Key deals

Schleswig Holsteins State Waterways Police (WSP) has completed a Europe-wide tender process by awarding orders for four patrol boats to home shipyard Fassmer as part of a ¢ 25.4m fleet renewal programme.

The ABP Port of Lowestoft has played an important role in relieving road traffic pollution by handling brewery plant equipment for local company Adnams. Nine stainless steel brewery tanks built in Germany…

Aker Yards has signed a contract with Stena Rederi AB of Sweden to deliver two innovative super ferries in the first and third quarters of 2010. The ¢ 400m contract includes options…

Following a reorganisation of the JusticeDepartment in the Netherlands last year, and as a result of an ongoingrestructuring of the Coast Guard, there has been a noticeable increase in thenumber of criminal…

The prestigious 2006 Dutch Maritime Innovation Award went to Van der Velden Marine Systems in presentations at Groenekan near Utrecht last month. The prize completes a successful year for the companys EPS…

French classification society Bureau Veritas is enjoying a record breaking year, with turnover expected to reach ¢ 1.8 billion by the end of this month. Speaking at a reception at Trinity House…

On December 8, working under an LOF 2000 form in cooperation with URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting, Multraship mobilised the rescue tender Brandaris, the multipurpose salvage vessels Multrasalvor and Union Beaver, the…

After a year hiatus following Hurricane Katrina,the International WorkBoat Show returns to New Orleans USA from 29 Novemberthrough 1 December. The largest US maritime trade show and conference willagain take place in…

A major exercise simulating a sinking passenger vessel and involving multiple agencies both afloat and ashore was held on the River Thames earlier this month. Intended to test LESLP (London Emergency Services…

The arrival of the vessel Wisting marked a significant   turning point for management of the historic Booth W Kelly yard at Ramsey on the Isle of Man, which had been the…

Demonstrated at the recent SMM exhibition in Hamburg was ascale model of Viking FellowShip, a dual fuel powered supply vessel beingbuilt for Norwegian offshore operator Eidesvik. When operational in the autumnof 2007,…