All News articles – Page 733
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WTO take-off
Russia has become the second most important trading partner for the Port of Hamburg in terms of seaborne container handling.
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NewsThe importance of communication
Mal Stein of UK based marine electrical engineering specialists SeaKing knows the importance of communications.
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NewsVideotel responds to changing piracy patterns
UK maritime training provider, Videotel, has updated its ‘Piracy and Armed Robbery’ training programme in response to the change in piracy patterns throughout the world.
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NewsSuSy awakens ship stability possibilities
The pan-European SuSy (Surfacing System for Ship Recovery) consortium has recently completed a successful set of sea trials at Chalkis shipyard in Greece.
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NewsDredging consent for Port of Southampton
Associated British Ports (ABP) has received consent from the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) to improve the marine access to the UK Port of Southampton with an extensive programme of dredging.
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NewsKewatec pilot boats for Swedish Maritime Agency
Finnish boatbuilder, Kewatec AluBoat, has signed a deal with the Swedish Maritime Agency to build a series of fast pilot vessels.
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NewsUKHO warns against counterfeit nautical charts
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has issued a warning over counterfeit nautical charts and publications and has produced a simple guide to help the maritime industry to identify genuine Admiralty products.
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NewsWight Cats come prowling to Seawork
Isle of Wight businessman Cliff Newnham’s passion for angling from a variety of catamarans led him to purchase the design and original moulds for one of his own in 2010.
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NewsSL Gabon, an important delivery for Smit Lamnalco
During the last few days of December 2012 the new SL Gabon sailed from the Damen Shipyard in Galati, Romania, bound for Port Gentil in Gabon.
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NewsMacleod a unique ‘dual-draft’ ASD
Over the past few months a variety of RAmparts 3000 series of ASD tug designs by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been described in these pages.
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NewsA brief look at Aiviq
The world’s media focused on Alaska at the beginning of the year when the Royal Dutch Shell ‘Arctic’-class drilling unit Kulluk was driven aground by violent weather on the southeast shoreline of nearby Sitkalidak Island on December 31, 2012.
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NewsRiffgat windfarm topside installed
The installation of the topside for the Riffgat offshore windfarm, located North West of German Island, Borkum, has been completed.
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NewsPrivate equity buyout for Cosalt Offshore
The Scottish and Norwegian operations of Cosalt Offshore have been acquired by private equity group, NBGI Private Equity, an investor in the Aberdeen based ATR Group.
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Strategic plan launched for Shannon Estuary
Details have been announced of a major strategic plan for the future development and management of marine-related industry and tourism along Ireland’s largest estuary, the Shannon Estuary.
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NewsBommel joins the expanding fleet of Herman Sr
The Zwijndrecht based tugowners and marine contractors Holding Herman Sr BV has been transformed over the past few months from the original family firm to become a major player in the marine civil engineering and dredging industries.
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NewsASV delivers first mobile station keeping buoy
Engineers from Portsmouth UK based Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd have travelled to Tohoku University in Japan to hand over C-Stat 2, the first autonomous mobile station keeping buoy.
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NewsKootenay - compact and agile
Kootenay, an extremely powerful, agile and innovative ‘compact’ ASD tug of only 19.6m in length has entered service in British Columbia.
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NewsIHC Merwede launches new cutter dredger
Netherlands based dredger builders IHC Merwede has launched the first IHC Beaver 65 DDSP at its Sliedrecht shipyard.
