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One of the last working boatyards on Londons River Thames is threatened by development.

1st January 2005

Development Threat to River Support Services

1st January 2005

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Opportunities to run with Paula Radcliffe and simultaneously support seafarers and their families are still available to participants in next springs Flora London Marathon . Those running and raising sponsorship on behalf…

1st January 2005

Long Running Maritime Charity

1st January 2005

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Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £ 44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal…

1st January 2005

New On HIT List

1st January 2005

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UK based maritime charity Seafarers UK is donating £ 100,000 towards rebuilding the seafaring communities affected by the Tsunami disaster, on the Indian and Sri Lankan coasts.

1st January 2005

Seafarers UK Pledges £100,000 for Tsunami Sufferers

1st January 2005

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Container throughput at the French Port of Marseilles-Fos hasrisen by 9% through the first ten months of 2004 for a total of 765,000 teu. East-west trade was up by 10% to 492,000…

1st January 2005

Fos Box Rise

1st January 2005

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German small ship repair and conversion centre Elsflether Werft on the Weser has seen its slipways full of late with a variety of small ships in for work ranging from routine maintenance…

1st January 2005

Elsflether Stays Busy With Small Ship Work

1st January 2005

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By the beginning of December 2004, the Port of Hamburg had already matched the previous years record cargo handling volume of 106,283 million tons and was heading for a year end figure…

1st January 2005

Hamburg Booming

1st January 2005

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The Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast has added its name to a growing online petition to save the Titanic s tender S/S Nomadic from the breaker. The illustrious Mothership of the…

1st January 2005

Help Save Titanics Tender

1st January 2005

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A new lease of life has been given to a 75 year-old Alster motor launch after five years of restoration carried out by an employment and skill training group in the German…

1st January 2005

Twenties Motor Launch Restored in Hamburg

1st January 2005

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Americas Bisso Marine Co Inc has completed the successful salvage of a 105 Class Liftboat from 258ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The liftboat, which was believed to have sunk…

1st January 2005

Hurricane Season Necessitates Heavy Lift by Bisso

1st January 2005

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A new design of lifeboat, known as the Tamar class, has been allocated to the RNLI Peterhead Lifeboat Station , making it the first station and crew in Scotland to operate this…

1st January 2005

Scotlands First RNLI Tamar

1st January 2005

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From the first day of this month, EH Hassell and Sons Ltd of Stoke on Trent UK has become the nominated distributor for the range of Sennebogen Green Line Material handlers for…

1st January 2005

EH Hassekk & Sons Extend Their Port Handling Territory

1st January 2005

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Lockheed Martin turned up at last months Workboat Show in New Orleans with a new $25 million contract for the detailed design, construction, test and delivery of two Small Waterplane Area Twin…

1st January 2005

Lockheed Grabs a SLICE of the Action

1st January 2005

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Kone Corporation has bought MacGregor from Industri Kapital and Gambro AB forapproximately ? 186 million.

1st January 2005

MacGregor Heads to Kone

1st January 2005

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Revised regulations to prevent marine pollution by ships carrying oil or chemicals have been adopted by the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the IMO .The revised MARPOL Annex 1 isexpected to enter…

1st December 2004

MARPOL Revisions Adopted

1st December 2004

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Shaping up to enter service in January 2005 in waters as far north as the Arctic fringes is the research vessel Maria S Merian , being completed at Kroeger Werft near Rendsburg…

1st December 2004

Maria S Merian Readies for Action

1st December 2004

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The Port of London Authority (PLA) has successfully recovered significant sections of a late 16th Century vessel from the Thames Estuary. Working closely with experts from Wessex Archaeology the Marine Services Department…

1st December 2004

Port of London Raises Historic Elizabethan Remains

1st December 2004

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The RNLI has announced that Porthcawl helmsman Aileen Jones is to be awarded the Institutions Bronze Medal for Gallantry for her part in the rescue of two fishermen on August 24, 2004.…

1st December 2004

RNLI Lifeboat Woman Awarded Gallantry Medal

1st December 2004

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With the London Boat Show returning to the ExCel Exhibition Centre on 6-16 January, visitors wishing to get into a maritime mood en-route can travel to the event by high speed catamaran…

1st December 2004

Fast Travel to London Boat Show

1st December 2004

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The Slovenian Port of Koper , which receives some 2,000 ship calls per year, has installed a Transas AIS Network System procured by the Slovenian Maritime Directorate . The new system covers…

1st December 2004

Port of Koper Coping Better

1st December 2004