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Shipping News and information / Digitised documents from Lloyd's Register's are available for free!

« on: January 24, 2019, 08:41:54 AM »

Might be worth checking out...


https://hec.lrfoundation.org.uk/?fbclid=IwAR2hcss-GInEfJfLnwBcqcmdfqW6mglsxxC475Td_FCGtU08c5dwGxgeK5k

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / Norways, (indeed the Worlds), first ship tunnel

« on: April 08, 2017, 02:58:53 PM »

News article from the BBC

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39521570

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / Very sad news of the death of a River Thames Pilot

« on: October 06, 2016, 06:53:48 PM »

Very sad news of Thames River Pilot death at Gravesend Reach, BBC News report here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-37571465

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Shipping News and information / Royal Yacht (Britannia)

« on: September 28, 2016, 06:48:51 PM »

Could it make a comeback? BBC report here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37428864

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Shipping News and information / Nelson's Dockyard Antigua

« on: September 11, 2016, 04:13:24 PM »

BBC Magazine report here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-37286174

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Shipping News and information / Save our Harbour Master

« on: September 05, 2016, 03:14:28 PM »

Petition and BBC news report here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-mid-wales-37268105

https://www.change.org/p/ceredigion-county-council-save-our-harbourmaster-at-aberaeron

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / Centenary of 'Spitfires of the Seas'

« on: August 25, 2016, 10:44:29 AM »

Centenary of 'Spitfires of the Seas' BBC report here... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-37156430

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Shipping News and information / ENI numbers - This should be of interest to a lot of us

« on: July 10, 2016, 08:41:53 PM »

Whilst looking for the register, (which I am still trying to find), I came across this document from the Smart Rivers 2011 Conference...

http://docs.pianc.us/smart11/docs/wed/tracka/03-vorderwinkler_Smart%20Rivers%202011%20-%20European%20Hull%20Data%20Base%20-%20Vorderwinkler.pdf

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / River Mersey ferry: Passengers rescued as vessel runs aground

« on: July 10, 2016, 07:19:04 PM »

BBC news report here...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-36758499

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Shipping News and information / Verity in trouble

« on: January 29, 2016, 03:35:17 PM »

FYI

The latest gossip in a Facebook Group...https://www.facebook.com/groups/1144424042253755/showing the Verity being rescued by the Dutch navy off Hartland Point.

Regards, Brian.

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Shipping News and information / White Star liner Doric

« on: October 17, 2015, 10:39:15 AM »

Just found this fascinating article in the local newspaper. News to me!

http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/13874135.THE_LONG_VIEW__Fragments_survive_of_ocean_liner__Doric__which_met_its_end_in_Newport/

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Shipping News and information / Man overboard - BBC News report

« on: October 10, 2015, 03:07:37 PM »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-34495240

A search is under way for a passenger who is reported to have fallen overboard from a cruise ship off the Isle of Wight.
The man is believed to have fallen from Ventura at about 04:30 BST as it was returning into dock in Southampton from the Mediterranean.

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Shipping News and information / Hundreds of ships and boats sail into Amsterdam

« on: August 20, 2015, 10:31:57 AM »

BBC news report for hundreds of ships and boats sailing into Amsterdam here http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-33995082

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Shipping News and information / Genoa VTS tower collapse

« on: August 10, 2015, 10:20:10 PM »

Has the report been issued on the cause of the collision that knocked the tower over?

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Shipping News and information / What do you do with an old ocean liner?

« on: March 13, 2015, 11:43:12 AM »

A magazine article on the BBC about laid up cruise ships http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-31027936