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Australian naval architect, Incat Crowther, has designed a new 24m catamaran passenger ferry currently under construction for Sydney Harbour’s Sealink.

1st May 2013

New Incat Crowther ferry

1st May 2013

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French shipbuilder, Alu Marine, has completed the construction of two 7.80m aluminium survey vessels for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

1st May 2013

Alu Marine completes survey vessels

1st May 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

First time Seawork exhibitor, PM SHIPPING GmbH, has successfully shipped many commercial workboats since its inception in 2010 but one of the more complex and demanding projects was the shipment of two…

1st May 2013

Workboat shipping solutions at Seawork

1st May 2013

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Eliche Radice S.p.A. became the first Italian company certified by the Russian River Register last month.

1st May 2013

Italy propels Russia

1st May 2013

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The port of Antwerp handled 46,997,502 tonnes of freight in the first three months of this year, an increase of 1.4% compared with the same period in 2012.

30th April 2013

Tonnage fall

30th April 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK product solutions company, Red Plant, has introduced an innovative new automatic crane hook which promises to remove the risk associated with port operatives performing the dangerous duty of hooking or unhooking…

30th April 2013

New automatic crane hook at Seawork

30th April 2013

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The UK’s broadband solutions company, Buzz Marine, has added a new internal unit to its range, the free standing Hubba, designed for portable onboard 3G broadband reception.

30th April 2013

Buzz Marine expands range

30th April 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

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That new variants of the ultra-compact BRAtt are ‘turning heads and filling important industry niches’ is the latest news from British Columbia.

30th April 2013

The little Bratts are alive and well

30th April 2013

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TUGS & SALVAGE

Smit Lamnalco has placed an order with Sanmar Shipyard in Turkey for the construction of two 34m long RAstar 3400 escort tugs with a bollard pull in excess of 85 tonnes astern,…

30th April 2013

TOWLINES

30th April 2013

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“If you had to come down to one point that makes the biggest difference in this industry Id say its the relationships,” says Harry Wilson of UK Docks Marine Services.

30th April 2013

Just don’t mention retirement

30th April 2013

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The UKs South Boats IOW Ltd and Seacat Services Ltd will jointly exhibit Seacat Defender, a South Catamaran 24m which is a spec doing particularly well in the market, at Seawork this…

29th April 2013

More orders for 24m South Catamaran

29th April 2013

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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

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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