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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Dutch dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has been awarded a contract to lay a 150kV cable between Ellewoutsdijk and Terneuzen in its home country.

1st April 2008

Dutch Cable Lay Project Awarded to Van Oord

1st April 2008

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

All tug owners, especially those with many years of operational experience, have a highly developed insight into the requirements each new vessel must have to fulfil the needs of their own individual…

1st April 2008

Two Very Different Tugs for Dutch Owners

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It was reported in March that the first ‘ rotor tug’ for German tug owners Bugsier Reederei und Bergungs-Gesellschaft mbH & Co was on route to Europe aboard a heavy lift ship.…

1st April 2008

Bugsier take delivery of their first Rotor Tug

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Tug & Workboats design team at Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is continuing the painstaking task of updating the well known ‘ Stan Tug’ tug and workboat range of standard products. Having dealt…

1st April 2008

Damen Tug and Workboat Range Makeover Continues

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of three ‘ Ulupinar’ series ASD tugs, ordered by Remolcadores Dominicanos of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic, has now been delivered.

1st April 2008

Sanmar Supply Three Ulupinar Series Tugs to Dominica

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Crowley Maritime Corporation has taken delivery of the Vigilant, a new stern drive tug on charter from BayDelta Maritime, for use in their ship assist and escort business in Alaska.

1st April 2008

New Vessels for Crowley in Alaska

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Ukrainian anchor handling tug Neftegaz 67 capsized and sank on 23 March after colliding with after colliding with the panamax bulk carrier, Yao Hai,  in Hong Kong waters.

1st April 2008

Eighteen die on the Neftegaz 67

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new tug Chambon Suroit is now on station in Calais to reinforce the local tug fleet.

1st April 2008

Towlines

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The new company Sedna Towage & Offshore LDA based in Funchal, Madeira is growing rapidly thanks to the efforts of their Italian attorney Mr Rino Barretta, managing director of An.do.fe Shipping Management…

1st April 2008

New Towage Company Makes Its Mark

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With their fleet of Fairmount class tugs at full strength for some time, the order book of Rotterdam based Fairmount Marine BV is bulging. All five of the company' s long distance…

1st April 2008

Fairmounts Armada Spanning the Globe

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Abeilles International has carried out a successful assistance operation which started on 10 March after the freighter Artemis was driven aground on the beach of Sables d' Olonne in Southern Brittany by…

1st April 2008

Successful Salvage from French Coast

1st April 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Arnold Witte, president of the International Salvage Union presented Lord Peter Levene, chairman of Lloyd’ s with a gift from the salvage industry to mark the centenary of Lloyd’ s Form, the…

1st April 2008

Gift Presentation Marks LOF Century

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The 2008 CIWEM Climate Change Conference takes place on 7 May at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in Central London.

1st April 2008

Climate Change Conference

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Oil pollution response specialists DV Howells Ltd will be running full MCA 4p and 5p courses at their Gatwick facility in Crawley, West Sussex next month.

1st April 2008

MCA Training Gatwick

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Hydrographic Office launched its new Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS) at events in Singapore and London earlier this month.

1st April 2008

UKHO Launches AVCS

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The AdriaMare Maritime Training Centre in Split, Croatia has responded to customer demand by opening the first Dynamic Positioning Centre in that country.

1st April 2008

DP Training in Croatia

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A diving seminar which addresses marine pollution control and the salvage of environmentally hazardous objects is taking place in May.

1st April 2008

Diving Danger Seminar

1st April 2008

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KEY DEALS

Aberdeen UK based Hydro Group plc has secured major contracts with international diving technology company Divex.

1st April 2008

Diving Deals Done

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Havant UK based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) has won a contract to service. repair and calibrate oceanographic equipment used by the Royal Naval Hydrographic Service.

1st April 2008

Hydro Equipment Contract

1st April 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Marine power systems and services provider Rolls-Royce has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Group (Vinashin) in Hanoi.

1st April 2008

Rolls Into Vietnam

1st April 2008