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SECURITY

SECURITY

While piracy is reflected in recent Hollywood blockbusters as the stuff of legend and intrigue, for those operating offshore vessels it can be a very genuine concern.The potential threat is being taken…

1st February 2007

Verification of Third Party Security Personnel

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Lamor and Clean Globe International, member companies of the Lamor Group, will establish an oil spill centre equipment stockpile at Sines in Portugal. For the three year contract, awarded to Lamor in…

1st February 2007

EMSA Takes Spill Response to Atlantic

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Port of Los Angeles in California USA andthe local South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) are partnering ona demonstration project to use electrically powered tractors to tow cargocontainers from the…

1st February 2007

Port of LA CAAPs Air Pollution

1st February 2007

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Salvors are seeking a meeting with EU Fisheries and MaritimeAffairs Commissioner Joe Borg to present their case for the adoption of newmeasures to reduce the risk of another spill disaster in European…

1st February 2007

Action Plan for European Pollution

1st February 2007

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

On 19 January Van Wijngaarden Marine Services BV of Sliedrecht in the Netherlands formally named ‘ Giessenstroom’ , the first new Damen Shoalbuster 3009 seagoing tug, at the Damen Shipyards Hardinxveld facility.…

1st February 2007

Giessenstroom – The Largest Shoalbuster Yet

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Towage services in the UK port of Milford Haven will be transformed with a fleet of nine powerful new tugs and six line handling vessels to be introduced bySvitzer Marine Ltd .

1st February 2007

SvitzerWijsmuller Win Major Milford Haven LNG Contracts

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first of twocoastal protection vessels has been handed over to Spains Maritime SafetyAuthority SASEMAR. Named Don Inda,the vessels primary role is that of an emergency towingvessel (ETV) for tankers of unlimited…

1st February 2007

More New ETVs for the Spanish Coast

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

JP Knight (Caledonian) Ltd,; the Scottish branch of JP Knight Ltd based at Invergordon, has returned to Japan to replace the Japanese built tugs Kinnaird and Kincardine, which were sold in November…

1st February 2007

JP Knight Go Shopping in Japan

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 9 February the Competition Commission (CC) published its final report on SvitzerWijsmullers proposed takeover of Adsteam Marine Ltd. In the report the Commission will require SvitzerWijsmuller A/S to sell off one…

1st February 2007

Competition Commission Reports on Svitzer-Adsteam Takeover

1st February 2007

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The new compact tug Union Amber is undergoing extensive trials after completion by the Spanish yard Astilleros Armon. Union Amber is the first of four new vessels to be ordered by URS…

1st February 2007

TOWLINES

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Since 1969 QE2 has sailed over three millionmiles, been a troop ship in the Falklands War and had her main engines changesfrom steam to diesel.

1st February 2007

RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 the Last Great Liner

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

TheMaritime Events & Training Directory is unique in that itis the only one of its kind in the maritime industry.

1st February 2007

Maritime Events & Training Directory

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

This book covers the sometimes turbulent history of theports and harbours along the Northumberland coast, from its simple fishingharbours to the great industrial harbours built on coal export, and reflects ontheir Industrial…

1st February 2007

Ports and Harbours of Northumberland

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The seas of northern Europeare some of the most heavily travelled in history and there are literallythousands of wrecks lying in quite shallow water.

1st February 2007

Lost Treasure Ships of the Northern Seas

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Classification society Germanischer Lloyd, fresh from victory in its takeover struggle with rival Bureau Veritas, has restructured its Maritime Services.  From last month, the Maritime Services are subdivided into the divisions Fleet…

1st February 2007

GL Marine Services Restructure

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Ministry of Defence Disposal Services Agency (DSA), working with the Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) have pioneered an innovative plan for the responsible disposal of UK…

1st February 2007

Green Passport for UK Ship Recycling

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Salvage problems surrounding ultra-large vessels will be the focus for the International Salvage Unions Fourth Associate Members Day meeting in London on 7 March.   

1st February 2007

ISU Members Day

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Work on the ill-fated containership MSC Napoli has progressed well and to plan, since the 53,409gt ship was first put aground in Lyme Bay. Only a significant deterioration in the weather at…

1st February 2007

MSC Napoli – A Major Oil Spill Averted

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The vessel is for New-Logistics in Kiel for charter with RMS between the German Rhine port of Duisburg and UK ports. RMS said Futura carriers would serve as feeders and be 'much…

1st February 2007

Unique Futura Finally Takes the Plunge

1st February 2007

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

East German shipyard Peene-Werft has won a European tender worth about ¢ 63m to build two state of the art, ocean going fishery protection ships for the German authorities. The order came…

1st February 2007

Fishery Protection Duo Go to German Yard

1st February 2007