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NewsNorwegian ETV Will Be the First Towing Vessel to Use LNG
Norwegian shipbuilder Myklebust Verft of Gursken has been awarded a contract by Remoy Management, operators of vessels for the Norwegian Coastguard, for a sophisticated Emergency Response Vessel capable of towage and rescue operations. Delivery is scheduled for December 2007 and an option is also in place for one further vessel ...
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NewsTOWLINES
The new French tug company, Societe Nouvelle de Remorquage du Havre (SNRH), due to commence shiphandling operations in January, had still not started work at the beginning of May. A new tug fleet, chartered from Kotug in the Netherlands, remain idle in the face of endless legal difficulties and recently ...
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NewsMampaey Introduce the DOT Towing System
Mampaey Offshore Industries launched the Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT) system, the latest addition to their range of towing and mooring equipment, on their stand at ITS 2006 in Rotterdam.
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NewsLeading Designer Calls for Common Standards
In a paper to the International Tug and Salvage Convention ITS 2006 in Rotterdam, well known tug designer and naval architect Robert Allan appealed for the harmonisation of international standards governing tug construction.
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NewsSpain Completes Advanced Pollution Control Tugs
Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon SA has completed a pair of seagoing, multi-purpose tugs, equipped extensively for pollution control duties.
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NewsSerco is Selected as Preferred Bidder for £1bn MoD Contract
A joint venture led by Serco Group plc (Serco) has been selected as preferred bidder by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) for the Future Provision of Marine Services contract.
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NewsRadio Record of Tyne Ferry Passengers
Tyne and Wear UK based Southern Electronics, in conjunction with radio communication manufacturer Icom UK, has designed an innovative yet practical way of recording passenger traffic on the Tyne Ferry using radio communication equipment.
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NewsTimely Response Speeds Pollution Clean-up
One little known aspect of the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off Karachi port is that concern for the health of pollution control workers led to the cessation of beach clean-up operations.
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Big Year for ISU Oil Recovery
Members of the International Salvage Union recovered some 875,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 247 vessels with cargoes and bunkers threatening pollution.
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NewsBrits Lower the Boom in America
Two exhibitors at the recent Spill 06 event in London collaborated earlier this year when UK based Oil Limited took its newly developed RB400 rigid boom system across the Atlantic to be tested by Ohmsett, America''s National Oil Spill Response Test Facility in New Jersey.
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HIT Bulks Up
A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Immingham''s Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per year.
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DNV Makes It Official
Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows many years during which the experienced staff at some 51 Radio Holland Group subsidiary branches along the major ...
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NewsFirst of Three 'Heavies' for Hamburg Police
Now in service in Germany is the first in a series of three 17.56m long heavy harbour patrol boats for the Hamburg Wasserschutzpolizei, which is responsible for law and order on the City''s rivers and estuary waters.
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Holyhead Freight Boom
Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea fleet, commencing operations on the Central Corridor in July.
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News'HMS Daring' Foremast Delivered
VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navy''s first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.
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Box Tops at Felixstowe
The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on ...
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NewsYoung Engineer Drug Busters
Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.
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NewsSpanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of Bilbao on the 18th of this month.
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NewsHot Seawork Starts with Blue Cool
With Seawork expanded to unprecedented size for 2006, the arriving visitor will scarcely know where to begin. If the weather is hot, there may be even more reason to start at Stand Number 1, where Webasto will be showing new and advanced marine air conditioning systems which promise to deliver ...
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NewsPort-Net Partners Share Experiences
Delegates from the Haven Gateway Partnership joined port representatives from across Europe last month to share and discuss their experiences in electronic data interchange (EDI) and cargo flows, in the latest of a series of workshops within the EU''s Port-Net initiative.
