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Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS) programme to expand support services in the Arabian Gulf is continuing apace, with the two launch vessels ordered last June on course to be delivered ahead of schedule.

1st March 2003

ISS Ahead of Schedule

1st March 2003

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Swedish safety equipment manufacturer CM Hammar has launched a new version of the Hydrostatic Release Unit which is a widely recognised component of innumerable liferafts and EPIRBs.

1st March 2003

Hammar Nails Confusion with New Release Unit

1st March 2003

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Marine oil treatment, desalinisation and heat transfer solutions specialist Alfa Laval has acquired the Danish Toftejorg Group, which includes tank cleaning specialists Gunclean Toftejorg.

1st March 2003

Alfa Laval Tanks Up in Denmark

1st March 2003

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The Mersey Maritime cluster has been launched in the Merseyside (Liverpool) region of the UK, aiming to become a world class benchmark centre of excellence in every sector of maritime operations and…

1st March 2003

Mersey Beats Drum for Maritime Expansion

1st March 2003

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A grouping of major shipping lines have warned the British government that they could end direct calls at UK ports and even go to court unless light dues are brought into line…

1st March 2003

Lights Due for a Rethink, Shippers Tell UK

1st March 2003

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All Daimler-Chrysler marine engines will now be singlebranded as MTU regardless of whether they are manufactured by the Detroit Diesel Corporation in Michigan USA or by MTU in Friedrichshafen, Germany. The single…

1st March 2003

Single Branding for DaimlerChrysler Marine Diesels

1st March 2003

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Milford Haven Port Authority has reported a strong performance in shipping activity for the year 2002, with the number of ships using the Welsh deepwater port up 3% to 3,445 while gross…

1st March 2003

Bountiful Year for Milford Haven

1st March 2003

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HHLA, the biggest operator in the North Sea Port of Hamburg, has just opened a new ?50m container terminal and it is more than 60 kms away overland, in Germanys biggest Baltic…

1st March 2003

New Hamburg Container Terminal is in Lubeck

1st March 2003

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Cosalt Safety & Protection has formed an exclusive working partnership with Belgium based rope manufacturer BEXCOropes to promote, sell, manufacture and supply Single Point Mooring (SPM) hawser assemblies to the offshore marine…

1st March 2003

Cosalt Ropes Offshore Partnership

1st March 2003

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Associated British Ports exceeded already high market expectations by posting a 6% rise in underlying pre-tax profit to £ 138.1m and boosting turnover by 7% to £ 401.9m.

1st March 2003

ABP Boosts Profits

1st March 2003

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EXODUS evacuation simulation software developed by the University of Greenwich (UK) Fire Safety Engineering Group has been awarded a prestigious Queens Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education at a special ceremony…

1st March 2003

EXODUS Wins Prestigious Award

1st March 2003

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The German Coast Guard has taken delivery of Bad Bramstedt, the first of three advanced new patrol boats from Abeking & Rasmussen in Lemwerder for service mainly in the German Bight region…

1st February 2003

Russian Hulls for Germanys New Coast Guard Vessels

1st February 2003

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Three members of the management team and a private investor have purchased a controlling interest in Blondecell Ltd, the Hampshire UK based boatbuilder. Managing Director Nigel Crabbe, Commercial Director David Morland and…

1st February 2003

Management Buy-In at Blondecell

1st February 2003

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Cosalt Safety & Protection has acquired the Scottish company Seadog Lifesaving Appliances in a deal valued at approximately £ 2.5m. Cosalt describes the acquisition as a natural step forward for both the…

1st February 2003

Cosalt Broadens Base With Seadog Acquisition

1st February 2003

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Smit Salvage resumed operations earlier this month to remove bunkers from the sunken car carrier Tricolor in the English Channel. The salvage team had earlier been forced to discontinue operations due to…

1st February 2003

Tricolor Bunker Removal Resumes

1st February 2003

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Civil engineering hydraulics and water environment consultancy HR Wallingford has been chosen by the European Space Agency to lead a team to evaluate the market for satellite earth observation (EO) data. The…

1st February 2003

HR Wallingford To Lead Earth Observation Team

1st February 2003

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Germanys Bundesamt fur Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie (BSH) has type approved and wheelmark approved Furunos recently announced AIS Type FA-100 against IEC61993-2, IEC61162 and IEC61108.

1st February 2003

Type Approval for AIS Type FA-100

1st February 2003

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Rolls Royce has developed the worlds most powerful waterjets for a Japanese Techno-Superliner which will carry 700 passengers and 210 tonnes of cargo at 38 knots, cutting the journey time for the…

1st February 2003

Rolls Royce Ups Waterjet Power Stakes

1st February 2003

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While working off St Ives on the north coast of Cornwall last month, the crew of the Trinity House Lighthouse Service vessel THV Mermaid captured a drifting navigation buoy.

1st February 2003

Mermaid Captures Lost Buoy

1st February 2003

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Safety and survival specialist RGIT Montrose has devised the UKs first Marine Safety Officers and Representatives Course in response to growing industry demand. Following the UK Governments recent recommendations that ship officers…

1st February 2003

New Marine Safety Officers Course Available

1st February 2003