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UK Shipping Minister Stephen Ladyman launched the British Governments long anticipated Ports Policy Review last month and invited responses on a range of broad strategic issues. He also announced the outcome of…

1st June 2006

UK Government Launches Ports Policy Review

1st June 2006

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Authorities in Wilhelmshaven are hoping that construction can begin this year on the planned deep water JadeWeser Port (JWP) Container Terminal, Germanys 1,000m answer to main rival Rotterdam.

1st June 2006

Construction Start This Year for Deepwater Port?

1st June 2006

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With strong growth in almost all trade sectors, cargo throughput at the Port of Marseilles-Fos totalled 16.42m tons to the end of February, marking a 12.4% increase on the first two months…

1st June 2006

Fos Fast Starts 2006

1st June 2006

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The Port of London Authority (PLA) has received two certifications from Lloyds Register Quality Assurance.

1st June 2006

PLA Quality Awards

1st June 2006

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The current holder of the title Young Engineer for Britain has won the United States Coast Guard Award for Boating and Water Safety at the International Science and Engineering Fair held at…

1st June 2006

Tanya Takes USCG Water Safety Award

1st June 2006

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Now in service in Germany is the first in a series of three 17.56m long heavy harbour patrol boats for the Hamburg Wasserschutzpolizei, which is responsible for law and order on the…

1st May 2006

First of Three Heavies for Hamburg Police

1st May 2006

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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…

1st May 2006

Holyhead Freight Boom

1st May 2006

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VT Shipbuilding has completed its construction work on the Royal Navys first of class Type 45 destroyer HMS Daring with delivery of the foremast to BAE Systems Naval Ships in Glasgow.

1st May 2006

HMS Daring Foremast Delivered

1st May 2006

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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…

1st May 2006

Box Tops at Felixstowe

1st May 2006

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Young Engineers is a UK educational charity with a remit to inspire young people to pursue careers in engineering.

1st May 2006

Young Engineer Drug Busters

1st May 2006

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Portsmouth Commercial Por t in the UK and Portsmouth City Council have confirmed that the Spanish short sea shipping line Acciona Transmediterranea will commence operations from the city to the Port of…

1st May 2006

Spanish Ferry to Commence Operations in Portsmouth

1st May 2006

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Delegates from the Haven Gateway Partnership joined port representatives from across Europe last month to share and discuss their experiences in electronic data interchange (EDI) and cargo flows, in the latest of…

1st May 2006

Port-Net Partners Share Experiences

1st May 2006

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Fassmer Werft has handed over the first of a new type of small ship combination designed for environmental service with local authorities.

1st May 2006

Fassmer Produces First Oil Skimming Combination

1st May 2006

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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…

1st May 2006

MCA SAR Improvements

1st May 2006

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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.

1st May 2006

International ENC Cooperation

1st May 2006

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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…

1st May 2006

HIT Bulks Up

1st May 2006

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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…

1st May 2006

DNV Makes It Official

1st May 2006

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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…

1st April 2006

Calamity Corner: The Wrecks of the Eastern English Channel

1st April 2006

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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…

1st April 2006

Significant Ships of 2005

1st April 2006

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

1st April 2006

Management of Accelerated Low Water Corrosion in Steel Maritime Structures

1st April 2006