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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The International Salvage Union (ISU) has presented data illustrating the importance to both the shipping industry and the environment of a strong marine salvage industry.

3rd January 2017

The importance of a well-funded salvage industry

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Tug preservation volunteers at Maasluis in the Netherlands recently took delivery of two more vessels for their collection, a former Europoort tug and a smaller tug and salvage vessel built by nearby…

3rd January 2017

TOWLINES

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

News from Turkish tug builder Sanmar includes deliveries and an order for the first of a new design within just a few weeks of the announcement of the new model joining the…

3rd January 2017

Sanmar order follows concept announcement

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) has announced the awarding of a five-year contract to Ardent Maritime Netherlands BV to provide an ETV to cover Scottish waters.

3rd January 2017

New emergency towing vessel for Scotland

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In recent weeks Damen Shipyards has handed over the keys to six newbuild tugs, signed an order for two and transported fourteen built-for-stock vessels including Stan Pontoons and tugs from Vietnam to…

3rd January 2017

Deliveries continue for Damen

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

ABD Boats of North Vancouver, British Columbia recently launched a new Z-drive tug, the latest addition to the fleet of Saam Smit Towage Canada.

3rd January 2017

Locally-built tug joins Saam Smit’s Canadian fleet

3rd January 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

KT Maritime Services has now taken delivery of three large tugs with European influence in what can perhaps be considered one of the most significant and interesting items of new delivery news…

3rd January 2017

Largest ever Rotortugs for Shell’s FLNG facility

3rd January 2017

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Cosco Dalian Shipyard has delivered a third MC-Class Module Carrier, the BigRoll Baffin, to owners BigRoll Shipping.

29th December 2016

Third MC-Class vessel handed over to Bigroll

29th December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has been awarded a dredging contract in Brazil valued at some €120m.

28th December 2016

Boskalis dredgers to revisit Acu Port

28th December 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

GeoAcoustics of Great Yarmouth in the UK, which has a customer base in over 60 countries and is now a subsidiary of Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime, has launched GeoSwath 4, a fourth generation…

23rd December 2016

GeoSwath upgrade

23rd December 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

CGG’s prowess as a leading exponent of seismic survey services has been underlined with reports of the French organisation’s recent completion of near real-time imaging results for a 4,200 square-kilometre 3D operation…

23rd December 2016

Near real-time Moroccan seismic surveys

23rd December 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Established software specialists Teledyne Caris have announced a new survey suite enabling users to process data in near real-time for reduced conversion and processing times, Caris Onboard 1.1.

23rd December 2016

New Caris development

23rd December 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Following extensive trials of various systems Ports of Jersey in the Channel Islands has extended its survey capability with acquisition of an R2Sonic Sonic 2024 multibeam system and associated equipment delivered and…

23rd December 2016

Ports of Jersey multibeam upgrade

23rd December 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce will provide the main propellers and propulsion control system to a new passenger ferry ordered by Mols-Linien.

23rd December 2016

Rolls-Royce ferry propulsion contract

23rd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Italy-based manufacturer Italdraghe SpA has delivered the first of three SGT 400 cutter suction dredgers to the Iraqi Ministry of Water Resources.

22nd December 2016

Italdraghe delivers CSD to Iraq

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Finland-based marine engine supplier Wärtsilä will provide extensive technical support and advisory services for the Singapore based large cutter dredger Cassiopeia V.

22nd December 2016

Dredger service support expanded

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgium based dredging and marine construction major Jan De Nul will deploy a dredger as part of its contribution to an offshore wind farm/interconnector project in the Danish Baltic Sea.

22nd December 2016

Dredger deploys for Danish windfarm

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredging and marine construction company Van Oord has been awarded two contracts by international contractor Subsea 7.

22nd December 2016

Van Oord wins two contracts in Egypt

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dhaka based business conglomerate DBL Group, which has recently launched its dredging business, DBL Dredging, is supporting its entry into this new market with an order for two IHC Beaver 50 cutter…

22nd December 2016

IHC extends dredger sales to Bangladesh

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

At the end of October the Central Dredging Association (CEDA) co-hosted a conference, with the Portuguese Engineers Association (OE) in Lisbon.

22nd December 2016

CEDA conference showcases solutions

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging in Figures is an annual review of the global dredging market published by the Netherlands based International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC).

22nd December 2016

Dredging in Figures 2015 published

22nd December 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Shipyards Group has announced a new line of Trailing Suction Hopper Dredgers.

22nd December 2016

Damen unveils Marine Aggregate Dredger

22nd December 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

There’s a neat trick that helps spot troubled hydraulic deck equipment.

22nd December 2016

Locating the leak

22nd December 2016