Key deals

Five crew of the car carrier Baltic Ace have died and six remain missing after the ship sank following a collision with the container ship Corvus J some 60 miles off Rotterdam…

MAN Diesel & Turbo’s PrimeServ division has performed a propulsion upgrade for a 900 m³ dredger in cooperation with owner, Saudi shipowner and constructional engineering company, National Chemical Carriers (NCC).

Denmark based offshore wind developer, DONG Energy, has chosen a trio of 200HD Vibrodrivers, made by French pile driving technology manufacturer, PTC, as an alternative solution to hydraulic hammers for its Anholt…

Netherland’s based global ship delivery and crewing company, Redwise Maritime Services, has delivered Greek passenger ferry ‘Thassos VII’ ferry to its new owners in Patagonia, Chile.

Damen Dredging Equipment has redesigned the ‘Jie Long’ dredger, owned by Chinese company, CCC Guangzhou Dredging Co, to adapt it to cutter dredging for a Chinese infrastructural project.

Marine navigation expert, Icom UK, has launched its new MXS-5000 MarineCommander product - a fully integrated and fully customisable navigation system.

As part of an 11 vessel order for Sydney based DMS Maritime Pty Limited, Dutch shipbuilder, Damen, is building a Rescue Gear Ship for the Royal Australian Navy’s submarine fleet.

The UKs The Nautical Institute, has launched a practical security guide in a bid to create a security culture for the maritime industry that works both onboard vessels and ashore.

Netherlands based dredging expert, IHC Merwede, has delivered a 5,500m³ trailing suction dredger to the Dredging Corporation of India (DCI) three weeks ahead of schedule.

UK based maritime training company, Videotel Marine International, has received Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) approval for its CBT ECDIS training course.

Ship recyclers based in the EU are concerned that the future European regulation on ship recycling will divert even more end of life vessels to Asia.

“Let’s not re-invent the wheel”. This was the key message to come out of the European Commission’s e-Maritime conference in Brussels this week.

British Royal Navy bomb disposal experts detonated a large German mine off the Kent coast on Tuesday after a delicate operation to remove it from a dredger.

The UK’s International Safety Products (ISP) has launched a new disposable Hydrostatic Release Unit (HRU), the SeaMate HRU VE-1.

Dutch dredging contractor, Van Oord, has been awarded the contract for the Perkpolder area development project in the Netherlands.

The Soai Rap River dredging project officially started in Vietnam this week – it aims to bring customers faster to market, lower costs and provide easier transportation.