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Following last month' s high profile recovery of the Portrush lifeboat, the Katie Hannan, Eccleshall UK based shipping company Robert Wynn & Sons have been called in again to help the RNLI.

1st April 2008

Terra Marique Assists RNLI Again

1st April 2008

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In a change to the previous arrangement, Canadian operator CHC Helicopter Corporation now operate rescue helicopters for the MCA at four UK bases.

1st April 2008

New MCA Helicopters for UK South Coast

1st April 2008

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More than 190 participants at the 5th annual Green Ship Technology conference in Rotterdam last month explored the latest tide of ‘ stick and carrot’ options for making shipping environmentally sustainable. Eco-friendly…

1st April 2008

Pressure Builds for Mandatory Emissions Rules

1st April 2008

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Ferry operator Wightlink has launched the first of three new ferries at the Brodogradiliste Kraljevica yard in Croatia, where all three of the vessels are being built.

1st April 2008

Bright Future for Wight Light Route

1st April 2008

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Pirates took the crew of a luxury French yacht hostage on Friday 4 April. The 850-ton three-mast yacht the  Ponant (operated by Marseille-based CMA-CGM) had 30 crew but no passengers when it…

1st April 2008

Pirates SeizeYacht

1st April 2008

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The European Maritime Education & Training conference is being held in the historic port city of Kirkwall, capital of the Orkney Isles, on Friday 30 May, 2008.

27th March 2008

European Maritime Education & Training Conference

27th March 2008

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Nautical – the Next Step, a maritime training initiative including a Deck Cadet training course offered by Banff and Buchan College in Scotland, has been launched to tackle industry skills shortages.

27th March 2008

Maritime Training Addresses Skills Shortage

27th March 2008

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The 42nd Marine Measurement Forum will be hosted by Sonardyne International Ltd on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire UK.

27th March 2008

42nd Marine Measurement Forum

27th March 2008

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Cookson & Zinn (CZ), the specialist tank and vessel manufacturers, have supplied 24 new buoys for a range of locations around the English and Welsh coast for Trinity House.

26th March 2008

CZ Buoyed by Trinity House Order

26th March 2008

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Tideland Signal Ltd has won the public tender to supply its Informer V03 AIS to Barcelona Port Authority for installation on four of the port' s most important buoys in order to…

26th March 2008

Buoy Mounted AIS for Barcelona

26th March 2008

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Middlesex UK based Pharos Marine report further orders for the marking of offshore wind generators.

26th March 2008

Pharos Marine Riding the Wind

26th March 2008

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The Safety at Sea and Marine Equipment Exhibition (SASMEX) returns to the Hilton Brighton Metropole Hotel on 16 and 17 April following a successful re-launch at the same venue last year.

20th March 2008

SASMEX Keeps the Focus on Safety

20th March 2008

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The sixth edition of the Gulf Maritime Exhibition, the Middle East' s premier maritime event dedicated to meeting the complete sourcing requirements of the commercial, government, leisure, and the military maritime sectors,…

20th March 2008

Gulf Maritime Rides Regional Growth

20th March 2008

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Kent based Everard Insurance Brokers Ltd are celebrating 20 years over which they have kept well abreast of progressive changes in the London marine insurance market.

20th March 2008

Everard Celebrate 20 Years of Marine Insurance

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Belgian dredging and marine engineering company Jan de Nul has taken delivery of ' DN 75' ,a new purpose built fast survey vessel currently in transit to Dubai, where it will be…

20th March 2008

New Survey Boat for Jan de Nul

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Two Scottish companies, SeeByte and Subsea 7, are to collaborate in development of a new generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) for the offshore oil and gas industries.

20th March 2008

Joint AUV Development

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

SEA in Somerset, which specialises in seabed classification and other underwater systems, has been chosen to develop a deep ocean low frequency swath survey sonar for the UK National Oceanography Centre' s…

20th March 2008

SEA to develop survey sonar for TOBI

20th March 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Concerned that graduates from survey courses recruited into the offshore industry do not necessarily have the requisite levels of knowledge to begin a successful career, the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has…

20th March 2008

IMCA Guidelines for Graduate Surveyors

20th March 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

PD Ports (PDP) in the UK has  announced that it has received formal planning approval for its Northern Gateway Container Terminal (NGCT) at Teesport in the North East of England.

20th March 2008

PD Ports Gets Go Ahead for NGCT

20th March 2008

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Professor Kees d’ Angremond, a leading consultant on coastal engineering, has called for major change in the way countries and corporations plan, execute and manage coastal development.

20th March 2008

Call for Change in Coastal Management

20th March 2008