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A report published in October by the UK' s Sustainable Development Commission sets tough conditions which a Severn barrage would have to meet in order to be considered sustainable. These include public…

30th July 2008

Conditional Support for Severn Tidal Barrage

30th July 2008

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The first of a class of 13.5m catamaran patrol launches to be operated by the Port of London Authority is under construction, ready for trials and introduction into service in Spring 2009.

30th July 2008

: IMarEST dinner date with low wash future

30th July 2008

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The Port of London Authority (PLA), Southampton University and Seawork 2007 exhibitor Ecocats Limited have won a specialprize from the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA) and LloydsRegister of Shipping, for the…

30th July 2008

PLAs Ecocats Win Innovative Design Award

30th July 2008

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

It was at Seawork 2006 on board the Damen Shoalbuster 2609 tug ‘ Duke of Normandy’ that Marineco owner Mike Conafry started talking with Damen about a Shoalbuster of his own, tailored…

30th July 2008

Shoalbuster Naming Ceremony at Seawork

30th July 2008

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The Professional Diving Academy has incorporated the RYA Level 2 Powerboat handling course into their complete commercial air diving courses.

30th July 2008

Diving and Handling

30th July 2008

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Another major milestone in the history of Kelvin Hughes Ltd. was achieved recently when the company celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the installation of its first marine radar. 

30th July 2008

Marine Radar at 60

30th July 2008

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Marinecall, the seafarers dedicated weatherservice, which provides UK Met Office data by phone, fax and internet, hasstarted an Affiliate Partner scheme which is available to harbour authoritiesand any other organisation whose members…

30th July 2008

Partners Rewarded

30th July 2008

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Passenger Pollution at some European destinations has ledcruise ship operators to look for relatively unknown ports where theirvessels can call. Delegates to a cruise workshop held by the EU ports networkproject Port-Net…

30th July 2008

Passenger Pollution

30th July 2008

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Dubai World, which owns Dubai Ports World, which purchased P& Os global ports operations last year, has now acquired the iconic ocean liner Queen Elizabeth 2 for $100m. The 40 year old,…

30th July 2008

Along Dubai for QE2

30th July 2008

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Following the European Sea Ports Organisation (ESPO)conference in Spain recently, the UKs Freight Transport Association (FTA) hascalled on the EU to focus its ports policy on the key issues for shippers ofport…

30th July 2008

Ports Policy Due

30th July 2008

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The IHC Holland Merwede shipbuilding group has acquiredApeldoorn based Vremac Hydraulics BV. The 50 year old company designs andfabricates specialist hydraulic cylinders for suppliers of hydraulic systemsfor the dredging and offshore industries.

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IHC

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Since 2005 an arrangement involving the UK' s Royal National Lifeboat Institution providing a package of ex-RNLI lifeboats, together with specialist crew training, to the fledgling lifeboat service in China has resulted…

30th July 2008

Chinese take away RNLI boats and expertise

30th July 2008

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Boaters around the world are following the record setting effort of Peter Bethune aboard his futuristic Earthrace powerboat as his team attempts to break the world circumnavigation record of 75 days in…

30th July 2008

Biodiesel Attempt at Circumnavigation Record

30th July 2008

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Finnish ship power system integrator Wä rtsilä has been awarded two large orders this year from the Amsterdam headquartered Spliethoff Group.

30th July 2008

Wärtsilä gets BigLift with propulsion package order

30th July 2008

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Offshore cable laying for the UK end of the BritNed electricity link is the latest stage of the € 600m project. It involves the first ever power supply connection between Great Britain…

30th July 2008

BritNed cable project moves forward

30th July 2008

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

German couplings and dampers for marine diesels manufacturer Geislinger celebrates its 50th anniversary this year with the launch of a new Power Monitoring System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

29th July 2008

Anniversary launch for Power Monitoring System

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A landmark agreement has been reached between the UK Government and industry which aims to remove aviation and radar barriers to the major expansion of wind energy that has been outlined by…

29th July 2008

Progress on objections to offshore wind

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The challenge of generating increasing amounts of clean and sustainable energy is leading energy producers to investigate building bigger offshore wind farms in deeper waters. A major technical challenge is installing the…

29th July 2008

Deeper water wind farms under development

29th July 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

French power group EDF is planning build three to six turbines along the northern coast of Brittany to produce electricity from the energy in tidal currents.

29th July 2008

The tide turns for nuclear giant

29th July 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three companies are reportedly bidding to win a £ 32 million contract for a large scale upgrade of the Port of Peterhead.

29th July 2008

Port of Peterhead plans large scale expansion

29th July 2008