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Holland’s Royal Boskalis Westminster reconfirmed its intention to make an all cash voluntary public offer for all the issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Breda based heavy lift operator Dockwise on Monday.

20th December 2012

Boskalis moves closer to Dockwise takeover

20th December 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Acting on the suggestion of the insolvency administrator, Berthold Brinkmann, P+S WERFTEN decided in favour of the Lürssen Group (Bremen) as the buyer of the Peene shipyard in Wolgast at a meeting…

20th December 2012

Good news for struggling German yards

20th December 2012

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The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80% of the world merchant fleet, has issued a new position paper on Arctic shipping.

20th December 2012

ICS maps future for Arctic shipping

20th December 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

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Seatech Engineering in Poland has developed designs for an inland waterways push tug that uses LNG as a fuel.

20th December 2012

Polish design for inland LNG push tug

20th December 2012

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Gleistein Ropes has signed a distribution partnership agreement with German shipping supplier Uwe Kloska GmbH.

20th December 2012

German ropes deal

20th December 2012

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An agreement has been signed to merge DNV and GL, with the new entity to be called DNV GL Group.

20th December 2012

Societies merge

20th December 2012

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Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry recovered slightly from their lowest level for over four years in the three months ended November 2012, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from…

20th December 2012

Shipping bounces back?

20th December 2012

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Essex UK based active and passive radar reflector manufacturer Echomax has had its Wheelmarked EM230 and EM230BR passive radar reflectors granted Module B (Product Performance) and Module D (Quality Control) certification by…

20th December 2012

Reflectors certification

20th December 2012

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Dutch engine manufacturer, Neander Shark, is in the process of developing a modern diesel outboard motor - a prototype of which was on show at SMM this year.

20th December 2012

Neander Shark develops outboard motor

20th December 2012

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German marine equipment supplier, Hatlapa, has set up a new partnership with German ship repair company, Loewe Marine, to provide maintenance and repair services for steering gear and rudder systems.

20th December 2012

Hatlapa and Loewe Marine set up new partnership

20th December 2012