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News'Anglian Earl' delivers 'Clemenceau'
Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Ltd has delivered the former French aircraft carrier Clemenceau to be broken up by the Able UK TERRC (Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling Centre) facility at Able Seaton Port on the River Tees. The operation was a high profile, well planned commercial towage operation undertaken by the ...
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NewsTop engineers back Thames Estuary airport
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has urged politicians to ''look seriously'' at the option of a new airport in the Thames Estuary after he visited the potential site with engineers and Labour MP Nick Raynsford, chair of a new cross-party parliamentary group on the proposal. The group sailed out ...
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NewsOlympian ideals aid construction waste transport
A new class of hopper barge developed to operate on London''s sometimes restricted waterways has made it possible for waste to be transported from multiple sites within the city to bespoke recycling facilities.
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News€5bn for EU offshore energy grid
Workboat operators will be heartened by the announcement this month by specialists asset investment company Imera that it plans to build North Sea and Atlantic electricity grids, connecting key markets and offshore wind farms as the foundation for a pan-European offshore electricity network.
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NewsTugworld Review 2008 is an interesting read
The annual Tugworld Review continues to grow in size and stature. Published in association with International Tug & Salvage magazine, this annual review gives a useful and interesting cross section of vessels chosen from the massive inventory of new tugs built during 2008.
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NewsPelamis P-2 powers on in Orkney
Edinburgh based Pelamis Wave Power (PWP) has won an order from UK renewable energy generator E.on for the next generation Pelamis Wave Energy Converter, known as the P-2.
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Offshore Survey 09
Organisers Intelligent Exhibitions say there is still time to register for their two day technical conference, being held as part of Ocean Business 2009, on 1 and 2 April at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK.
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Boskalis secures oil and gas contracts
Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired three oil and gas related contracts for projects in Europe and the Middle East. The total contract value amounts to approximately € 100m.
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NewsRunaway lorry leaves Stranraer ferry passengers stranded.
A lorry broke free of its lashings and crashed through the stern door of the ferry Stena Voyager last night as it was leaving the Scottish Port of Stranraer on passage to Belfast.
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NewsMegabucks barrage barges onto Severn shortlist
The British Government announced five shortlisted schemes this week to harness the tidal power in the Severn Estuary, the largest of which would cost at least £ 22bn.
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NewsMersey beats big boat record
The largest ship ever to enter the Port of Liverpool berthed at the Tranmere Oil Terminal yesterday to discharge a new traffic of West African crude oil for the Shell Stanlow Refinery in Cheshire.
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NewsPort of London Authority plans Gala Centenary Concert
The Port of London Authority celebrates its centenary this year and one of the planned highlights is a very special Gala Concert in London’ s Cadogan Hall, to be held on Saturday 18 April at 7:30 PM.
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NewsAnother timber spill approaches UK south coast
The timber cargo that broke free from the Russian vessel Sinegorsk in heavy seas earlier this week has started coming ashore on the Kent coast today.
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NewsTOWLINES
The contracting tug Indus has been purchased by the MTS Group in the UKThe Coastguard have been boarding and examining vessels from November and through January to check on crews and certification.Svitzer UK has closed down their associate company Humber Tugs Limited with effect from 31 December 2008. Following a ...
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NewsPreparing for 'Supership' salvage operations
The advent of Very Large and Ultra Large Crude Carriers in the 1970s represented a step change in vessel size. Much the same can be said of today’ s 14,000 TEU plus super containerships.
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NewsRapid repair for modular RIBs
Marine Specialised Technology' s new Fleet Services division was recently put through its paces, MST tells MJ, when the company was called in to repair a damaged two year old MST 680 MkII RIB that had hit a submerged obstruction at speed - putting a large hole in the bottom.
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NewsRo-ro refit on time at Hebburn
A& P Tyne Ltd has completed the annual refit onboard the ro-ro cargo ferry ‘ Norcape’ for P& O Ferries. Over 100 personnel were working on the the 14,087gt vessel at peak times and all contract work completed on day 42, in line with the original schedule.
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IWA gives grant to help restore lost waterway
Work to revive a ‘ lost waterway’ in Staffordshire in the UK has been given a helping hand by The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) with a grant of £ 5,000 to the Caldon and Uttoxeter Canals Trust towards a feasibility study into the restoration of the waterway, the Uttoxeter Canal.
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NewsNew 'RAstar' tugs join Milford Haven tug fleet
Svitzer’ s new tug fleet, being formed to serve the entire needs of the new LNG terminals and existing oil berths at Milford Haven in Wales is rapidly taking shape. Once fully commissioned the fleet will include nine brand new tugs and six new line handling vessels, making it one ...
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NewsTrawler travels for engine overhaul
MAN Diesel PrimeServ’ s Service Center in Frederikshavn, Denmark, has successfully completed a large main engine repair and overhaul job aboard the Argentine fishing factory trawler Centurion Del Atlantico.
