston Parade on October 3rd. The ceremony marked the completion of an 11 month project to build new groynes and totally recharge the beach at West Beach.
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Largest Flood Storage Scheme in Europe Opened
The largest flood storage project in Europe, the Alkborough Flats Tidal Defence Scheme in Lincolnshire in the UK, which will reduce the risk of flooding for 300,000 people and become a haven for wildfowl and wading birds, has been formally opened by the Environment Agency. The scheme, which will involve ...
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EA Supports Rivers Investment
The Environment Agency in the UK has confirmed that it will increase boat registration fees on the rivers it manages by 12% per year for three years from 2007 to help pay for essential repairs and improvements and the rising cost of construction work.
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Jawaharlal Nehru Port Project Bids
Four international dredging companies have been shortlisted by Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in India to execute a project to dredge the harbour entrance channel.
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Guidance on Travel Security from IMCA
In order to address a number of security related issues and develop initiative to benefit the industry, the Security Task Force formed last year by the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has published ''Guidance on Travel Security'' to assist with the security of personnel in transit to vessels and work ...
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NewsServicing a Soaring Demand for Security Boats
Two ex-RAF patrol boats have been sold to a Nigerian security company which will use them to combat the latest outbreak of piracy and the abduction of personnel from offshore oil rigs in that country. The deal was arranged by Plymouth Ship Brokerage, which acts as supplying broker and finance ...
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Diver Detection Moves On from Military Origins
QinetiQ has secured a breakthrough sale of it Cerberus high performance diver and swimmer detection sonar system into the yacht market. The system will be deployed to provide security for a large private yacht and its passengers while at anchor or alongside in harbours.
