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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Southampton UKbased MSC has reported another major contract with long standing clientsP& O Ferries.

1st April 2007

A Ferry Good Relationship for MSC

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

New developments in wreck removal and the ever increasingsize of ships provided the focus for the International Salvage Unions London conference lastmonth.

1st April 2007

Wreck Removal: Key Issues Remain Unresolved

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Major refloatings and wreck removals were a feature of the SMIT Salvagefirst quarter workload.

1st April 2007

Removals and Refloats Occupy SMIT

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Specialisedfirefighting techniques proved the key to success in the recent operation tosave the Dutch general cargo vessel Ostedijk.

1st April 2007

Osterdijk Emergency Required Fire Expertise

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle USA, inpartnership with Captain Jeff Slesinger, has developed and implemented a three phaseZ-drive Tug Handling Programme.

1st April 2007

PMI Develops Z-Drive Tug Handling Programme

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A new tug under construction to a design by Macduff Ship Design will be the first commercial vessel in the world to be fitted with the novel Mampaey Dynamic Oval Towing (DOT)…

1st April 2007

MacDuff Builds the First Tug with a DOT Towing System

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 30 March SvitzerWijsmullereffectively took over management responsibility of Adsteam Marine in Britain and Australasia.In the UKthe reins have passed to Svitzer Marine Ltd, which will manage the businessfrom their existing headquarters…

1st April 2007

SvitzerWijsmuller Take the Reins at Adsteam

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

ØstensjøRederi AS of Haugesund, Norway has signed a contractwith Norske Shell to provide towage services at the new Shell Nyhamna terminalnow under construction at Aukra in Norway.

1st April 2007

An Important New Contract for Ostensjo

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Foss Maritime, one of the largest tug and bargeoperators in the USA, has announced plans to build the worlds first truehybrid tug boat, a green vessel that will significantly reduce harmfulnitrogen oxide,…

1st April 2007

Foss Go Green on US West Coast

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Union Amber, the first of a new class ofcompact tug recently entered service with Belgian tug owners Union deRemorquage & de Sauvetage SA (URS).

1st April 2007

Union Amber Heads the Next Round of Replacements at URS

1st April 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Novatug, the marketingcompany responsible for the unique Carrousel towing system, has revealed thatthe long awaited delivery of the first purpose built tug equipped with thesystem is unlikely to arrive in Europe at…

1st April 2007

Towlines

1st April 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Seawork Inward Buyer Mission will take place on the last two days of the Seawork International event (www.seawork.com) in Southampton on 13th and 14th June 2007.

1st April 2007

Seawork Inward Buyer Mission

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new online edition of Maritime Journal waslunched at the Ocean Business 2007 exhibition and conference in Southampton UK last month.

1st April 2007

MJ Goes Live Online

1st April 2007

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Southampton will be the focus of the tug worldfor two days on 11-12 June when international delegates will gather in thefamous port city for Tugnology 07.

1st April 2007

TUGNOLOGY 07 Does the Double with Seawork

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Devonport UKbased DML have recently secured a contract from the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) for what is described as the largestsingle contract ever awarded for lifeboat construction.

1st April 2007

Record New Lifeboat Order from RNLI

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cork based commercial boatbuilders Safehaven Marine have delivered a new Interceptor 42 ‘ All Weather Pilot Vessel’ to the Port of Dublin. 

1st April 2007

Dublin Pilots Take Delivery of Newbuild

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Eclipse Energy UK plc has been granted consent to constructand operate the Ormonde offshore wind farm and to generate and exportelectricity from the adjacent Ormonde Gas Fields development, thus completingthe series of…

1st April 2007

Green Light For Offshore Gas/Wind Co-Development

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

If records are made to be broken then All-Energy 07, the UKs largestrenewable energy exhibition and conference, looks set to shatter all the glassin its trophy case when the event returns to…

1st April 2007

Renewables Showcase Bursting at the Seams

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A pioneering EUfunded project to promote the innovative use of multi-national maritime searchand rescue (SAR) resources when dealing with major coastal inundation, causedby events such as tsunamis and tidal surges, was launched…

1st April 2007

Pan-European Coastal Flooding Project Launched

1st April 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The British & International Sailors Society (BISS), acharity operating in almost 100 ports worldwide, has launched the BISS DragonBoat Challenge 2007 fundraising event. Sponsored by BP Shipping and Cargill,the spectacular team event…

1st April 2007

Dragon Boats Battle for Charity

1st April 2007