Key deals

The Port of Marseilles Authority is transferring two panamax gantry cranes from Fos container terminal to handle growing box traffic at the adjacent Brule-Tabac terminal. The extra equipment will allow Brule-Tabac to…

Saab Transponder Tech has won a major order to supply shipboard Automatic Identification Systems to the Canadian Coast Guard .Under the contract, Saabs licensed integrator/reseller ICAN Ltd will supply 105 Saab R4…

Heavy duty handling equipment manufacturer Kalmar , part of Kone Cargotec , has acquired the Dutch companies Peinemann Kalmar CV and Peinemann Kalmar Rental BV from parent organisation the Peinemann Group for…

The European Commission has given Italy approval for a 240m subsidy scheme for the next three years to encourage the transfer of heavy goods vehicles from road to sea. The EC will…

Having completed a strategic reorientation over recent years, Smit International NV has posted mixed but generally good overall results for 2004. The groups Salvage Division experienced a high work rate throughout the…

Admission is free to the Merseyside Maritime Museum , where a collection of newly acquired exhibits linked to the Titanic and Lusitania disasters has gone on display. These include the only item…

Icelandic shipping to logistics company Samskip is set to acquire control of the Dutch intermodal operator Geest North Sea in a deal that will create Europes largest intra-European intermodal/shortsea container shipping network.…

Hundreds of staff from Southampton Cargo Handling Ltd (SCH) and its subsidiary Cruise and Passenger Services (CPS) had their busiest ever week recently when the liners Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth…

Lifting hardware supplier Crosby has launched a new range of chain fittings that are 25% stronger than comparable products and can be used with either Grade 10 or Grade 8 chain. The…

Rolls-Royce has won a £ 137m long-term service and support contract for gas turbines which power 27 ships in service with the British Royal Navy as well as the French, Belgian and…

Maritime services provider Groupe Bourbon has posted a turnover increase of 13.9% in marine services for the first quarter of this year. The sector has been boosted by an expansion of offshore…

Subtitled A Celebration of Britains Maritime Heritage, Maritime Britain examines the island nations nautical heritage seen through the astonishing variety of its maritime museums, historical ships and coastal attractions.

Quite specific in its focus, this Volume 2 deals with shipwrecks along the UK east coast from Whitby down to Skegness during the years from1918 to 2003, following an earlier Volume 1…