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In a period of 24 hours last month, three times as much new wind power capacity (300MW) was approved in Scotland and Wales than was built during the whole of last year.…

1st November 2004

A Hot Wind Blows

1st November 2004

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Finlands Aker Yards Group has merged its two shipyards in that country, Kvaerner Masa - Yards Inc and Aker Finnyards Inc , into a new company called Aker Finnyard s.

1st November 2004

Aker Shakes the Cruise World

1st November 2004

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Electrical problems during sea trials have delayed the delivery of Planet , Germanys biggest SWATH vessel. The word from Nordseewerke (NSW) in Emden is that handover might not now take place before…

1st November 2004

German SWATH Programme Hits a Snag

1st November 2004

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On 27 September, the pushboat Riad left Rotterdams ECT Delta Terminals with a record load of 652TEU. All of the 415 containers on board were full, to be unloaded in Rotterdam and…

1st November 2004

Big Box Load Is Beautiful

1st November 2004

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Ship repairers A&P Birkenhead and Reddington Finance Ltd have reached an agreement for the sale and leaseback of some of A&Ps land at Birkenhead. A&P Birkenhead retains ownership of the drydocks but…

1st November 2004

A&P Birkenhead Land Deal

1st November 2004

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Terneuzen based Multraship Salvage has completed the lifting of the 79m trailing suction hopper dredger Thor R , which sank in the mouth of the Danish port of Esjberg on 26 September.

1st November 2004

Multraship Completes Danish Dredger Salvage at Esjberg

1st November 2004

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Scotland based Alfred Cheyne Engineering Ltd (ACE Winches) continue to demonstrate their ability to deliver large winch packages in short delivery times.

1st November 2004

ACE Set the Pace in Winch Delivery

1st November 2004

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Members of the British Shippers Council (BSC) have expressed extreme concern that their supply chains are at breaking point due to the growing pressures of port congestion.

1st November 2004

FTA Considers Dire Port Congestion Options

1st November 2004

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A report compiled by the Netherlands Bureau for Economic Policy Analysis (CPB) following a two year study into the deepening of the River Scheldt has found that such works would not have…

1st November 2004

Dredging D-Day Looms for Port of Antwerp

1st November 2004

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The Fridtjof Nansen Shipyard in east Germany has applied for bankruptcy proceedings after Greenpeace paid only part of the ¢ 1.4m price for its newbuilding Beluga 11 , saying the ship had…

1st November 2004

Beluga 11 Yard Goes Bankrupt Over Cost Row With Greenpeace

1st November 2004

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Martek Marine , the Rotherham UK based supplier of safety monitoring systems to the global marine industry, has won Best Use of Teleworking at the 2004 DTI/InterForum E-Commerce Awards ceremony in London…

1st November 2004

Suppliers E-Commerce Award

1st November 2004

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IMS , a division of Liquid Waste Technology LLC , has opted to install John Deere engines on its entire Versi-Dredge product line.

1st November 2004

John Deere Diesels for Dredgers

1st November 2004

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The European Commission adopted a communication last month on moving to the deployment and operational phases of the European satellite radio navigation system.

1st November 2004

EC Gives Go for Galileo

1st November 2004

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It is unusual to visit the offices of a marine industries company or enter the wheelhouse of a workboat and not find a well examined copy of Maritime Journal on the reception…

1st November 2004

Maritime Journal Celebrates Milestone with Bumper 200th Issue

1st November 2004

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Published this month in association with the National Maritime Museum atGreenwich UK, this stunning coffee table book does just what it says on thecover, presenting 5,000 Years of Maritime Adventure in a…

1st October 2004

Ship

1st October 2004

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Book of Papers is a bound volume of the complete proceedings of the verysuccessful 18th Tug & Salvage Convention held in Miami in April of this year.

1st October 2004

ITS 2004 – Complete Papers & Discussions

1st October 2004

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One of the worlds most famous and successful yachtsmen, Sir Peter Blake hadtwice won the Whitbread Round the World Race, conquered the Jules Verne aroundthe world record, and been national manager of…

1st October 2004

The Last Great Adventure of Sir Peter Blake Sir Peter Blakes Logbooks

1st October 2004

POWER & PROPULSION

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The first two of ten innovative platform supply vessels have gone to work in the Gulf of Mexico, deploying diesel electric propulsion systems which provide superior performance in the dynamic positioning (DP)…

1st October 2004

Diesel Electric Drives Precise DP Boats

1st October 2004

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MTU staged the UK debut of its new 2000 Common Rail marine engines at the Southampton Boat Show. UK yacht builders have already placed orders for the new models and delivery was…

1st October 2004

Boat Show Debut for Common Rail MTUs

1st October 2004

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Scania has responded to customer feedback by extending the power range of its new 12 litre marine engine downwards to a version producing 300hp at 1,800rpm, expanding applicability for workboat installations. The…

1st October 2004

Scania Powers Down for SMM

1st October 2004