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DNV Makes It Official
Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows many years during which the experienced staff at some 51 Radio Holland Group subsidiary branches along the major ...
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World Hydrography Day Set for June
Wednesday 21 June will mark the inaugural annual World Hydrography Day as a result of a resolution adopted by the UN General Assembly in New York last November under its Oceans & Law of the Sea agenda.
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News'HMS Daring' Foremast Delivered
VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navy''s first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.
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International ENC Cooperation
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS), operator of the Primar Stavanger electronic navigational chart service, has signed a distribution agreement for Japanese ENCs with the Japan Hydrographic Association.
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NewsConnection Regime for UK Marine Energy
The drive to increase Britain''s offshore wind energy has been given a significant boost as details were announced of how their connection to the electricity network onshore would be funded and operated.
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NewsSpanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth
Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of Bilbao on the 18th of this month.
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NewsFassmer Produces First Oil Skimming Combination
Fassmer Werft has handed over the first of a new type of small ship combination designed for environmental service with local authorities.
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NewsTimely Response Speeds Pollution Clean-up
One little known aspect of the grounding of the tanker Tasman Spirit off Karachi port is that concern for the health of pollution control workers led to the cessation of beach clean-up operations.
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NewsLeading Designer Calls for Common Standards
In a paper to the International Tug and Salvage Convention ITS 2006 in Rotterdam, well known tug designer and naval architect Robert Allan appealed for the harmonisation of international standards governing tug construction.
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NewsYoung Engineer Drug Busters
Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.
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HIT Bulks Up
A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Immingham''s Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per year.
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NewsWater Injection Trial May Cut Cost of Dredging The Broads
A pioneering trial that could cut costs for dredging on the lower areas of the Broads, the well known inland waterways in the UK, got under way in April. The Broads Authority said the scheme, costing £ 30,000, aims to remove 6,200 m3 of silt from the River Bure and ...
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News'Small & Green' Is Ideal for British Waterways
An important phase in the modernisation of floating plant for British Waterways (BW) is rapidly coming to fruition at the shipyard of Manor Marine in Portland, Dorset (a trading company within MPI Services (UK) Ltd).
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Box Tops at Felixstowe
The world''s largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel currently in operation. Designed to cope with the ever growing trade from China, COSCO Ningbo will operate on ...
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NewsInvestment for 'Fast Jets' in Boulogne
The Boulogne Chamber of Commerce and Industry has announced a 20m investment in a new ro-ro berth which is due to go into service in 2007.
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NewsBoskalis Enjoys Dredging Renaissance
The current good fortunes of the global dredging market are reflected in the 2005 results announced by Dutch giant Royal Boskalis Westminster, which has reported a spectacular 85% rise in net profit to 62.7m and a record turnover of 1,156m which was up 13% over 2004.
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Holyhead Freight Boom
Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea fleet, commencing operations on the Central Corridor in July.
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NewsHot Seawork Starts with Blue Cool
With Seawork expanded to unprecedented size for 2006, the arriving visitor will scarcely know where to begin. If the weather is hot, there may be even more reason to start at Stand Number 1, where Webasto will be showing new and advanced marine air conditioning systems which promise to deliver ...
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Big Year for ISU Oil Recovery
Members of the International Salvage Union recovered some 875,000 tons of pollutants during salvage operations last year. Emergency assistance was provided worldwide for 247 vessels with cargoes and bunkers threatening pollution.
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Big Contract for Young Company
The Aberdeen based specialist marine and subsea services provider TSMarine (Contracting) Ltd has won a contract worth up to £ 6.5m only 18 months after forming. The contract with SubSea Resources Plc will see TSMarine provide deepwater salvage support from its vessel MV Geomaster.
