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NewsConversion Creates Specialised Tanker
Germany''s Koetter-Werft hascompleted the conversion of the inland waterways tanker Eiltank 4 into a 1350dwt Class C double hulled vessel, its latest for Duisburg shipping company Reederei Jaegers .
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NewsEurope Opens Biggest Waterway Transport
Europe''s biggest waterway traffic junction, which includes the continent''s longest canal bridge, is now open to shipping at Magdeburg. Eliminating dependence on Elbe water levels, it is likely to dramatically increase east-west inland waterway transport in the years ahead.
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Cosalt on Fire
Cosalt Safety & Protection has set up a new team in the UK''s south west to handle the design, supply, installation and commissioning of fixed fire suppression systems, particularly to the newbuild market, in both the UK and Europe. The Falmouth Docks based facility is part of the company''s drive ...
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NewsTwin Peaks for UK Waterways Freight
The British Government''s determination to take ''abnormal loads'' and other freight off the nation''s congested highways was underscored last month by the maiden voyage of the Inland Navigator . The vessel was purchased and converted at a cost of £ 500,000, 99% of which was met by a Department of ...
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NewsVessel Launch Afon Alaw
The new Afon Alaw is one of only two tugs currently scheduled for completion in a British shipyard this year.
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NewsFurther Addition to Klyne Fleet
There is news of an important new addition to the fleet of Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd .Late last year the company purchased the anchor-handling tug Maersk Logger from AP Moller - Maersk Supply Service A/S .This has been a particularly significant acquisition for the company, who have a long-term contract ...
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International Tug & Salvage Returns to the United States
Plans are now well advanced for the 18th International Tug & Salvage Convention & Exhibition , being held at the Bal Harbour Beach Resort in Miami from 26-30 April 2004.
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Multraship Completes Salvage of Toxic Containers
Netherlands-based Multraship Salvage has successfully completed an operation to recover three containers loaded with toxic cargo lost overboard in the North Sea from the Ethiopian vessel Andinet . The operation to recover the containers, which were lost twenty miles north of the Dutch coast, off Texel, on 21 December 2003, ...
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NewsNew Ccean Going Tugs Enter Service with Semco
Singapore based Semco Salvage & Marine has announced the delivery of two new 13,500bhp ocean-going salvage tugs.
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Norwegian Maritime Equipment Appointed Exclusive Distributor
Norwegian Maritime Equipment AS has been appointed exclusive distributor of Dolphin pneumatic and port fenders in most European countries.
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NewsConverted Dock Approaches Completion at Pendennis
Pendennis Shipyard at Falmouth in the southwest of the UK says development work is ''progressing well'' on the conversion of the No 1 Dock at the yard into a new, hi-tech painting facility.
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NewsMarina Development Scheme on Clyde Estuary in Scotland
Work on a new marina on the Clyde estuary in Scotland could get underway in 18 months time.
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EA Forges Ahead with Humber Flood Defence Plans
The Environment Agency''s pioneering strategy to provide increased flood protection for people and property around the Humber Estuary is forging ahead, with a large programme of improvement work about to be put to the Government for approval.
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NewsPilot Dredging Project Underway
A pilot project that the British Marine Federation (BMF) and other marine organisations involved in it hope will enable them to streamline the consents process for much need dredging in marinas, harbours and waterways in the UK has got underway.
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Wilson Welcomes UK Role in Major Polish Port Project
Brian Wilson, the UK Prime Minister''s Special Representative for Trade and Reconstruction, has welcomed a new contract that will see a UK-led consortium carry out a £ 110m port project in Poland.
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New facility planned on Mauritius
The Mauritius Port Authority (MPA) has invited tenders for a geotechnical study and report as the first stage in the development of a new oil jetty and expanded berthing facilities in the container terminal at Port Louis, Mauritius.
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NewsBuoys Zoned In with Bespoke AIS
Tideland Maritime Systems has introduced a new AIS designed specifically for installation on aids to navigation, including buoys, beacons, light ships and light houses. ''V-track'' is capable of full integration into port or coastal AIS networks.
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NewsRNLI Riggers Learning the Ropes
The UK''s RNLI and training provider ITE have worked together to provide a formal accreditation for the RNLI''s boat riggers. No specific formal qualification had previously existed for marine riggers.
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NewsRescue Frame From Ocean Safety
Southampton based Ocean Safety Ltd has announced that it will be supplying the Dacon Rescue Frame within the UK.
