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NewsKlyne Get Two Year Extension on ETV Contract
The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has awarded Klyne Tugs (Lowestoft) Limited a two year extension to the contract to provide Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) at four strategic areas around the UK coast. This further award extends the current eight year contract until 3 September 2011.
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NewsNew Drogheda - Rotterdam Container Service Launched
A new Europe Lines container service between the ports of Drogheda and Rotterdam was launched last month, initially with one vessel sailing on a weekly basis every Friday evening from Barge Centre Waalhaven to arrive on Monday at Drogheda.
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Novatug Establishes Sourcing Consultancy
Rolf Kievits, general manager of Novatug said, 'There are huge shortages of certain types of equipment in today's market. But Novatug is in a position to offer a valuable service to help owners and shipyards find the right equipment in the right place, at the right time, at the right ...
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Royal Haskoning Conducting Study for Holyhead Waterfront
A major new planning and regeneration study for the Holyhead Waterfront in the UK has been commissioned by the Isle of Anglesey County Council, with backing from the Welsh Assembly Government and Stena Ports Ltd. The study will ensure that future developments and improvement schemes are coordinated as part of ...
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NewsNew Fairmount Tug Fleet Nears Completion
Fairmount Marine BV, with its headquarters in the Netherlands, now has four of it new ocean going tugs in operation and the fifth and final vessel due for completion in May of next year. With a whole generation of four new ocean going tugs now operational, each with a bollard ...
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NewsRestoration Completed of Queen's Stairs
The Crown Estate and Greenwich Foundation in the UK have completed the restoration of the historic Queen''s Stairs on the banks of the River Thames at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich. These are the steps over which Admiral Lord Nelson''s coffin was carried before and after his lying in ...
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NewsIHC to Complete the First of a Trio for Kazakhstan
The Sliedrecht shipyard of IHC Holland Delta has completed the shallow draft, multi-purpose pusher tug Sarbas for COC of Kazakhstan. Sarbas left the yard for the first time on preliminary builder’ s trials on 21 November. At the same time, two sister vessels, Dzhicit and Batyr, were nearing completion in ...
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News'Seabus' Set to Continue Clyde Ferry Tradition
Seabus, nearing completion at the Voyager Boatyard in Cornwall UK, is the latest passenger vessel to be built by the experienced yard. The 64m vessel is equipped to carry up to 100 foot passengers on a ferry service across Scotland''s River Clyde run by Greenock based Clyde Marine Services Ltd.
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News'Chelsea' Sends the Tractors into Retirement
Plymouth UK based boat builders Ecocats picked up a significant award earlier this month when it carried off the Sustainable Products and Services gong at the Cornwall Sustainability Awards 2006. The Awards were developed by Cornwall County Council, the five District and Borough Councils, the UK Government''s Environment Agency, the ...
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Princess Supports Seafarers' Centre
HRH The Princess Royal visited the Southampton Seafarer''s Centre recently to attend the annual meeting of volunteers and supporters.
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NewsWorld's 'Greenest' Catamaran Ordered in Norway
Construction of what is being billed as the ''greenest'' boat ever built'' has begun at Norway''s Fjellstrand Shipyard for the environmental organisation Green Warriors of Norway (GW) in Bergen.
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NewsSmit Busy with Overseas Harbour and Terminal Towage
In late October, Smit announced the commencement of a new towage operation in Bahía Blanca, Argentina. Known as Smit Harbour Towage Argentina, the new organisation has brought into operation the two recently delivered Damen ASD 2810 tugs Smit Jamaica, Smit Antigua and the conventional tug Buni. The new tugs are ...
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NewsTrinity House's New Emergency Wreck Marking Buoys on Station
Trinity House has chosen Tideland Signal''s SB-98P polyethylene buoy and MLED-120SC lantern for use as its emergency wreck marking buoy in accordance with the new IALA Recommendation O-133 of December 2005.
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NewsBuoyant BV Pursues Wary GL
French classification society Bureau Veritas is enjoying a record breaking year, with turnover expected to reach ¢ 1.8 billion by the end of this month. Speaking at a reception at Trinity House in London last month, managing director Bernard Anne said the group is doubling in size every five years ...
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NewsBOWTIS Takes Offshore Wind Deeper
The successful deployment of a new installation system has enabled the placement of the first offshore wind turbine to be installed in a single lift from a floating barge. The Beatrice Offshore Wind Turbine Installation System (BOWTIS), designed and built by Northumberland''s The Engineering Business Ltd, has led to the ...
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NewsMarine Construction Boom Sparks Dredger Building Response
The global boom in port construction and land reclamation works has sparkedconfident fleet renewal programmes by the major international dredging contractors, with the emphasis currently on versatile medium size trailer suction hopper dredgers.
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NewsEmden Maintains SWATH Momentum with German Customs Boats
Emden based Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has won the contract to build two revenue cutters for the Procurement Agency of the German Federal Customs Administration. The first boat is scheduled for delivery in November 2008, the second one in June 2009.
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NewsLiverpool's Survey Boat is a 'Wildcat'
The Port of Liverpool has awarded the contract to supply a new hydrographic survey vessel to Irish workboat and pilot boat builder Safehaven Marine. Following an international tender process Safehaven Marine’ s Wildcat catamaran design was chosen. Ian Holden, the Port’ s hydrographic manager opted for a twin hull design ...
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GL Workers Reject BV Bid
Bureau veritas'' latest takeover bid for rival classification society Germanischer Lloyd has been rejected as hostile by the GL Works Council, which has three representatives on the seven member board which will shape the German group''s response to the French bid.
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NewsMultraship Refloats Tank Barge Newbuilding
A Multraship vessel works to remove 'Limosa 2' from the rocky beach below the cliffs at Hope Point.On December 8, working under an LOF 2000 form in cooperation with URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, Multraship mobilised the rescue tender Brandaris, the multipurpose salvage vessels Multrasalvor and Union Beaver, the tug ...
