All News articles – Page 1062
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NewsABP Rejects Takeover Bid
Associated British Ports (ABP) has rejected as ''wholly inadequate'' a £ 2.2bn takeover bid from an investment consortium which includes the Government Investment Corporation (GIC) of Singapore.
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NewsA Closer Look at 'Abeille Liberte'
The entry into service of two advanced Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs), Abeille Bourbon and Abeille Liberte, designed to provide emergency response services along the French coastline and western approaches, was reported in these pages in May and October of last year. Since then both tugs have assisted a number of ...
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NewsV8s Geared Up for Russian Rivers
AMP Complect, the Moscow marine equipment distributor for Coventry UK based Newage Transmissions, has gained Russian River Authority approval for a fully marinised powerpack designed to meet the needs of commercial fishing and workboats operating on the country''s extensive inland waterway and intercoastal network.
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NewsAdsteam Invests Heavily in Damen ASD 2411 Compact Tugs
News of the recent arrival of the new Adsteam Harty and Adsteam Warden to the fleet of Adsteam Medway came with confirmation that Australian owned Adsteam Marine is to invest heavily in more tugs of the same type. The vessels are further examples of the Damen ASD Tug 2411 ordered ...
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NewsGet to Ghent for RORO 2006
The 18th biennial meeting point for the international ro-ro industry, RORO 2006, takes place at Flanders Expo in the Belgian Port of Ghent on 16-18 May. Sponsored by the Ghent Port Company, RORO 2006 will focus on a range of commercial, operational and technical issues affecting the future of the ...
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NewsRotterdam Welcomes ITS 2006
The 19th International Tug & Salvage Convention and Exhibition (ITS 2006) returns to Rotterdam after an absence of 29 years. As Europe' s largest port, and home to a host of well known names from the world of tugs and salvage, Rotterdam is an ideal venue for this eagerly anticipated ...
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NewsDredging's 'Big Four' Remain in Running for Maasvlakte 2
The Port of Rotterdam says the Ballast Nedam - Per Aarsleff consortium has withdrawn from the tendering process for the construction of Maasvlakte 2.
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Record Rescue Year for RNLI
Search and rescue statistics published last month by the UK''s Royal National Lifeboat Institution show that 2005 was the busiest year on record, with RNLI lifeboat launches up 8% to 8,273.
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NewsMulti-Purpose Monohull Moving Towards Seawork
Dorset UK based Marine & General Services Ltd will be exhibiting a new design 9m multi-purpose aluminium workboat at Seawork 2006 International. The vessel, which is currently under build, is a fully welded monohull designed by a Dutch naval architect.
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NewsTerror Hysteria Mars P&O Ports Transaction
Dubai Ports World has been forced to put the American dimension of its newly acquired P& O Ports operation up for sale following an unprecedented eruption of xenophobia in the US Congress. Senators and Representatives from both American political parties joined in a chorus of hysteria over a sale they ...
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New Funding for Irish Harbours
Ireland''s Marine Minister, Pat the Cope Gallagher, has announced that he has approved the allocation of funding for a number of port infrastructure projects.
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NewsRugged Fluggaboat Returns to Seawork
The pollution control crews at the Sullom Voe oil refinery have kept the area so clean that a healthy otter colony has been able to establish itself there.
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NewsNew Exhibitors Get a Lift at Seawork
With space at a premium in many modern marinas, converting to a mobile boat management system makes sound economic sense whilst also achieving safe and efficient working practices. New Seawork exhibitor Marine Travelift Inc engineers and manufactures a range of mobile boat hoists, yard trailers and marine forklifts which make ...
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Responding to Emissions Regulations at Seawork
Finning Power Systems is hosting a seminar at this year' s Seawork exhibition to highlight the current emissions regulations and its affect on the commercial marine sector.
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NewsLong Term Solution for East Head Sought
The future of Chichester Harbour, the largest purely recreational harbour in the UK in terms of its size, number of vessels and range of boating activity could be in doubt if a long term plan is not put in place to prevent continued erosion of the feature known as East ...
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Resinex Deliver Secure Moorings
As the largest single owner operator of LNG tankers in the world, Petronas subsidiary MISC is concerned for the safe and secure mooring of its vessels. Along with another Petronas subsidiary, Malaysia Marine and Heavy Equipment, they needed a mooring point for shuttle tankers to an FSO operated by Talisman ...
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Pharos Marine Correction
Trinity House is funded from Light Dues levied on commercial shipping in some of the busiest sea lanes in the world, at no expense to the taxpayer. The revenue provides for nearly 600 aids to navigation ranging from lighthouses, buoys and beacons to the latest satellite navigation technology.In an article ...
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Light Dues Online Migration Completed
King Henry VIII would marvel at the changes since he first issued Trinity House with the Charter to collect Light Dues in 1514. The latest is a new internet based solution, Automatic Light Dues Information System (ALDIS), which has been delivered to Trinity House for the collection of Light Dues ...
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NewsCommission Denies Deficiencies in Environmental Legislation.
Speakers at the first GreenPort Conference in Antwerp in February had a clash of opinion as to whether European environmental legislation, and in particular the Habitats and Water Framework Directives, has inherent deficiencies causing bottlenecks for port development.
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NewsChange Your Lifestyle at Seawork
Roger Dixon-Spain has opted for a major change of lifestyle, selling up below the border and purchasing farmland overlooking a bay on the Island of Lismore, northeast of Oban. From here he will build a new business operating a multi-purpose workboat, serving the local community and tourists in a variety ...
