Japanese shipbuilders Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Co., Ltd has clinched the contract to design and build a new INF 3 class vessel for the Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL) fleet following an extensive 11 month tender exercise. The new ship is expected to be delivered in November 2007 and its home port will be Barrow-in-Furness, […]
The Pacific Swan was retired from service in 2004 but she lives on by way of a donation of key equipment to the Vine Trust Amazonferry Health Project, a British charity dedicated to providing medical treatment to street children in Peru. Prior to moving to The Netherlands for recycling, two quick release life belt boxes […]
PNTL has offered congratulations to James Fisher Rumic for its rescue of seven Russian sailors off the Kamchatka Peninsula in the Pacific Ocean. Their submarine, the Priz, had become entangled in fishing nets and was stuck at a depth of 190 metres. The marine support company was able to free it by cutting the nets […]
Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL), the specialist international shipper of nuclear materials, today launches its first website. The new website, www.pntl.co.uk, provides information on the PNTL fleet, ship safety systems and international regulations. It includes a vessel tour feature and contains animation that demonstrates some of the special safety systems employed by the fleet. It also […]
The four MOX fuel assemblies fabricated from American excess weapon-grade plutonium have left the port of Cherbourg this morning at 3:05 am for Charleston (United States). The two chartered ships, the Pacific Teal and the Pacific Pintail, are purpose-built and dedicated for nuclear materials transportation. The ships meet high safety and security standards, in compliance […]
On February 16th, 2005, COGEMA announced that the route to be used and the approximate date of arrival in Japan would be released following the departure. The Pacific Sandpiper, carrying vitrified residues back to Japan, has left Cherbourg – France – yesterday February, 17th, 2005 at 6h20 pm local time, and will transit to Japan via […]
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