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SHIPYARD NEWS

A& P Tyne Ltd, part of A& P Group, has recently completedthe conversion of a newbuild Offshore Support Vessel into a pipe-laying vesselfor Subsea 7. In line with the original schedule, the…

1st October 2007

Tight Timetable for Newbuild Conversion

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In August 2007, the first two of a series of new high performance,compact 24m ship handling tractor tugs, named Fratelli Neri and Porto diLivorno were delivered to Fratelli Neri Spa of Livorno,…

1st October 2007

Fratelli Neri Get the First New Robert Allan Compact Tractors

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As the port ofMilford Haven embraces a new commercial era with the imminent arrival of LNG,Svitzer UK are preparing for the massive increase in activity. In FebruaryMaritime Journal reported on the towage…

1st October 2007

First Vessels for Svitzers New Milford Haven Fleet Arrive

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Thanks mainly toUnited States and Canadian manning regulations, tug and barge operators inNorth America continue to thrive and develop purpose built deep sea tugs suitedto their own particular trade. An increasing number…

1st October 2007

US Line Haul Specialists Develop Well Tried Designs

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In Britain theMaritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has a well established fleet of fourpowerful Emergency Towing Vessels (ETVs) available to help protect the UKcoastline from pollution and maritime emergencies.

1st October 2007

UK Coastguard ETVs Show Their Versatility

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

IrvingShipbuilding Inc of Canada has announced a contract to build a series of threeescort tugs for Atlantic Reyser to carry out LNG terminal operations.

1st October 2007

TOWLINES

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

from theyard of Metaaldraaierij Sepers BV at Druemel in the Netherlands was complicatedby the fact that there is no slipway at the facility. 

1st October 2007

Holyheads Newbuild Goes Out to Launch

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Third quarter activities by Svitzer Salvage includedresponses to a number of vessel groundings, including the Explorer, which ranaground on rocks near the Mull of Kintyre in Scotland.The tug Svitzer Maillaigwas mobilised to…

1st October 2007

Global Scope in Salvage Activity

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch salvage and towagecompany Multraship successfully refloated the 5,744gt general cargo ship AlShaymaa this summer afterthe Egyptian flagged vessel capsized in the southern Netherlands port ofMoerdijk while discharging a cargo of steel…

1st October 2007

Salvors Refloat Capsized Cargo Ship

1st October 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new tug for Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa inItaly to a design by Vancouver BC based naval architects Robert Allan Ltd isnearing completion at the Astilleros Armon yrad in Spain. A second…

1st October 2007

Two Newbuilds Due for Rimorchiatori Riuniti

1st October 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Mr Pietro Basciano acquired all the shares of RESONMediterranean in Bologna, Italy last month and changed the companys name toREMED sri. The subsidiary of global hydrographic survey equipment supplier RESONA/S was established…

1st October 2007

RESON Med Buy-Out

1st October 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) is takingaction to address the unacceptable working conditions and poor environmentalstandards at many shipbreaking yards around the world. A new convention iscurrently being drafted to regulate the…

1st October 2007

New Shipbreaking Regulations in Pipeline

1st October 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Port of London Authority (PLA) has appointed Roy Stanbrook harbour master for the Lower Thames District, which stretches along the Kent and Essex coasts from Crossness to the sea. He joined…

1st October 2007

New Harbour Master for Lower Thames

1st October 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

BP Marine is restructuring its ports portfolio to takegreater advantage of the strategic location of Rotterdam. The restructure willinvolve its Dover - Calais contract business being serviced via Rotterdambarges. 

1st October 2007

BPs Rotterdam Re-Focus

1st October 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cummins UK is the East Midlands regional winner of the EdgeAwards 2007, taking a £ 10,000 prize for further investment into training anddevelopment of young people. The diesel engine firm won the…

1st October 2007

Cummins Has Edge

1st October 2007

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KEY DEALS

The UK Environment Agency has introduced new signs on theRiver Thames to tell boaters whether or not a lock keeper is at the lock. Thesigns will be introduced at all 44 locks…

1st October 2007

Thames Lock Signs

1st October 2007

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KEY DEALS

The trend for ferry travel among holiday makers continued tostrengthen this summer as customers sought to avoid chaos at UK airports. TheFerrystat figures for the crucial month of August showed car carryings…

1st October 2007

Ferry Travel Surges

1st October 2007

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KEY DEALS

The Port of Hamburg has reported impressive first halffigures showing container handling up by 14.3% to 4.8m TEU and the total volumeof cargo handled up by 5% at 69.5m tons. Container handling…

1st October 2007

Hamburg Boxes Up

1st October 2007

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KEY DEALS

The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) heard at its annual convention in Montreal last month that it would cost an estimated $67bn over the next five years to implement a wholesale switch…

1st October 2007

Bunkers Switch Warning

1st October 2007

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KEY DEALS

The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) hitanother milestone last month with the announcement that their membership hadreached 400 companies in 47 countries. The rate of growth has been significant,as the 300 member…

1st October 2007

IMCA Hits 400

1st October 2007