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NewsModern Bridge Maintains Heritage Style
Faced with a failing jack-arch bridge over the Birmingham Canal in Smethwick, Sandwell Borough Council and their engineering consultants Jacobs UK Ltd. have opted for a radical solution.
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NewsArmourstone Users Meet in Norfolk
Registration is now open for the 15th annual Armourstone Users Group meeting, which takes place on 12 and 13 March in Norfolk UK.
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NewsBoskalis to Deepen Entrance Channel at Port of Melbourne
Royal Boskalis Westminster has confirmed that it has acquired a major contract for deepening the entrance channel to the Port of Melbourne in Australia. The project will be executed in an alliance with the Port of Melbourne Corporation, and the work will take some two years. The value of the ...
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NewsPassenger Bridge for Malaga Terminal
TEAM, which designs and manufactures of boarding bridges for cruise and ferry terminals, has signed a contract with Malaga Cruceros S.A. to deliver a boarding bridge this summer for the cruise terminal ‘ Estacion Maritima de Levante’ in the Port of Malaga. The terminal was inaugurated on 23 December 2007.
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Bunkers Demand Barges
Total Marine Fuels in Germany has chartered additional barge capacity to meet growing demand for bunkers from customers in Hamburg and along the Kiel Canal.
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Fleet Broadband First
The Royal Netherlands Navy has been the first customer in the world to have a Thrane & Thrane SAILOR-500 Fleet Broadband terminal installed and commissioned with an activated simcard.
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Fairstar Set Free
Rotterdam based Fairmount Heavy Transport has left parent company Fairmount Marine following the acquisition of the latter by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.
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Holland Shipbuilding Association
The new Holland Shipbuilding Association was born last month through the merger of the Netherlands' Shipbuilding Industry Association (VNSI) and the Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME).
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December ShipShot Photography
The ShipShot photograph in the December 2007 issue of Maritime Journal should have been credited to photographer John Crae.
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Rotterdam Breaks Records
Rotterdam became the first European port to break the 10m TEU barrier last year, following a performance which saw container handling volume rocket by 12% over the 2006 figures.
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Water Safety Congress
The RoSPA' s National Water Safety Congress, which takes place in Bristol on 3-4 March, will focus on how people can be equipped to make informed choices about safety issues in and around the water, including in relation to their own behaviour.
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Great Island Challenge
Adventurers are being sought to participate in the Great Island Challenge, which takes place on 9-12 May in aid of the seafaring charity Seafarers UK.
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Sailors' Society Strategy
The worldwide seafarers' charity, the British & International Sailors' Society, has re-branded as the Sailors' Society to provide organisational clarity and a strong strategic direction.
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French Ports 'Re-Launch'
French port authorities have briefed unions and staff on government plans to ' re-launch' French ports, with a key objective being to transfer the manning and maintenance of cranes and gantries to private stevedoring companies, leaving the ' landlord' port authorities to focus on non-cargo handling activities such as infrastructure ...
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NewsKey Themes Entwined ay Oceanology International 08
When Oceanology International 08 opens its doors for three days at London’ s ExCeL centre on 11 March, it will be focusing on the maritime world divided into three linked key themes; climate change, meeting future energy needs, and ensuring environmental and civil security.
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NewsThe 'Mary Rose' Needs You!
The Mary Rose Trust has just been earmarked for a £ 21m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to build a brand new permanent museum to house the vessel and its artefacts. But the Trust needs more help, the cost of conserving history can be priceless.
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NewsSinbad Set to Sail with 'Coastal Cat'
Ireland' s Sinbad Marine Services' new vessel was designed by Marine Design International (MDI) and built by Mooney Boats Ltd. Sinbad and Mooney are both based in Killybegs, Co. Donegal. Sinbad approached Mooney several months ago about building them a new aluminium workboat. Mooney in turn contacted MDI and together ...
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News'Powder Barges' Inspire Creative Canalside Workspace
The London Olympic Games in 2012 draw ever closer and British Waterways, the public corporation which manages more than 2,200 miles of canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales, is actively engaged with a range of regeneration partners in a number of East London projects to breathe new life ...
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NewsAntarctic Surveys Locate Sunken Cruiseship
The British Royal Navy' s ice patrol ship, HMS Endurance, has successfully located the wreck of the 2,000 gt cruise liner, Explorer, which sank in Antarctic waters last November amidst worldwide publicity after apparently hitting an icecap.
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New Mini-Sensors and Probes
Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes UK have launched a new range of miniaturised sensors and probes which can be deployed from, or fitted to, any vessel, ROV, AUV or underwater platform.
