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Queen to name new ship in city
2:00pm Wednesday 1st September 2010
The Queen will officially name Cunard's newest ship in a spectacular quayside ceremony in Southampton Docks next month.
Landmark reached in construction of supercarriers
10:07am Monday 9th August 2010
IT’S ‘full steam ahead’ for one of the biggest engineering projects Hampshire has ever undertaken, as the first of four vast sets of diesel generators are lowered into the emerging superstructure of an aircraft carrier.
Cruise ship plan for Olympic sailing police makes waves
8:37am Thursday 5th August 2010
DORSET: A storm is brewing over proposals for hundreds of police officers drafted in to protect participants in the sailing events at the 2012 Olympic Games to be stationed on a cruise ship.
Port tax bill pledge ‘not an election bribe’
7:20pm Thursday 22nd July 2010
THE GOVERNMENT has hit back at claims that a promise to ease the tax bills of Southampton port firms was a pre-election bribe.
Port chief quits city organisation
9:48am Thursday 22nd July 2010
PORT boss Doug Morrison has quit the board of business Southampton after fellow directors abandoned a merger with its city rival the Chamber of Commerce.
Tricky job for Trimline
10:03am Wednesday 21st July 2010
FOURTEEN containers of equipment, 40 staff and a job 12,000 miles away.
Fifth cruise terminal as passengers double
6:00pm Thursday 15th July 2010
SOUTHAMPTON is to get a fifth cruise terminal as experts predict the city will see a doubling in passenger numbers over the next decade, the Daily Echo can reveal.
Heritage museum developer named
8:34am Thursday 8th July 2010
BUILDER Kier Southern has been named the “preferred contractor” to build Southampton’s £15m Sea City Museum.
As wide as a Boeing, as long as 40 London buses
12:16pm Thursday 8th July 2010
AS long as 40 London Routemaster(* see below) buses and almost as wide as the wingtips on a Boeing 747 airliner, the latest mega-ship to arrive at Southampton Container Terminals is a real record breaking sea monster.
Cruise line must pay £1.1m to injured musician
12:04pm Wednesday 30th June 2010
NEARLY a decade after slipping on stage during rehearsal, cruise ship trumpeter Steven Pavone won a £1.1m lawsuit against major Southampton operator Royal Caribbean for the fall.
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