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Swedes Equip Poles for Border Roles
18 Feb 2008
Sweden's Dockstavarvet delivered the last of four high speed patrol boats to the Polish Border Guard late last year. The boats are of Docksta’s IC 16 M standard design and will form a vital part of the EU’s Integrated Border Management Program in the Baltic Sea.
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A Boat Designer's Busy Year
18 Feb 2008
2007 was a busy year for Scotland based Macduff Ship Design (MSD) as their portfolio of new designs continued to expand. Completions for the year included the 13m twin screw tug “Fair Maid”, 12.8m twin screw buoy handler “Seiont IV” and the 14.95m vivier crabber “Galwad-Y-Mor”.
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'Ouse 2 Know' Watching the River Flow
18 Feb 2008
The UK Environment Agency has recently purchased another Cheetah from Isle of Wight catamaran builders Cheetah Marine.
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Crabber Grabs Attention on the Humber
18 Feb 2008
Based on the Humber at Alexandra Dock in Hull, MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co Ltd has built up a substantial UK and international client base specialising in ship repair, maintenance and conversions.
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Tamar Prototype Reborn as Police Patrol Boat
18 Feb 2008
In May of last year Appledore UK based Seawind Barclay Curle Ltd was awarded a design and build contract to refurbish a prototype Tamar lifeboat, originally built for the RNLI in 1999. The company's remit was to make the vessel suitable for a new role as a patrol boat for the Kent Police Force, all to MCA standards.
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Triple Hulled Workboat on a Trailer
18 Feb 2008
The 'Sea 3', from Wiltshire UK based Advanced Marine Composites Ltd (AMC) is a new concept in work boats claiming to provide the maximum stability, usable space, payload, manoeuvrability and versatility in a 22 ft by 10 ft 6 in (6.5m by 3.2m) multihull that folds up to less than 6 ft (1.75m) wide on a trailer
Diving & Underwater Services
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Underwater Thruster Removal Speeds Repair
21 Feb 2008
To avoid the drydocking of a 126m LPG tanker, Hydrex was recently hired to remove the vessel’s thruster and bring it to the manufacturer for repairs while it was berthed at Moerdijk in the Netherlands.
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ROVism Brings Realism to Underwater Training
21 Feb 2008
Marine Simulation LLC has released Volume One of the ROVsim Undersea Pilot Series, which is a collection of physics accurate, visually realistic and highly configurable ROV simulators intended for ROV and marine professionals and based on Marine Simulation's ROVsim simulator.
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SeaOtter Succeeds Despite the Freeze
21 Feb 2008
American environmental services company Clean Harbors has successfully completed two more inspection projects using their SeaOtter ROV.
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Europe Seabed Resource Available Online
21 Feb 2008
Maps and images of seabed habitat, geology and biological data in the seas around North West Europe can now be viewed online. This huge resource has been created by the Joint Nature Conservation Committee in a five nation project called, The Development of a Framework for Mapping European Seabed Habitats, or MESH.
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Subsea Tracker Aids Windfarm Connections
21 Feb 2008
An Easytrak USBL subsea tracking system from Great Yarmouth UK based Applied Acoustics is being used by integrated survey services company Gardline Environmental Limited, which is active in deep water, coastal and inland waterway environments.
Hydrographic Survey by David Goodfellow
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Dutch Dredging Upgrades Survey System
21 Feb 2008
Dutch Dredging, based at Sliedrecht in the Netherlands, has awarded Reson Rotterdam a contract to upgrade their existing Guidance and Monitoring Systems (GMS) on board the trailing suction hopper dredger Amazone) to that of PDS2000 Hopper.
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Marine Measurement Forum Upcoming
14 Feb 2008
Sonardyne International is to host the 42nd Marine Measurement Forum at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire UK on Tuesday 15 April.
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Big Order for Taken Over TSs
14 Feb 2008
Swiss based Allseas Group, a major global offshore pipelaying and subsea construction company, has ordered four TSS 440 pipetrackers for installation on its new Schilling ROVs together with Reson dual head SeaBat 7125 multibeam sounders.
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Extended Sidescan Sonar Range
14 Feb 2008
US sidescan sonar exponents EdgeTech have extended their series of systems with development of the 4700-DFX, a dual-frequency unit capable of high resolution imagery at increased ranges and tow speeds.
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New Mini-Sensors and Probes
14 Feb 2008
Hydrometric and oceanographic instrumentation specialists Valeport of Totnes UK have launched a new range of miniaturised sensors and probes which can be deployed from, or fitted to, any vessel, ROV, AUV or underwater platform.
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Antarctic Surveys Locate Sunken Cruiseship
14 Feb 2008
The British Royal Navy's ice patrol ship, HMS Endurance, has successfully located the wreck of the 2,000 gt cruise liner, Explorer, which sank in Antarctic waters last November amidst worldwide publicity after apparently hitting an icecap.
Marine Civils by David Foxwell
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Expansion Plan for Cape Town Unveiled
21 Feb 2008
Cape Town, South Africa's second largest port, has launched a US$613m expansion project to increase terminal handling capacity and improve port infrastructure. The move comes after Cape Town posted a 13% increase in volume last year.
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DEME Secures Another Australian Project
21 Feb 2008
DEME, the Belgian dredging contractor, has been awarded a contract to deepen a berth at Fisherman’s Island, Gladstone in Queensland, Australia.
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Boskalis and Dredeco to Do Newcastle Dredging
21 Feb 2008
Royal Boskalis Westminster and DEME Group's Australian subsidiary Dredeco have secured a large scale joint venture dredging contract for the expansion of the coal export harbour at Newcastle in Australia.
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Maltese Project Gets Go-Ahead
21 Feb 2008
Malta's House of Representatives has unanimously approved a motion to allow an extension of Malta Freeport through land reclamation. The motion also makes possible an extension of the lease of the facility to French group CMA CGM by 35 years to 65 years.
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Hutchison to Develop Plan for Irish Port
21 Feb 2008
Bremore Ireland Port Ltd, the joint venture between Drogheda Port Company and Castle Market Holdings Ltd, has announced that it plans to develop a Port Master Plan with Hutchison Westports Ltd for the new €300m deepwater port at Bremore in north County Dublin.
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Atkins Selected for New Chinese Port
21 Feb 2008
Atkins has been selected to design a major new container port in China. The project is at Mei Shan Island, about 25 km northeast of Ningbo and will be potentially one of the most important bonded container ports in China. A manufacturing zone will also feature, as well as business, research and design districts, and leisure facilities.
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TTS Builds Key Port Structures
21 Feb 2008
TTS Port Equipment is building a new passenger gangway as part of the ambitious new development at Port of Risavika in Stavanger, Norway. The port has acquired 400,000m2 of land for development, including a new ferry terminal for vessels with passenger and rolling cargo, a container terminal and an LNG terminal.
Marine Renewables
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UK Consent for Walney Wind Farm
21 Feb 2008
The UK Government’s Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks has given consent for a major 450MW offshore wind farm project in the Irish Sea 14km from Walney Island, off the coast of Cumbria.
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Steady Progress on Thames Estuary Wind Farms
21 Feb 2008
With no fewer than six offshore windfarm projects underway, the Thames Estuary is seeing a steady increase in activity as progress towards the construction phases gathers pace.
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Investment Boost for Wave Energy
07 Feb 2008
Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured new investments from Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and the investment fund The Tudor BVI Global Portfolio L.P. (Tudor).
News
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Contract Signed for New Dartmouth Ferry
21 Feb 2008
The Dartmouth-Kingswear Floating Bridge Company, operator of the town’s Higher Ferry across the River Dart, has signed a contract with Pendennis Shipyard for the construction of a replacement vessel to be delivered in the summer of 2009.
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Safety Through Software Set to Save Lives
21 Feb 2008
The UK's Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has taken a significant step to reduce risks in a current software development programme that has implications on shipping and coastguard activity and the safety of those at sea throughout Europe by employing Hampshire based software assurance firm TestIT.
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Fassmer Builds Research Ship for Fugro
21 Feb 2008
Fassmer in North Germany is designing and building a state of the art 65m LOA geophysical survey vessel for Holland’s Fugro Group, which is active worldwide in the collection and interpretation of data related to the earth’s surface and sea beds.
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Adriatic Coast Setting for Maritime Law Event
21 Feb 2008
The International Legal Maritime Conference 2008 is being planned to take place in Ancona, Italy, one of the country's largest Adriatic ports. The event is scheduled as part of an ongoing series of International Business Player conferences that are organised by the law firm Bacciardi and Partners of Pesaro on an annual basis.
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Bright Future for 'Wight Light' Route
21 Feb 2008
Ferry operator Wightlink has launched the first of three new ferries at the Brodogradiliste Kraljevica yard in Croatia, where all three of the vessels are being built.
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GLAs Applaud US eLoran Decision
21 Feb 2008
The General Lighthouse Authorities of the United Kingdom and Ireland have applauded today's US decision to implement Enhanced Loran (eLoran) in the US as a complement to the Global Positioning System (GPS), particularly in the event of an outage or disruption in service.
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Lasers Light the Future of Lines Lifting
21 Feb 2008
Early last month Marine Design International (MDI) and Deri Jones & Associates / GeoSpatial Survey Solutions (DJA/GSS) undertook a lines lifting and modelling job at Stormcats on Islay off the West coast of Scotland.
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Climate Change Comedy on the South Coast
21 Feb 2008
To launch National Science Week in the UK next month, the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and The University of Southampton have managed to persuade two great comedians to give a lighter side to science and to climate change, at 19:30 on 10 March at the Nuffield Theatre.
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Chinese New Year for Rotterdam Salvors
21 Feb 2008
Severe gales around the coasts of Britain and western Europe late in January and early February presented the emergency services and salvors with a number unusual and potentially difficult challenges.
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Environmental Innovation 'Oracelle Fund' Launched
21 Feb 2008
Global vehicle logistical services provider Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics (WWL) has announced the establishment of the Orcelle Fund, through which the company will provide an initial $100,000 of capital for environmental marine research and development projects. Other contributors are welcome to participate.
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Salvors Back IMO Emergency Response Guidelines
21 Feb 2008
Salvors have welcomed the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) adoption of Guidelines on the Control of Ships in an Emergency.
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Key Themes Entwined at Oceanology International 08
14 Feb 2008
When Oceanology International 08 opens its doors for three days at London’s ExCeL centre on 11 March, it will be focusing on the maritime world divided into three linked key themes; climate change, meeting future energy needs, and ensuring environmental and civil security.
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The 'Mary Rose' Needs You!
14 Feb 2008
The Mary Rose Trust has just been earmarked for a £21m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to build a brand new permanent museum to house the vessel and its artefacts. But the Trust needs more help, the cost of conserving history can be priceless.
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Marine Measurement Forum Upcoming
14 Feb 2008
The 42nd Marine Measurement Forum will be hosted by Sonardyne International Ltd on Tuesday 15 April 2008 at the DeVere Warbrook House and Grange in Eversley, Hook, Hampshire, UK.
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Italians Build Complex Research Vessel
07 Feb 2008
India’s National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has taken delivery of the multi-purpose oceanographic ship Sagar Nidhi (Pearl of the Oceans) from Fincantieri’s Muggiano Shipyard in La Spezia.
News Snips
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Great Island Challenge
14 Feb 2008
Adventurers are being sought to participate in the Great Island Challenge, which takes place on 9-12 May in aid of the seafaring charity Seafarers UK.
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Ferry Merry Christmas
14 Feb 2008
SeaFrance Dover-Calais Ferries, celebrating its best ever December for cross-channel car volume, has announced the acquisition of the large, high speed ferry 'Jean Nicoli' from French company SNCM.
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Sailors' Society Strategy
14 Feb 2008
The worldwide seafarers' charity, the British & International Sailors' Society, has re-branded as the Sailors' Society to provide organisational clarity and a strong strategic direction.
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French Ports 'Re-Launch'
14 Feb 2008
French port authorities have briefed unions and staff on government plans to 're-launch' French ports, with a key objective being to transfer the manning and maintenance of cranes and gantries to private stevedoring companies, leaving the 'landlord' port authorities to focus on non-cargo handling activities such as infrastructure development and overland connectivity.
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Water Safety Congress
14 Feb 2008
The RoSPA's National Water Safety Congress, which takes place in Bristol on 3-4 March, will focus on how people can be equipped to make informed choices about safety issues in and around the water, including in relation to their own behaviour.
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Rotterdam Breaks Records
14 Feb 2008
Rotterdam became the first European port to break the 10m TEU barrier last year, following a performance which saw container handling volume rocket by 12% over the 2006 figures.
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Fleet Broadband First
14 Feb 2008
The Royal Netherlands Navy has been the first customer in the world to have a Thrane & Thrane SAILOR-500 Fleet Broadband terminal installed and commissioned with an activated simcard.
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Fairstar Set Free
14 Feb 2008
Rotterdam based Fairmount Heavy Transport has left parent company Fairmount Marine following the acquisition of the latter by Louis Dreyfus Armateurs.
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Holland Shipbuilding Association
14 Feb 2008
The new Holland Shipbuilding Association was born last month through the merger of the Netherlands' Shipbuilding Industry Association (VNSI) and the Holland Marine Equipment Association (HME).
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December ShipShot Photography
14 Feb 2008
The ShipShot photograph in the December 2007 issue of Maritime Journal should have been credited to photographer John Crae.
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Bunkers Demand Barges
14 Feb 2008
Total Marine Fuels in Germany has chartered additional barge capacity to meet growing demand for bunkers from customers in Hamburg and along the Kiel Canal.
Pollution Control
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Hungry SludgeHammer Eats Marine Waste
21 Feb 2008
The Liverpool based Bibby Line, which owns and operates ships, offshore units and floating accommodation barges, recently deployed a vessel of the latter type, 'Bibby Progress', to Nigeria, where it was to house some 700 workers for a number of months.
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Reducing Pollution Threat is Salvage Priority
21 Feb 2008
Given the huge volumes of crude oil transported worldwide, the tanker industry has achieved a remarkable reduction in the number of significant oil spills, which has fallen to less than five per year. Nevertheless, industry, governments and the public at large remain aware that a major spill threat can arise at any moment.
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EMSA Oil Recovery Vessel Contracts Finalised
21 Feb 2008
The European Marine Safety Agency (EMSA) has recently awarded contracts worth €18.4m over three years that will see seven oil product tankers, three from the UK, two Spanish, one Maltese and one Greek, joining their fleet of oil recovery vessels to be made available at short notice in specific areas for oil recovery operations while otherwise still carrying out their normal commercial trading duties. They will be either primary or back-up vessels.
Port, Harbour & Marine Construction
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Cardiff Bay Gets a Coastline
21 Feb 2008
The Cardiff Bay Barrage is 1.1 km long and extends from Cardiff docks in the north to Penarth in the south. This major civil engineering construction project has created a freshwater lake with over 13 km of waterfront. This £220m project has been the catalyst for the £2bn regeneration of the old docklands of Cardiff and Penarth.
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Boskalis to Deepen Entrance Channel at Port of Melbourne
21 Feb 2008
Royal Boskalis Westminster has confirmed that it has acquired a major contract for deepening the entrance channel to the Port of Melbourne in Australia. The project will be executed in an alliance with the Port of Melbourne Corporation, and the work will take some two years. The value of the contract is approximately €300m.
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Passenger Bridge for Malaga Terminal
21 Feb 2008
TEAM, which designs and manufactures of boarding bridges for cruise and ferry terminals, has signed a contract with Malaga Cruceros S.A. to deliver a boarding bridge this summer for the cruise terminal ‘Estacion Maritima de Levante’ in the Port of Malaga. The terminal was inaugurated on 23 December 2007.
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Armourstone Users Meet in Norfolk
21 Feb 2008
Registration is now open for the 15th annual Armourstone Users Group meeting, which takes place on 12 and 13 March in Norfolk UK.
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Modern Bridge Maintains Heritage Style
21 Feb 2008
Faced with a failing jack-arch bridge over the Birmingham Canal in Smethwick, Sandwell Borough Council and their engineering consultants Jacobs UK Ltd. have opted for a radical solution.
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SeaGen Installation Set for Strangford Lough
21 Feb 2008
New plans to install the word’s first commercial scale tidal energy system in Northern Ireland’s Strangford Lough were published earlier this month by tidal energy company, Marine Current Turbines Ltd.
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Olympic Games Marine Works Underway
14 Feb 2008
Poole UK based Jenkins Marine is currently working towards helping Britain achieving it’s Olympic dream. Work is underway in Portland, Dorset, in preparation for the sailing events associated with the Games.
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Port of Stralsund Completes €14m Expansion
07 Feb 2008
The German Baltic seaport of Stralsund has completed a two year, €14 expansion which has created three new berths and a new handling area in the Suedhafen district.
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Van Oord Completes The World
07 Feb 2008
Dutch Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai. The World is a group of 300 artificial islands 4 km off the coast of Dubai that have been shaped in the form of the continents.
Tugs & Towing by Jack Gaston
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UK Based Hepworth Busy with Holyhead Orders
18 Feb 2008
Once again Hepworth Shipbuilders of Paull on Humberside are busy with new tugs for the Holyhead Towing Company Ltd. The shipyard is currently busy completing the new triple screw tug ‘Afon Cymyran’ and an order for a new 25m tug has recently been announced.
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Rimorchiatori Riuniti Introduce ‘Messico’
18 Feb 2008
Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy have taken delivery of the ‘Messico’, a new offshore support and escort tug, to add to their growing fleet of versatile tugs. This latest vessel, designed by Robert Allan Ltd., naval architects of Vancouver BC in Canada, is designated an AVT 36/70 E and is one of a pair of almost identical tugs to be constructed by Astilleros Armon in Navia, Spain.
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Svitzer Continue a Significant Newbuild Programme
18 Feb 2008
Since taking over the Wijsmuller Group in 2001 and the acquisition of Adsteam in 2007, Danish owned Svitzer has introduced over 90 new vessels to its fleets around the world. In order to maintain its position as a true market leader in harbour and terminal towage, the company has a significant and ongoing construction programme for fleet renewals and to support new business. In 2007 alone 24 vessels were delivered, the majority for new projects.
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Phenix is New and Highly Refined
18 Feb 2008
Solent Towage Ltd has stationed the new Voith escort tug ‘Phenix’ in Southampton Water in support of their towage services at the ESSO terminal at Fawley. The tug was delivered to Solent Towage, a subsidiary of Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund, Norway, in late December by the Spanish shipyard Astilleros Gondan SA of Figueras, Asturias.
Vessel Launch
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Sinbad Set to Sail with 'Coastal Cat'
14 Feb 2008
Ireland's Sinbad Marine Services' new vessel was designed by Marine Design International (MDI) and built by Mooney Boats Ltd. Sinbad and Mooney are both based in Killybegs, Co. Donegal. Sinbad approached Mooney several months ago about building them a new aluminium workboat. Mooney in turn contacted MDI and together they produced a design at a price which tempted Sinbad away from other yards abroad which were also quoting. Working strongly in Mooney's favour was the ability to meet the customer's requirement and build quite a unique vessel.
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'Powder Barges' Inspire Creative Canalside Workspace
14 Feb 2008
The London Olympic Games in 2012 draw ever closer and British Waterways, the public corporation which manages more than 2,200 miles of canals and rivers in England, Scotland and Wales, is actively engaged with a range of regeneration partners in a number of East London projects to breathe new life into the area's waterways.
Work in progress
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Serco Denholm and Damen in £1bn Package - By Jack Gaston
21 Feb 2008
Netherlands based Damen Shipyards has embarked on its largest single project, in terms of vessel numbers, since the company was formed in 1968. Serco Denholm Marine Services Ltd has entrusted Damen with a 29 vessel order to support the £1bn, 15 year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract with the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) to deliver a wide range of marine services to the Royal Navy. Serco Denholm Marine Services (‘SDMS’) is a joint venture led by the Serco Group plc, and has been delivering marine services to the Royal Navy, using mainly Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service (RMAS) plant, since 1996.
