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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The timber cargo that broke free from the  Russian vessel Sinegorsk in heavy seas earlier this week has started coming ashore on the Kent coast today.

22nd January 2009

Another timber spill approaches UK south coast

22nd January 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of London Authority celebrates its centenary this year and one of the planned highlights is a very special Gala Concert in London’ s Cadogan Hall, to be held on Saturday…

22nd January 2009

Port of London Authority plans Gala Centenary Concert

22nd January 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The largest ship ever to enter the Port of Liverpool berthed at the Tranmere Oil Terminal yesterday to discharge a new traffic of West African crude oil for the Shell Stanlow Refinery…

22nd January 2009

Mersey beats big boat record

22nd January 2009

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

AMOT EB has released new electric actuators for G series temperature control valves which introduce a range of enhancements to improve system robustness, safety and compatibility, whilst simplifying installation and calibration.

15th January 2009

AMOT up the anti in actuation

15th January 2009

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ABP Marine Environmental Research Limited (ABPmer) has played a lead role in the Environmental Impact Assessment and Planning Application submission work for the RSPB’ s Wallasea Island Wild Coast Project in the…

15th January 2009

Key role for ABPmer in Wallasea Island project

15th January 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Netherlands based Royal Haskoning and Worley Parsons Qatar (subsidiary of Worley Parsons Australia) will jointly carry out the engineering design of the New Doha Port near Mesaieed, Qatar.

15th January 2009

Haskoning and Worley Parsons to design Qatar port

15th January 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A planning application has been submitted in to Chichester District Council in the UK to recycle some 15,000 tons of sand and shingle into the vulnerable hinge and neck area of East…

15th January 2009

Plans for scheme at East Head submitted

15th January 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Another milestone has been reached to allow a French aircraft carrier to be scrapped on Teesside in the UK.

15th January 2009

River Tees dredged to allow carrier scrapping

15th January 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Central Dredging Association (CEDA) reports that the  International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is currently undertaking a global review of dredged sediment disposal and is seeking to get all information on disposal activities…

15th January 2009

CEDA appeals for input on review of London Convention

15th January 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch consultancy and engineering firm DHV is developing fourteen new fishing harbours and landing sites in Ghana.

15th January 2009

DHV developing new harbours in Ghana

15th January 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work to revive a ‘ lost waterway’ in Staffordshire in the UK has been given a helping hand by The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) with a grant of £ 5,000 to the…

15th January 2009

IWA gives grant to help restore lost waterway

15th January 2009

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Miko Marine AS of Oslo has begun work on the ShipArrestor project following the signing of a contract with the European Union in October.

15th January 2009

European Ship Arrestor project underway

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Of all the new tugs reported on in Maritime Journal it is the Damen Shoalbuster that consistently attracts attention. The reason is that since the first prototype was completed in 1995 the…

15th January 2009

Shoalbusters keep getting bigger – By Jack Gaston

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A baking powder solution of bicarbonate of soda (also an ingredient in many stomach settlers) has been used to get an old queen down to her bare bottom.

15th January 2009

Gentlemen blast old queens bottom

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Marine Specialised Technology' s new Fleet Services division was recently put through its paces, MST tells MJ, when the company was called in to repair a damaged two year old MST 680…

15th January 2009

Rapid repair for modular RIBs

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A pioneering partnership between an established university and the custodians of an even older ship came together to claim not one, but two high tech awards last month, and is now on…

15th January 2009

Cutty Sark acquires the Knowledge

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

MAN Diesel PrimeServ’ s Service Center in Frederikshavn, Denmark, has successfully completed a large main engine repair and overhaul job aboard the Argentine fishing factory trawler Centurion Del Atlantico.

15th January 2009

Trawler travels for engine overhaul

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A& P Tyne Ltd has completed the annual refit onboard the ro-ro cargo ferry ‘ Norcape’ for P& O Ferries. Over 100 personnel were working on the the 14,087gt vessel at peak…

15th January 2009

Ro-ro refit on time at Hebburn

15th January 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A 60 year old Danish fishing boat has been rescued from decay after capturing the heart of a sailor. ' After seeing her sitting there, I couldn' t let her just rot,'…

15th January 2009

Labour of love lands TV deal

15th January 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer’ s new tug fleet, being formed to serve the entire needs of the new LNG terminals and existing oil berths at Milford Haven in Wales is rapidly taking shape. Once fully…

15th January 2009

New RAstar tugs join Milford Haven tug fleet

15th January 2009