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News'MSC Napoli' - A Major Oil Spill Averted
Work on the ill-fated containership ''MSC Napoli'' has progressed well and to plan, since the 53,409gt ship was first put aground in Lyme Bay. Only a significant deterioration in the weather at the time of writing has delayed the total removal of small amounts of residual oil and the discharge ...
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NewsEMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic
Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in a EU tender, the 3,000dwt chemical/oil tanker MT Galp Marine will be contracted and pre-fitted as an occasional ...
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NewsNorway Goes It Alone on Ballast Water
Norway is to implement strict controls on ballast water management during 2007, applying the standards set down in the IMO Convention on ballast water to ships calling at Norwegian ports, even though it may be many years before the convention comes into force internationally, warns Wikborg Rein, Norwegian maritime law ...
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NewsDI to Build Island at Ras al Khaimah
Belgian contractor Dredging International has signed a contract with private stock company Rakeen Development for the reclamation of an artificial island off Ras al Khaimah, the northernmost emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The ¢ 50 million contract adds to a string of projects which Dredging International is currently ...
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NewsPort of LA CAAPs Air Pollution
The Port of Los Angeles in California USA and the local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering on a demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargo containers from the Port to local warehouses and rail yards. The $527,000 initiative, funded by the Port and ...
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NewsSkills Shortage Set to Affect Marine Industries
Industrial growth is warmly welcomed worldwide. It ensures the future of countries, market sectors, companies and employees. Unfortunately however, it brings its own set of problems. Problems that the marine construction and offshore engineering sector is now being forced to face. A serious skills shortage is hitting the market. ''The ...
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Dredger Boom Sees IHC Add Shipyard
With the global demand for newbuild dredgers now exceeding building capacity, IHC Holland Merwede has rented the former Alblas Scheepsbouw BV yard, situated along the river De Noord at Hendrik Ido Ambacht in the Netherlands.
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'Action Plan' for European Pollution
Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and Maritime Affairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of new measures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European waters. In response to the EU''s Green Paper on Future Maritime Policy, the International Salvage Union ...
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NewsRamsgate Slipways Back in Action
The barque Julia is seen undergoing sale slipping at the newly reopened yard.Vessels up to 60m in length and 750 tons displacement can be accommodated on the four various sized slipways with accompanying workshops and plant also available. Previous customers included Trinity House, PLA, HM Customs, RNLI, Lapthorn Shipping Co ...
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Schat-Harding Acquires CleanHull
Lifeboats and davits supplier Schat-Harding has purchased the hull cleaning company CleanHull Norway AS from a group of Norwegian venture investors. CleanHull Norway AS offers cost effective and environmentally friendly ship hull cleaning solutions to its customers. The CleanROVconcept is based on underwater vehicles and technology developed through more than ...
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NewsDamen Multi Cat Built in Abu Dhabi
A strategic partnership between Damen Shipyards of the Netherlands and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) has seen the delivery of a multi-purpose vessel to the Emirates Dredging Company (EDC) four weeks ahead of schedule. The Multi Cat 1908 is the first vessel of its type built by ADSB and will ...
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Felixstowe Hits 3m
The UK Port of Felixstowe broke through the three million container throughput barrier last year. Hutchison Ports (UK), which operates Felixstowe, said volumes had increased by 10% during 2006, making the planned Felixstowe South Reconfiguration (FSR) project more necessary than ever.
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RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 the Last Great Liner
Since 1969 QE2 has sailed over three million miles, been a troop ship in the Falklands War and had her main engines changes from steam to diesel.
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Ocean Business 07
Over 120 exhibitors from a dozen countries and a host of free training and demonstration workshops are just two of the main attractions of this three day event at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton UK from 27-29 March.
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Torque Talk Returns
The second conference on The Science of Making Torque from Wind has been scheduled for 28 to 31 August at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) at Lyngby, 10 miles north of Copenhagen.
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NewsThordon Solves USCG Sterntube Problem
Ice impact caused stern tube problems on the USCG's 'Polar Sea'The U.S. Coast Guard effected repairs and repeatedly 'built up' the support rings using a metallic polymer to improve the fit of the bronze carriers to the stern tubes. But this method of repair proved to be only temporary, short ...
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NewsPortable Safety at a Pocketable Price
The current 121.5/243MHz analogue COSPAS SARSAT service will cease in February 2009 and only the 406 MHz digital beacon signals will be processed thereafter. The major benefits of a 406 MHz device over a 121.5 MHz device have long been recognised. These include faster, more accurate detection, personal identification of ...
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Schiffko Reveals New Offshore Patrol Propulsion
Naval engineers Schiffko have revealed a new type of offshore patrol/SAR boat powered by an innovative propulsion concept. Working with development partners Voith Turbo Marine, the Potsdam Model Basin (SVA), and consultant Karl Otto Sadler, Schiffko is heading the development of a hybrid propulsion concept for a drive with low ...
