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Volunteer crew from the RNLI’s Barrow station were recently given a huge boost to their lifejacket appeal when Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) employees donated £2,500 which enabled the lifesaving equipment to be bought. PNTL, a subsidiary of International Nuclear Services is based in Barrow, providing worldwide transport services to the nuclear industry. When PNTL […]

International Nuclear Services (INS), the world’s leading shipper of nuclear materials, has named Serco Limited as its new ship manager for its fleet of specialist nuclear cargo vessels. The announcement follows a competitive tender process for the four year contract, which has a total value of approximately £3m. INS and Serco signed the contract today. […]

The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan reached another successful milestone today with the arrival of the purpose-built vessel, Pacific Grebe, carrying the transport of the second consignment of HAW from Sellafield. The vessel arrived at 07:00 hrs (JST) on Thursday 15th September at its destination port and […]

The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan has continued today with the departure of the purpose-built vessel, Pacific Grebe, carrying the transport of the second consignment of HAW from Sellafield. Three transport flasks, containing 76 canisters of HAW, have departed Sellafield site by rail bound for the port […]

The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from the UK to Japan has continued today with the commencement of the transport of the second consignment of HAW from Sellafield. Three transport flasks, containing 76 canisters of HAW, have departed Sellafield site by rail bound for the port of Barrow-in-Furness, before being transported by […]

The programme of returning solid highly active waste (HAW) from Sellafield to Japan will continue in the near future with the departure of the second consignment of waste from Sellafield. Three transport flasks, containing 76 canisters of HAW, will depart Sellafield site by rail before being transported by sea from the UK to Japan. The […]

The programme of returning solid Highly Active Waste (HAW) from Sellafield to Japan will continue with a second shipment, this time consisting of three flasks. Information about the shipment will be released as follows: name of the vessel (prior to departure) the departure port (day of loading) the departure date, the maritime route, approximate time […]

Mark Crowther President of INS Japan recently attended a presentation ceremony at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Nuclear Power Headquarters in Mihama, to be awarded a Certificate of Commendation on behalf of International Nuclear Services (INS) and Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL), a subsidiary of INS. The award was presented for invaluable contributions to Kansai in […]