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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Preffered Marine Cranes celebrated a successful year in 2007 and managed to draw successful contracts even in what they term as a somewhat erratic market.  The company was able to supply a…

28th January 2008

Preffered Found 2007 an Uplifting Year

28th January 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rolls-Royce launched its Safer Deck Operations (SDO) system for offshore anchor handlers back in 2006, and since then four vessels with SDO have gone into service and 35 more orders for new…

28th January 2008

Safer Deck Operations Takes Off

28th January 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

S E Hydraulics (SEH) have designed and supplied an innovative passive damping system to BP' s four new Regional Support Vessels (RSVs) working out of Aberdeen.BP have commissioned and procured the new…

28th January 2008

Passive Damping for Regional Support Vessels

28th January 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

Irish Sea freight only specialists Seatruck Ferries have taken a further step in their fleet expansion plans with the purchase of two ro-ro ferries from Attica Holdings in Greece. The 1998 built…

27th January 2008

Seatruck Purchases Two More Ro-Ros

27th January 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Hydrographic Society UK, on behalf of the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies, is to stage the 16th International Hydrographic Symposium, Hydro8, in Europe' s 2008 Capital of Culture, Liverpool, from 4…

27th January 2008

Liverpool to Host Hydro8 Symposium

27th January 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Louis Hellenic Cruises has blamed inaccurate charts for the loss of its ship Sea Diamond off the Greek island of Santorini. The vessel hit a reef and sank last April, killing two…

27th January 2008

Greek Chart Dispute

27th January 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Dutch government is considering a radical plan to build a £ 7bn island in the shape of a tulip in the North Sea. The idea behind the concept is to relieve…

27th January 2008

Dutch Government Considers Creation of Huge Offshore Island

27th January 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank  (ADB) have confirmed that they have  approved  a $150m loan to finance the Damietta container terminal situated on Egypt' s Mediterranean coast.

27th January 2008

Details of Damietta Container Facility Confirmed

27th January 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The  Saudi Trade and Export Development Company (Tusdeer) has announced that construction of its $443m Red Sea Gateway Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port (JIP) was due to commence this month.

27th January 2008

Construction of Jeddahs new container terminal under way

27th January 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a € 26m guaranteed loan to Illichivsk Sea Commercial Port, one of the largest ports in Ukraine. The 15 year loan…

27th January 2008

EBRD provides loan to Ukrainian port

27th January 2008

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Shetland  Islands Council  (SIC) is being asked to pay more than £ 5m towards the cost of dredging work at Port of Lerwick, having lost a legal battle to prevent the…

27th January 2008

Shetland Islands Council Loses Battle to Stop Dredging

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

When the new tug ' Osprey Fighter' and a smart new barge arrived in Newcastle towards the end of November it marked a significant step forward for owner Osprey Shipping Ltd. The…

27th January 2008

An Important New Tug and Barge for Osprey

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Serco Denholm Marine Services (‘ Serco Denholm’ ), a joint venture led by Serco Group plc, has signed a 15 year PFI contract valued at up to £ 1bn with the UK…

27th January 2008

Serco Denholm Awarded MOD Contract

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Clyde tug ’ Flying Phantom’ and three of her crew were tragically lost when the vessel capsized and sank near Clydebank on 19 December. Owned by Svitzer, Flying Phantom was one…

27th January 2008

Flying Phantom Lost in a Tragic Accident

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On the last day of 2007 Smit Internationale NV announced its agreement with Fairplay Towage to acquire Fairplay’ s 50% interest in Antwerp based URS. Through this acquisition Smit will become 100%…

27th January 2008

Smit Acquires the Remaining Shares in URS

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Invergordon based towage company J P Knight (Caledonian) Ltd has consolidated its UK tug fleet after completing the purchase of a number of modern ASD tugs from Japan. In it’ s…

27th January 2008

JP Knight (Caledonian) Consolidate Their Scottish Fleet

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvors, other sectors of the maritime industry and government agencies, including Coast Guards, are voicing concern at the scale of the challenge which would be presented by ultra-large containership casualties. The International…

27th January 2008

Napoli Legacy Looms Large for Salvors

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Christmas past may have taken a back seat for Tsavliris Salvage Group if the number of operations it was conducting continued to come thick and fast. The last three months of…

27th January 2008

Tsavliris Longed for a Calm Christmas

27th January 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Although internationally well known for its prolific output of tug designs, Vancouver based Robert Allan Ltd is not averse to bidding for other types of contract. Shortly before Christmas the City of…

27th January 2008

Tug Designer Finds Independence in Philadelphia

27th January 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The BMT Group has acquired the ports and shipping consultancy Baxter Eadie Ltd, which has expertise in port planning and development, market surveys, traffic forecasting, statistical and risk analysis, management, and financial…

27th January 2008

Ports Expertise Expanded

27th January 2008