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Opportunities to run with Paula Radcliffe and simultaneously support seafarers and their families are still available to participants in next springs Flora London Marathon . Those running and raising sponsorship on behalf…

1st January 2005

Long Running Maritime Charity

1st January 2005

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Global power generation company International Power has signed a term agreement with Associated British Ports to use the new £ 44.5 million coal facility being built by extending the Humber International Terminal…

1st January 2005

New On HIT List

1st January 2005

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UK based maritime charity Seafarers UK is donating £ 100,000 towards rebuilding the seafaring communities affected by the Tsunami disaster, on the Indian and Sri Lankan coasts.

1st January 2005

Seafarers UK Pledges £100,000 for Tsunami Sufferers

1st January 2005

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Container throughput at the French Port of Marseilles-Fos hasrisen by 9% through the first ten months of 2004 for a total of 765,000 teu. East-west trade was up by 10% to 492,000…

1st January 2005

Fos Box Rise

1st January 2005

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German small ship repair and conversion centre Elsflether Werft on the Weser has seen its slipways full of late with a variety of small ships in for work ranging from routine maintenance…

1st January 2005

Elsflether Stays Busy With Small Ship Work

1st January 2005

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By the beginning of December 2004, the Port of Hamburg had already matched the previous years record cargo handling volume of 106,283 million tons and was heading for a year end figure…

1st January 2005

Hamburg Booming

1st January 2005

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The Harland & Wolff yard in Belfast has added its name to a growing online petition to save the Titanic s tender S/S Nomadic from the breaker. The illustrious Mothership of the…

1st January 2005

Help Save Titanics Tender

1st January 2005

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A new lease of life has been given to a 75 year-old Alster motor launch after five years of restoration carried out by an employment and skill training group in the German…

1st January 2005

Twenties Motor Launch Restored in Hamburg

1st January 2005

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Americas Bisso Marine Co Inc has completed the successful salvage of a 105 Class Liftboat from 258ft of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The liftboat, which was believed to have sunk…

1st January 2005

Hurricane Season Necessitates Heavy Lift by Bisso

1st January 2005

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A new design of lifeboat, known as the Tamar class, has been allocated to the RNLI Peterhead Lifeboat Station , making it the first station and crew in Scotland to operate this…

1st January 2005

Scotlands First RNLI Tamar

1st January 2005

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Force Dredging Systems (FDS) has recently completed a successful hire contract in the Caspian Sea which involved clearing drill mud cuttings and debris away from the base of a production jacket and…

1st December 2004

Force Be With You Underwater

1st December 2004

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The ShengLi Oilfield has purchased two advanced TSS440 pipe trackers for use with its new pipelay plough. The two pipe trackers have been supplied by UK company VT TSS Ltd and fitted…

1st December 2004

Nearshore Project for New Pipe Tracker

1st December 2004

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Seeing what at first appears to be a modern sport fisherman with an Effer knuckle boom crane mounted to port amidships makes the viewer wonder how big a fish the crew is…

1st December 2004

Redeemer Adds Diving to Activities List

1st December 2004

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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Proceedings of its Hydro4 symposium in Galway last month attended by delegates from over 30 countries are now available from the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies , formerly The Hydrographic Society .

1st December 2004

Hydro4 Proceedings Available

1st December 2004

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The Port of Bristol has completed installation of a Reson SeaBat 8101 multibeam echosounder on its survey vessel, Isambard Brunel .

1st December 2004

SeaBats for Bristol and London

1st December 2004

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Aberdeen-based Veripos has extended its dual-frequency satellite-delivered Differential GPS service for offshore users in Asia-Pacific regions with establishment of new operational facilities in Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.

1st December 2004

Veripos Extends DGPS Network to Asia-Pacific Regions

1st December 2004

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The Southampton Institute is to stage a third Swathe Bathymetry seminar on multibeam and other sounding methods, at its Sir James Matthews Conference Centre from 18-19 January.

1st December 2004

Swathe Bathymetry Seminar

1st December 2004

PORTS & HARBOURS

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Edmund Nuttall Ltd successfully installed prefabricated vehicle and passenger walkway ramps last month under their design and construct contract with Dover Harbour Board UK for the new Pier F and Berths 8…

1st December 2004

Dover Ramp Contract Completed

1st December 2004

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Fentek s entire range of high performance moulded fenders has achieved Type Approval status from Germanischer Lloyd following rigorous testing to the new International Navigation Association (PIANC) protocol.

1st December 2004

Fenders Meet PIANC Protocol

1st December 2004

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Anglian Marine Services Limited (AMSL) were awarded the main diving contract by Costain earlier this year to install cathodic protection to all steel pile wall sections at the Trinity III Terminal s…

1st December 2004

Innovation Expedites Quayside Works

1st December 2004