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SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

A new ferry and freight service has taken over the Dover-Boulogne route six months earlier than planned.

13th March 2009

Sisters fill Dover – Boulogne gap

13th March 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Port of Neath has chosen Tidelands newly launched SB-2200 polyethylene buoy to replace a broken GRP buoy marking the port side of the channel for ships entering the tidal estuary of…

13th March 2009

New buoy on duty in Swansea Bay

13th March 2009

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Chichester Harbour Conservancy in West Sussex has installed a new Vega VLB-44 solar powered flashing LED light supplied by Hydrosphere UK Ltd.

13th March 2009

Bright light for Chichester Harbour entrance

13th March 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The United Kingdom Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.

13th March 2009

UKHMA Seminars venue

13th March 2009

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Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam (DSR) is the first yard in the world to receive the ISO 9001:2008 certificate, successor to the ISO 9001:2000.

13th March 2009

The United Kingdom Harbour Masters Association (UKHMA) has relocated the venue for its popular Spring and Autumn Seminars to the Victory Services Club, a short walk from Marble Arch in London.

13th March 2009

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Agreement has been reached on the purchase of a suitable site for the proposed new Doolin Search and Rescue Headquarters in Ireland.

13th March 2009

Site purchase for SAR HQ

13th March 2009

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The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The new site offers podcasts on a range of topics, including marine…

13th March 2009

Marine podcasts for free

13th March 2009

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Metoc plc, which provides environmental design and risk management services for infrastructure assets, and consulting engineers Parsons Brinckerhoff have signed a non-exclusive alliance agreement to provide new services to the offshore renewable…

13th March 2009

Marine power agreement

13th March 2009

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Maritime expansion goes forward in Liverpool as international shippers Maersk Line UK & Ireland, part of the vast A.P. Moller-Maersk Group, establishes a headquarters in the port city.

13th March 2009

Maersk Line moves

13th March 2009

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Rotterdam based Alphatron Marine has been appointed Officially Approved LRIT Test Centre by the Dutch Directorate General for Public Works and Water Management (IVW).

13th March 2009

Alphatron approved and expanded

13th March 2009

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UK operator PD Ports achieved a full calendar year without any reportable accidents at its shortsea port of Howden on the River Ouse.

13th March 2009

Good news on Ouse

13th March 2009

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Germanys Nordseewerke (NSW) Shipyard has launched Helgoland, the first of two unique 50m SWATH offshore patrol vessels for international Customs service in the German Bight and North Sea.

13th March 2009

Germans launch first of two SWATH ships for Customs

13th March 2009

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The Port of London Authority (PLA) is celebrating a century of responsibility for the tidal Thames this year and the Museum of London Docklands is supporting its centenary with an exhibition titled…

13th March 2009

Museum celebrates PLAs Century of Service.

13th March 2009

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The Fluor Corporations UK division, Fluor Limited, and Airtricity, the renewable energy division of Scottish and Southern Energy, have been granted an exclusivity award by The Crown Estate to develop an offshore…

13th March 2009

More wind for joint venture partners

13th March 2009

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Specialist German newbuilds are in the news this month with one due for delivery, another launched and a third awaiting official approval.

13th March 2009

Range of new boat types for German owners

13th March 2009

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The latest addition to the Canadian Coast Guards hovercraft fleet is undergoing trials off the Isle of Wight. Mamilossa, Abenakis Indian for he who goes from water to the land, was built…

13th March 2009

Largest export hovercraft on trials

13th March 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Charles Hattersley, marine law expert and partner at the Plymouth UK office of Ashfords Solicitors, gave invaluable evidence to the inquiry into the grounding of the containership MSCNapoli off Devon in January…

12th March 2009

Napoli Inquiry report commands respect

12th March 2009

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The Port Equipment Manufacturers Association (PEMA) was established to provide a forum and public voice for the global port equipment sector, reflecting the industrys critical role in enabling safe, secure, sustainable and…

12th March 2009

Cooperation to promote port equipment safety

12th March 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A plug and play hull mounted towfish sidescan sonar less than 15 inches in length and costing just £ 1,699 has been launched by Tritech International of Aberdeen UK.

12th March 2009

Tritech launches low cost sonar

12th March 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Prospective partners are sought for continuing refinement and development of Rovlatis, a new generation smart ROV constructed for international marine applications by the University of Limericks Mobile & Marine Robotics Research Centre…

12th March 2009

Partners sought for Irish ROV development

12th March 2009