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Britains National Contingency Plan for marine emergencies was tested in the early hours of the 6 May by a potentially serious fire aboard the 11,100grt cruise ship Calypso, with 708 people onboard.…

Among several significant deals completed or initiated in Rotterdam at the ITS 2006 convention was one concerning the construction of a new anchor handler to the Robert Allan Rampage 5000 design.

J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has recently substantially reinforced their tug fleet at Invergordon with two modern azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs from Japan. Now bearing the names Kincardine and Kinnaird, the…

.Ostensjo Rederi of Haugesund in Norway has ordered two more Velox class escort and shiphandling tugs from Astilleros Gondan in Spain. Delivery is scheduled for October 2007 and February 2008. The vessels…

Recent months have seen a period of unprecedented activity at the headquarters of naval architects and consultants Robert Allan Ltd in Vancouver. Thanks to the success of Robert Allan tug designs the…

Farnham UK based Anchor Marine Transportation (AMT) has won the contract for what is likely to be a very high profile marine transportation job later this summer, returning SS Nomadic, tender to…

SvitzerWijsmuller Salvage has won a major contract to remove the wreck of the 1,061teu containership CP Valour, which grounded in the Azores during the winter.

Redwise Maritime Services BV of the Netherlands made a rocket start to 2006, delivering 12 vessels in the first four months and having 10 more projects underway as of last month.