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INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Concrete Layer Innovations (CLI) in France reports that so far this year a total of seven new projects have been specified with ACCROPODE or CORE-LOC armoured units ordered from CLI’ s assigned…

1st April 2008

Sea Defence Projects Awarded to CLI

1st April 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Abu Dhabi Ports Company reports that dredging and reclamation work at Khalifa Pot has begun. The work involves 45m cu/m of material.

1st April 2008

Dredging and Reclamation Begins at Khalifa Port

1st April 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Plans for a major expansion of the Port of Felixstowe in the UK which would increase capacity by 25% received backing recently from Suffolk Coastal District Council.

1st April 2008

Green Light for Expansion at Felixstowe

1st April 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.

1st April 2008

Dutch Cable Lay Project Awarded to Van Oord

1st April 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

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…

1st April 2008

Two Very Different Tugs for Dutch Owners

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

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.…

1st April 2008

Bugsier take delivery of their first Rotor Tug

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

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…

1st April 2008

Damen Tug and Workboat Range Makeover Continues

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of three ‘ Ulupinar’ series ASD tugs, ordered by Remolcadores Dominicanos of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, has now been delivered.

1st April 2008

Sanmar Supply Three Ulupinar Series Tugs to Dominica

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

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.

1st April 2008

New Vessels for Crowley in Alaska

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

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.

1st April 2008

Eighteen die on the Neftegaz 67

1st April 2008