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Following the loss of the tanker Prestige last month, other industry organisations have added their voices to the International Salvage Unions call for more action on the controversial places of refuge issue.

1st December 2002

ISU Calls for Faster Action on Places of Refuge

1st December 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

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Belgiums largest provider of towage and salvage services, Unie van Redding en Sleepdienst NV (URS), has announced an investment representing a massive investment of over 135m.

1st December 2002

URS Announces Massive Fleet Improvement

1st December 2002

TUGS & SALVAGE

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Bollinger Shipyards Inc of Lockport, USA has delivered the compact and powerful azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tug Savannah to Crescent Towing of New Orleans.

1st December 2002

Savannah, a New ASD for Crescent Towing

1st December 2002

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Early in November the Damen Shipyards Group, with headquarters at Gorinchem, celebrated 75 years of shipbuilding under the Damen name and 34 years of unique progress under their present chairman Mr Kommer…

1st December 2002

Damen Celebrate 75th Year Anniversary

1st December 2002

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After 70 years in the United States, the Elbe pilot schooner No 5 Elbe has gone back to her home port Hamburg and the River Elbe, where she started her working life…

1st December 2002

Historic Pilot Schooner is Transported Home to Hamburg

1st December 2002

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The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) broadly welcomed the EU strategy for controlling air pollution from ships this month but expressed reservations over the practicality of aspects of the strategy which go…

1st December 2002

IBIA Airs Response to EU Pollution from Ships Strategy

1st December 2002

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South Boats have launched the fifteenth catamaran to be built at their Isle of Wight yard.

1st December 2002

South Cat Workboat Lands Record Catch

1st December 2002

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Southampton UK based South Coast Shipping has been renamed RMC Marine Ltd to bring the firm further into line with its parent companys corporate identity.

1st December 2002

South Coast Shipping Renamed RMC Marine

1st December 2002

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Lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-Harding has taken over Dutch lifeboat builder Mulder & Rijke.

1st December 2002

Schat-Harding Acquires Dutch Lifeboat Builder Mulder & Rijke

1st December 2002

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) in Japan has called upon European dredging expertise to help it build the largest dredger ever produced in that country, a 10,000m 3capacity trailing suction hopper dredger for…

1st December 2002

European Support for Japanese Dredger

1st December 2002

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IHC Holland continues its steady output of small to medium sized trailing suction hopper dredgers with the recent launch and naming ceremony for Tong Tan, built for Chinas CHEC/Tianjin Dredging Company (TDC).

1st December 2002

Tong Tan Launch Marks IHCs Chinese Century

1st December 2002

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Rotterdam based heavy lift specialists Bonn & Mees are taking their new 1,500 ton capacity floating sheerlegs Matador 3 to Dublin this month where it will lift a 470 ton linkspan into…

1st December 2002

Matador 3 in First Visit to Ireland

1st December 2002

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Royal assent has been obtained in Britain to create an Act of Parliament which will allow Milford Haven Port Authority to operate more efficiently and effectively, and help in its aim of…

1st December 2002

New Parliamentary Act Helps Port Authority Build Economy

1st December 2002

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Following the recent major Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Security, held at the IMO between 9-13 December, the development of the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPSC) is likely to have considerable…

1st December 2002

Essential Awareness of Port and Shipping Security

1st December 2002

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PB Asher, Diesel Injection Specialists based in Southampton, Hampshire has achieved certification to ISO 9001:2000, the international quality management system standard and were presented with their certificate at the Ship Repair Exhibition…

1st December 2002

54 Years of Excellence Certified

1st December 2002

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The Alexander Noble & Sons yard at Girvan on the West Coast of Scotland last month delivered the latest vessel in a long line of specialist workboats it has completed since moving…

1st December 2002

Centaur Set To Be Shetland Workhorse

1st December 2002

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To support their recent growth in the marine civil engineering sector, as well as increase the size of their charter fleet, the Jenkins Marine Group, based in Poole, Dorset has recently purchased…

1st December 2002

New Pontoons for Jenkins Marine

1st December 2002

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Huddersfield UK based David Brown Engineering has been awarded a contract to design and build an advanced technology, high speed accessory drive gearbox for use on the WR-21, a new generation intercooled…

1st December 2002

David Brown Gears Up for Gas Turbine Transmission

1st December 2002

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The excellent Coastal Futures Conference returns to London on 22 and 23 January 2003.

1st December 2002

Crystal Ball on Coastal Futures Rolls Into London

1st December 2002

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American scientists are pursuing research into new anti-fouling systems for ships by studying the shape and texture of dolphin skin and how it naturally prevents marine creatures from clinging to it.

1st December 2002

Dolphins Suggest New Anti-Fouling Strategy

1st December 2002