Port of Dover hits record level of freight vehicles

The Port of Dover has recorded record levels of freight traffic in 2014. Image courtesy of Port of Dover
The Port of Dover has recorded record levels of freight traffic in 2014. Image courtesy of Port of Dover

The Port of Dover recorded its highest levels of freight traffic since 2007 with throughput in 2014 reaching 2,368,182 vehicles as of Wednesday 16 December 2014. As the Port handles £89bn worth of trade each year, traffic is expected to maintain the present rate of increase between now and the end of the year, meaning 2014 will be a record breaking 12 months for the Port with a total in excess of 2.4 million freight vehicles.

In 2007, the Port of Dover recorded record freight traffic volumes with 2,363,583 vehicles using Europe’s busiest 24/7 roll-on-roll-off ferry port. This year has already seen more freight than 2007, is predicted to see at least 2% more traffic than the previous record and on any one day the Port of Dover now handles up to 160km of freight.

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MCA publishes revised M Notices

The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced that the following M Notices are available electronically.

MSN 1734 (M) Approval of Marine Equipment (EC Notified Bodies) Amendment 8

MSN 1735 (M) Type – Approval of Marine Equipment (UK Nominated Bodies) Amendment 8

MSN 1819 (M+F) Merchant Shipping (Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships) and Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (2014 No. 3076)

MIN 497 (M) Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC): Proposed amendments

MIN 498 (M) Seafarer Training and Certification: Using Yacht Sea Service towards Unlimited Merchant Navy Certificates of Competency Applications

Ben Ainslie Racing teams up with Red Bull Advanced Technologies

Ben Ainslie Racing Americas Cup team on the water in their catamaran. Photo: Mark Lloyd/Lloyd Images
Ben Ainslie Racing Americas Cup team on the water in their catamaran. Photo: Mark Lloyd/Lloyd Images

Ben Ainslie Racing has announced it will be working with Red Bull Advanced Technologies (RBAT), a division of the Red Bull Formula One group, as it progresses with its campaign to claim the 35th America’s Cup.

Operating as a Design House, RBAT is based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Founded on the group’s impressive F1 DNA, which has resulted in eight Formula One World Championships in the last five seasons, RBAT excels in advanced simulation and mathematical modelling. Ben Ainslie Racing is collaborating with RBAT to draw on this expertise and knowledge.

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State-of-the-art Shannon class lifeboat launched by the RNLI

The RNLI has delivered a new Shannon class lifeboat to Hoylake. Image courtesy of RNLI
The RNLI has delivered a new Shannon class lifeboat to Hoylake. Image courtesy of RNLI

Hoylake RNLI volunteers are preparing for a new era of lifesaving with the eagerly anticipated arrival of their state-of-the-art Shannon class all weather lifeboat, which arrived on Monday 1 December.

The £2M new Shannon class lifeboat, named Edmund Hawthorn Micklewood, arrived by sea at the end of a five day journey from the lifeboat charity’s headquarters in Poole.

Hoylake is only the fourth RNLI lifeboat station in the UK and Ireland to receive a Shannon class vessel, which is the first modern RNLI all weather lifeboat to be propelled by water jets instead of propellers. Designed by an in-house RNLI team, it is the most agile all weather lifeboat in the charity’s fleet and has been developed with the safety and welfare of RNLI volunteer crews as a key priority.

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Sunseeker appoints new Chief Executive

Philip Popham who has been appointed as the new CEO of Sunseeker
Philip Popham who has been appointed as the new CEO of Sunseeker

Sunseeker has announced that former Land Rover managing director Phil Popham will be taking over as the company’s new chief executive officer, based in Poole, Dorset.

The appointment takes effect onfrom 1 January 2015 and sees Phil take over from founder Robert Braithwaite CBE, who has been acting president since the previous Sunseeker CEO Stewart MacIntyre stood down in July.

Phil spent 25 years at Jaguar Land Rover and held numerous titles including group marketing director, group sales director and managing director of Land Rover.

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Southampton Port is set to berth the world’s biggest ships

Southampton Port is ready to handle the world's largest ships
Southampton Port is ready to handle the world’s largest ships

Associated British Ports‘ Southampton Port is ready to handle the biggest ships in the world today and long into the future after a £40 million dredging project.

Dredgers have completed a programme of capital dredging to deepen and widen the approach channel linking international shipping lanes to the Port.

The work ensures ships with a draught of up to 15.5m – the biggest container vessels currently in service – will be able to access the container terminal at Southampton Port.

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Coastguard search and rescue helicopter programme

Bristow is set to operate the UK coastguard search and rescue helicopter programme
Bristow is set to operate the UK coastguard search and rescue helicopter programme

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency has reported that by the summer of 2017 there will be ten coastguard search and rescue helicopter bases established around the UK.

All ten bases will be operated by Bristow Helicopters Ltd on behalf of Her Majesty’s Coastguard at the following locations:

• Central southern England  •  Northern England  •  Northern Scotland  •  North Wales  •  Shetland Isles  •  South east England  •  Southern Scotland  •  South Wales  •  South west England  •  Western Isles

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Burgess Marine to revive south coast dry dock

Burgess Marine has partnered with Shoreham Port to revive south coast dry dock
Burgess Marine has partnered with Shoreham Port to revive south coast dry dock

Britain’s largest independent ship repairer, Burgess Marine, has partnered with Shoreham Port to revitalise ship repair in the commercially thriving Sussex Port.

Shoreham Port offers one of the few remaining dry dock facilities on the South Coast of England. The Port has had a dry dock facility since the 1930’s and since that time has provided a valuable service to the marine industries on and around the South Coast.

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Lerwick Port Authority to award £16.5 million project

Sandra Lawrenson, CEO of Lerwick Port Authority besides David Nicolson of Bank of Scotland, who provided the funding
Sandra Lawrenson, CEO of Lerwick Port Authority besides David Nicolson of Bank of Scotland, who provided the funding

Lerwick Port Authority has awarded a construction contract for the latest expansion of the harbour’s facilities in a project costing a total of £16.5 million, which will benefit the fishing and oil sectors.

The new jetty at Holmsgarth North will provide deeper berthing and more working area for the fishing fleet, while the outer arm of the L-shaped jetty will create a dock sheltering a planned new white fish market. The outer arm will also be suitable for berthing offshore industry vessels.

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Edith Maersk docks at DP World London Gateway

The Edith Maersk, the largest vessel ever to enter the River Thames, docked at DP World London Gateway
The Edith Maersk, the largest vessel ever to enter the River Thames, docked at DP World London Gateway

The Edith Maersk, the largest vessel ever to enter the River Thames, arrived at DP World London Gateway on Sunday 19 October.

The 396 metre long, 56 metre wide ship has a draught of 16 metres and can carry up to 15,500 teu.

The ship, which is just weeks shy of celebrating its first anniversary, left the terminal on Sunday night bound for Singapore.

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Marine industry announced as Trailblazer

Marine industry announced as a Trailblazer co-ordinated by the British Marine Federation
Marine industry announced as a Trailblazer co-ordinated by the British Marine Federation

The government’s spotlight shines on marine apprenticeships, with the marine industry being announced as a Trailblazer today. Within this scheme, a new boatbuilding apprenticeship will be developed by employers working together to design standards in their occupations and sectors.

Co-ordinated by the British Marine Federation, the employer group for the marine industry will be lead by Berthon Boat Company and includes Sunseeker International, Princess Yachts, Pioneer Sailing Trust, Pendennis Shipyard, Fairline Boats, Broom Boats, Green Marine, English Harbour Yachts, Windboats and Cockwells.

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Sunseeker International puts 300 jobs at risk

Sunseeker International has announced a strategic review of its operations that could result in 300 job losses.
Sunseeker International has announced a strategic review of its operations that could result in 300 job losses.

Dorset based luxury motoryacht manufacturer, Sunseeker International, has shocked the local community in the Poole area by announcing that it could lose 300 jobs from its 2,000 plus workforce.

It is understood that the company is undergoing a strategic review of its current operations and any job losses are most likely to come from the managerial and administrative ranks. Sunseeker International is embarking on a consultation process with its staff.

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