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Bremore Project Challenges Irish Government
Ireland''s national ports are facing a capacity crisis. The growth in exports, the trend to outsourcing part of the production process and the boom in imports of construction materials has wiped out the capacity of most ports. Hence, the approval by the Government of the joint venture between Drogheda Port ...
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Giant Boxship Docks at Hamburg
At the beginning of September the new flagship of the Chinese shipping company COSCO Container Lines Ltd docked at the Port of Hamburg for the first time. The ''Cosco Asia'', with its slot capacity of 10,062 TEU, is the largest container ship to have entered the Port of Hamburg to ...
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St Petersburg Hosts Ports and Shipbuilding Conference
Neva 2007, the 9th International Shipping, Shipbuilding, Ports and Offshore Energy Exhibition takes place on the 24th- through 27th of September at the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Batman Boat to Save the Planet
The revolutionary New Zealand biodiesel powerboat Earthrace arrived in Amsterdam last week as part of its European promotional tour sponsored by Deutsche-Med of Rostock, Germany.
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Nicola Turns Port Waters Green
The Port of London Authority' s (PLA) Nicola Jenkins has scooped an international award for showing European ports how to " up" their environmental game.
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More Shortsea
The growing freight market between the UK’ s River Thames and the Continent was boosted last month by the introduction of a new dedicated ro-ro service between the Port of Tilbury and Zeebrugge in Belgium.
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Coastal Port Agency
Cory Brothers Shipping has been awarded a three year contract to provide agency services throughout the UK to coastal tanker operator James Fisher Everard, whose combined fleet will provide an anticipated additional 3,000 port calls per year.
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Seabat Multibeam Systems for UK Ports
The Aberdeen Division of Denmark''s Reson reports sales of SeaBat 8125 shallow water multibeam systems and associated equipment to PD Ports, Teesport and Peel Ports, which operates the ports of Mersey Docks & Harbour Company and Clydeport as well as the Manchester Ship Canal. This, the company says, follows earlier ...
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DP System for ROVs
Edinburgh based SeeByte has launched its new SeeTrack Offshore V2.1 dynamic positioning system for ROVs which, it says, can also be retrofitted to existing craft.
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Wounded Warriors Sail the Channel
At noon on 11 September, ten members of the British Limbless Ex-Service Men''s Association (BLESMA) and two participants from its American counterparts The Wounded Warrior Disabled Sports Project (WWDSP) embarked upon a nine day sailing trip across the English Channel.
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UKHO Guide for Electronic Chart Carriage
The UK Hydrographic Office, which has just been retained by the Military Survey Department of the United Arab Emirates to advise on planning and management for surveys of local territorial waters, has introduced a second edition of its Facts About Electronic Charts & Carriage Requirements
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Britain's Best Maritime Technology Student
The Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) will take an active role in finding Britain''s Best Maritime Technology Student when it hosts the judging of this category in the annual SET awards (Science, Engineering & Technology Student of the Year) on 20 September.
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RV 'Prince Madog' Available for Hire
RV Prince Madog, the 34.9m Dutch built multi-purpose research vessel jointly operated by the University of Wales, Bangor and VT Group, is now available for charter at a special winter rate of £ 3,463 per day.
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Most Powerful Engines in Shipping History
APL, the global container transportation company, has ordered eight MAN B& W 14K98ME-C7 engines, each generating a massive 84,280 kW or 115,000 BHP at 104 rpm, to power eight 10,000 TEU containerships from Korean builders.
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Marseille Makes Big Box Plans
The Port of Marseille Authority (PMA) is planning to develop two more new container terminals at Fos, its base for east-west trades, with a combined capacity of two million teu per year. The PMA’ s recent board meeting approved the launch of technical and financial feasibility studies, which are due ...
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A Hard Act to Follow
The UK Department for Transport and Maritime and Coastguard Agency are now advertising to recruit a successor to Robin Middleton, who is about to retire from the position of Secretary of State’ s Representative (SOSREP) which he has held for eight years.
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RFA Sir Tristram' Conversion Completed
A& P Falmouth has successfully completed the conversion of RFA Sir Tristram, ahead of schedule, and within budget. The former Falklands landing ship will now take on its new role as a static training ship for the Royal Marines based in Portland.
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Journal of Marine Aggregate Research Launched
A 250 page journal summarising the findings of over £ 9m of research related to marine aggregate dredging has been launched by the Marine Environment Protection Fund (MEPF) in the UK.
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Grub's Up the Upper Thames
The major UK supermarket chain Sainsbury’ s has collaborated with the Port of London Authority to trial the delivery of food to its stores by barge along the River Thames. 
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Shortsea Solution for Tour de France
The ill fated Tour de France kicked off in London this year, with time trials in the city centre and the first stage then proceeding from London to Canterbury.