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TITAN Recognized for Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Efforts

TITAN Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corp.'s Houston-based marine salvage, emergency response and wreck removal company, was presented with the prestigious Maritime Casualty Response award during the Lloyd's List North American Maritime Awards ceremony and dinner, held in Houston last week. Accepting the honor before more than 300 people from Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and the Caribbean was TITAN's Chris Peterson, vice president.

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Cruise safety dominates regulations following Concordia tragedy

RINA's highlights on cruise ship stability challenges Market conditions as well as green regulations have been pushing the cruise lines to further explore energy efficiency measures and technology to reduce their eco-footprint.RINA's conference on design and operation of passenger ships in November last year, highlighted some of the challenges faced by the passenger shipping industry in terms of their approach to assessing cruise ship stability, as well as practical steps that can be taken to improve evacuation procedures in the event of a casualty and risk assessment for passenger ships.David Ridden, principal consultant at Burness Corlett Three Quays, highlighted the practical difficulties of assessing the stability of cruise ships, which have been increasing in size and in numbers during the past 20 years.The growth in passenger numbers has occurred at the same time as regulatory changes aimed at ensuring adequate margins of stability in intact and damaged conditions.He maintained that the: "statutory requirements for confirming the accuracy and reliability of the lightship properties remain largely unchanged and do not reflect the increased risk presented by ever larger passenger ships."As cruise ship operators seek to improve the appearance of their ships and the amenities on board, this results in potential weight ...

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Port of Antwerp: A safe and sustainable port

The Antwerp Port Authority recently won the Lean & Green award for its commitment to reducing the CO2 emissions of its logistics activities by 20% over the next five years. Aerial photograph of the container terminals. In the front Europa terminal and in the background Noordzee terminal. Between these container terminals are Zandvliet- and Berendrecht locks. The container terminals are situated before the locks, thus enabling the vessels berthing here to lleave again earlier / Image Credit: Antwerp Port Authority   There are also all kinds of initiatives through which the Port Authority encourages and facilitates the use of LNG as fuel for shipping. On behalf of the International Association of Ports and Harbours (IAHP), the Port of Antwerp is chairing a worldwide working group that supervises and coordinates the introduction of LNG as shipping fuel. The Antwerp Port Authority regularly organises disaster exercises in which the coordination and collaboration between the various authorities and intervention crews is put to the test. One such exercise was recently organised for civil protection organisations from five European countries:  Belgium, Germany, France, Luxembourg and Slovenia.The Port Authority also compiled a European Exercitium handbook for maritime security which assists companies with their safety drills. ...

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Able UK Participates in Tender for Potential Recycling of Costa Concordia

ABLE UK Limited confirmed that it is in a tender process regarding the potential recycling of the Costa Concordia at its Teesside Environmental Reclamation and Recycling facility (TERRC) at Able Seaton Port. TERRC was previously selected by both the French and US Governments to recycle the former French aircraft carrier, Le Clemenceau and vessels from the US MARAD fleet respectively. The facility, including one of the world's largest dry docks, has full planning permissions and environmental accreditations to undertake this type of activity. The previous contracts were completed in October 2010 and employed over 250 personnel. Also read article Latest updates from the removal project of Costa Concordia      In the outbreak, I was outspoken with you propecia before and after has changed my being. It has become much more fun, and now I have to run. Just as it is incredible to sit.

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