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Trudi Wakelin: my first 6 months

Posted by: Trudi Wakelin (Director of Marine Licensing), Posted on: 16 October 2017 - Categories: marine licensing, Uncategorized
Trudi Wakelin

I am the Director of Marine Licensing and have been with the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) for 6 months.

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Marine aggregates industry interchange

Posted by: Dr Shaun Nicholson, MMO, Posted on: 31 July 2017 - Categories: marine licensing

...Marine Aggregates Producers Association (BMAPA), CEMEX UK Marine Ltd and Tarmac Marine Ltd. The team were warmly welcomed on-board the ‘Sand Falcon’ dredger at the Port of Jarrow in the...

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Visit from South Korea delegates

Posted by: Matthew Kinmond, MMO, Posted on: 25 July 2017 - Categories: marine licensing

Marine aggregates are an important resource for England and Wales, and there is a long history of marine aggregate extraction in our waters.

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Digital tools to help make marine licensing more efficient

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 12 July 2017 - Categories: marine licensing
low risk marine licence activity

...support to help people work out if they need a licence. Some may now also be able to apply, pay for and download their own licence using our new automated...

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Cables, causeways and other current marine licensing examples

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 2 March 2017 - Categories: marine licensing
Lindisfarne causeway

...on Sunderland City Council’s website and on the public register (search for 34686/100115/6). Marine aggregates and fisheries liaison Part of the MMO’s role is in managing and balancing competing uses...

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Want to have your say on a marine licence application?

Posted by: Dr Shaun Nicholson, MMO and Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 26 September 2016 - Categories: marine licensing
Falmouth Harbour, Cornwall

Dr Shaun Nicholson, Head of Marine Licensing at the Marine Management Organisation (MMO), explains more about the decision-making process for applications and how the public can have their say on proposed activities.

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Innovative working on the Thames Tideway Tunnel

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 8 September 2016 - Categories: marine licensing
London Thames Blackfriars Bridge tunnel MMO

...New ways of working Government consent for the development was originally granted in September 2014. However a number of individual elements of its construction are covered by the MMO’s marine...

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Setting London alight

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 5 September 2016 - Categories: marine licensing
London fire Thames regulation

...Line cable car crossing, repairs to a wall at the Tower of London and installation of an Antony Gormley statue, Another Time, on the bank of the River Thames near...

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Blueprint for more streamlined regulation in the Thames

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 25 August 2016 - Categories: marine licensing
Thames blueprint

...the River Thames for navigation, hydrodynamics, promoting the use of the river and for licensing works and dredging. Some of these responsibilities duplicate those of the MMO. However we've now...

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Understanding underwater noise

Posted by: Amy Wardlaw, MMO, Posted on: 18 August 2016 - Categories: marine conservation, marine licensing
Seismic survey ship

As human activities in the marine area increase so does underwater noise. Understanding and mitigating the impact of this is an important part of the sustainable development of our seas and protecting the marine environment for future generations.

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