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NewsDenmark moves on fixed link to Germany
A company owned by the Danish Government is expected to be created soon to plan and construct the controversial EUR 5.8bn Fehmarn Belt fixed link between Germany and Denmark, which has finally been agreed.
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NewsMAIB report on 'Sava Lake' deaths
A report published jointly by the UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch and the Maritime Administration of Latvia has found that the deaths earlier this year of two seafarers on board a Latvian registered cargo vessel was almost certainly due to oxygen depletion in the compartment they had entered.
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Marine rates mayhem
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Merseysides maritime sector has warned that the UK Governments move to revamp the business rating system for ports means that businesses worth up to £400m are under threat of becoming ...
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More Lamor
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.Lamor Swire Environmental Solutions (LSES), a 50:50 joint venture between Lamor Group Ltd (Lamor) and Swire Pacific Offshore Limited (SPO), is preparing for the Grand Opening of a Gulf Region ...
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SME IPC at SMM
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs, Mrs Maria van der Hoeven, signed an Innovation Performance Contract (IPC) on the Holland Pavillion at SMM in Hamburg last month for 18 small ...
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'Cutty Sark' hoovered
The Tamar is faster than its predecessor, and is the most technologically advanced lifeboat ever to be produced by the RNLI.A police investigation into the fire which caused £10m damage to the iconic tea clipper 'Cutty Sark' in May 2007 has determined the cause to be an industrial vacuum cleaner ...
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News'Fairplay 30' - The most powerful yet for its German owners
Among several recent news items emanating from the rapidly changing Fairplay Towage group of Hamburg is the delivery of the new tug Fairplay 30, the most powerful to date. The new vessel and a sister ship, Fairplay 31, due for delivery early in 2009, represent a new generation of powerful ...
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NewsHard graft brings growth to Dales
A maritime rags to riches story is coming true for both a Scottish dry dock and its new manager.
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News'Green' ship recycling underway on the Mersey
The first Ministry of Defence warship to be recycled in the UK for more than a decade has been towed into the Port of Liverpool.
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News: Audacious conversion of Panamax bulker
Maritime engineering and service solutions provider MacGregor has been involved in an unusual conversion of a Panamax bulk carrier into the dynamically positioned deepsea pipe-laying vessel Audacia for Swiss based Allseas Group SA.
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NewsHappiness is a clean bottom
A clean bottom is an important asset. It allows optimum speeds, faster passage times and reduces fuel costs by minimising drag.
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NewsAntwerp get a new tug company
Following hard on the heels of the news that Fairplay Towage of Hamburg was taking a 50% stake in Belgiums Multraship (Maritime Journal September 2008) the companies have launched a joint project to provide towage services in Antwerp. Formation of the new Antwerp Towage NV is the first new initiative ...
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NewsNew tugs ordered to transport London's refuse
After many years of planning and negotiation the construction of a new waste to energy facility has started at Belvedere in Greater London. The facility will be developed and operated by Riverside Resource Recovery Ltd (RRRL) a wholly owned subsidiary of Cory Environmental. All of the refuse from three major ...
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NewsWashburn & Doughty rapidly up and running
US tug builder Washburn & Doughty has achieved a number of important milestones following a massive fire on 11 July destroying most of their shipyard facilities (Maritime Journal Towlines August 2008). On 15 August the company delivered the Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) tug Linda Moran. The tug was nearing ...
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NewsBukser Bergings gets its first Rampart 3200
In recent months the popularity of Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs has spread to western Europe in spectacular fashion as newly completed vessels appear in Belgium, the Netherlands and now Norway.
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NewsBoskalis cash offer for Smit is rejected
Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has made a cash offer of EURO 62.50 per share for all outstanding shares of Smit Internationale NV. The offer values Smit at EURO 1.13 billion. The offer price implies a premium of approximately 30% relative to the closing price of EURO 48.19 ...
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NewsFowey Harbour purchases a Voith tractor
Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out the changes he had in mind. The Commissioners have purchased the Voith tractor tug Holmgarth from Svitzer and ...
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NewsTOWLINES
'Dutch Pride' has been sold to EDT of Cyprus.Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch Partner has two Caterpillar 3512 DITA main engines of 1,521bhp ...
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NewsProgress cutting up stranded ferry
When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF, all attempts to refloat the vessel failed.
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NewsMAIB report on the tragic ‘Flying Phantom’ sinking
The UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on 19 December 2007, resulting in the loss of three of its crew, was published on 30 September. The ...
