BMT Extends Survey Reach
British Maritime Technology Ltd (BMT) has extended its marine surveying capability through the acquisition of US based Technical Maritime Associates Inc, which provides a wide range of marine surveying services around the Port of New Orleans, on the Mississippi River and along the Gulf Coast. Technical Maritime Services and its team of five marine surveyors will remain at their current location in Metairie, Louisiana. The company will work closely with surveyors at The Salvage Association, BMT Murray Fenton Ltd, and BMT De Beer b.v.
Vagverket Farjerederiet has recently put its most modern car ferry into service. The Venus is 86.2m LOA, displaces 840 tonnes and has a total load capacity of 340 tonnes. Built in Finland by Uudenkaupungin Tyovene OY, it will operate between Ljustero and Ostana in Stockholm. ‘We want to be leaders in the environmental field, said the ferry company’s technical director Mikael von Zweigbergk.
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