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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Lyngby Denmark based construction company, E. Pihl & Søn AS has filed for bankruptcy, threatening a number of major projects including works at Aarhus and Copenhagen harbours.

19th September 2013

Bankruptcy threatens Danish harbour projects

19th September 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Severn Barrage proposal has been dismissed – UK ministers say that there is not enough evidence to justify the viability of the project.

19th September 2013

Bye-bye to the Severn Barrage

19th September 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 30 August two historic tugs, Seawolf and Elbe, met between the piers of the Hook of Holland and sailed side by side to Maassluis, where hundreds of spectators were anxiously awaiting…

19th September 2013

Historic sisters meet in the Netherlands

19th September 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

NCC Construction Norway is to build a new ferry harbour and two new bridges at Lavik north of Bergen in Norway.

19th September 2013

New ferry harbour for Lavik

19th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

Turkmenistan has launched a $2bn project to build a new port on the Caspian Sea, designed to boost exports.

19th September 2013

New Caspian port

19th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

Alphatron Marine of Rotterdam’s Alphatron Training Centre has received the official Letter of Recognition from the Minister of infrastructure and Environment (also called the Netherlands Shipping Inspectorate.)

19th September 2013

ECDIS certified

19th September 2013

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The UK’s Meercat Workboats has raised the bar in workboat design again with its latest dual lift design.

18th September 2013

New Meercat design

18th September 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Another project rapidly coming to fruition is the Damen ASD Tug 2810 Hybrid being built for Iskes Towage & Salvage of Ijmuiden.

18th September 2013

The Damen ASD tug 2810 Hybrid takes shape

18th September 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The UK’s Environment Agency has announced work is set to begin building an earth embankment to provide vital flood protection from the sea at Easton Broad, south of Lowestoft in Suffolk.

18th September 2013

Flood protection work to start at Easton Broad

18th September 2013

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Predictions on the future of the seas off the UK south coast are outlined in a report published last month by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO).

18th September 2013

MMO marine plan

18th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

The MacArtney Group has signed a representative agreement with Escort Sp. z.o.o. to function as official MacArtney agent in Poland.

18th September 2013

Polish agent

18th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

Described as the largest and most expensive salvage operation ever undertaken, the Costa Concordia has been righted in an operation that took 19 hours and cost upwards of £500m (€600m).

17th September 2013

Concordia upright

17th September 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Houlder has developed new equipment to meet the “challenge of handling offshore wind turbine piles” which it says has grown, along with their size.

17th September 2013

New Houlder equipment

17th September 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Construction has started in earnest at two major shipyards on the next generation of Rotor Tugs to the new ART 80-32 design by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).

17th September 2013

A new generation of Rotor Tugs includes Hybrids

17th September 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Peel Ports has awarded a contract to a joint venture comprising BAM Nuttall and Van Oord for construction of the new £300m Liverpool2 Container Terminal on the Mersey estuary.

17th September 2013

Contractors appointed for Liverpool2 container terminal

17th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu welcomed the entry into force of the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) last month, adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO), a sister UN agency to IMO.

17th September 2013

MLC treaty welcomed

17th September 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In March 2012 Europe’s first true hybrid shiphandling tug, the RT Adriaan, entered service with the KOTUG fleet in the port of Rotterdam.

16th September 2013

A first-hand look at RT Adriaan

16th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

Maritime security solutions provider AdvanFort has opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, as part of its growing and far reaching customer service network, particularly for clients in Europe.

16th September 2013

Hamburg security office

16th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

Kewatec AluBoat Oy, based at Kokkola in Finland, has signed an agreement with Chinese Conglin Group establishing a JV, Shandong ConglinKEWA Aluminum Boat Co, Ltd.

16th September 2013

Finland to China

16th September 2013

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KEY DEALS

A bilateral agreement formalising trade links has been signed by the respective chambers of commerce in Hampshire UK and the southern Spanish port city of Almería.

13th September 2013

Spain – UK ports link

13th September 2013