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NewsBIFA supports Cameron on UK port rates solution
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has this week come out in support of HM Opposition Leader David Cameron’ s recent remarks at the 1 May meeting at Birkenhead Docks on Merseyside, where Mr Cameron announced that he is backing the campaign to address the financial crisis at UK ports.
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Bombs away off British coast
A dramatic lifeboat alert unfolded recently as a dredger uncovered two unexploded bombs.
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DONG on song as budget ROCS
DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Walney II in the Irish Sea. The move is a result of the British government' s increase in funding towards sustainable energy, which the British Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling announced in his budget presentation last month.
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Conference consolidates marine energy and coastal protection
Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather has been confirmed to address the Institution of Civil Engineer’ s (ICE) Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2009 conference, in Edinburgh.
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Terminal tackles terrorism
The DP World Southampton container terminal has achieved Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status from Her Majesty’ s Revenue & Customs. This status will be recognised across all Member States. The introduction of AEO status is the EU response to the need to secure international supply chains and the introduction of ...
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Terminal's early retirement
The UK’ s leading container port is retiring one of the world’ s oldest box terminals in the face of reduced traffic volume. Landguard Terminal at the Port of Felixstowe had been operational for more than 40 years when the last remaining services were transferred to Trinity Terminal last month. ...
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Dragon Boat Challenge
Companies from the shipping industry are invited to participate in the Sailors’ Society Dragon Boat Challenge, which will be held on Saturday 27 June at Dorney Lake near Eton UK. The venue is the site for the 2012 Olympic rowing events. Teams comprise ten rowers and a drummer, with no ...
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News'New Flame' wreck removal reconvenes
With the arrival of calmer springtime weather, Titan Salvage has resumed wreck removal operations in Gibraltar on the New Flame following a busy first quarter in which the company responded to eight salvage opportunities.
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NewsSMIT Salvage teams keep busy
SMIT Salvage teams were busy in the Gulf of Mexico in the final weeks of the first quarter. Work in this region included a Lloyd' s Form salvage, a ship to ship transfer of an oil cargo under emergency conditions and the subsea recovery of pollutants from a sunken rig. ...
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NewsSvitzer modernise their deepsea sister ships
Svitzer Ocean Towage is in the process of modernising all three deepsea tugs (Singapore, Rotterdam and London) taken over from SmitWijs in 2007. The first tug to undergo this important modernisation programme is the Singapore. Work was completed successfully in March and the tug was quickly back in service. Rotterdam ...
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News'Far Samson' breaks bollard pull records
Farstad Shipping of Norway has put into service ‘ Far Samson’ , the most powerful offshore vessel in the world in terms of bollard pull.
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NewsA Beegle's eye view
US based shipbrokers Marcon International is well known worldwide for its special interest in tugs and barges. Although its business is very much orientated towards the American market, Marcon maintains a massive database of tugs and towage activity worldwide and its comprehensive and widely distributed Newsletters have become legendary.
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NewsTowlines - May 2009
The Panama Canal Authority has introduced a further five new Z-Tech tugs to its fleet of dedicated tugs used to assist ships transiting the waterway.
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Marine construction receivers
Trimble has introduced two new Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers designed specifically for marine construction applications. The Trimble SPS361 and Trimble SPS461 GPS dedicated marine heading receivers deliver both precise GPS heading together with Differential GPS (DGPS) or Real Time Kinematic (RTK) positioning. When used with Trimble HYDROpro marine software, ...
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Fire safe sealing site
The Netherlands’ Beele Engineering BV has launched a website for its fire safe sealing solutions for metallic and plastic pipes. Visitors to www.rise-nofirno.com will find a full overview of the Rise/Nofirno and Rise/Ultra systems, which can effectively seal combined penetrations for metal and plastic pipes as well as cables. Certificates ...
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Cows mooved from mud
Two small hovercraft operated by local volunteers from the Burnham-on-Sea Area Rescue Boat (BARB) were involved in the successful rescue last month of seven cows which were trapped in mud at low tide in Somerset UK. Five fire crews, a Land Rover, a tractor, mats and ropes were also deployed ...
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NewsLinkspans are tailored to port requirements
Cargotec says its MacGregor division has recently secured contracts to supply linkspans that are specifically tailored to meet the needs of a number of different ports. The company said it has secured € 10m worth of linkspan orders in Jordan, Morocco and Ireland.
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NewsNew CIRIA Guide on cost standards for dredging
The new CIRIA Guide to Cost Standards for Dredging Equipment 2009 offers a standard method to establish the capital and related costs of a wide range of dredging equipment.
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Work gets under way at Peterhead Harbour
Work has begun on the much heralded expansion of Peterhead Harbour in the UK. Stones are being laid at Peterhead port’ s breakwater in advance of a massive £ 30m scheme which aims to meet the increased demands of the pelagic fleet. The project became a reality earlier this year ...
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Van Oord to build quaywall at Moerdijk
Van Oord has been awarded a contract to construct a quay wall and a dock in Moerdijk in the Rotterdam area of the Netherlands.
