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The Conference Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR) is calling on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the European Union to improve maritime safety following a debate in the European Parliament last week about…

29th April 2013

Erika trial sparks European debate

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

During the past few weeks the towage industry media has been ‘humming’ with a host of news reports from the Rotterdam headquarters of KOTUG International.

29th April 2013

KOTUG dominates the news

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Spanish ship building and repair company Astilleros Armon SA has delivered the tug Cerro Itamut, the first of a series of fourteen azimuthing tractor tugs for ACP - the Panama Canal Authority.

29th April 2013

Armon delivers the first tractor tug for Panama

29th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen Shipyards has announced that Hamburg based tug vowner Petersen & Alpers will be their first customer for a newly designed ASD Tug 2913.

29th April 2013

Petersen & Alpers order the first Damen ASD 2913

29th April 2013

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In a new report, international insurer Lloyd’s of London reveals that the increasing size of vessels is causing the costs of the removal of wrecked ships to rise.

26th April 2013

Costly wreck removals

26th April 2013

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UKHO: The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has announced that Ian Moncrieff CBE has been appointed to the role of Chief Executive.

26th April 2013

New chief executive

26th April 2013

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

DeepOcean UK, a subsidiary of DeepOcean Group Holding BV, has acquired a 50% interest in 3D sonar visualisation company ADUS to form ADUS DeepOcean Ltd.

26th April 2013

Acquisition brings 3D sonar to windfarms

26th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Loughborough UK based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) and HR Wallingford are launching a tidal energy modelling tool for use by tidal energy developers to identify the most efficient sites for tidal…

26th April 2013

Tidal energy modelling tool launched

26th April 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Dolphin Geophysical of Bergen is currently completing 5,000 sq/km of seismic surveys in sectors of the UK Continental Shelf.

26th April 2013

Multiple seismic ventures for Dolphin

26th April 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

DEME, the Belgian dredging and hydraulic engineering group, is to use Aberdeen based TerraStar GNSS’s TerraStar-D precise point positioning service (PPP) in support of worldwide nearshore operations of its multi-functional fleet of…

26th April 2013

Belgian contract for TerraStar

26th April 2013

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ECDIS Ltd of Fareham in Hampshire UK is now offering a course combining generic and type specific training on ECDIS operations.

26th April 2013

Two in one ECDIS training

26th April 2013

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The UK’s Victor Marine Ltd has developed a new Sewage Treatment Plant (STP) for the marine market which complies with the latest IMO Resolution MEPC 159(55). The full system is also Bureau…

25th April 2013

Victor Marine sewage treatment

25th April 2013

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Netherlands based Pronomar BV has been appointed as a supplier of the company sustainable energy company EWE in Oldenburg/Germany.

25th April 2013

Dry on windfarms

25th April 2013

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Escola Europea de SSS (2E3S) has organized the first motorways of the sea training courses called WHITE MOS for students coming from the Spain, Mexico and Belgium.

25th April 2013

First ‘motorways’ training

25th April 2013

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US based dredging company, Great Lakes Dredge and Dock (GLDD) has announced a contract with fellow US company, Signal International Inc, for the construction of a Articulated Tug and Barge (ATB) Trailing…

25th April 2013

GLDD ATB hopper dredger

25th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has been awarded a contract by the Wasser und Schifffahrtsamt Cuxhaven to maintain part of the shipping fairway of the River Elbe in Germany spanning a distance of 110km.

25th April 2013

Boskalis acquires dredging contract in Germany

25th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Continuing its long association with the Port of Waterford, Anthony D Bates Partnership (ADBP) is assisting the Port of Waterford in southeast Ireland with an application for a new multi-year disposal at…

25th April 2013

Key role for ADBP at Port of Waterford

25th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

ABPmer in the UK, in association with law firm LA Marine, is hosting a half day seminar to assist harbour authorities in the region engage with the marine planning process to ensure…

25th April 2013

Encouragement to gear up for marine planning

25th April 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Galway Harbour Company is expected to lodge its planning application for the first phase of the port expansion plans in May, with construction to begin in 2015.

25th April 2013

Galway Harbour to lodge expansion plans

25th April 2013

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Japan’s Eco Marine Power (EMP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Malaysia’s AIMS Global Engineering (AIMS) to market and develop renewable energy solutions for shipping.

24th April 2013

Eco-friendly shipping MOU

24th April 2013