Key deals

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…

Emden based Nordseewerke, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, has won the contract to build two revenue cutters for the Procurement Agency of the German Federal Customs Administration. The first boat is…

Construction of what is being billed as the greenestboat ever built has begun at Norways Fjellstrand Shipyard for the environmentalorganisation Green Warriors of Norway (GW) in Bergen.

A new Europe Lines container service between the portsof Drogheda and Rotterdam was launched last month, initially with one vesselsailing on a weekly basis every Friday evening from Barge Centre Waalhaven toarrive…