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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Late in November Newcastle based Osprey Shipping Ltd welcomed home their new tug ' Osprey Fighter' and barge ' Osprey Carrier' . The new vessels were constructed in China and arrived in…

17th December 2007

TOWLINES

17th December 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Britain’ s oldest tug and barge company J P Knight, has announced in a joint statement that the J P Knight Group has acquired a majority interest in Klyne Tugs, the current…

17th December 2007

Business as Usual as Klyne is Taken Over

17th December 2007

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

In the second week of October Dutch ship delivery and maritime recruitment specialist Redwise was approached by it’ s long term customer Conferry to deliver the Austal built catamaran ' Tallink Autoexpress…

16th December 2007

Ferry Delivery Thanks to Tanks

16th December 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch based Central Dredging Association (CEDA) has published a new edition of  ' Environmental Aspects of Dredging' in cooperation with the International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC). 

16th December 2007

Environmental Aspects of Dredging in One Volume

16th December 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Swindon UK based hydrographic survey systems supplier Del Norte Technology Ltd has completed its contribution to the handover of the single pipe trailing suction hopper dredger ‘ M S Alacantara Santos’ from…

16th December 2007

Dredging Systems Readied in Mozambique

16th December 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging is underway in the first phase of construction work on the Port of Marseilles Authority’ s Fos 2XL container terminal project. Due in service by 2010, two new terminals are being…

16th December 2007

Pearl River Heads Marseilles Expansion

16th December 2007

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Having gained new orders to the value of € 650m during the summer, Dutch dredger builder IHC Holland Merwede (which announced a name change to IHC Merwede at Europort Maritime last month)…

16th December 2007

Newbuild Boom Continues for Renamed IHC

16th December 2007

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Just twenty years ago, in an era of tapes, magnetic disks and manufacturers extolling their latest solid state microprocessor-controlled wonders, we had data loggers doing 100 soundings a second and programmers writing…

16th December 2007

Technology Tops the Charts

16th December 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

When Smit Salvage started operations to remove the wrecked stern section of ' MSC Napoli' from Lyme Bay on the UK Devon Coast in early November progress was brisk. Within one week…

16th December 2007

Salvors Cant Place Contract with the Weather

16th December 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

British company Marine Current Turbines, the developer of SeaGen, the world’ s largest and most advanced tidal stream energy system, has signed an agreement with Canada’ s Maritime Tidal Energy Corporation to…

16th December 2007

UK Tidal Energy Welcomed in Canada

16th December 2007