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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Lamnalco has placed an order with Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of two 34m long RAstar 3400 escort tugs with a bollard pull in excess of 85 tonnes astern,…

30th April 2013

TOWLINES

30th April 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

“If you had to come down to one point that makes the biggest difference in this industry Id say its the relationships,” says Harry Wilson of UK Docks Marine Services.

30th April 2013

Just don’t mention retirement

30th April 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UKs South Boats IOW Ltd and Seacat Services Ltd will jointly exhibit Seacat Defender, a South Catamaran 24m which is a spec doing particularly well in the market, at Seawork this…

29th April 2013

More orders for 24m South Catamaran

29th April 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Conference Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is calling on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the European Union to improve maritime safety following a debate in the European Parliament last week about…

29th April 2013

Erika trial sparks European debate

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

During the past few weeks the towage industry media has been ‘humming’ with a host of news reports from the Rotterdam headquarters of KOTUG International.

29th April 2013

KOTUG dominates the news

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Spanish ship building and repair company Astilleros Armon SA has delivered the tug Cerro Itamut, the first of a series of fourteen azimuthing tractor tugs for ACP - the Panama Canal Authority.

29th April 2013

Armon delivers the first tractor tug for Panama

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards has announced that Hamburg based tug vowner Petersen & Alpers will be their first customer for a newly designed ASD Tug 2913.

29th April 2013

Petersen & Alpers order the first Damen ASD 2913

29th April 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

In a new report, international insurer Lloyd’s of London reveals that the increasing size of vessels is causing the costs of the removal of wrecked ships to rise.

26th April 2013

Costly wreck removals

26th April 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UKHO: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced that Ian Moncrieff CBE has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive.

26th April 2013

New chief executive

26th April 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has acquired a 50% interest in 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd.

26th April 2013

Acquisition brings 3D sonar to windfarms

26th April 2013