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The Jubilee Sailing Trust (JST) of the UK unveiled plans last month at Sail Training Internationals annual conference in Poland to compete in the Tall Ships Race 2008 with the competitions first…

1st December 2006

All-Woman Tall Ship

1st December 2006

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The ABP Port of Lowestoft has played an important role in relieving road traffic pollution by handling brewery plant equipment for local company Adnams. Nine stainless steel brewery tanks built in Germany…

1st December 2006

A Load Off the Road at Lowestoft

1st December 2006

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Aker Yards has signed a contract with Stena Rederi AB of Sweden to deliver two innovative super ferries in the first and third quarters of 2010. The ¢ 400m contract includes options…

1st December 2006

Worlds Largest Ferries for Stena

1st December 2006

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Following a reorganisation of the JusticeDepartment in the Netherlands last year, and as a result of an ongoingrestructuring of the Coast Guard, there has been a noticeable increase in thenumber of criminal…

1st December 2006

Dutch Courts Put Heat on Ports

1st December 2006

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The prestigious 2006 Dutch Maritime Innovation Award went to Van der Velden Marine Systems in presentations at Groenekan near Utrecht last month. The prize completes a successful year for the companys EPS…

1st December 2006

EPS Thruster Grabs Dutch Innovation Award

1st December 2006

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UK communications regulator Ofcom has launched an online lifetime licensing service for ships and amateur radio.

1st December 2006

Online Licensing for Ships

1st December 2006

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French classification society Bureau Veritas is enjoying a record breaking year, with turnover expected to reach ¢ 1.8 billion by the end of this month. Speaking at a reception at Trinity House…

1st December 2006

Buoyant BV Pursues Wary GL

1st December 2006

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On December 8, working under an LOF 2000 form in cooperation with URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, Multraship mobilised the rescue tender Brandaris, the multipurpose salvage vessels Multrasalvor and Union Beaver, the…

1st December 2006

Multraship Refloats Tank Barge Newbuilding

1st December 2006

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Emden based Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has won the contract to build two revenue cutters for the Procurement Agency of the German Federal Customs Administration. The first boat is…

1st December 2006

Emden Maintains SWATH Momentum with German Customs Boats

1st December 2006

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A new Europe Lines container service between the portsof Drogheda and Rotterdam was launched last month, initially with one vesselsailing on a weekly basis every Friday evening from Barge Centre Waalhaven toarrive…

1st December 2006

New Drogheda – Rotterdam Container Service Launched

1st December 2006

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Lifeboat and davits supplier Schat-Harding has extended its wholly owned global service network with the purchase of Cadiz based Equipos Aquanor, an established independent lifeboat servicing station covering the ports and shipyards…

1st December 2006

Schat-Harding Expansion

1st December 2006

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The Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME) has launched a restyled website at www.hme.nl, where visitors can find information about Dutch equipment and maritime suppliers or subscribe for email postings of HME sponsored…

1st December 2006

HME Website Update

1st December 2006

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HRH The Princess Royal visited the SouthamptonSeafarers Centre recently to attend the annual meeting of volunteers andsupporters.

1st December 2006

Princess Supports Seafarers Centre

1st December 2006

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Salvors continue to study options for the ro-rocontainer ship Rokia Delmas, which ran aground off the French Atlantic coastport of La Rochelle in late October and has now been declared a total…

1st December 2006

Rokia Delmas Pollution Response Underway

1st December 2006

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This book provides details on over 2,800 of theworlds commercially active ports and over 19,000 port facilities and serviceswithin these ports to ensure the reader has the best knowledge to conductbusiness activities…

1st December 2006

Lloyds List Ports of the World 2007

1st December 2006

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Never Turn Backfeatures evidence from the RNLI archives to show how the fiercely independentRNLI was nearly taken over by the Government in the 1970s.

1st December 2006

Never Turn Back – The RNLI since the Second World War

1st December 2006

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Quay Marinas has completed a major upgrade toimprove the fuel dispensing facilities at all five of its waterfront locationsaround the British Isles. The investment covers the introduction of electronicmonitoring units designed by…

1st November 2006

Merridale Solution for Waterfront Fuel Berths

1st November 2006

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Advances in technology in thermal imaging have presented ship owners and operators with an opportunity to reduce the costs of meeting the requirements of maritime insurance companies through a regime of ongoing…

1st November 2006

Thermal Imaging Keeps Eye on SOLAS Requirements

1st November 2006

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The AMOT XTS-W Bearing Condition Monitoring System has received Lloyds Register Type Approval, ensuring product quality and suitability for marine applications, whilst enhancing confidence in its effectiveness in detecting critical bearing wear…

1st November 2006

Bearing Monitoring System

1st November 2006

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UK based Marine Software has supplied Marine Planned Maintenance and Marine Storekeeper for the new research vessel RRS James Cook, delivered recently by the Norwegian Flekkefjord Slipp & Maskinfabrikk shipyard. This latest…

1st November 2006

Software Monitors Marine Research Newbuild

1st November 2006