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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging giant Van Oord closed out celebrations marking its 150th anniversary year with the christening last month of the trailing suction hopper dredger Vox Amalia in Rotterdam.

7th January 2019

Dutch Queen christens Vox Amalia

7th January 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An organisation which tackles marine contamination along the coast of British Columbia, Canada has made three of its new vessels more efficient using Invertek Drives variable frequency drive (VFD) technology.

7th January 2019

VFD technology aids vessel efficiency

7th January 2019

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A project aiming to develop and validate a model for the prototyping and exploitation of innovative ideas in the maritime sector within the Atlantic area has called for entrepreneurs to apply for…

7th January 2019

ProtoAtlantic opens call for applications

7th January 2019

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

German shipyard FSG is readying what is described as Europe’s largest LNG cruise ferry after finally delivering its most complex RoRo passenger ship to date, writes Tom Todd.

7th January 2019

FSG readies biggest LNG cruise ferry

7th January 2019

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Samskip has been named lead partner in a project seeking to bring to market emissions-free, autonomous container ships that also operate at a profit.

4th January 2019

Lead for autonomous eco ships project

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Salvage and Donjon Marine Co. have been awarded a contract that will see them providing salvage services for the US Navy throughout much of the western hemisphere.

4th January 2019

US Navy contract for Smit and Donjon

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Multraship and its innovation arm Novatug’s Carrousel RAve Tug has scooped the prestigious Maritime KVNR Shipping Award 2018.

4th January 2019

TOWLINES

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Lamnalco has reported the signing of two major port towage contracts that will provide work for fifteen tugs in Bahrain and Australia.

4th January 2019

Smit Lamnalco secures two towage contracts

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rolls-Royce has received Approval in Principle (AIP) from classification society ABS for its hybrid propulsion system for tractor tugs.

4th January 2019

Rolls-Royce class approval for hybrid tug

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Trelleborg Marine Systems has launched its SafeTug software solution aimed at empowering those involved with shiphandling in ports with information to optimise safety and efficiency.

4th January 2019

Trelleborg making tug operations safer

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

This month’s round-up is dominated by tug deliveries and contracts signed for two of Europe’s most prolific shipyards, Damen and Sanmar.

4th January 2019

Delivery and order round-up

4th January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Kotug International and Petroconsult have joined forces, establishing a new company following the awarding of a long-term contract in the Red Sea, Egypt.

4th January 2019

Kotug forms new towage partnership in Egypt

4th January 2019

SECURITY

SECURITY

Limitations for small maritime vehicle autonomy are being set by human trust rather than technology development, a technology specialist has said.

3rd January 2019

Human trust is a barrier to technology use

3rd January 2019

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The Ministry of Transport of Schleswig-Holstein announced at the tail end of December that the plan approval of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel is due to be signed imminently.

3rd January 2019

German approval of the Fehmarnbelt tunnel

3rd January 2019

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK-headquartered Briggs Marine & Environmental Services has published its new accounts for the year ending March 2018 at Companies House, which show an annual Turnover of £58m; an increase of 17% from…

3rd January 2019

Turnover up at Briggs

3rd January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has repeated its message of the changing face of the industry while insurers express serious concern for the hull sector.

3rd January 2019

Salvors and insurers working together

3rd January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Ardent Global has completed a complex pollutant removal operation from a cargo vessel that sank in Canadian waters over 30 years ago.

3rd January 2019

Cleaning up old oil the Ardent way

3rd January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch towage contractor Seacontractors BV has carried out three back-to-back emergency response operations in the space of just six days.

3rd January 2019

Seacontractors’ ‘Atlantis’ to the rescue

3rd January 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

German Propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has reported details of the Rudderpropeller element of the four-vessel tug order for the US Navy.

3rd January 2019

Schottel reveals US Navy order details

3rd January 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands based shipbuilder Royal IHC has launched the world’s largest self propelled cutter suction dredger from its yard in Krimpen aan den IJssel.

3rd January 2019

IHC launches world’s largest CSD

3rd January 2019

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

French tidal and ocean stream turbine developer, Sabella, has joined forces with fellow French software vendor, QOS Energy, to improve monitoring of the former’s Ushant tidal energy project.

20th December 2018

Better monitoring at French tidal energy site

20th December 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The argument for reinstating Emergency Towing Vessels around the UK coast was raised again on December 18, when a Russian bulk carrier ran aground in Cornwall, writes Graeme Ewens.

20th December 2018

Local heroes save stranded bulk carrier

20th December 2018

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Ireland’s Dublin Port Company has embarked on a major update to the facilities in Alexandra Dock to allow access for deeper draft ships reports Dag Pike.

20th December 2018

Major works at Dublin Port

20th December 2018