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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

German tug owner Bergung Transport & Heavylift GmbH & Co KG have reported a busy period of activity for their two largest anchor handling tugs Orcus and Uranus.

15th July 2014

Harms Bergung’s big tugs kept busy

15th July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A collaboration of Dutch expertise has developed an ingenious, basic, yet effective small tug able to be transported as a twenty foot container.

15th July 2014

Tug delivered by container

15th July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Nevsky Shipyard has delivered a sophisticated salvage and towing vessel to the Russian Federation, to be home-ported in Vladivostok.

15th July 2014

Sophisticated salvage vessel for Russian Federation

15th July 2014

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Global maritime transportation provider Signet Maritime Corporation has increased its towing vessel fleet with the acquisition of eight vessels from the fleet of Harvey Gulf International.

15th July 2014

Signet Maritime expands its fleet with tug acquisitions

15th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cooperation between France’s Marseilles Fos and Moroccan ports could be boosted by three potential new ventures – covering ferry services and agricultural trades – after the French port’s CEO Christine Cabau Woehrel…

14th July 2014

Marseilles Fos reinforces Moroccan links

14th July 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A 73 million USD investment to upgrade four existing cranes, along with other infrastructure improvements to APM Terminals Algeciras, has helped to make Spain’s largest container port the busiest on the Mediterranean…

14th July 2014

Investment at Algeciras

14th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Netherlands headquartered survey multinational Fugro N.V. has taken delivery of the first of three Fugro Offshore Coastal Survey Vessels (FOCSV) being built by Damen. The first of a new class, the Fugro…

14th July 2014

‘Fugro Proteus’ delivered

14th July 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The Danish Eiva company has added a new member to its group of authorised resellers in China. Chinese Smartsea Technology Co., Ltd has become authorised reseller of Eiva software and hardware solutions…

14th July 2014

Eiva expands east

14th July 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Holyhead Towing (UK) have recently completed a contract to tow a 4,000 tonne reinforced concrete caisson from the Inchgreen drydock in Greenock where it was built by RJ McLeod (contractors) for Ullapool…

14th July 2014

Caisson tow completed

14th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

SWL Rope Lifting and Testing’s subsidiary, Lloyds Ship Safety Services Ltd, has been approved as an independent service provider for the annual servicing and testing of lifeboats and davits and on-load release…

14th July 2014

SWL subsidiary expands portfolio

14th July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A collaboration agreement outlining a commitment to work together in the marine energy sector has been signed by two key organisations in the south west of England and Pembrokeshire.

11th July 2014

South West and Pembrokeshire renewables partnership

11th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

This June Furuno’s NavSkills network of training centres issued the ten thousandth ECDIS type specific training certificate. The certificate was issued to a Russian navigator trained at the Odessa Maritime Training Center,…

11th July 2014

10,000th ECDIS certificate

11th July 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Accommodation vessel ‘DP Gezina’ owned by Chevalier Floatels (NED) has been hired by Saipem to support the installation work related to topside hook up and modification at Burullus Simian Control Platform, located…

11th July 2014

Dutch floatel for Egypt

11th July 2014

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

McTays shipbuilder in Birkenhead, UK, has invested more than £1million at its headquarters including upgrading a slipway which is now capable of accommodating vessels up to 2,000 tonnes.

11th July 2014

McTays’ million pound slipway

11th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Sweden-based Dometic Marine has signed exclusive dealership contracts with two distributors in Dubai to sell its Cruisair and Marine Air equipment.

11th July 2014

Dometic Marine expands East

11th July 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

UK marine engineering company, MarShip, picked up 2 awards at Mercator Media’s SeaWork International back in June, winning Best in Category (Marine Engineering) and the main ‘Spirit of Innovation award’ for its…

11th July 2014

MarShip’s EDI system

11th July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Dutch company Offshore Wind Services (OWS), specialists in the provision of crew transfer vessels to the offshore wind industry have ordered a Damen FCS 2008 Twin Axe. This is the company’s second…

11th July 2014

Quick turnaround for second Twin Axe

11th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Mampaey Offshore Industries has delivered a more cost effective way for the VT Group to deliver fuel oil to their client’s vessels at lower cost whilst enhancing safety.

10th July 2014

Quickening up the bunkering process

10th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Amsterdam-based DutchWorkboats is looking to expand its offering and is investing heavily over the next six months in a “new generation RIB”.

10th July 2014

DutchWorkboats expands offering

10th July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

SeaRoc Group, a UK based specialist provider of marine and engineering services for offshore renewable energy projects, has successfully completed the first major maintenance visit to Forewind’s Dogger Bank meteorological (met) masts…

9th July 2014

Met masts maintained

9th July 2014