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Maritime Statistics 2008, published in September by the British Government, show that UK ports handled 562m tons of freight last year, only 3% down on 2007. Liquid bulk traffic accounted for 43%…

25th September 2009

Port freight hangs on

25th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

For this reason, the International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation, developed by the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC), continues to be highly regarded and well attended. This 33rd edition of the…

24th September 2009

33rd IADC Seminar set for Singapore

24th September 2009

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Todd Busch was elected president of the International Salvage Union at the ISU’ s 55th general meeting in Boston USA last month. Mr Busch succeeds Arnold Witte who will continue to be…

24th September 2009

New ISU President

24th September 2009

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s new Hub Port terminal was officially opened for the start of ferry operations on Saturday 19 September.

24th September 2009

Boulognes new Hub Port terminal opens

24th September 2009

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Four years of development work by Scottish Woodlands Ltd, JST Services and the local timber industry in Scotland’ s North West Highlands culminated last month when the first 56 truckloads of round…

24th September 2009

Green gain with remote floating pier

24th September 2009

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America’ s Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine has received type approval from the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping for its VisionMaster FT family of marine radars for high speed and standard craft. The…

23rd September 2009

High latitude radar

23rd September 2009

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The Dockwise semi-submersible, heavy marine transport vessel, Mighty Servant 1, was safely escorted by EUNAVFOR warships through the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC) in the Gulf of Aden last month. The Mighty…

21st September 2009

Safe heavy transport

21st September 2009

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Dragon LNG’ s new liquefied natural gas terminal at Waterston, Milford Haven in South West Wales has successfully completed its commissioning phase and has now commenced commercial operation. The ability to import…

21st September 2009

Dragon fires up

21st September 2009

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Marine exhaust system manufacturer Halyard won the first ever Wavestream Environmental Award for Distributor of the Year at last month’ s Southampton Boat Show. The award was given in recognition of Halyard’…

21st September 2009

Environmental award winner

21st September 2009

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LD Lines has entered into a new ship charter agreement with ferry operator Celtic Link Ferries which sees the former’ s vessel ‘ Norman Voyager’ operate under charter to the latter from…

21st September 2009

Ireland-France ferry

21st September 2009

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Careers at Sea website

21st September 2009

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Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) has been given the go ahead to build the first offshore wind farm to receive approval in the Netherlands for almost seven years. SSE’ s renewable energy…

21st September 2009

Dutch wind farm consent

21st September 2009

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Marine safety equipment manufacturer Viking has developed a new fixed price safety concept for shipowners. The Viking Shipowner Agreement’ s many options incorporate safety products, global servicing, single source management, and financing…

21st September 2009

Fixed price safety

21st September 2009

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In the four month period since launching its free downloadable online Almanac, Wiley Nautical has seen the useful marine information resource downloaded more than 18,000 times. The Almanac provides access to port,…

21st September 2009

Almanac hits download target

21st September 2009

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Solutions to the ferry industry’ 17 October.

17th September 2009

Interferry focus on challenges of change

17th September 2009

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It will soon be ‘ piracy season’ on the high seas off Somalia, points out this week&rsquo

17th September 2009

Piracy about to rise

17th September 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The order was secured with Group De Cloedt, in Belgium, for 1000m of HI Sprint 2000 inflation boom supplied on four hydraulic reels. The contract, worth more than €400,000, will be delivered…

13th September 2009

EC funds maritime pollution prevention project

13th September 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

s latest mega-trailing suction hopper dredger Leiv Eiriksson was launched at the shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte in Sestao in Spain on Friday.

10th September 2009

Leiv Eiriksson launched in Spain

10th September 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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category' , ' 1252581180329' , ' ); } return false; s new Compatt 5 Max subsea positioning transponders for deployment in BP’ s Skarv field offshore Norway, initially to provide precise positioning…

9th September 2009

New Sonardyne transponders for Subsea 7

9th September 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

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SHOM, the French Navy’ s Hydrographic & Oceanographic Service in Brest, has commissioned 14 miniSVS sound velocity sensors and five miniSVT sound velocity with temperature sensors from Totnes UK based Valeport, which…

9th September 2009

French Navy orders Valeport systems

9th September 2009