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NewsLondon still leads as maritime centre
A new report from TheCityUK reveals that London remains the world’s leading maritime centre.
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Waveblade secures funding for global growth
Waveblade Limited, the Scotland based company which makes submersible power tools, has raised £610,000 in a second round of funding as it continues its global expansion and diversification into new sectors.
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NewsThree workboat deal
UK boatbuilder South Boats IOW has signed a £10m three windfarm vessel deal with Seacat Services.
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NewsCoastal Guardians fleet now fully deployed
Briggs Marine’s 15 year contract to provide the UK’s Environment Agency with a fleet of coastal survey vessels came to full fruition with a naming ceremony for the last of five, the Solent Guardian.
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Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database
The Baltic Sea Bathymetry Database, offering complete, homogeneous and up to date Baltic Sea bathymetry data from official sources, has been developed as part of the EU TEN-T project MONALISA (Motorways & Electronic Navigation by Intelligence at Sea).
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NewsFloating terminal proposal for Scapa Flow
Orcades Marine, an Orkney based marine consultancy company, is about to commence a research and development study on the prospect of a Floating Container Storage and Transhipment Terminal (FCSTT) in Scapa Flow.
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NewsTOWLINES
Spasatel Kavdejkin, the second of three multi-purpose salvage vessels for project MPSV07, was delivered by the Nevsky shipyard in St Petersburg on 17 July on behalf of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. The vessel is 73m in length overall and is equipped to carry out a wide ...
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Hamburg growth
Total throughput in the Port of Hamburg in the first six months of 2013 reached 68.1m tonnes, an improvement of 3.5% on 2012.
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Civils join forces
Marine civil engineering consultants Peter Fraenkel & Partners Ltd has joined forces with international, multidisciplinary civil engineering consultants NIRAS A/S to form a strong European marine engineering company.
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Design/build partnership
Naval architects BMT Nigel Gee’s latest partnership with Ares Shipyard in Turkey involves the design and build six 18m patrol boats from advanced composites, for the Bahrain Coast Guard.
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Legal charter to support seafarers
In an important contribution to the legal support of seafarers worldwide, SRI (Seafarers'' Rights International) has launched a Charter of Good Practice for the Provision of Legal Services to Seafarers.
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NewsFrench survey boats delivered to Congo
Alu Marine of France has completed the construction of two survey launches for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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NewsBankruptcy threatens Danish harbour projects
Lyngby Denmark based construction company, E. Pihl & Søn AS has filed for bankruptcy, threatening a number of major projects including works at Aarhus and Copenhagen harbours.
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NewsBye-bye to the Severn Barrage
The Severn Barrage proposal has been dismissed – UK ministers say that there is not enough evidence to justify the viability of the project.
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NewsHistoric sisters meet in the Netherlands
On 30 August two historic tugs, Seawolf and Elbe, met between the piers of the Hook of Holland and sailed side by side to Maassluis, where hundreds of spectators were anxiously awaiting their arrival.
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New ferry harbour for Lavik
NCC Construction Norway is to build a new ferry harbour and two new bridges at Lavik north of Bergen in Norway.
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New Caspian port
Turkmenistan has launched a $2bn project to build a new port on the Caspian Sea, designed to boost exports.
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ECDIS certified
Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam’s Alphatron Training Centre has received the official Letter of Recognition from the Minister of infrastructure and Environment (also called the Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate.)
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New Meercat design
The UK’s Meercat Workboats has raised the bar in workboat design again with its latest dual lift design.
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NewsFlood protection work to start at Easton Broad
The UK’s Environment Agency has announced work is set to begin building an earth embankment to provide vital flood protection from the sea at Easton Broad, south of Lowestoft in Suffolk.
