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NewsUK renewable progress ‘unacceptably slow’
A recent report in the UK has said that the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will miss its target to supply 10% of electricity from renewable energy sources by the end of 2012.
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NewsGreen Energy award for wind farm support pontoon
Marine Designs Ltd, part of the A&P Group, has scooped a Green Energy award for an innovative pontoon system designed to support the offshore renewables industry.
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NewsSnow news is good news on Tyne
The Port of Tyne in the UK is operating as usual this week, with passenger, cargo and container ships arriving safely and on time despite unusually early snowfalls affecting the region.
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NewsDFDS sells Irish Sea routes to Stena
DFDS has sold DFDS Seaways Irish Sea Ferries Limited, including two routes in the northern part of the Irish Sea, to Stena Line.
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NewsNew kit cuts a Swathe in survey provision
Cornwall based Swathe Services has made its first UK sale of the SONIC 2024 wideband high resolution shallow water multibeam echosounder.
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NewsSvitzer Pembroke is in a different league
The arrival at Milford Haven in the UK of the Svitzer Pembroke, a further new tug of the ‘RAstar class’, was met with a mixture of surprise and satisfaction in the port.
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NewsModel ship handling centre on the move
The UK’s only manned model ship handling training centre has moved home.
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NewsURS/Scott Wilson in Kuwait seaport project
URS/Scott Wilson has won a strategic role to provide the design audit and construction supervision for the $1.2bn first port contract for the new commercial sea port development on Boubyan Island in Kuwait.
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NewsSea Cobra takes a Quantum leap
UK based electro-optical systems manufacturer Chess Dynamics Ltd has announced a new agreement with Quantum Marine Marketing Ltd which will see their range of CCTV and thermal imaging camera systems launched into the commercial marine market for the first time.
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NewsConstruction of Maasvlakte 2 ‘running like clockwork’
The Port of Rotterdam Authority has issued an update on progress with the huge Maasvlakte 2 project.
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NewsNew diver locator beacon from Mobilarm
Australian marine safety equipment manufacturer Mobilarm Limited is developing a new lightweight VHF locator beacon available for commercial, sports and professional divers around the world.
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NewsIMCA publishes offshore diving stats for 2009
A new study has revealed that close to 4,000 diving personnel were employed offshore worldwide during 2009 by members of the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA).
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NewsDivers have a blast with cavitation cleaning
This year has seen a number of successful deployments around the UK of the CaviBlaster cavitation cleaning machines supplied by Charles Cleghorn Ltd, in both diver and ROV operations. The company has also sold two of the 1222 model machines in the last month.
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NewsEuropean energy leaders call for urgent grid investment
There is a need to acknowledge the urgency and importance of major grid investments, according to a joint statement released by European energy leaders recently.
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NewsRostock, Gedser build to combat fixed link threat
Baltic ferry operator Scandlines and authorities in Rostock and Gedser are pulling out the stops to extend sea ferry alternatives to the planned fixed Fehmarnbelt link.
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NewsWind turbine manufacturers plan UK locations
Three companies have now confirmed their intentions to press ahead with major investment in the offshore wind energy industry in the UK.
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NewsKeel laying double for DEME’s growing fleet
The keel laying ceremony took place last week in the Netherlands for two new dredgers for the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME.
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NewsP&O Maritime Services enters cable installation market
P&O Maritime Services, owner and operator of specialist science and cargo vessels, has entered the power cable installation market with its vessel CS European Supporter.
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NewsAward may boost vessel stability monitor uptake
An innovative device developed by a Scottish company to prevent tragic fishing vessel accidents at sea has won a prestigious Lloyd’s List Global Award.
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NewsLikely LAD makes safe as vessel lists
Swedish maritime safety company CM Hammar has developed new technology whereby liferafts and EPIRBs can be released and float freely when a ship or vessel is listing.
