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Falmouth dredging scheme moves a step closer
Dredging of Falmouth Harbour in the southwest of the UK could get consent prior to Easter, and Falmouth Harbour Commissioners have confirmed that they and their partner organisations ''are moving forward with work on the Falmouth Port Development Initiative.''
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NewsTideway breaks record for stone dumping
Tideway in The Netherlands is claiming a new record for stone dumping at depth during a recent project west of Ibiza in the Mediterranean, when Tideway''s vessel Rollingstone placed 20,000m3 of rock at a depth of 987m, working on behalf of Spanish energy company Enagas.
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NewsECA strikes gold at environmental awards
The East Channel Association (ECA) has received a leading environmental award in recognition of its groundbreaking regional environmental monitoring work.
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Axe handles dredged from North Sea win archaeology award
Prehistoric hand axes discovered in sand and gravel dredged from the North Sea by Hanson Aggregates Marine have won the Best Archaeological Discovery Award at the prestigious British Archaeology Awards.
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News'ITC Meltemi' is delivered in Amsterdam
On 23 January 2009, ITC (International Transport Contractors) formally took delivery of its second new Damen Shoalbuster 2609 at a ceremony in central Amsterdam.
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NewsNew Robert Allan Voith Tractor is delivered to Saudi Arabia
Ansar 20, a Voith tractor built to a new design from Robert Allan Ltd for service in Saudi Arabia was delivered recently to Bakri Navigation.
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HR Wallingford helps protect Sumburgh airport
HR Wallingford in the UK recently completed a 2D physical model study designed to test the effectiveness of a proposed sea defence scheme for Sumburgh airport in Scotland.
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Experts meet to discuss aggregates challenges
The European Marine Sand and Gravel Group (EMSAGG) is hosting what it describes as ''an exceptional conference in Rome, Italy on 7 and 8 May 2009.
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UKHMA Seminars venue
The United Kingdom Harbour Masters'' Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.
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Maersk Line moves
Maritime expansion goes forward in Liverpool as international shippers Maersk Line UK & Ireland, part of the vast A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, establishes a headquarters in the port city.
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NewsMore wind for joint venture partners
The Fluor Corporation''s UK division, Fluor Limited, and Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy, have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore wind farm at Bell Rock off Scotland''s Angus coastline.
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NewsIsle of Wight Ro-Ro Rollout
The first two new Wight Class ferry designs went into service last month. The two flat bottomed Ro-Ro vessels, Wight Light and Wight Sky are part of a £ 26m investment programme for ferry operator Wightlink.
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Site purchase for SAR HQ
Agreement has been reached on the purchase of a suitable site for the proposed new Doolin Search and Rescue Headquarters in Ireland.
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Good news on Ouse
UK operator PD Ports achieved a full calendar year without any reportable accidents at its shortsea port of Howden on the River Ouse.
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Marine podcasts for free
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The new site offers podcasts on a range of topics, including marine insurance, ports and terminals. Coracle provides the audio files for free via the site and via iTunes, supported ...
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NewsLargest export hovercraft on trials
The latest addition to the Canadian Coast Guard''s hovercraft fleet is undergoing trials off the Isle of Wight. ''Mamilossa'', Abenakis Indian for ''he who goes from water to the land'', was built at St Helens on the Island by hovercraft manufacturer Hoverwork Limited and will be the largest hovercraft ever ...
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NewsDover-Calais ferries go supersize
P& O Ferries has signed a € 360m contract with Aker Yards for the two largest ferries ever to be constructed for the Dover-Calais service.
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Wartsila pezzi del motore
Finland based marine engine manufacturer Wartsila has boosted its range of engineering services available in Italy by opening a new workshop in Taranto, an important commercial hub in the Puglia region of Southern Italy.
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NewsGermans launch first of two SWATH ships for Customs
Germany''s Nordseewerke (NSW) Shipyard has launched Helgoland, the first of two unique 50m SWATH offshore patrol vessels for international Customs service in the German Bight and North Sea.
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NewsShortsea service to cut congestion
PD Ports has launched Logical Link, a UK coastal feeder container shipping service offering a next day connection between Felixstowe and Teesport.
