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NewsDivex rewards skills required for growth
Aberdeen headquartered international diving equipment technology company Divex sees skills development as a key part of it’s plan for future growth, and having the relevant expertise demanded in a global economy is key to its strategy.
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Port of Cork provides update on plans for container terminal – by David Foxwell
The Port of Cork Company in Ireland has provided an update on its plans for a new container terminal.
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NewsProgress for all to see at Maasvlakte 2
Positive signals continue to flow from Rotterdam Port Authority’s Maasvlakte 2 port development with over half of the dredged sand required for the project now in place.
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Eredene Capital wins Indian project – by David Foxwell
UK based Eredene Capital Plc has won a bid to build and operate the container terminal at Ennore Port in Tamil Nadu in India. The estimated project cost of the Ennore Container Terminal is £207m.
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NewsBunkering hub planned for Thames Estuary
A UK based marine fuel supplier is to establish a ship bunkering hub in a busy part of the Thames Estuary aimed at taking advantage of the close proximity to a number of major shipping lanes.
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NewsBad winter delays completion of new lock
A severe winter, which halted construction for about two months, has been the main reason for a delay in the completion of Bremerhaven’s crucial new €233m Kaiserschleuse sea lock until next March.
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NewsRenewables safety joint venture launched
UK based safety equipment supplier Cosalt has signed a new joint venture agreement with Danish engineering services company APRO to take advantage of the major growth expected in UK offshore wind energy.
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NewsDetermined contractor defeats weather
Mallorca based Naviera Daedalus Servicos Maritimos has completed three years of extensive work expanding the Port Adriano leisure marine complex situated in the south west of the island.
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NewsRembrandt sets scene for restored port’s pilots
UK based BMT ARGOSS, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has deployed its marine manoeuvring simulator, PC Rembrandt, to refresh pilot’s ship handling knowledge at the Port of Itajai in Brazil.
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NewsCareful dredging for historic site
This summer saw the completion of the capital dredging works on the historic Millbay Inner Basin at Plymouth in the UK. Dredging is not often thought of being ‘precision’ work, but this latest project ‘raised a number of challenges’ said Dan Jenkins of Jenkins Marine.
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NewsWave power begins test preparation
The snake-like Pelamis P2 wave power device has arrived in Orkney, in readiness for its connection to the European Marine Test Centre (EMEC) site at Billia Croo.
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NewsNew offshore wind demo sites announced
The Crown Estate has awarded four companies with leases and exclusivity agreements in England and Scotland respectively to test new wind turbine technology in the marine environment.
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NewsGerman police patrol boat quartet completed
German police have taken delivery of the last in a series of four powerful new patrol boats adding a new dimension to supervision of extended coastal waters in an increasingly busy sector of the Baltic.
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NewsTwo million kWh milestone for tidal turbine
Marine Current Turbines’ SeaGen in Northern Ireland, the world’s first and only commercial scale tidal stream energy turbine, has delivered its two millionth unit of electricity into the UK electricity grid.
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NewsDredging training goes Moroccan
Dutch based organisations, the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) and the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), will be presenting their jointly developed training course in Africa in November.
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NewsNorwegian Coastguard vessels go ‘Green’ - by Jack Gaston
‘KV Bergen’, along with its sister vessels ‘KV Barentshav’ and ‘KV Sortland’, are claimed to be the world’s most energy efficient and environmentally friendly Coast Guard vessels due to the use of LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) as the primary fuel source.
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NewsNorthwind joins AVRA Towage - by Jack Gaston
With the July delivery of the new ‘Northwind’, Rotterdam based Avra Towage BV now operates a fleet of six tugs with a seventh under construction.
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NewsIrving delivers Stevns Breaker - by Jack Gaston
‘Stevns Breaker’, the third tug of a new quartet for Danish owners Stevns, has been delivered by Irving Shipbuilding Inc of Halifax, Canada.
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NewsSvitzer order their first ECO tugs - by Jack Gaston
Virtually every tug owner worldwide recognises the need to meet future demands for more environmentally acceptable vessels.
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NewsWaterchief gives Kristiansund owner a boost - by Jack Gaston
‘Waterchief’, delivered on 21 July by Bogazici Denizcilik Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Bogazici Shipping), is destined to give owners Kristiansund Taubaat Service AS of Norway a considerable boost in power and ability.
