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Mercator Media’s 34th Motorship Propulsion and Emissions Conference, being held in Hamburg, Germany on the 23-24 May 2012, is getting full backing from the industry.

24th April 2012

Industry backs Propulsion & Emissions Conference

24th April 2012

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(France) Ferry operators DFDS and LDA have doubled the frequency on the popular Dover – Calais crossing of the English Channel.

23rd April 2012

Second French ferry

23rd April 2012

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Ports Adapting to Change (PATCH) is hosting a Seawork 2012 conference this year - helping ports improve strategy on the important issues of management, financing and cooperation.

23rd April 2012

PATCH ports target Seawork

23rd April 2012

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(Netherlands) On March 1st 2012The Netherlands’ Hydrographic and Marine Consultants BV (HMC) received a cheque of little over €80,000 last month from the European Union to develop a Ship Dismantling Instrument.

20th April 2012

Dutch ship breaking

20th April 2012

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The British Government launched its first marine industries showcase at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) last month to highlight the industry’s multi-billion pound contribution to the UK economy.

19th April 2012

UK marine industries showcase

19th April 2012

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UK Shipping Minister, Mike Penning MP, met with the All-Party Parliamentary Maritime and Ports Group last month to give the industry an update in terms of the government’s maritime strategy going forward.

19th April 2012

UK shipping – a serious issue

19th April 2012

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(Belgium) The Finnish company Ruukki, specialising in energy efficient steel solutions, is the latest steel producer to choose the port of Antwerp as its European distribution hub.

19th April 2012

Ruukki steels Antwerp

19th April 2012

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(Cyprus) Repair, preventive maintenance, and conversion specialist Harris Pye Group has appointed WSR Services Ltd of Limassol in Cyprus as agents for marine engineering and offshore oil and gas projects.

18th April 2012

Harris Pye in Cyprus

18th April 2012

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Helen Deeble, the new president of the UK Chamber of Shipping, has said that green initiatives will continue to be a focus for the organisation, although the sector’s stability is of “paramount…

17th April 2012

UK shipping organisation pledges green focus

17th April 2012

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New shipping risks are highlighted by a report that marks the changes since the loss of the Titanic a century ago.

17th April 2012

A hundred years of changes, but challenges remain

17th April 2012

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(Pacific) The World Ocean Council is encouraging vessels transiting the North Pacific to send Japanese tsunami debris information to NOAA.

17th April 2012

Tsunami debris threat

17th April 2012

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Spanish winch specialist, Ibercisa, will be back to exhibit at Seawork this year with the emphasis squarely on electrically driven deck equipment – one of the largest technological developments in the field.

16th April 2012

Ibercisa return to Seawork

16th April 2012

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(Japan) An experimental offshore wind farm project aimed to help Fukushima recover from the tsunami of a year ago is underway.

16th April 2012

Fukushima wind farm

16th April 2012

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(UK) At the 8th Institute of Directors (IoD) Scotland Director of the Year Awards, Alfie Cheyne, CEO of ACE Winches, was announced as the Aberdeen and Grampian Regional Director winner.

16th April 2012

ACE hat trick

16th April 2012

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(UK) Colin Parker, chief executive of Aberdeen Harbour Board, has been elected chairman of the British Ports Association for the next two years at its AGM in London late last month.

14th April 2012

New BPA chairman

14th April 2012

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(UK) The UK’s first Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA) project, funded by Defra and the Devolved Governments, has won the Climate Week Award for ‘Best Initiative by a Government or Statutory Body’.

13th April 2012

Climate Change Risk

13th April 2012

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Lincs Wind Farm Ltd has chosen Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Port of Hull as one of its logistics bases for its Lincs Offshore Wind Farm.

12th April 2012

Lincs links logistics to Port of Hull

12th April 2012

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Seawork, the commercial marine industry exhibition and conference, will take place in just six weeks time, on Tuesday 22 May at the Canary Islands Fruit Terminal in the UKs ABP Port of…

11th April 2012

Register now to visit Seawork

11th April 2012

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The second of Tidal Transit Ltds windfarm service vessels (WFSV), Eden Rose, has just been launched by Spanish shipbuilder Mercurio Plastics – and it will be on display at Seawork International next…

10th April 2012

Second WFSV for Tidal Transit

10th April 2012

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Whilst studying in Southampton, John Bonafoux of BMT Nigel Gee found himself in a roomful of people wanting to design racing yachts. So he looked to sharpen his talents elsewhere, finding a…

6th April 2012

A keen eye for hull form design

6th April 2012