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A German shipowner has pleaded guilty before a regional court in the UK to three merchant shipping vessel safety offenses following a collision between a coaster and the East Goodwin Light Vessel…

8th January 2009

Collision lookout failure

8th January 2009

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Hagglunds Drives has begun building customised power units for their hydraulic drive systems, particularly for marine applications.

8th January 2009

Hagglunds marine facility

8th January 2009

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Oil Spill Response Limited & East Asia Response Limited, the world’ s largest international oil spill response organisation, has been renamed Oil Spill Response.

8th January 2009

Oil Spill Response

8th January 2009

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The management team of International Safety Projects Ltd has completed a £ 4m buy-out of what they claim to be the world’ s largest manufacturer of inflatable marine lifejackets.

8th January 2009

ISP management buy-out

8th January 2009

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Norway’ s national prosecutor, Bjoern Soknes, has fined Bourbon Offshore Norway AS 5m kroner (some £ 500,000) this week for failures which led to the deaths of eight people when the AHTS…

8th January 2009

Bourbon fined for Dolphin capsizing

8th January 2009

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Washington USA based shipbroker Marcon International celebrated a record year by completing three deals on the final day of 2008.

8th January 2009

Marcons record year

8th January 2009

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The French port of Marseilles Fos has initiated a promotional partnership with eight inland ports serving its crucial north-south hinterland along the Rhone-Saone corridor.

8th January 2009

Fosinland links

8th January 2009

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Marine South East, the regional marine initiative of the South East of England Development Agency (SEEDA), will launch the findings of its Global Opportunities research at February’ s MareNet event which will…

8th January 2009

Februarys MareNet examines global marine opportunities

8th January 2009

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Taking time out from his busy schedule during the week before Christmas, the UK’ s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, David Miliband MP, took the opportunity to visit the…

8th January 2009

Foreign Secretary visits Port of Tyne

8th January 2009

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More than £ 3,500 was raised before Christmas for the UK’ s Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) by Newcastle based marine rigging specialists Storrar Marine.

8th January 2009

RNLI funds success

8th January 2009

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At the very end of 2008, twenty professionals from around the world got acquainted with dredging and its challenges during the 31st IADC International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.

8th January 2009

31st IADC seminar spotlights Abu Dhabi

8th January 2009

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The UK’ s Maritime and Coastguard Agency has issued a reminder to seafarers of important changes to the operating frequencies of the Cospas-Sarsat satellite based distress alerting service.

8th January 2009

SAR frequencies change to be implemented

8th January 2009

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Sea Vision UK, a nationwide campaign to raise the profile of the sea and maritime sector, has launched the latest, largest version of its Maritime Careers Guide, a magazine profiling different jobs…

8th January 2009

Maritime jobs guide

8th January 2009

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A call for abstracts has been issued by the organisers of the European Offshore Wind 2009 Conference & Exhibition, which will take place in Stockholm on 14-16 September.

8th January 2009

Offshore wind abstracts

8th January 2009

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Traffic on the world’ s busiest man made waterway, the Kiel Canal (NOK), dipped in late 2008 and figures for the year are expected to show the canal’ s first decline in…

1st January 2009

Kiel Canal hit by shipping decline

1st January 2009

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BMT Defence Services Limited is heading a consortium of 30 companies to investigate the commercially effective application of electric ship technology in a € 23m European Union funded project.

1st January 2009

Equipment suppliers lead EU electric ship study

1st January 2009

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The Danube’ s two ship Twin City Liner catamaran link between the Austrian capital Vienna and downstream Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is developing into more than just a pleasure boat trip.

1st January 2009

Danube Twin City Liner delivered

1st January 2009

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The Renewable Energy Directive, agreed last month, sets a target which means that more than one third of EU electricity must come from renewables in 2020 and wind energy will be the…

1st January 2009

Europe sails closer to the wind

1st January 2009

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BMT Defence Services Limited is heading a consortium of 30 companies to investigate the commercially effective application of electric ship technology in a € 23m European Union funded project.

1st January 2009

Equipment suppliers lead EU electric ship study

1st January 2009

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It is of widespread concern that maritime accidents, rather than going down, are on the increase.

18th December 2008

Recruitment and training lags behind global fleet growth

18th December 2008