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DP Training in Croatia
The AdriaMare Maritime Training Centre in Split, Croatia has responded to customer demand by opening the first Dynamic Positioning Centre in that country.
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Diving Danger Seminar
A diving seminar which addresses marine pollution control and the salvage of environmentally hazardous objects is taking place in May.
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Diving Deals Done
Aberdeen UK based Hydro Group plc has secured major contracts with international diving technology company Divex.
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Hydro Equipment Contract
Havant UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has won a contract to service. repair and calibrate oceanographic equipment used by the Royal Naval Hydrographic Service.
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Rolls Into Vietnam
Marine power systems and services provider Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in Hanoi.
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Sailor's Society Celebrates
The Southampton UK based charity, the Sailor' s Society, celebrated its 190th Anniversary last month with a service.
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Baltic Goods Growth
Denmark' s Scandlines reports a successful 2007 during which freight traffic across its 13 routes grew by 10%.
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NewsTwo Very Different Tugs for Dutch Owners
All tug owners, especially those with many years of operational experience, have a highly developed insight into the requirements each new vessel must have to fulfil the needs of their own individual business. The two latest completions by Shipyard Gebr Kooiman BV of Zwijndrecht in the Netherlands over the past ...
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NewsBugsier take delivery of their first Rotor Tug
It was reported in March that the first ‘ rotor tug’ for German tug owners Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co was on route to Europe aboard a heavy lift ship. Bugsier 6 was taken over by Bugsier in Singapore after completion by the ASL Shipyard Pte.
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NewsDamen Tug and Workboat Range Makeover Continues
The Tug & Workboats design team at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is continuing the painstaking task of updating the well known ‘ Stan Tug’ tug and workboat range of standard products. Having dealt with most of the large vessels, the team has turned its attention to the well known Pushycat design.
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NewsSanmar Supply Three Ulupinar Series Tugs to Dominica
The first of three ‘ Ulupinar’ series ASD tugs, ordered by Remolcadores Dominicanos of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, has now been delivered.
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NewsNew Vessels for Crowley in Alaska
Crowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of the Vigilant, a new stern drive tug on charter from BayDelta Maritime, for use in their ship assist and escort business in Alaska.
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Eighteen die on the Neftegaz 67
The Ukrainian anchor handling tug Neftegaz 67 capsized and sank on 23 March after colliding with after colliding with the panamax bulk carrier, Yao Hai, in Hong Kong waters.
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NewsNew Towage Company Makes Its Mark
The new company Sedna Towage & Offshore LDA based in Funchal, Madeira is growing rapidly thanks to the efforts of their Italian attorney Mr Rino Barretta, managing director of An.do.fe Shipping Management Srl. Within just a few months a new fleet has been created, starting with the 55 tons bollard ...
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NewsFairmount's Armada Spanning the Globe
With their fleet of Fairmount class tugs at full strength for some time, the order book of Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine BV is bulging. All five of the company' s long distance anchor handling salvage tugs are equipped with four engines, producing a total of 16,320bhp for a bollard pull ...
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Successful Salvage from French Coast
Abeilles International has carried out a successful assistance operation which started on 10 March after the freighter Artemis was driven aground on the beach of Sables d' Olonne in Southern Brittany by winds of 130km per hour.
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NewsGift Presentation Marks LOF Century
Arnold Witte, president of the International Salvage Union presented Lord Peter Levene, chairman of Lloyd’ s with a gift from the salvage industry to mark the centenary of Lloyd’ s Form, the world’ s most frequently used form of marine salvage agreement.
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NewsLaunch Versatility for New RNLI Boat
The new prototype all-weather lifeboat, designated FCB2 (Fast Carriage Boat 2), is being developed by the RNLI to replace its Mersey class lifeboats, currently serving at some 28 stations around the UK and Ireland.
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NewsCrane Leads Changes at St Helier
Jersey Harbours has taken delivery of a new Liebherr mobile harbour crane which was delivered at the end of February, having been sent by barge and tug from Antwerp.The crane weighs approximately 235 tons, is 18m long and 11m wide.
