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NewsGE to invest €340m in European offshore wind
GE announced plans last week to invest €110 million to develop offshore wind turbine manufacturing facilities and locate design, application and service engineering resources in the United Kingdom.
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NewsEMSA prepares for another busy year
As staff settle into their new riverside headquarters in Lisbon the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) has announced its 2010 work programme, including plans to develop new projects, improve existing activities and illustrate the value of the agency to EU Member States and the European public in general.
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NewsRe-tendering for tidal energy project in Scotland
The Crown Estate, which manages a £6bn property portfolio across the UK, announced yesterday that it is inviting expressions of interest for a tidal energy project in the Inner Sound, which lies between Caithness on the Scottish mainland and the island of Stroma.
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NewsRates error behind Goole terminal closure
A recent casualty of the UK Government’s retrospective rates bills levied on port businesses, port and stevedoring agency Scotline Terminal Goole (STG), was caused by government incompetence, as it has emerged that the £701,000 bill that forced them into liquidation was a mistake.
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NewsLifejackets on workboats at Seawork
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency will be coordinating a demonstration in the water at Seawork 2010, along with the RNLI, each day of the show at around 1:30pm.
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NewsUK Budget promises £60m for ports
UK chancellor Alistair Darling announced Government funding of up to £60m for the development of port sites to meet the needs of offshore wind turbine manufacturers looking to locate new facilities in the UK.
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NewsInterferry lobbies MEPC on Baltic issues
Using its consultative status at the IMO, trade association Interferry is lobbying the Marine Environment Protection Committee’s 60th session in London this week on two controversial issues.
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NewsUK launches Marine Energy Action Plan
Harnessing the full potential of marine energy could provide enough power for up to 15m homes and save up to 70m tons of C02 by 2050 according to the UK Government’s Marine Energy Action Plan (MEAP), which was released last week.
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NewsTsunami early warning system for Cyprus
A new offshore sensor system to help detect and provide early warnings of tsunamis in the eastern Mediterranean Sea is being developed.
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NewsEmergency patch prevents trawler capsize
A major incident was narrowly avoided following an early morning collision between two trawlers off the island of Senja in the Arctic north of Norway.
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NewsTides seals a Dutch deal
Poole UK based Tides Marine International, working with their Dutch distributor Cuno b.v, part of the Exalto Group, is supplying SureSeal dripless propeller shaft seals and Smart Seal temperature monitoring systems to No Limits Ships based in Holland, which specialises in building survey vessels to be operated in both offshore ...
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NewsUK Marine Industries Strategic Framework launched
Ian Lucas, the UK’s Minister for Business issued a call to action to the nation’s marine industries last month to collaborate on their common goal of strengthening this sector’s global market position over the next 10 years.
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NewsSeawork exhibitor supplies PPU to Bristol
Atlantas Marine Ltd of Somerset in the UK will be helping to improve the navigational system at Bristol Port having just supplied them with an E-Sea Fix CAT III’ Portable Pilot Unit (PPU). The company has also just announced it will be exhibiting at Seawork this year on stand D12.
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NewsLight Dues will still rise
Although the UK Government has softened its April Light Dues hike to 2%, according to Maritime UK this could still cause significant harm to UK trade.
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NewsEvolutionary concept for Hamburg terminal
Hamburg Port Authority jury has just awarded Royal Haskoning first place in a competition to create a concept for the potential development of the port’s Steinwerder terminal.
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NewsCEDA to visit major Spanish port expansion
The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) makes its second stand alone technical visit to the Spanish Port of Gijón on 26 and 27 April. Participating CEDA members will see first hand one of Spain''s largest port projects, which will double the capacity of the port.
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NewsWork begins on Sheringham Shoal Wind Farm site
Construction work on the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm site began last week with the arrival of the 164m vessel ''Nordness''.
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NewsVirtual Tangier for Morocco
Pilots from Tangier Port who have been training at South Tyneside College are so impressed with the college’s simulator system they decided to invest in similar specialist equipment just for themselves.
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NewsLifeboat ceremony interrupted by rescue
A recent ceremony recognizing lifeboat heroes was interrupted as the recipients of the Bravery Medals dropped everything to make another, on the spot emergency rescue.
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NewsEvacuation chute breakthrough for workboats
For the first time a Marine Evacuation System (MES) been developed for special purpose vessels such as offshore support craft.
