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The Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME) has launched a restyled website at www.hme.nl, where visitors can find information about Dutch equipment and maritime suppliers or subscribe for email postings of HME sponsored…

1st December 2006

HME Website Update

1st December 2006

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The European Marine Equipment Council (EMEC), which represents some 1,250 companies across Europe, has welcomed the Draft EP TRAN Committee Reports amendments to the European Commissions Draft Classification Societies Directive.

1st December 2006

EMEC Backs Harmonisation

1st December 2006

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HRH The Princess Royal visited the SouthamptonSeafarers Centre recently to attend the annual meeting of volunteers andsupporters.

1st December 2006

Princess Supports Seafarers Centre

1st December 2006

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Bureau veritas latest takeover bid for rival classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been rejected as hostile by the GL Works Council, which has three representatives on the seven member board which will…

1st December 2006

GL Workers Reject BV Bid

1st December 2006

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Salvors continue to study options for the ro-rocontainer ship Rokia Delmas, which ran aground off the French Atlantic coastport of La Rochelle in late October and has now been declared a total…

1st December 2006

Rokia Delmas Pollution Response Underway

1st December 2006

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Schleswig Holsteins State Waterways Police (WSP) has completed a Europe-wide tender process by awarding orders for four patrol boats to home shipyard Fassmer as part of a ¢ 25.4m fleet renewal programme.

1st December 2006

25.4m German Police Fleet Renewal

1st December 2006

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Container throughput at the French port of Marseilles-Fos rose by 4% for the ten months to the end of October, including a 7% increase to 542,000 TEU on east-west trades through Fos,where…

1st December 2006

Fos 2XL Go-Ahead

1st December 2006

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This book provides details on over 2,800 of theworlds commercially active ports and over 19,000 port facilities and serviceswithin these ports to ensure the reader has the best knowledge to conductbusiness activities…

1st December 2006

Lloyds List Ports of the World 2007

1st December 2006

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The Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) of the UK unveiled plans last month at Sail Training Internationals annual conference in Poland to compete in the Tall Ships Race 2008 with the competitions first…

1st December 2006

All-Woman Tall Ship

1st December 2006

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Never Turn Backfeatures evidence from the RNLI archives to show how the fiercely independentRNLI was nearly taken over by the Government in the 1970s.

1st December 2006

Never Turn Back – The RNLI since the Second World War

1st December 2006

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The ABP Port of Lowestoft has played an important role in relieving road traffic pollution by handling brewery plant equipment for local company Adnams. Nine stainless steel brewery tanks built in Germany…

1st December 2006

A Load Off the Road at Lowestoft

1st December 2006

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Aker Yards has signed a contract with Stena Rederi AB of Sweden to deliver two innovative super ferries in the first and third quarters of 2010. The ¢ 400m contract includes options…

1st December 2006

Worlds Largest Ferries for Stena

1st December 2006

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Following a reorganisation of the JusticeDepartment in the Netherlands last year, and as a result of an ongoingrestructuring of the Coast Guard, there has been a noticeable increase in thenumber of criminal…

1st December 2006

Dutch Courts Put Heat on Ports

1st December 2006

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The prestigious 2006 Dutch Maritime Innovation Award went to Van der Velden Marine Systems in presentations at Groenekan near Utrecht last month. The prize completes a successful year for the companys EPS…

1st December 2006

EPS Thruster Grabs Dutch Innovation Award

1st December 2006

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UK communications regulator Ofcom has launched an online lifetime licensing service for ships and amateur radio.

1st December 2006

Online Licensing for Ships

1st December 2006

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French classification society Bureau Veritas is enjoying a record breaking year, with turnover expected to reach ¢ 1.8 billion by the end of this month. Speaking at a reception at Trinity House…

1st December 2006

Buoyant BV Pursues Wary GL

1st December 2006

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Scene setting debates on the European cruise and ferryindustries, with the UK government minister responsible for shipping and portsdue to make the keynote address, will open the relaunched Cruise + Ferryexhibition and…

1st November 2006

Cruise + Ferry Relaunched on Thames

1st November 2006

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After a year hiatus following Hurricane Katrina,the International WorkBoat Show returns to New Orleans USA from 29 Novemberthrough 1 December. The largest US maritime trade show and conference willagain take place in…

1st November 2006

International WorkBoat Show Returns to New Orleans

1st November 2006

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Naval architects and marine engineering consultants Houlder Ltd has acquired bespoke ship designers Hart Fenton from the Sea Containers Group, expanding its capability and capacity for new ship design.

1st November 2006

Hart Fenton to Houlder

1st November 2006

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A major exercise simulating a sinking passenger vessel and involving multiple agencies both afloat and ashore was held on the River Thames earlier this month. Intended to test LESLP (London Emergency Services…

1st November 2006

Thames Rescue Services Test

1st November 2006