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  2. Port of Southampton - Wikipedia

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    These allow the largest container and cruise ships access to the port for up to 80 per cent of the time, according to the container terminal operator DP World Southampton. This is a result of tidal flow through the English Channel : high tide at one end of the Channel ( Dover ) occurs at the same time as low tide at the other end ( Land's End ).

  3. Dubai Ports World controversy - Wikipedia

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    The Dubai Ports World controversy began in February 2006 and rose to prominence as a national security debate in the United States.At issue was the sale of port management businesses in six major U.S. seaports to a company based in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and whether such a sale would compromise port security.

  4. Fire room - Wikipedia

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    Vessels typically contained several engines for different purposes. Main, or propulsion engines are used to turn the ship's propeller and move the ship through the water. . The fire room got its name from the days when ships burned coal to heat steam to drive the steam engines or turbines; the room was where the stokers spent their days shoveling coal continuously onto the grates under the ...

  5. DP World - Wikipedia

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    DP World sponsored the yacht Maiden on her world tour 2021–24. [55] Dubai Turf is also sponsored by DP World in 2022. DP World was also the title sponsor for 2022 Asia Cup. DP World has signed a deal to become the title sponsor of the ILT20 for five years. [56] DP World announced a partnership agreement with McLaren in February 2023. DP World ...

  6. Government had to ‘have a conversation’ with DP World to ...

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    A DP World spokesperson said: “Following constructive and positive discussions with the Government, we have been given the clarity we need. We look forward to participating in Monday’s ...

  7. Marchwood Power Station - Wikipedia

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    Marchwood Power Station is an 898.1 MW gas-fired power station in Marchwood, near Southampton, England. It is situated beside estuary of the River Test where it meets Southampton Water, opposite the Port of Southampton. It is built on the site of an oil-fired power station, demolished in the 1990s.

  8. Cargo ship carrying burning lithium-ion batteries reaches ...

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    The Coast Guard said it diverted the 410-foot (125-meter) cargo ship to Dutch Harbor, one of the nation’s busiest fishing ports located in Unalaska, an Aleutian Islands community about 800 miles ...

  9. Fawley Refinery - Wikipedia

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    Oil storage tanks at Fawley. Fawley refinery processes around 270,000 barrels (43,000 m 3) of crude oil a day and provides 20 per cent of the UK's refinery capacity. [1] Crude oil is transported by sea in tankers to the refinery's one-mile-long (1,600 m) marine terminal, which handles around 2,000 ship movements and 22 million tonnes of crude oil and other products every year. [8]