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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Quay modernisation and stepped-up investment this year in Rostock is designed to keep the German Baltic port on top of demand, reports Tom Todd.

29th April 2019

Rostock invests in improved quays

29th April 2019

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

New research has identified three areas of innovation that could significantly reduce the development costs of Multi-Use Platforms at Sea (MUPs) to make them more economically attractive.

26th April 2019

MUPs can offer lower cost development

26th April 2019

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Port of Milford Haven has completed a series of improvements to its lock gates at the entrance to Milford Marina, enabling a more flexible and faster access arrangement for its marina…

26th April 2019

Marina lock gates improved after hurricane

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Salvors are battling to save a bulk carrier and minimise pollution following its grounding on a sensitive reef on Rennell Island, part of the remote Solomon Islands.

26th April 2019

Grounding of the MV ‘Solomon Trader’

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Van Wijngaarden Marine Services’ Shoalbuster Lingestroom has become the first vessel to receive Green Award certification for a new ship type, Offshore Supply vessels.

26th April 2019

TOWLINES

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Global towage operator Svitzer, along with its key partners recently held the christening ceremony for the tug Svitzer Meridian, the latest and tenth vessel in its Port of London fleet.

26th April 2019

Svitzer Meridian – christened on the meridian

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) have provided background details of the order for two custom-designed escort tugs for operation in Finland.

26th April 2019

Ice-class escort tug for Finland

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rope manufacturer Samson along with the Alaska Maritime Prevention & Response Network (Alaska Network) and Norwegian Coast Guard have completed trials of its EVATS emergency towing system.

26th April 2019

Samson, making the vital towing connection

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Greek emergency responder Tsavliris Salvage has taken part in two incidents providing professional intervention that avoided making headlines as environmental disasters.

26th April 2019

Tsavliris reports multiple projects

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

“This tug is the ultimate in the field of customisation that it virtually becomes a different model” Sanmar’s description of a tractor tug order for Italian tug owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti.

26th April 2019

Heavily modified tractor tug from Sanmar

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has provided details of two recently delivered tugs built to its designs by shipyards in the US and China.

26th April 2019

Double delivery success for RAL

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rotterdam-based Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) is providing on-the-job tug master and pilot training aimed at enhancing efficiency and team work for ships using Khalifa Port.

26th April 2019

TTC tug master and pilot training

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The European Tugowners Association (ETA) together with other stakeholders has taken a clear joint stand in relation to Consortia Block Exemption Regulations.

26th April 2019

ETA’s position on container carrier alliances

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards Group has announced that its marine winches sold under the name of Damen Marine Components (DMC) are to be made available on the open market.

26th April 2019

Damen sells its winches on the open market

26th April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Med Marine is providing a steady stream of news of late reporting two additions to its fleet of tugs and an agreement to build a new design of tug.

26th April 2019

Busy times at Med Marine

26th April 2019

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Isle of Wight ferry operator, Red Funnel Ferries, has welcomed its first freight ferry with a traditional ship naming ceremony.

26th April 2019

New Solent freight ferry

26th April 2019

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

CTV operators are calling for more transparency around vessel performance as the market seeks to “level the playing field” in offshore wind support, a marine engineering company has said.

25th April 2019

Call for more CTV performance transparency

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Philippines’ Department of Public Works and Highways has launched desilting operations in Manila Bay.

25th April 2019

Manila Bay desilting operations underway

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgium’s DEME Group has won a major contract to carry out the deepening of the Elbe fairway in Germany.

25th April 2019

DEME wins major Elbe deepening contract

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The U S Army Corps of Engineers has awarded a $92 million contract to Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company to deepen and widen the Corpus Christi Ship Channel (CCSC).

25th April 2019

Great Lakes to deepen Corpus Christi

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is organising an International Seminar on Dredging and Reclamation.

25th April 2019

IADC Dredging and Reclamation Seminar

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands based dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded two contracts in Indonesia which carry a combined value of some €75 million.

25th April 2019

Double Indonesia contract win for Boskalis

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgian dredging contractors Jan De Nul and the DEME Group have joined with the Port of Zeebrugge and others to fund an academic chair in coastal hydraulic engineering at KU Leuven.

25th April 2019

Dredger funds for coastal engineering chair

25th April 2019