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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Gaia, the first of two diesel-electric ECO tugs being put into service by Svitzer was presented at the ‘European Maritime Day’ in Gothenburg on Sunday 20 May.

25th June 2012

Svitzer’s first ECO tug enters service

25th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The new Voith tractor tug Ilan 1 was handed over to the Haifa Port Company Ltd on 22 May by the Union Naval Valencia (UNV), one of the Boluda Group Shipyards, after…

25th June 2012

UNV deliver ILAN 1 to Haifa

25th June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Poland’s largest terminal, DCT Gdansk, claiming over 50% market share and the only hub in Baltic Sea, has won the Teraz Polska competition.

25th June 2012

DCT wins Teraz Polska

25th June 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has given its consent to the proposed Green Port Hull facility following the submission of plans by Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc.

22nd June 2012

Consent for Green Port Hull proposal

22nd June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marine solutions services specialist Drew Marine has agreed to acquire marine distress signal company Chemring Marine.

22nd June 2012

Drew acquires Chemring

22nd June 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The first ever cutter suction dredger to be built in Turkey, an Italian designed model SGT 500C, is being launched this month.

21st June 2012

Joint Italian-Turkish dredger launched

21st June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Damen Shiprepair Götaverken has appointed Ms Monica Svenner as its new managing director, making her the first woman to take an MD position within the ship repair industry.

21st June 2012

New MD for Damen Shiprepair

21st June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

FRC International (FRC) is holding a Whole Body Vibration (WBV) Seminar on 10 July and a Health Surveillance Awareness Seminar on 11 July at the RNLI Lifeboat College in Poole, UK.

21st June 2012

FRC to hold Whole Body Vibration seminars

21st June 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Common Marine Inspection Document (CMID) has published a revised edition for small workboats: ‘Marine inspection for small workboats (Common marine inspection document for small workboats)’.

21st June 2012

Revised IMCA marine inspection

21st June 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MMT of Sweden has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project MONALISA for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA).

21st June 2012

Hydro surveys for project MONALISA

21st June 2012