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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

To meet forecast growth in world trade over the next decade, container ports and the shipping industry will need to double capacity. Achieving such growth with minimal adverse effect on the environment…

1st December 2005

Ports Meet Environment at GreenPort 2006

1st December 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Europes biggest seaport, Rotterdam, has revealed plans for a second new container terminal with facilities for feeders and inland waterway vessels.

1st December 2005

New Terminal Will Ease Congestion

1st December 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Vehicle handling and logistics firm E H Harms, part of Bremens BLG Logistics, has opened a car handling terminal in Europes biggest inland port, Duisburg, to boost the role of the Rhine…

1st December 2005

New Terminal Boosts Rhine Intermodal Role

1st December 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Following the acquisition of four vessels from Dean & Dyball Construction earlier this year, Poole UK based Jenkins Marine have further expanded their fleet to include the two 300m 3split hopper barges…

1st December 2005

Jenkins Expand Dredging Fleet

1st December 2005

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Poole Harbour Commissioners in Dorset UK has awarded Partrac Ltd a contract to continuously monitor dredging operations in Poole harbour over a five month period which commenced in November.

1st December 2005

Contract to Monitor Poole Dredging Operations

1st December 2005

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) in the UK has offered a grant of £ 10,000 to British Waterways, towards the cost of a hydraulics research project on the effects of boats moving…

1st December 2005

IWA Provides Funds for Hydraulics Research Project

1st December 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority has installed a comprehensive package of solar-powered aids for lighthouses along the countrys 335 mile coastline.

1st December 2005

Lighthouses Convert to Solar Power

1st December 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The perpetual threat of global terrorist activity has generated an urgent need for the protection of people and property everywhere. This has in turn led to the application of innovative and technologically…

1st December 2005

Security buoys Parliament

1st December 2005

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Moses Project is meant to protect Venice from sinking.

1st December 2005

Resinex Package for Moses

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Transas Europe GmbH, the European representative Office of the Transas Group, has been selected to supply a new large scale Simulator named AANS for the Marineschule Muerwik (MSM), the German Naval Officers…

1st December 2005

Transas supply German Naval Academy with new Simulators

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Radio Holland Group (RHG), with branch offices located along the major shipping routes, and specialising in the supply, installation and service of maritime electronics, is rolling out a new service information…

1st December 2005

New Service from RHG

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Danelec Marine launched the new DM300 at the recent Europort Exhibition in Rotterdam.

1st December 2005

Simplified Voyage Data Recorder Launch

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Debuted at the Europort Maritime exhibition in Rotterdam last month is Cyprus-based OmniQual Ltd, offering an impressive range of German-built portable fire fighting units.

1st December 2005

Mobile Fire Fighting Launch at Europort

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Lifeboat and davit supplier Schat-Harding is expanding its Asian manufacturing activities by building its KISS lifeboats in China. The company is also developing a 32 person freefall lifeboat for dry cargo vessels…

1st December 2005

Schat-Hardings Manufactures Chinese KISS Lifeboats

1st December 2005

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Harwich Integrated Ports Course run by South Tyneside Colleges School of Maritime Studies and Engineering has become the first of its kind to be approved by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.…

1st December 2005

Integrated Ports Training at South Tyneside

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

2005 has been a highly successful year for Turkish tugbuilder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik Ltd. The company, who specialise in building standard tugs based on four different series designs is steadily adding…

1st December 2005

Sanmar Spread Their Wings

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past two or three years the multi-national towage group Svitzer-Wijsmuller has been undertaking an ongoing fleet replacement programme, intended to update existing tug fleets and ensure that important new towage…

1st December 2005

Svitzer Replacement Programme Continues Unabated

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Adsteam Towage has made a succession of recent announcements indicating important moves to reinforce the companys ongoing commitment to continuous improvement in the delivery of towage services in the UK.

1st December 2005

Changes Come Thick and Fast at Adsteam

1st December 2005

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Stevns Arctic, an Ice Class ASD tug and sister to the earlier Stevns Ocean, has been delivered to Danish management company Nordane Shipping of Svendborg by Irving Shipbuilding Inc.

1st December 2005

TOWLINES

1st December 2005

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The P& O ports and ferries group has agreed to a £ 3.3bn takeover bid from Dubai Ports World (DP World), which is owned by the Dubai government. P& O announced that…

1st December 2005

P&O Accepts Dubai Takeover Bid

1st December 2005