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New Buoy Tender for Caernarfon Harbour Trust
The 12.8m buoy tender ''Seiont IV'' has been delivered to its owner, Caernarfon Harbour Trust, after completing successful trials off Macduff in Scotland and sailing through the Caledonian canal and down the west coast to its home port.
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BritNed cable project moves forward
Offshore cable laying for the UK end of the BritNed electricity link is the latest stage of the € 600m project. It involves the first ever power supply connection between Great Britain and the Netherlands, with cable testing underway in 2010 and full commercial operations planned for 2011.
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Funding Innovation for 'ss Great Britain'
Work has started in Bristol UK on the redevelopment of land alongside the Great Western Dockyard which will create a £ 3.5m endowment style fund for the future conservation and maintenance of Brunel''s iconic iron hulled steamship ''ss Great Britain''.
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Master Plan Progress for Bremore Ireland Port
Bremore Ireland Port Ltd, the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Ltd, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a wholly owned subsidiary of Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) to develop a Port Master Plan for the new € 300 million deepwater port at Bremore in north ...
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Earthrace breaks record
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The futuristic bio-fuel powered 'eco-boat' Earthrace has smashed the world speed record for a powerboat to circumnavigate the globe by nearly 14 days. The vessel completed its 24,000 km voyage ...
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Boxport Building at Global Trade Crossroads
Moroccan authorities definitely met the deadlines on TangerMed port project, as APM Terminals Tangier, a subsidiary of AP-Moller Maersk, inaugurated the first container terminal of the huge complex on 27th July, the concession of which it won for 30 years.
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P&O Ferries Boosts Freight Capacity
P& O Ferries has agreed to purchase a dedicated freight ferry in order to meet the growing demand for space from haulage customers throughout its operations.The company will take delivery of the ''El Greco'', currently operated by the Spanish shipping line Trasmediterranea, during September and will deploy the vessel on ...
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Marine Scientific Industries Boost to Renewables
Members of the London based Association of Marine Scientific Industries (AMSI) recently examined the business opportunities available in the expanding renewable sector at the first of their new style networking meetings.
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Offshore Renewables Boost Ports Industry
The 25 turbine Burbo Bank Offshore Windfarm was completed this summer on behalf of the Danish Company Dong Energy, culminating a hectic but successful installation period.
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New Projects Boost Hamburg Port Capacity
Two new expansion projects, one completed and one still to come, will further increase container handling in Germany''s biggest seaport Hamburg.
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Black Cat Goes Diving Off Dover
Ireland''s Safehaven Marine has launched the eighth Wildcat 36ft catamaran for owner Gerry Dowd, who will operate it out of Dover to explore wrecks along the south coast of England.
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Wärtsilä gets BigLift with propulsion package order
Finnish ship power system integrator Wä rtsilä has been awarded two large orders this year from the Amsterdam headquartered Spliethoff Group.
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Big Cranes for Bugsier Tugs
The deep sea azimuth tractor tugs Bugsier 2 and Bugsier 3, delivered this year by the Dutch Shipyard K. Damen for German operator Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft GmbH, feature foldable knuckle boom cranes supplied by Van der Velden Industrial, the Palfinger Marine/Crane Power representative in their country.
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Promoting Best Practice in Casualty Management
Recent casualties, including the ''MSC Napoli'', have brought the issue of places of refuge back under the spotlight.
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New BayDelta Tugs Chartered to Crowley
Among the large number of interesting new tug currently being delivered or under construction for owners in the United States of America are two azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs being built for BayDelta Maritime Inc. Heralded as two of the most powerful 30.48m (100 foot) harbour tugs on the US ...
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Dredgers Delight Community at Newbiggin Bay
A lowering of the seabed beneath Newbiggin Bay UK is believed to have exposed the coastline to serious erosion in recent years. The beach had virtually disappeared and damage to the seawall was increasing.
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UK Based Hepworth Busy with Holyhead Orders
Once again Hepworth Shipbuilders of Paull on Humberside are busy with new tugs for the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. The shipyard is currently busy completing the new triple screw tug ‘ Afon Cymyran’ and an order for a new 25m tug has recently been announced.
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Conditional Support for Severn Tidal Barrage
A report published in October by the UK' s Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public leadership and ownership of the project, and full compliance with environmental legislation protecting the estuary.
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Chinese take away RNLI boats and expertise
Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted in a special relationship between these two organisations on opposite sides of the world.
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PLA's Ecocats Win Innovative Design Award
The Port of London Authority (PLA), Southampton University and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Ecocats Limited have won a special prize from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and Lloyd''s Register of Shipping, for the innovative design of the latest river patrol launches.