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Earlier this month, Dutch towage operators Van der Wees Watertransporten returned a 420 tonne Gottwald type HMK280E to Antwerp from Le Havre.

1st July 2004

Day Return to Antwerp

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Maersk Supply Services latest A-Type anchor handling/tug supply ship Maersk Advancer has bolstered accommodation capability and is also only the second in Maersks A-Type ship series to fly the British flag.

1st July 2004

Boosted Accommodation on Maersk Supplys Latest AHTS

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvanguard and Salviscount the two ocean-going salvage tugs, delivered to Semco Salvage & } return false; >see Maritime Journal February 2004), have completed their first major operation.

1st July 2004

New Semco Tugs Complete FPSO Tow

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

.The Holyhead Towing Company Ltd has placed an order for a new 25.5m shallow draft tug with Hepworth Shipbuilders Ltd of Paull on Humberside. The vessel will be almost identical to the…

1st July 2004

TOWLINES

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

At recent meetings both the British Tugowners Association (BTA) and their European counterparts the European Tugowners Association (ETA) have restated their intention to raise the profile of their organisations.

1st July 2004

Tugowners Associations to Raise Their Profiles

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The first three vessels of a new series of Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD) tugs entering service with Svitzer Wijsmuller were named at an unusual ceremony held at the Baltija Shipyard in Lithuania.

1st July 2004

A Triple Naming Ceremony for Svitzer Wijsmuller Tugs

1st July 2004

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV) Anglian Monarch averted what could easily have become a major incident in horrendous weather conditions off Dover on the 23 June.

1st July 2004

Coastguard Tug Secures Errant Barge

1st July 2004

KEY DEALS

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The chief executive officer of Wales largest port has warned that economic policy must give greater recognition to the vital role played by Welsh ports and deal fairly and efficiently with proposals…

1st July 2004

Call for Fairness in Port Development

1st July 2004

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Germanys Short Sea Shipping Promotion Centre anticipates that more than 150 million t/km of freight transport will shift from road to sea in that country over the next three years. The change…

1st July 2004

German Roads to Sea

1st July 2004

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The UK Port of Felixstowe has broken its all-time weekly record for the number of containers transported through the port by rail, handling 7,006 boxes in a week at the end of…

1st July 2004

Felixstowe Box by Rail Record

1st July 2004

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The Port of Marseilles has posted a 9% increase in container throughput during the first four months of this year. The main growth came at Fos container terminal, where east-west volumes rose…

1st July 2004

Marseilles Box Boost

1st July 2004

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Middlesbrough based Marine Projects International Ltd (formerly Mayflower Energy) has won its first contract since the purchase of the business by the companys management in April of this year.

1st July 2004

MPI Wins First Wind Farm Contract

1st July 2004

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Fareham UK based Seaeye Marine signed a contract last month to deliver their 50th Seaeye Tiger ROV. The complete system, which includes a Seaeye LARS and TMS will be delivered to Stolt…

1st July 2004

Seaeye Milestone

1st July 2004

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The Rheinmetall Group has completely divested its marine electronics interests by disposing of its stake in EuroCom Industries, holding company EMG EuroMarine Electronics last subsidiary. The 88.6% stake has been transferred to…

1st July 2004

Thrane & Thrane Acquisition

1st July 2004

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Aberdeen based Veripos has been awarded a three year contract for provision of global DGPS services to Italian subsea contractors Mediterranean Survey & Services SpA (MSS).

1st July 2004

DGPS for Italy

1st July 2004

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Tyneside UK based John Lilley & Gillie Ltd has strengthened its portfolio of navigational products by acquiring a 50% interest in marine software company PC Maritime. PC Maritimes founders and owners, David…

1st July 2004

Navigational Synergy

1st July 2004

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A jack-up work barge created considerable consternation off the coast of North Kent during bad weather on 7 July. The barge had been carrying out core sampling and survey work close to…

1st July 2004

Jack-up Goes Walk About

1st July 2004

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Norwegian Maritime Equipment has unveiled a new website (www. nme. no), providing information and photos on the companys range of safety, deck and other equipment as well as news of new products.…

1st July 2004

New NME Website

1st July 2004

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HM Customs & Excise in the UK received a new vessel with which to combat smugglers last month at naming ceremonies in London for the cutter HMCC Valiant.

1st July 2004

New Cutter for HM Customs

1st July 2004

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One of Germanys leading ship repair and conversion yards, Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven (LWB), has averted bankruptcy and said it is now back on track after a dangerous period.

1st July 2004

Lloyd Werft Averts Bankruptcy With Pride of America Repair

1st July 2004