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  • The K2 275N lifejacket is set to be a star of the show for Ocean Safety
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    Ocean Safety’s SMM debut

    2014-07-15T15:14:00Z

    UK marine safety equipment supplier, Ocean Safety, has recently confirmed their attendance at the maritime industry’s leading trade show, SMM Hamburg in September. This will be the first time that Ocean Safety have exhibited at the event.

  • MacArtney Triaxus remote underwater towed vehicle
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    ROTV for CSIRO

    2014-07-15T14:08:00Z

    Denmark headquartered MacArtney Group has supplied a Triaxus remotely operated underwater towed vehicle to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation. CSIRO is Australia''s national science agency, and one of the largest and most diverse agencies in the world.

  • Ard-Jan Kooren (second left) receiving the award from Her Royal Highness Queen Maxima (KOTUG-Maarten Huisman)
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    TOWLINES

    2014-07-15T11:54:00Z

    The ''Global Destiny'', previously one of the Netherlands most famous ocean-going salvage tugs, and one in a series of three is reported to have been delivered to Pakistan breakers.

  • The Boskalis and SMIT flags now fly over the latters offices in Rotterdam (Peter Barker)
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    Towage giants join forces

    2014-07-15T11:42:00Z

    Two of the industry’s largest global players are joining forces to offer harbour towage operations within the American continent in Brazil, Mexico, Canada and Panama.

  • Damen, MTU and SVITZER are teaming up for the new design of tug (Damen)
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    Trio of expertise to develop a world first tug

    2014-07-15T11:32:00Z

    Three of the towage industry’s leading companies have teamed up to develop a new tug that will be world’s first Reverse Stern Drive (RSD)© Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) design.

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    Kotug fights Thames shore-side fire

    2014-07-15T11:21:00Z

    Two of Kotug’s Thames based fleet have been involved in fighting a shore-side fire at Tilbury Docks in Essex.

  • Orcus towing the Development Driller II from the Gulf of Mexico to Palermo (Harms Bergung)
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    Harms Bergung’s big tugs kept busy

    2014-07-15T11:16:00Z

    German tug owner Bergung Transport & Heavylift GmbH & Co KG have reported a busy period of activity for their two largest anchor handling tugs ''Orcus'' and ''Uranus''.

  • The tug can be transported as a standard 20ft shipping container
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    Tug delivered by container

    2014-07-15T11:03:00Z

    A collaboration of Dutch expertise has developed an ingenious, basic, yet effective small tug able to be transported as a twenty foot container.

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    Sophisticated salvage vessel for Russian Federation

    2014-07-15T10:53:00Z

    Nevsky Shipyard has delivered a sophisticated salvage and towing vessel to the Russian Federation, to be home-ported in Vladivostok.

  • Signet Warhorse II is the most powerful towing vessel in Signet's fleet (Signet Maritime)_
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    Signet Maritime expands its fleet with tug acquisitions

    2014-07-15T10:44:00Z

    Global maritime transportation provider Signet Maritime Corporation has increased its towing vessel fleet with the acquisition of eight vessels from the fleet of Harvey Gulf International.

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    Marseilles Fos reinforces Moroccan links

    2014-07-14T17:38:00Z

    Cooperation between France’s Marseilles Fos and Moroccan ports could be boosted by three potential new ventures – covering ferry services and agricultural trades – after the French port’s CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel requested and hosted a meeting with Morocco’s transport and logistics minister Aziz Rabbah.

  • APM's Algeciras representatives inspect one of the new ZMPC cranes
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    Investment at Algeciras

    2014-07-14T17:13:00Z

    A 73 million USD investment to upgrade four existing cranes, along with other infrastructure improvements to APM Terminals Algeciras, has helped to make Spain’s largest container port the busiest on the Mediterranean Sea, APM has claimed.

  • 'Fugro Proteus' is the first vessel to be built directly by Damen for Fugro
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    ‘Fugro Proteus’ delivered

    2014-07-14T16:24:00Z

    Netherlands headquartered survey multinational Fugro N.V. has taken delivery of the first of three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV) being built by Damen. The first of a new class, the ''Fugro Proteus'' is a compact, survey ship capable of undertaking a wide range of survey, monitoring and inspection operations.

  • Chinese Smartsea Technology Co., Ltd has become authorised reseller of Eiva software
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    Eiva expands east

    2014-07-14T16:00:00Z

    The Danish Eiva company has added a new member to its group of authorised resellers in China. Chinese Smartsea Technology Co., Ltd has become authorised reseller of Eiva software and hardware solutions for the offshore industry.

  • Holyhead Towing's 'Afon Llifon' tows the new Ullapool caisson under the Skye bridge
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    Caisson tow completed

    2014-07-14T15:38:00Z

    Holyhead Towing (UK) have recently completed a contract to tow a 4,000 tonne reinforced concrete caisson from the Inchgreen drydock in Greenock where it was built by RJ McLeod (contractors) for Ullapool Harbour Trust.

  • The company has a team of fully trained engineers to carry out lifeboat and davit testing
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    SWL subsidiary expands portfolio

    2014-07-14T14:42:00Z

    SWL Rope Lifting and Testing’s subsidiary, Lloyds Ship Safety Services Ltd, has been approved as an independent service provider for the annual servicing and testing of lifeboats and davits and on-load release hooks.

  • The Celtic Sea area between Cornwall and Pembrokeshire, and the Bristol Channel have fantastic marine energy resources
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    South West and Pembrokeshire renewables partnership

    2014-07-11T17:19:00Z

    A collaboration agreement outlining a commitment to work together in the marine energy sector has been signed by two key organisations in the south west of England and Pembrokeshire.

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    10,000th ECDIS certificate

    2014-07-11T16:25:00Z

    This June Furuno’s NavSkills network of training centres issued the ten thousandth ECDIS type specific training certificate. The certificate was issued to a Russian navigator trained at the Odessa Maritime Training Center, which joined the Furuno NavSkills training partnership in 2013.

  • ‘DP Gezina’ has a fixed Ampelmann heave compensated gangway
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    Dutch floatel for Egypt

    2014-07-11T16:07:00Z

    Accommodation vessel ‘DP Gezina’ owned by Chevalier Floatels (NED) has been hired by Saipem to support the installation work related to topside hook up and modification at Burullus Simian Control Platform, located some 65 km off the coast of Egypt, in approximate 60m of water.

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    McTays’ million pound slipway

    2014-07-11T15:42:00Z

    McTays shipbuilder in Birkenhead, UK, has invested more than £1million at its headquarters including upgrading a slipway which is now capable of accommodating vessels up to 2,000 tonnes.