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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob…

1st October 2009

More Rotor Tugs join the Kotug Fleet

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to…

1st October 2009

The fleet of Antwerp Towage is strengthened

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the…

1st October 2009

TOWLINES – October 2009

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The internet portal www.hafen-hamburg.de, which is designed and managed by Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn., has been completely overhauled. It now presents a completely new appearance and includes a lot of…

1st October 2009

Hamburg website upgrade

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Jumbo Offshore’ s engineers and the crew of DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin have successfully installed their first transition piece (TP) at a wind farm off the UK’ s southeast coast.

1st October 2009

Single vessel transition piece installation

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The four yearly PIANC Congress returns to the UK for the first time in over 30 years on the occasion of the organisation’ s 125th anniversary. The PIANC MMX Congress will take…

1st October 2009

Dredging support for anniversary PIANC Congress

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

East Anglia UK based Red7Marine (R7M,ex Haven Ports/ Anglian Marine Services) has started its first overseas commission by shipping a jack up barge to the Israeli port of Haifa, where it is…

1st October 2009

First overseas contract for Red7Marine

1st October 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.

30th September 2009

Diver detection success in UK port trials

30th September 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’ s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has confirmed a grant of £ 5M to the National Maritime Museum’ s project to develop a major new wing. This commitment from HLF, together…

28th September 2009

Maritime Museum development

28th September 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Maritime Statistics 2008, published in September by the British Government, show that UK ports handled 562m tons of freight last year, only 3% down on 2007. Liquid bulk traffic accounted for 43%…

25th September 2009

Port freight hangs on

25th September 2009