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The UK Environment Agency has introduced new signs on theRiver Thames to tell boaters whether or not a lock keeper is at the lock. Thesigns will be introduced at all 44 locks…

The trend for ferry travel among holiday makers continued tostrengthen this summer as customers sought to avoid chaos at UK airports. TheFerrystat figures for the crucial month of August showed car carryings…

The Port of Hamburg has reported impressive first halffigures showing container handling up by 14.3% to 4.8m TEU and the total volumeof cargo handled up by 5% at 69.5m tons. Container handling…

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) heard at its annual convention in Montreal last month that it would cost an estimated $67bn over the next five years to implement a wholesale switch…

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) hitanother milestone last month with the announcement that their membership hadreached 400 companies in 47 countries. The rate of growth has been significant,as the 300 member…

The US ambassador to Sweden, Michael Wood, spoke on energyand the environment at Interferrys 32nd annual conference in Stockholm lastmonth. The US and Sweden signed an implementation agreement this summer onrenewable energy…

Cargo handling equipment supplier Kalmar has acquiredNetherlands based Advanced Cargo Transhipment BV (ACT). The former businessunit of Frog Navigation will assist Kalmar in its strategy to shape the futureof automated port terminals…

Clean Globe Gulf (CGG), part of Finlands Clean GlobeInternational environmental service centre network and the regions largestenvironmental service provider, has been awarded a five year oil spill responsecontract with Shell Oman Marketing.…

Detailed research carried out independent supplychain consultants Logistics Support Services has dispelled the myth thatNorthern UK ports are disadvantaged geographically. The research highlights thatnorthern ports are not too far away from the…

The Port of Kiels answer to expected higher demand followingthe introduction of some of the worlds biggest cruise ferries has been theextension of its inner city Norwegenkai to serve Norways Color Line.

The first offour brand-new Sikorsky S92 helicopters, configured entirely for search andrescue (SAR), completed its maiden mission this month for Stornoway Coastguard.The helicopter airlifted a 77 year old woman from Kinlochbervie, who…