Asciano Limited has responded to media speculations linking the company with China Merchants Group as a potential buyer of the company’s terminals and logistics division Patrick Terminals. The announcement has followed the speculations that the China Merchants Group put forward a USD 1bn offer for a majority stake in the business, which runs international container terminals in Sydney, Melbourne, […]
A ferry operator has said it will create 100 jobs with the introduction of a second ship on its cross-Channel route. LD Lines says it will extend its passenger and freight operation between Dover and Boulogne.
May 26, 2010 | Posted in
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THE Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science (Cefas) is running a pilot project investigating the use of catch quotas to reduce discards in the North Sea. Cefas fisheries observers and remote electronic monitoring (REM) equipment, including CCTV, will be used to document and quantify the effectiveness of the catch quota system at reducing discards.
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Austal has secured its first European defence contract with an order for four 21.2 metre inshore patrol craft - including training and spares support - with the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM). The vessels will be built at Austal’s Australian facilities and are scheduled for delivery by the end of the year. Intended to assist […]
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Web-Based Digital Bridge(TM) Provides On-Demand Operations Metrics SEATTLE-(BUSINESS WIRE)-Tideworks Technology® Inc., a leading provider of full-service terminal management and planning software solutions, today announced the availability of Digital Bridge™, a Web-based, real-time, comprehensive graphical application that allows terminal personnel to monitor and respond to terminal activities immediately. Digital Bridge has been successfully deployed at three […]
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Northern Ireland’s fishing industry has been given an investment boost of more than £25m. Fisheries Minister Michelle Gildernew said £12.76m European funding would be matched by a grant from the assembly.
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Aker Kvaerner is providing project management, procurement and engineering services for a new polypropylene (PP) plant being built by Reliance Petroleum Ltd in a Special Economic Zone in Jamnagar, in Gujarat, India. The plant is expected to be the largest capacity polypropylene facility to date, and will take propylene feed from a newly developed (grass […]
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International Container Terminal Services (ICTSI) of the Philippines is considering building an artificial island for a container terminal in Uruguay’s Montevideo port. ICTSI won the deal to build and operate a second container terminal at the port and is required to invest US$180 million in the initial five-year period.
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As part of Defence Industrial Strategy (DIS) which was announced in December 2005, a Surface Ship Support Alliance (SSSA) is being developed to provide sustainable contracting arrangements for surface ship support. The Defence Logics Organisation (DLO) has announced the award of contracts for the first batch of surface ship refits under the SSSA arrangements. DML […]
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Safety fears about the offshore oil and gas industry are being raised in a meeting between unions and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). The talks follow a fatal accident inquiry report into the deaths of two workers on the Brent Bravo platform. Last week operator Shell was criticised by a sheriff over the deaths. […]
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