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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The use of Lloyd’s Open Form salvage contract is at historic low levels and support and commitment to the contract was re-stated recently at the International Salvage Union’s 62nd General Meeting.

1st November 2016

ISU urges support for Lloyd’s Open Form

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The next stage in the merger of the European harbour towage operations of Kotug and Smit has taken place with the opening of the new company’s head office in Rotterdam.

1st November 2016

TOWLINES

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It has been a busy few weeks for Svitzer with its second naming ceremony to report in this edition of ‘MJ’ on this occasion concerning two tugs for Sydney Harbour.

1st November 2016

Svitzer invests in Sydney’s port towage

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

An independent assessment by London Offshore Consultants Ltd on behalf of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has looked in detail at the case for an Emergency Towing Vessel in Scottish waters.

1st November 2016

Assessing the requirement for an ETV in Scotland

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

As part of its plans to develop activities in Africa, Boluda France has been awarded a 20-year contract to provide harbour towage and other services at the port of Lomé in Togo.

1st November 2016

Boluda France expands its African operations

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Cummins Inc has reported news on its provision of power sources for a recently launched tractor tug and a multiple order of articulated tug-barge units for Canadian and US owners respectively.

1st November 2016

Cummins tug power

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The naming ceremony has been held in London for ‘Svitzer Kent’, the second of two similar Damen ASD 3212 tugs Svitzer Towage now has in service on the river Thames and at…

1st November 2016

Svitzer Kent named in London

1st November 2016

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The latest look at news from Damen Shipyards has seen orders and deliveries covering no fewer than eleven vessels.

1st November 2016

More orders and deliveries for Damen

1st November 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK-based Global Marine Systems Limited has mentored a team of four students to become the 2016 Engineering Education Scheme (EES) national champions, along with joint venture partner Huawei Marine Networks (HMN).

1st November 2016

Tar cleaning device wins 2016 EES

1st November 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new graduate talent programme has been developed in partnership with UK industry body Mersey Maritime, and launched by Shipping Minister John Hayes.

31st October 2016

New graduate programme at Mersey Maritime

31st October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norsafe, global expert in lifeboat manufacture and training, says it’s concerned about the recent spate of lifeboat drill accidents which have seriously injured or led to fatalities among crew.

31st October 2016

Lifeboat drill incidents

31st October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Scotland-headquartered ACE Winches will unveil its new 500te Linear Winch to its range of specialised deck equipment at this year’s Offshore Energy exhibition.

27th October 2016

New 500te Linear Winch

27th October 2016

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Mercator Media Limited’s Seawork Asia exhibition will take place in Shanghai, China from 29 November to 1st December 2016, but what exactly is Seawork Asia?

27th October 2016

Countdown to Seawork Asia

27th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ECA and Vestdavit have signed a cooperation agreement to develop the next generation of launch and recovery systems for Unmanned Maritime Systems (UMS).

27th October 2016

Launch and recovery cooperation agreement

27th October 2016

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The Moskito oil salvage tool, developed in Norway by Miko Marine AS has recovered its first hydrocarbons from a half submerged ship in Chile.

27th October 2016

Moskito system successfully used

27th October 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Limited places are still available for Brevini and NFPC’s “Stage 2 Winch Hydraulic Systems” training course at the UK’s National Fluid Power Centre, 7-9th November 2016.

27th October 2016

Developing knowledge of winch hydraulics

27th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MacArtney Underwater Technology Group has acquired the majority holding in Denmark-based ASME A/S.

27th October 2016

Active heave acquisition

27th October 2016

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Italdraghe SpA has delivered another Marina Master 8000 dredger to Brighton, UK, the second dredger of its kind to be supplied to a British marina owner.

26th October 2016

Second Marina Master for the UK

26th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Roke Manor Research (Roke) is set to supply integrated artificial intelligence (AI) software to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).

26th October 2016

AI software for Royal Navy operations

26th October 2016

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The German North Sea port of Emden has completed one major €6.2 million modernisation project and is on track to complete a second in a bid to boost cargo handling and improve…

26th October 2016

Emden projects boost port clout

26th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) is converting four of its workboats for gas-to-liquid (GTL) fuel propulsion after tests with the technology on the workshop boat Carl Feddersen proved positive and demonstrated “significant” emission…

26th October 2016

Hamburg boats spearhead GTL fuel swap

26th October 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

MPI’s wind-turbine installation vessel (WTIV) is undergoing installation of leg extensions at the company’s Tees Offshore Base in Middlesborough, UK.

25th October 2016

Leg extensions for MPI Resolution

25th October 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) in Cleveland, Ohio has appointed UK based Offshore Design Engineering Limited (ODE), as engineering representative for Icebreaker Wind, the first freshwater offshore wind project in…

25th October 2016

US offshore wind project

25th October 2016