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The 820th Hafengeburtstag Hamburg (Port Birthday Hamburg) ended on Sunday after attracting more than 1.2 million visitors from Germany and abroad.

14th May 2009

Port of Hamburgs Birthday pulls 1.2m visitors

14th May 2009

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Tugnology ’ 09, taking place in Amsterdam next week, follows on the heels of the hugely successful inaugural Tugnology, which took place in Southampton in 2007 at the same time as Seawork.

14th May 2009

Tugnology ties up in Amsterdam next week

14th May 2009

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The vexed issue of back dated rates demands for UK port based businesses moved towards possible resolution at the start of this month when a proposed solution to the crisis was introduced.

14th May 2009

Cameron supports UK port rates solution

14th May 2009

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The timing of MARSEQ’ s ' Combating Piracy 09' event in London at the end of last month was fortuitously perfect, coinciding as it did with a sharp rise in piracy in…

14th May 2009

The right to bear arms?

14th May 2009

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Construction has begun in Antwerp of a new € 29m road-rail terminal which is designed to head off future port container and traffic congestion by moving 150,000 TEUs a year off the…

14th May 2009

Antwerp road-rail hub sets impressive targets

14th May 2009

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A prototype satellite based radio messaging system for relaying weather warnings in remote areas is set to be tested as part of the Interferry/International Maritime Organization joint initiative to reduce ferry fatalities…

14th May 2009

Chatty Beetle fights ferry fatalities

14th May 2009

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Dutch towage and salvage salvage operators Multraship Salvage and Mammoet Salvage have successfully completed the removal of the wreck of a floating dock which sank in June 2007 at the Viktor Lenac…

14th May 2009

Double Dutch make Croatian clean-up

14th May 2009

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Tyre giant Goodyear, well known for its own commitment to safety and innovation, is sponsoring the UK’ s Royal National Lifeboat Institution’ s (RNLI) Flood Rescue Team by funding specialist training and…

14th May 2009

Fresh rubber for RNLI Flood Rescue Team

14th May 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

To produce a register of the world’ s tugs is an impossible task, when one considers the huge variation in size and the obscure location of so many smaller vessels. With the…

8th May 2009

Tugs of the World – 5th Edition

8th May 2009

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

DONG Energy has decided to build the offshore wind farm Walney II in the Irish Sea. The move is a result of the British government' s increase in funding towards sustainable energy,…

7th May 2009

DONG on song as budget ROCS

7th May 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Scottish Energy Minister Jim Mather has been confirmed to address the Institution of Civil Engineer’ s (ICE) Coasts, Marine Structures and Breakwaters 2009 conference, in Edinburgh.

7th May 2009

Conference consolidates marine energy and coastal protection

7th May 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A dramatic lifeboat alert unfolded recently as a dredger uncovered two unexploded bombs.

7th May 2009

Bombs away off British coast

7th May 2009

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The biggest and most powerful patrol boat ever built for Germany’ s river and coastal police has gone into what promises to be particularly active service out of Schleswig Holstein.

7th May 2009

Biggest boat yet for German coastal police

7th May 2009

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The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has this week come out in support of HM Opposition Leader David Cameron’ s recent remarks at the 1 May meeting at Birkenhead Docks on Merseyside,…

7th May 2009

BIFA supports Cameron on UK port rates solution

7th May 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

There is always a wealth of new product launches at Seawork and that tradition will be proudly upheld at the 2009 event. Marine electronics is a fast moving category and this year…

1st May 2009

Hands free at Seawork

1st May 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

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UK based RIB manufacturer MST (Marine Specialised Technology) is returning to Seawork in 2009 and is exhibiting some of its most recent models at the show, with two boats in the exhibition…

1st May 2009

Rapid RIBs make world debut at Seawork

1st May 2009

SEAWORK NEWS

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Marine exhaust silencing and engine noise reduction solutions provider Halyard Marine Ltd returns as an exhibitor to Seawork International 2009, where the range of their provision as both designer and manufacturer can…

1st May 2009

Silence is golden at Seawork 2009

1st May 2009

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Facing a steep cyclical downturn, growing concerns about the marine environment and new security threats, the global shipping industry faces significant challenges. But with record numbers of exhibitors scheduled to attend, Nor-Shipping…

1st May 2009

Record numbers defy downturn at Nor-Shipping

1st May 2009

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

American underwater acoustics specialists FarSounder successfully demonstrated its new Diver Localization Sonar to the US Navy earlier this month in shallow, murky waters off Rhode Island' s Davisville Piers.

1st May 2009

Diver localization success in US Navy trials

1st May 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Veripos, now claiming to be the world’ s second largest supplier of satellite based positioning services to the world offshore industry in a market estimated to be worth at least € 2bn,…

1st May 2009

Veripos anniversary move

1st May 2009