It has been eerily quiet at Redcar's steel plant over the recent months, and the mighty blast furnace of Teesside Cast Products' (TCP), once at the heart of North East steel production, has stood idle... 

But, there is now hope that all that will change.

Mr Kirby Adams, MD and CEO of Corus, is optimistic that a deal on the table between Corus and Thailand's SSI will soon have the proud and skilled plant thriving again.

Last week, he sat down with SSI president Mr Win Viriyaprapaikit to sign a Memorandum of Understanding for the takeover of TCP and, if successfully concluded, the deal is expected to rekindle Teesside steel making, create a significant number of new jobs and provide a long term future for the operation. 

While it may take several months to finalise the small print, Mr Adams said that the marriage on the table between Corus and SSI offers the opportunity of a sustainable future for TCP. He added that...
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In the early hours of tuesday morning, a Ukrainian Officer was tragically killed by pirates aboard the Monrovia flagged Cancale Star.

Pirates boarded the vessel in darkness, 18 nautical miles off the West coast of Africa. The officer was shot dead in an onboard confrontation, the pirates escaping with the contents of the ship's safe. 

The tanker's Master, Captain Semenovics, reported that around six or seven pirates had approached the tanker in a speed boat.

"They came on deck" he said, "pointed a pistol to the head of one of the sailors, marched him to my cabin" (they) "asked me to open the safe and they collected all the cash" 

The Master did not state directly how much money the pirates stole.

The vessel was reportedly carrying some 89,000 m3 of Crude from Nigeria's Niger Delta.

The tanker's owners Chemikalien Seetransport have issued a statement from Germany confirming that the vessel's chief officer "has tragically lost his life in a piracy attack off the coast of Benin in the early hours of November 24th"
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IMS is very excited to be moving to its new home at the Abbey Road Business Centre in Durham.

All enquiries and interest may now be directed to:

International Marine Survey
Abbey Road Business Centre
Abbey Road
Durham
DH1 5JZ

The Team at IMS would like to thank everyone who has helped make the last year an exciting one and are looking forward to the months ahead.

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Well, as New Years Eve approaches many of us will be taking the opportunity to look back over the last year and review our plans for the future. Despite some worrying economic times we hope that it has been a good period for all of our partners and customers and that 2009 brings you and your business a host of new opportunities.

Let us know some of the challenges you have faced this year. 

What are your current marine survey bugbears? 

If there is something we can do to improve the service you receive, we want to know.

Till then, 

Best wishes for 2009 and a profitable New Year

International Marine Survey

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