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The UK’s Government body, Technology Strategy Board, has set up a funding competition for vessel efficiency, with the hope of driving marine innovation and technologies for carbon reduction, green propulsion and marine…

6th November 2012

Competition to drive marine innovation

6th November 2012

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Italy’s Messina Line is relaunching its unique ro-con operation from Marseilles to east and southern Africa.

6th November 2012

Marseilles sailings to Africa

6th November 2012

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Goltens, the US based global engine repair and retrofit expert, has just overhauled three engines from one of the world’s most powerful dredgers, the Leonardo Da Vinci, owned by the Jan De…

5th November 2012

Goltens overhauls Jan De Nul dredger engines

5th November 2012

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Global ferry industry association, Interferry, has recently discussed the operational, technological and commercial effects on global ferry development at its 37th annual conference in Dubai.

5th November 2012

Interferry addresses development prospects

5th November 2012

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Imtech Marine has established a global Competence Centre Green Ships in Hamburg to concentrate its expertise in the area of green ship solutions.

5th November 2012

Green Ships Centre

5th November 2012

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MTU Ibérica, a subsidiary of the German propulsion solution specialist MTU Friedrichshafen, and the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia have opened a common training centre at Cartagena in Spain.

5th November 2012

German – Spanish cooperation

5th November 2012

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Norway’s NAVTOR has signed a distribution agreement with the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) for the supply of the Admiralty Vector Chart Service for the global professional maritime market.

5th November 2012

NAVTOR – UKHO agreement

5th November 2012

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DCT Gdansk, the Baltic’s rapidly growing gateway to Central-Eastern Europe and Russia celebrated its 5th birthday last month.

5th November 2012

Gdansk celebrates growth

5th November 2012

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The new Oceanic, which boasts the ability to transport twice the amount of wind turbine parts for the same cost as many other 3,000 tonne vessels, has sophisticated monitoring systems.

2nd November 2012

Dutch vessels supplied with Brouwer systems

2nd November 2012

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Seafarer medical examination practice standards are to be improved through the development of a quality assurance programme.

2nd November 2012

IMHA develops quality assurance programme

2nd November 2012

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Alphatron Marine of the Netherlands has brought out its next generation maritime public address and general alarm system, the AlphaAnnounce Digital.

2nd November 2012

Powerful SOLAS system

2nd November 2012

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The sixth annual APM Terminals Safety Day was conducted last month throughout the APM Terminals Global Terminal Network.

2nd November 2012

APM Safety Day

2nd November 2012

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The backhoe dredger Alberto Aleman Zubieta was named during a recent ceremony at the shipyard of its cooperation partner, NMC, at Nieuw-Lekkerland in the Netherlands.

2nd November 2012

Backhoe for Panama Canal

2nd November 2012

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The UKs Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published its first series of marine evidence and information reports.

1st November 2012

MMO publishes marine evidence reports

1st November 2012

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Japan’s marine solutions company, Eco Marine Power (EMP) Co Ltd, is moving ahead with developing an alternative EnergySail product suitable for workboats.

1st November 2012

Eco Marine’s EnergySail for workboats

1st November 2012

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Canadian radar system experts, Rutter Inc, has acquired German measurement technology company, OceanWaveS GmbH.

1st November 2012

Rutter acquires OceanWaveS

1st November 2012

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A passenger ship evacuation seminar organised by the Royal Institution of Naval Architects was held on 30 November 2012 and RINA headquarters in London.

1st November 2012

Passenger evacuation seminar

1st November 2012

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SSI UK has recently achieved a major milestone, having exported over one million tonnes of steel slab through PD Ports owned Teesport.

1st November 2012

Teesport steels up

1st November 2012

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Alfie Cheyne, chief executive of Aberdeenshire based deck machinery specialists ACE Winches, has been announced Global Director of the Year 2012 by the Institute of Directors at the UK Finals.

1st November 2012

Director of the Year

1st November 2012

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Becker Marine Systems has appointed Simplex-Turbulo to represent them in the UK.

1st November 2012

Becker appoints agent

1st November 2012