All News articles – Page 1105
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Rail Rockets from Thamesport
Thamesport (London) Ltd has introduced a fourth train operating company, Direct Rail Services , which will operate a full daily service to Daventry from the Medway based container port.
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Tall Oil Tales in Yorkshire
Rix Shipping ''s coastal tanker RixHawk recently became the first vessel since the early 1990s to discharge at the UK''s Drax Power Station on the River Ouse between Goole and Selby.
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NewsNearshore Project for New Pipe Tracker
The ShengLi Oilfield has purchased two advanced TSS440 pipe trackers for use with its new pipelay plough. The two pipe trackers have been supplied by UK company VT TSS Ltd and fitted to the front and rear of the tracked plough. Designed and built by ShengLi Oilfield engineers, the plough ...
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Macduff Has The Right Stuff
Macduff Ship Design hasreceived two accolades reflecting the company''s provision of high quality professional technical services to the marine industry.
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NewsNew VTS for Port of Londonderry
Transas Marine UK Ltd , in cooperation with Joss Skelton Ltd (Belfast), recently secured an order for a Vessel Traffic Services system to be installed in Northern Ireland''s Port of Londonderry. Similar systems are already installed in the UK at the ports of Larne, Cardiff, Swansea, Barry, Port Talbot, Newport, ...
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NewsSecret Santa Meets Working at Height Regulations
The forthcoming Working at Height Regulations in the UK represent a very different approach to health and safety.
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Force Be With You Underwater
Force Dredging Systems (FDS) has recently completed a successful hire contract in the Caspian Sea which involved clearing drill mud cuttings and debris away from the base of a production jacket and placing them in a specified dumpsite some 60m to 80m away. Once FDS'' Superstream Dredging System had cleared ...
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NewsSvitzer Reinforce Their Milford Haven Tug Fleet
Svitzer Marine Ltd has significantly reinforced their fleet of tanker handling tugs at Milford Haven with the arrival of the new Svitzer Milford . The tug, the first of a new series to be deployed to a British port, arrived during the first week of November and entered service after ...
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NewsFenders Meet PIANC Protocol
Fentek ''s entire range of high performance moulded fenders has achieved Type Approval status from Germanischer Lloyd following rigorous testing to the new International Navigation Association (PIANC) protocol.
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NewsFelixstowe South Public Inquiry Underway
The Public Inquiry is underway into the proposed reconfiguration of the southern part of the UK Port of Felixstowe . The proposal involves the conversion of an area previously used by P& O North Sea Ferries at Landguard Terminal and the now largely redundant Dock Basin into a new deep ...
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Ports Hunger for Feeders
A new report from Netherlands based shipping consultancy Dynamar says the shortsea feeder trade is an important part of an integral port network. Efficient feeder links act as a catalyst to the growth of containerisation and hence play an important role in growing business volumes. Transhipment cargo, in addition to ...
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NewsSemco and Fairmount Launch 'OneAllianz'
A major new force in the long-haul ocean towage market has been established by Fairmount Marine BV of the Netherlands and Semco Salvage & Marine Pte Ltd ofSingapore. With immediate effect, the ocean towage fleets and expertise of both companies are pooled in a new consortium christened OneAllianz .
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NewsInnovation Expedites Quayside Works
Anglian Marine Services Limited (AMSL) were awarded the main diving contract by Costain earlier this year to install cathodic protection to all steel pile wall sections at the Trinity III Terminal ''s new and existing berths in the UK Port of Felixstowe .
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NewsStrong Wind Forecast for Europe
The new frontier for wind energy is offshore, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) told delegates to the industry''s major exhibition and conference in London last month.
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NewsPort of London Raises Historic Elizabethan Remains
The Port of London Authority (PLA) has successfully recovered significant sections of a late 16th Century vessel from the Thames Estuary. Working closely with experts from Wessex Archaeology the Marine Services Department of the PLA has raised a portion of the bow, part of the side of the Tudor vessel ...
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OSIL Designs Innovative Sediment Transport Solution
BMM Meetdienst in Belgium has chosen OSIL to provide a high-tech sediment transport measurement solution. The system will be used to measure sediment direction and currents off the coast of Belgium in the North Sea.
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Glow In the Dark Online
Beele Engineering BV of Aalten in the Netherlands has totally renovated its website www. beele. com to now display practical applications of its marine fire prevention and evacuation safety equipment in typical environments such as construction and shipbuilding.
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NewsDaewoo Deal Done in Rotterdam
Two British companies travelled to Rotterdam Maritime last month to complete the sale of two Daewoo marine engines by South Devon based WaterMota Ltd to Williams Marine & Port Services Ltd ofPembroke Port in Wales. The eight cylinder, 15 litre Daewoo V158TIH engines will re-power Williams'' 19m Multi-cat type vessel ...
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NewsSaab Launches On Course at Hamburg
Saab TransponderTech was a notable presence at the recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg, introducing a new DGPS Navigator meeting the latest IMO and IEC specifications, including Receiver Autonomous Integrity Monitoring (RAIM), as well as a new type-approved GPS as an integrated part of the R4 ship AIS transponder system.
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NewsCostain Completes Work at Felixstowe
The Port of Felixstowe in the UK has celebrated the official opening of a 270m extension to its Trinity Terminal , known as Trinity III 2 , which was built by Costain Marine .
