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As the Mission to Seafarers was celebrating its 150th Anniversary at a service in Westminster Abbey, an all-party group of MPs, led by Shadow Minister for Shipping Julian Brazier, praised the work…

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency search and rescue figures for 2005 show the total number of occasions where assistance was required went down compared to 2004, and the total number of…

The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS), operator of the Primar Stavanger electronic navigational chart service, has signed a distribution agreement for Japanese ENCs with the Japan Hydrographic Association.

A new long term agreement between Associated British Ports and Arkady Feed (UK) Ltd will boost agribulks throughput at the Port of Imminghams Humber International Terminal by an estimated 100,000 tons per…

Radio Holland Group is the first company to receive worldwide recognition by Det Norsk Veritas for servicing and testing radio communication equipment and annul certification of Voyage Data Recorders. Global recognition follows…

Stena Line is to increase freight capacity on its Holyhead to Dublin route with the introduction of an additional vessel. The company will redeploy current ferry Stena Seatrader from its North Sea…

The worlds largest containership, COSCO Ningbo, made its inaugural call at the UK Port of Felixstowe last month. At 9,449 TEU, the giant boxship has the highest declared capacity of any vessel…

The Titanic is the best example of an enduring public fascination withshipwrecks, but for many whose interest is perhaps determined by a proximity tohome territory or some aspect of personal history, there…

The companion publication to Significant Small Ships of 2005, reviewed in MJlast month, Significant Ships of 2005 is a heftier publication dealing with theheftier end of the market in newbuilds produced worldwide…

ALWC is a particularly aggressive and localised form of low water corrosionwhich can occur in tidal and brackish waters on steel maritime structures.

Container handling equipment provider Kalmar, whose machines handle every fourth container or trailer transfer at terminals around the world, has boosted its presence in the American market with the acquisition of East…