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Fairmount Marine, with its headquarters in Rotterdam, has taken delivery of the third of their new 200 ton bollard pull long range deepsea tugs.

1st July 2006

TOWLINES

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A powerful new tug/pilot vessel for the Lerwick Port Authority arrived at the Shetland port during the first few days of June. The 20m vessel, with a 20 ton bollard pull, is…

1st July 2006

Lerwick Port Authority Gets a Powerful New Tug/Pilot Vessel

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Captain Arthur Naismith, a familiar face and friend to many tugmen and tug companies around the world has retired as Voiths training tugmaster.

1st July 2006

Captain Arthur Naismith Retires

1st July 2006

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In a move likely to have a profound effect on the towage industry globally and in Europe and Australasia in particular, SvitzerWijsmuller has made a cash offer for all of the shares…

1st July 2006

SvitzerWijsmuller Bids to Take Over Adsteam Marine Ltd

1st July 2006

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Aker Yards and the Damen Shipyards Group are planning to establish a joint venture owning the Damen Shipyards Okean yard at Mykolayiv in the Ukraine.

1st July 2006

Aker/Damen Joint Venture

1st July 2006

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KEY DEALS

Associated British Ports looks set to be taken over by a consortium led by American investment bank Goldman Sachs after that group' s improved bid, valuing ABP at £ 2.79bn, forced a…

1st July 2006

£2.8bn Bid for ABP

1st July 2006

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KEY DEALS

The UK Government agency CEFAS (Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science), wishing to reach more people and increase the level of dialogue on coastal mapping issues, has relaunched its newsletter, Coast…

1st July 2006

Coast Map News Online

1st July 2006

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KEY DEALS

The Port of London Authority has launched a new free publication to promote the range of terminals and facilities within its jurisdiction. The full colour A4 size Port of London Handbook runs…

1st July 2006

Free PLA Handbook

1st July 2006

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KEY DEALS

The first of four more berths on the Bremerhaven Container Terminals (BCT) new 500m CT 4 expansion site is due for completion in Autumn with work reported largely on target.

1st July 2006

Bremerhavens CT4 Heads for First Berth Completion

1st July 2006

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The first complete ship to be built in Portsmouth Naval Base for nearly 40 years was loaded out from the VT Shipbuilding assembly hall last month. The 80m Offshore Patrol Vessel Helicopter…

1st July 2006

Long Launch for Naval Base Newbuild

1st July 2006