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Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) increased its container throughput to 1.7m teu in the first quarter of 2012.

12th June 2012

HHLA boxes up

12th June 2012

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TOWLINES

12th June 2012

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Australias Austal has demonstrated the fast progress of the Cape Class Patrol Boat Programme with a keel-laying ceremony recently.

12th June 2012

Austal lay patrol boat keel

12th June 2012

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Safe berthing and mooring operations are critical to the success of ports, harbours and offshore environments.

11th June 2012

Free bollard guide

11th June 2012

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Employee owned marine design business Houlder has been contracted by Gosport Ferry Ltd to prepare a design and build specification for a new ferry.

8th June 2012

Ferry build spec

8th June 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

IHC Merwede in the Netherlands signed an agreement last week to acquire Wave Rotor technology from Ecofys, which is known for its expertise in sustainable energy solutions.

7th June 2012

IHC acquires tidal and wave energy expertise

7th June 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Australia based shipbuilder Strategic Marine has entered a sales and service agency agreement with UK firm Testbank Ship Repair Ltd.

7th June 2012

Oz-UK agreement for WFSV sales and support

7th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

How do you create a large building at the end of a pier when it is too fragile to handle direct construction work? This was the issue surrounding the placing of a…

7th June 2012

Southend Pier gets ‘Big Lift’

7th June 2012

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Last week, the first candidates completed their two week training for the maritime vessel protection course run by international maritime and offshore industry risk consultants, Eos Risk Management.

6th June 2012

New ship security course

6th June 2012

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PATCH’s (Ports Adapting To Change) ‘Blue Energy’ workshop, hosted by the Port of Ramsgate, will take place later this month on 22 June 2012.

6th June 2012

A PATCH on ‘Blue Energy’

6th June 2012

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Antwerp Port Authority has joined a consortium to operate the new rail terminal to be built on the Chemelot site in Geleen, the Netherlands.

6th June 2012

Antwerp hinterland policy

6th June 2012

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ChartWorld International has launched ACES, its new SENC ENC data service for professional mariners whose ECDIS or ECS navigation systems are based on the SevenCs EC2007 Kernel as used by a number…

6th June 2012

Fast loading ACES

6th June 2012

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Marine safety and survival specialists BCB Marine unveiled a survival kit at Seawork last month which workers on offshore installations can reach for in emergency situations.

6th June 2012

Survival at Seawork

6th June 2012

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Damen Shipyards has unveiled its newly designed ASD Tug 3212 at the International Tug and Salvage Convention (ITS) in Barcelona.

6th June 2012

Damen Shipyards reveal new tug design

6th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Two ocean going cargo ships have been handled for the first time at the 450m long double berth terminal facility just completed in the small German port of Brake on the Weser.

31st May 2012

German terminals book handling firsts

31st May 2012

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Last week saw the launch of two plans for the future of marine aids to navigation around the British Isles.

31st May 2012

New AtoN plans for British Isles

31st May 2012

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Ireland’s Port of Cork hosted to a United Nations capacity building programme on international trade which concluded earlier this month.

31st May 2012

UN port training programme in Cork

31st May 2012

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Researchers have tested a pollution detecting robotic fish prototype in the Spanish Port of Gijon which aims to help authorities monitor pollution levels in ports and harbours and avert potential problems.

31st May 2012

Pollution control robotic fish tests

31st May 2012

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The Netherlands’ IHC Merwede has opened a new yard facility at Broussard, Louisiana USA which will operate under the name of Hydro-Ram, Inc.

31st May 2012

IHC Merwede in USA

31st May 2012

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Indias commerce minister, Anand Sharma, and Hamburgs mayor, Olaf Scholz, opened the three day Port Anniversary Hamburg last month with the theme ‘Days of India in Germany - Connecting Cultures’.

30th May 2012

Hamburg hails India

30th May 2012