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Conference
A conference on Water Status Monitoring under the WFD will be held in Lille, France on 12-14 March 2007.
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Tangier's New Transhipment Port Nears Completion
UK consultancy Royal Haskoning which has played a key role in the development of Morocco''s Tanger-Med port, currently under construction and due to begin operations in 2007, has provided an update on the company''s role in the project. The £ 1.3 billion project is located on the Strait of Gibraltar, ...
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NewsConservancy Fights 'Flawed' Coastal Strategy
The Chichester Harbour Conservancy, statutory harbour authority for Chichester Harbour in the UK, has expressed disappointment at the draft Coastal Defence Strategy drawn up by the UK Environment Agency. It will determine how East Head, the sand dunes at the Harbour Entrance, will be managed in the future.
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Van der Wees Celebrate Centenary of Service
On the 1st of January the Dutch transport contractors Van der Wees Watertransporten BV, well known for their extensive fleet of tugs and barges, celebrated 100 years of service to the marine industry. The company was founded in Delft in 1907 when the brothers Abraham and Nicolaas van der Wees ...
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New Technology Records Ship's Data in Float Free Memory Capsule
The ACR S-VDR Float Free Memory Capsule, a floating and satellite detectable version of the black box, is now approved and available for sale in North America. Manufacturer ACR Electronics, based in Florida has begun shipping to its North American dealers and has been issued an approval number for the ...
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Prevention is the Cure as Tsavliris Calls for 'Liability Salvage'
The principal of Piraeus based salvage operators Tsavliris has called on liability and property insurers as well as governments to adopt the concept of ''liability salvage'', in which salvors are remunerated for preventing a liability from materialising.
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Wartsila Buys Schiffko
The Wartsila Corporation completed the acquisition of German ship design company Schiffko shortly after Christmas. Shiffko specialises in the planning and design of ships, specialising in the container, research and offshore vessel market sectors. It also provides consultancy and project management services for ship owners and shipbuilders.
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Kalmar Buys a Ferrari
Global handling equipment provider Kalmar Industries has acquired Italy''s CVS Ferrari Group, strengthening its market position and service capabilities in Southern Europe and other Mediterranean markets.
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James Fisher Buys Everard
James Fisher created the largest UK owned shipping and marine services group last month with the £ 350m purchase of rival product tanker operator FT Everard.
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RENK to Buy MAAG
Germany''s RENK AG has indicated its intention to take over MAAG Gear AG of Winterthur in Switzerland. MAAG makes turbo and marine gears.
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News'System in a Box' Monitoring Solution
Energy Solutions, based in Rochester, Kent UK, have developed System in a Box a new product designed primarily for boats under 40ft and incorporating one of the biggest selling products from the core Victron product line alongside their own exclusively designed and manufactured components.
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News'World's Strongest Fibre' Boosts Synthetic Rope Technology
DSM Dyneema is spearheading the latest innovations in mooring and tugging lines with the use of ultra-strong Dyneema fibre. Through research and development and close collaboration with rope manufacturers and end users, DSM Dyneema has been advancing synthetic rope technology by offering a range of rope and mooring application that ...
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NewsNortheast Boat Builder Launches Support Mini-Tug
Alnmaritec, specialists in the design and construction of aluminium workboats in Alnwick, Northumberland UK has announced the successful completion of the first vessel it has built since the company came under new ownership in June 2006. The Tender to Seacor Express was launched and completed owners sea trials on the ...
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NewsKötter-Werft Tackles Biggest Ever Dry Land Overhaul
Karl Hein out of the water at Koetter Werft.The ship, owned locally, was 9.5m wide and of 2,000 dwt. It was the biggest vessel ever handled out of the water by Kötter. Tackling it was made possible by the leasing of a neighbouring inland shipyard which used to belong to ...
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NewsA New Career Beckons for Goliath
One of the most well known British owned coastal and contracting tugs operating in UK and European waters has been sold. The Spithead Trading Company of Braintree, Essex, has sold the tug ''Goliath'' to Griffin Towage and Marine of Dorking in Surrey, increasing the fleet of this growing company to ...
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CARIS Upgrades Bathymetric Software
Canadian hydrographic software specialists CARIS, who will be staging their 11th annual user group conference in Kuala Lumpur at the beginning of March, have introduced a new version of Bathy DataBase for creation and management of bathymetric surfaces.
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Just Off the Swale - The story of the barge building village of Conyer
The peaceful waterside village of Conyer nestles at the head of the North Kent creek which shares its name, situated to the south of The Swale and the Isle of Sheppey it has a timeless charm of a rural idyll.
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Shipping on the Humber - The South Bank
The River Humber has been used for commercial navigation for centuries and remains today as one of the busiest stretches of waterway in Britain.
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NewsBallast Water Breakthrough at Greenwich
The movement of organisms via the transport of water from one ecosystem to another can lead to serious ecological, health and financial consequences in the host environment.
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NewsWharf Comes Back to Life
The 'Wiebke D' collects the first cargo to leave Alexander Wharf in over a decade.The ship arrived at the wharf to collect about 1,000 tons of stainless steel scrap metal for recycling. This high value metal cargo will now be sailed out of the Thames directly to a major stainless ...
