All News articles – Page 684
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Acta Marina expands fleet
Acta Marine of the Netherlands is expanding its fleet with a new DP-1 multipurpose workboat, to be named ‘Coastal Chariot’.
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DNV GL operational
The merger between DNV and GL has been approved and the new company, DNV GL, is operational.
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Simulator deal
The Maritime Academy of Toledo (Ohio USA) has reached an agreement with VSTEP BV of Rotterdam that will provide new simulators for the school and allow VSTEP to establish a NAUTIS maritime simulation demonstration centre in Toledo.
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Baltic mission
Geoquip Marine AG is embarking on a project in conjunction with the Integrated Ocean Drilling Programme (IODP) and the British Geological Survey (BGS).
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LNG alliance
As a result of a European public tender, the Antwerp Port Authority appointed ship owning company EXMAR as its strategic partner for LNG bunkering in the port of Antwerp.
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Boskalis completes DYT activities sale
Royal Boskalis Westminster has completed the sale of the activities of Dockwise Yacht Transport (DYT) for a total consideration of US$40m.
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Windfarm construction underway
Construction has begun on the new Luchterduinen windfarm, a joint venture between the energy company Eneco and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation.
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TOWLINES
Early in September the new 20.35m ASD tug TSM Brehat was being prepared for delivery by the Padmos Shipyard at Stellendam in the Netherlands to its owners, Thomas Services Maritimes in Rouen. The tug is sister to the TSM Albatre delivered in February 2013 (MJ – March 2013). Designed by ...
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‘Progetto Insula’
Italy’s Prysmian Group has been awarded a new contract worth approximately € 70m for the connection of the island of Capri and Torre Annunziata (Naples) by Terna Rete Italia S.p.A., a company fully owned by Terna S.p.A., the Italian transmission system operator.
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Spanish extension
Kalmar has been commissioned by the Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industries Co Ltd (ZPMC) to increase the operating height of four ship to shore (STS) cranes for APM Terminals Algeciras in southern Spain.
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Fire fighters Multratug 26 and 27 in service
On 5 September the Dutch towage and salvage specialist Multraship Towage & Salvage BV of Terneuzen held a ceremony to christen the tugs Multratug 26 and Multratug 27, the latest vessels in their current fleet replacement programme.
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Funding boost for Rotterdam LNG hub
Progress is being made with the Port of Rotterdam Authority’s plans for an LNG hub by 2015 following two European subsidy applications for €40m and €34m.
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John Reeder QC joins TugAdvise
TugAdvise, the specialist unit of shipping law firm Tatham Macinnes, has announced that John Reeder QC is to join as a consultant.
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Damen deliver Kaikoura to the Tym Group
Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld has recently completed the Kaikoura, a Shoalbuster 3511 for the Tym Group (Thong Yong Marine).
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Safety in towing and anchor handling
In 2007, the Bourbon Dolphin capsized with the loss of eight crewmembers.
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Dredging at Sabetta
Belgium headquartered international dredging contractor Jan de Nul has completed the first phase of its dredging project at Sabetta port in Russia.
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Special boat services keep Germans busy
Germany’s biggest sea rescue ship Hermann Helms and the prominent fisheries protection ship Seefalke are among specialist tonnage overhauled of late and keeping small shipyards busy at both ends of the German Baltic.
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Planning for tidal lagoon power station
SLR Consulting is to provide strategic planning advice for the world’s first tidal lagoon power station, to be built in Swansea Bay, UK.
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Seawork Asia 2014
Maritime Journal publisher Mercator Media is finalizing plans to hold the first Seawork Asia on Tuesday 4 to Thursday 6 November 2014 in China.
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Hybrid power for London’s floating cinema
If you visit Limehouse Basin in London after dark you might well find yourself smiling at a boat lit up like a Christmas tree.