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Ocean Safety’s Aberdeen depot is now fully operational, just one month after it opened, to service the growing demand for safety equipment from the expanding offshore renewables market.

21st May 2012

Renewables drive safety expansion

21st May 2012

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(France - UK) Engineering software solutions provider Desktop Engineering (DTE), an accredited business partner of Dassault Systèmes, has created a new team that will focus on the marine and offshore sector, and…

21st May 2012

Desktop workboat design

21st May 2012

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(UK) HR Wallingford and UK Port Advisers have formed an alliance aimed at improving service to clients and enhancing their offerings to market in both the UK and overseas.

21st May 2012

Ports consultancy alliance

21st May 2012

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(Germany) On its maiden voyage to Hamburg last month, the Hyundai Together was the first ship with a carrying capacity of 13,000 TEU to be handled at HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder (CTA).

19th May 2012

13,000 TEU at CTA

19th May 2012

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(France) The Medlink Ports partnership formed four years ago linking Marseilles Fos and nine trimodal ports on the 550km Rhone-Saone inland waterways network has been joined by the seaport of Sete.

18th May 2012

Sete joins Medlink

18th May 2012

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A Ramsgate UK seafront café/bar has been refused a licence to serve alcohol from 6:00 am to satisfy the demand from sailors from Denmark and the Netherlands.

17th May 2012

Soft drinks only after windfarm work

17th May 2012

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The European Commission (EC) will propose new rules to increase the safety of ferries and other boats by the end of 2012.

17th May 2012

Ferry safety rules

17th May 2012

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At time of writing, Fairstar Heavy Transport has just rejected an unsolicited, conditional offer from Dockwise to acquire the former’s shares at a purchase price of NOK9.30 (€1.23) per share, in a…

16th May 2012

Dockwise moves on Fairstar

16th May 2012

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There is less than one week to go until this years Seawork, taking place next week from 22 to 24 May at the UKs ABP Port of Southampton.

16th May 2012

One week until Seawork 2012

16th May 2012

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British receiver Smith & Williamson has been appointed to find a new owner for the 370 tonne tall ship, Pelican.

15th May 2012

New owner needed for tall ship

15th May 2012

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HydroComp Inc. is holding a 2012 Propeller Workshop on 11 June in Glasgow.

15th May 2012

Propeller Workshop

15th May 2012

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(Belgium) Richard Pawling has been announced as the winner of the GL COMPIT Award 2012.

15th May 2012

Safe design award

15th May 2012

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(Poland) Alphatron has acquired two establishments in Poland, establishing Alphatron Marine Poland as an Eastern European base.

14th May 2012

Alphatron heads east

14th May 2012

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Milford Haven Port Authority (MHPA) has become one of just three ports in the UK to be awarded an EcoPorts PERS certificate for its environmental management system.

14th May 2012

EcoPort cert for MHPA

14th May 2012

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(UK) SELEX Elsag, a Finmeccanica company, has launched a new OceanLink Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) satellite communications capability.

12th May 2012

Broadband for WFSVs

12th May 2012

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Not just aimed at the leisure sector, the new RYA Professional Practices and Responsibilities course aims to help mariners, whether on board a workboat or private yacht, with understanding their requisite duty…

11th May 2012

RYA for workboats

11th May 2012

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A new maritime technical advice centre in Rosyth, Scotland, has been opened this week by the UK’s Ministry of Defence Director Ships, Tony Graham.

11th May 2012

New maritime technical advice centre

11th May 2012

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The European project MOS4MOS (Monitoring and Operation Services for Motorways of the Sea) has demonstrated the importance of cooperation between different states in order to boost competitiveness.

10th May 2012

MOS4MOS progresses towards final stage

10th May 2012

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Over the past 14 years, some 90,000 visitors have flocked to Seawork - now firmly established as the international commercial marine exhibition where the industry buys, sells, negotiates and collaborates.

9th May 2012

A decade of innovation at Seawork

9th May 2012

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(UK) Solar Solve Ltd managing director Julie Lightfoot received her MBE from HM The Queen in a ceremony at London’s Buckingham Place late last month. The award recognises her hard work and…

9th May 2012

Solar Solve MBE

9th May 2012