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NewsGreen Light for London Gateway Port
Dredging and marine construction companies, as well as everyone concerned for UK ports capacity, will be delighted with Transport Minister Derek Twigg''s long awaited announcement that he is minded to approve P& O ''s proposal for the London Gateway Port development on the 607 hectare brownfield site of the former ...
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NewsCutterhead Breakthrough
The Belgian DEME Group ''spowerful self-propelled cutter suction dredger (CSD) D''Artagnan , nearing completion by IHC Holland and due for delivery next month, was designed to work in hard rock and will be equipped with a third generation cutting system designed and supplied by VOSTA LMG .
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Big Response for WMTC 2006
Nearly 500 abstracts from 43 countries have been submitted for the World Maritime Technology Conference ( WMTC 2006 ) which takes place 6-10 March next year at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London.
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Boxship Boost for MacAndrews
MacAndrews has added the 700 TEU Werder Bremen to its weekly shortsea container service between Portugal, Ireland, the UK and Holland.
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One 'L' of a Typo
First revealed to CEDA Dredging Days at Europort 2003, the system has been field tested and further developed since then and is now ready to be marketed.In a July MJ News story concerning the British Royal Navy 's first Type 45 destroyer, the name of the ship was spelled incorrectly. ...
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Sea and Water Seminars
Sea and Water , the UK based organisation which promotes the use of short sea, coastal and inland shipping to move freight, is planning two more half day seminars this year. The current state of affairs and future prospects will be examined in September, with an in-depth look at the ...
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NewsNew Wyre Ferry Brings Year Round Service
Since the development of Fleetwood, from around 1830, a ferry has operated across the River Wyre to Knott End on Sea. The early ferries were powered by oar or sail. In 1892 an agreement with the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway resulted in new jetties being constructed on both sides of ...
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Major Refit Work Returns to Portsmouth
Fleet Support Limited (FSL) has docked the Royal Navy Type 23 Frigate HMS Richmond at the start of an 18 month refit programme. The project is the first refit contract in Portsmouth for 15 years and includes a wide range of work to upgrade the ship and enhance its systems ...
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Blade Repair In a Cold Climate
A fully laden bulk carrier arrived at the port of Ventspil in Latvia last winter with serious propeller damage and requested Antwerp based Hydrex to carry out an inspection and the needed repairs.
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Busy Time for Specialist Small Ship Yards
German inland shipyard Kö tter-Werft has been bursting at the seams of late with specialist repair and conversion, particularly the lengthening, of small inland motor ships.
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Major Refit for Aggregate Dredgers
Over the last decade, United Marine Dredging''s 1990 built City of London and City of Westminster have averaged over 1 million tons a year of marine aggregate delivered back into the UK and to the near Continent. However, with the main propulsion plant becoming increasingly unreliable, costly and difficult to ...
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NewsSeabulk Angola Represents a New Breed of Anchor-handler
The first of a new breed of offshore support tug appeared in May 2005 when, Seabulk Angola was delivered by Labroy Shipbuilders of Singapore.
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NewsAtlas is on Trial With Serco Denholm
The appearance of the twin screw tug Atlas in Portsmouth has created considerable interest in the UK towage industry. On bareboat charter to Serco Denholm Ltd , towage and marine services contractor to the Ministry of Defence (Navy), the vessel is in service and undergoing extensive trials in and around ...
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NewsAdsteam Handle First LNG Ship in Medway for 20 Years
Early in July tugs of the Adsteam Medway fleet assisted the liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker Berge Arzew to a new purpose built terminal on the Isle of Grain owned by National Grid Transco . The delivery of this first commissioning cargo was safely completed and is one of the ...
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NewsTOWLINES
A UK Broker has joined the staff of Marcon International Inc , shipbrokers specialising in the worldwide towing and offshore petroleum industries. Martin Coombe, a member of the Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers , joined an existing team of five brokers at Marcon after leaving the Aberdeen based offshore specialists, Seabrokers ...
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Over 80% More Power for New Panama Tugs
Eight new tugs to the latest ''Z-Tech'' design have been ordered for the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to boost Canal capacity and provide enhanced shiphandling services. As the number of transits by Panamax size vessels increases, the new more powerful tugs will generate over 80% more bollard pull to assist ...
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Reliable Monitoring of Onboard Gases
Sheffield UK based International Mining and Marine Limited (IM& M) has further extended its range of specialised safety services for the shipping industry with the addition of the Draeger X-am 3000 and X-am 7000 gas detection systems.
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Froude Modelling Hall Inaugurated at H R Wallingford
The Rt Hon the Lord Patten of Barnes, CH, Chancellor of the University of Oxford has officially opened the new Froude Modelling Hall at HR Wallingford in the UK.
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NewsShort Term Work is Completed at East Head
Short term work to rebuild The Hinge at East Head in the UK has been completed.
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NewsArtificial Reefs Could Protect Dutch Coast
Royal Haskoning in the Netherlands has put forward an innovative solution in the form of an offshore artificial island designed to provide protection to coastlines that are in danger of being eroded.
