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£2.8bn Bid for ABP
Associated British Ports looks set to be taken over by a consortium led by American investment bank Goldman Sachs after that group' s improved bid, valuing ABP at £ 2.79bn, forced a rival Australian led group to pull out.
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Coast Map News Online
The UK Government agency CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), wishing to reach more people and increase the level of dialogue on coastal mapping issues, has relaunched its newsletter, Coast Map, as a monthly in an electronic rather than paper format. Containing news and articles about marine and ...
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Free PLA Handbook
The Port of London Authority has launched a new free publication to promote the range of terminals and facilities within its jurisdiction. The full colour A4 size ''Port of London Handbook'' runs to 132 pages and will be a useful tool for people in logistics, transport, shipping, freight, import/export, and ...
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Bremerhaven's CT4 Heads for First Berth Completion
The first of four more berths on the Bremerhaven Container Terminal''s (BCT) new 500m CT 4 expansion site is due for completion in Autumn with work reported largely on target.
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Long Launch for Naval Base Newbuild
The first complete ship to be built in Portsmouth Naval Base for nearly 40 years was loaded out from the VT Shipbuilding assembly hall last month. The 80m Offshore Patrol Vessel Helicopter (OPVH) HMS Clyde marked the renaissance of shipbuilding in the Base.
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HATLAPA Wind Break
HATLAPA has taken over the former ship technology and cargo handling division of KGW Schweriner Maschinenbau GmbH and integrated it into a newly founded company, KGW Marine GmbH, located at Schwerin in Germany.
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Papers On the Wind
Technology has moved on since the Leander Class frigate HMS Andromeda entered the water in May 1967, not least with regard to launch technique.To a burgeoning list of events for wind energy professionals can be added the European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition (EWEC 2007), to be held at the ...
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CEDA Launches Best Paper Award
The first ever Central Dredging Association (CEDA) Environmental Steering Committee (ESC) Best Paper Award was presented at the 31st PIANC Congress, held recently at Estoril in Portugal, by Neville Burt, chairman of CEDA''s ESC.
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ICE Plans Marine Renewables Conference for September
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has teamed with the International Association of Hydraulic Engineers to plan a Marine Renewable Energy Conference which will take place on 21 September at the London Stock Exchange. The event will bring together experts in the field to review the latest developments and consider ...
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HRH The Princess Royal Opens Humber International Terminal 2
Associated British Ports opened the Port of Immingham''s new £ 59.5m dedicated coal handling facility, Humber International Terminal 2, with a ceremony presided over by HRH The Princess Royal. During her visit, HRH was taken on a guided tour of HIT 2 by ABP group chief executive Bo Lerenius and ...
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Sea Lord Leaps into Education
A milestone in the history of one of the UK''s newest universities occurred late last month when Sir Alan West, former First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff, was installed as the first Chancellor of Southampton Solent University. Sir Alan West''s appointment reflects the strength of the University''s maritime ...
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Nigel Gee Retires
Nigel Gee has retired as managing director of the eponymous BMT Nigel Gee and Associates Ltd, to be replaced by John Bonafoux, a founding partner of the company and technical director there since 1996. The Southampton UK based design office for innovative, high speed ships and boats is currently working ...
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Water Witch Delivers Workboat to Rivers Agency of Northern Ireland
The latest vessel from workboat builders Liverpool Water Witch Marine & Engineering Company Limited is an 8m multi-purpose waterway maintenance craft, which was delivered to Coleraine, Northern Ireland in May.
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Koetter Eyes Futura as Projects Boom
Reflecting continued good fortune in small inland repair and conversion facilities, Germany''s Koetter Werft has announced expansion while completing two conversions and booking a third project for later this year.
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SSA Marine Services Group Initiative
The Shipbuilders & Shiprepairers Association (SSA) has called for British marine industries companies to join together in SSA supported Marine Services Groups which are regional in origin but trans-regional in their collective ambition to put UK commercial shipbuilding back in the global spotlight.
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'Afon Caradog', Britain's Biggest Newbuild
The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has taken delivery of its fifth multi-purpose shallow draft tug/work vessel from Hepworth Shipyard Ltd at Paull, on Humberside. Named Afon Caradog, it is the only tug of any size to be built in a British yard this year.
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'Valiant B' Gives Plantain a Major Boost
The capability of Falmouth based towage and marine services contractor Plantain UK Ltd has been given a major boost with the delivery of their new twin-screw tug Valiant B.
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Lerwick Port Authority Gets a Powerful New Tug/Pilot Vessel
A powerful new tug/pilot vessel for the Lerwick Port Authority arrived at the Shetland port during the first few days of June. The 20m vessel, with a 20 ton bollard pull, is a direct replacement for the existing 18.8m Knab and bears the same name. Like its predecessor, the new ...
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Captain Arthur Naismith Retires
Captain Arthur Naismith, a familiar face and friend to many tugmen and tug companies around the world has retired as Voith''s training tugmaster.