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NewsHeavy Lift for Light Load
After delivering its heaviest ever load last year, the 59,500 ton Thunderhorse production platform for BP , Dockwise Shipping has now transported its lightest load ever. The company''s headquarters at Breda in the Netherlands mobilised the dock ship Enterprise to transport a Zeppelin NT airship weighing only 700 kilos from ...
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New Pompey-Le Havre Service
Paris based shipping company LD Lines started operations between Portsmouth UK and Le Havre in France earlier this month. The 1992 built Norman Spirit , with a capacity for 120 trucks and 1,850 passengers, will operate the new service daily. Traffic forecast is for 600,000 passengers and 50,000 trucks per ...
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NewsTug Repair Surge at Milford Haven
With the only dry dock in Wales remaining in full time operation, Milford Haven Ship Repairers offers the only such facility between Falmouth and Liverpool. The yard receives a variety of work, the most significant component of which is close working relationship it has developed with Svitzer Marine Ltd , ...
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New Thames Safety Guide
A new guide, The Tidal Thames - a guide for users of recreational craft , is available free from the Port of London Authority . The 30 page booklet explains the key rules that apply on the tidal Thames and outlines basic safety procedures. The guide covers the entire tidal ...
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News'Garibaldo' Visits the UK
A new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tug, the 38m Garibaldo , attracted considerable interest when it arrived in Britain in September. Owned by Purplewater Towing Ltd ofSwitzerland, registered in London and built in China, the vessel had just completed a barge tow from Singapore to Newcastle on its delivery voyage.
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New UK/Holland Freight Service
Harwich International Port haswelcomed the first call of a new Nedlines BV ro-pax service. The service between the Essex UK port and IJmuiden in the Netherlands is operated by the MS Envoy and is chartered by Finnlines. It focuses on driver accompanied freight traffic and offers a daily overnight sailing.
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NewsP&O Ferries' Marine Software Progress
UK based Marine Software Ltd has signed an exclusive new contract with P&O Ferries to provide fleet wide procurement, planned maintenance and stock control software systems.
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News'Pamela' Points Towards Port Expansion
The UK Port of Felixstowe has received calls from the world''s largest and longest containerships recently.
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NewsExhibition Season Extravaganza
The autumn exhibition and conference season is about to deliver a surge of activity for Maritime Journal readers with not one but three major maritime events poised to happen in rapid succession.
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Ports Staff Take ISPS Exercise
With the first anniversary of the introduction of the ISPS Code now seeming to be a distant memory, many ship managers and port facility operators are tending to overlook their obligation to undertake security exercises on a calendar year basis. This means that at the latest,every ISPS compliant ship and ...
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NewsNavaids Go Live at Europort
Tideland Signal will be showing highlights of its comprehensive range of aids to navigation on Stand 501 at Europort Maritime in Rotterdam, including the latest AIS, a remote monitoring and control system, and single diode based lanterns.
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Radio Holland and Furuno Neighbours at Europort
Radio Holland will be found at Europort Maritime conveniently next to the door to Hall 1 and adjacent to marine communications equipment manufacturer Furuno . At Europort Radio Holland will focus on new developments in products and services they can provide.
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Water Seals It at Europort Exhibition
The fusion of the Europort and Rotterdam Maritime exhibitions has inspired Dordrecht based water lubricated stern tube system specialists Maprom Engineering BV to make a move of its own.
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Primar ENC Pilot Service
Primar Stavanger , operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service , has established a new service under which it will support more than 280 national coastal pilots with remote ENC access.
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HATLAPA Extends to the Eastern Mediterranean
HATLAPA Uetersener Maschinenfabrik has extended its activities in the eastern Mediterranean. In addition to locations in Uetersen (Germany), Poole (England), Singapore, and Shanghai, HATLAPA EastMed Ltd commenced operations at Limassol in Cyprus last month.
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NewsUK Dredging Extends its Reach
UK Dredging (UKD), Associated British Ports'' (ABP) dredging arm, ''moved from strength to strength'' in the first half of 2006, said the company in a statement issued in September, with its fleet employed in both ABP and third-party dredging works.
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NewsDMC Receives First European Order for Xbloc
Delta Marine Consultants (DMC) in Gouda in the Netherlands has granted the civil construction company Charles Brand Ltd a licence for the use of the Xbloc armour unit for the upgrading of the Port of Oriel at Clogherhead, Ireland.
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NewsThe Duke of Normandy Demonstrates Its Versatility
Jersey Harbours are making very good use of their new shallow draft, multi-purpose tug, the Duke of Normandy , which was displayed at Seawork 2005 . The first of the new generation of Damen Shoalbuster 2609 tugs to be built for a port authority, its versatility has surprised even its ...
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NewsSeatools in Demand
Netherland based Seatools BV has won an order for two real-time dredging monitoring systems from their DredgeMate line of products.
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NewsWinch Drives Delivered to Tight Schedule
West Yorkshire UK based hydraulic motors and drive systems manufacturer Hagglunds Drives was selected by Subsea 7 to supply two drive systems plus auxiliary supplies for ROV handling on the vessel Skandi Neptune .The power units are in the familiar cabinet style of Hagglunds and suitable for on-deck operations, complete ...
