Latest News – Page 827
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NewsFairmount Marine keeping busy
Rotterdam based towage and salvage company Fairmount Marine BV, part of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Company, has reported the recent completion of two contracts.
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NewsNew Damen MultiCat for Delta Marine
Dutch shipbuilder Damen has delivered a MultiCat 2611 workboat, Whalsa Lass, to Shetland based Research Fishing Ltd, to be operated by Delta Marine Ltd.
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Vessel owner guilty of overloading
The owner of a UK merchant vessel has pleaded guilty to overloading passengers on voyages between the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland.
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NewsFrench yard sends tugs to Algeria
Chantiers Piriou, the shipbuilding branch of Piriou at Concarneau in France, has delivered two 72 ton bollard pull harbour tugs to port authorities in both Arzew and Skikda, Algeria.
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NewsSalvors succeed in pumping oil from Rena
Despite bad weather and large sea swells intermittently stopping reclamation work onboard the stricken container vessel Rena off New Zealand, the ship is, at time of writing, still being worked on by salvors.
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NewsTwo ETVs gain temporary reprieve
Just days after the quartet of British Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) left their established stations around the UK coastline, two have been given an eleventh hour reprieve under a new temporary 90 day contract.
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NewsUK Coastguard modernisation plans
Long awaited plans to modernise the UK''s HM Coastguard have been announced by Shipping Minister Mike Penning.
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NewsIMO piracy and emission focus
IMO secretary general, Efthimios E.Mitropoulos told delegates at the 27th IMO assembly this week that piracy and ships emissions have been central themes of the organisation’s work this year.
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NewsImportant warning to our clients and readers
It has come to the notice of Mercator Media, publisher of ‘Maritime Journal’, that bogus organisations are continuing to contact subscribers, advertisers and exhibitors, supposedly on behalf of Mercator Media.
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NewsSupport the Mary Rose Trust
The commercial and leisure marine sectors are being asked to help support the UK based Mary Rose Trust in a big Christmas raffle to raise £10K for the charity.
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Low power consumption barge light launched
Australia based Sealite has launched a cost-effective solution to short range solar powered barge lighting.
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NewsFirst for Frigg – a Rigwatcher change-out
There can be few Aids to Navigation (AtoN) as remotely located as the three Rigwatcher units marking the decommissioned Frigg Field on the UK/Norwegian median in the North Sea.
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NewsNew buoys bring safety to the Crouch
Making the River Crouch safe enough “for fools” in the face of a substantial rise in commercial traffic has meant local work for an international navigation aids company.
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NewsChallenges of scale greet UK Round 3 wind
It will soon be two years since the announcement of the successful bidders for the UK’s Round 3 offshore wind farm zones.
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NewsMPI Discovery delivered and Europe bound
MPI Offshore Limited (MPI) has taken delivery of the MPI Discovery, the second of the organisation’s two wind turbine installation vessels (WTIVs) to be built at the Cosco Qidong Shipyard in China.
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NewsSiemens ups stake in offshore renewables
Siemens has increased its share in British tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines Ltd to 45%.
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NewsShipping prepares for climate change talks
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents all sectors and trades of the global shipping industry, has produced a briefing document for government climate change negotiators.
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NewsExtra help for Dutch and Belgian pilots
Both Dutch and Belgian marine pilots are to be supplied with Portable Pilot Units (PPU), following an order for 25 high precision systems that not just survived but surpassed rigorous testing.
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NewsOffshore wind blows strong in Amsterdam
As Europe faces the danger of recession, the offshore wind industry is planning massive growth.
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NewsRenewables Network boosts Humber region
An energy company developing a North Sea wind farm has signalled its commitment to local contractors by becoming the latest member of a networking organisation.
