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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past few months a variety of RAmparts 3000 series of ASD tug designs by Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) has been described in these pages.

20th February 2013

Macleod a unique ‘dual-draft’ ASD

20th February 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

During the last few days of December 2012 the new SL Gabon sailed from the Damen Shipyard in Galati, Romania, bound for Port Gentil in Gabon.

20th February 2013

SL Gabon, an important delivery for Smit Lamnalco

20th February 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The world’s media focused on Alaska at the beginning of the year when the Royal Dutch Shell ‘Arctic’-class drilling unit Kulluk was driven aground by violent weather on the southeast shoreline of…

20th February 2013

A brief look at Aiviq

20th February 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Eight crew members were rescued from the Greek registered tug Christos XXII on 13 January after it was damaged by the ship it was towing whilst trying to anchor a mile off…

20th February 2013

TOWLINES

20th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The installation of the topside for the Riffgat offshore windfarm, located North West of German Island, Borkum, has been completed.

19th February 2013

Riffgat windfarm topside installed

19th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Scottish and Norwegian operations of Cosalt Offshore have been acquired by private equity group, NBGI Private Equity, an investor in the Aberdeen based ATR Group.

19th February 2013

Private equity buyout for Cosalt Offshore

19th February 2013

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Engineers from Portsmouth UK based Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASV) Ltd have travelled to Tohoku University in Japan to hand over C-Stat 2, the first autonomous mobile station keeping buoy.

19th February 2013

ASV delivers first mobile station keeping buoy

19th February 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Zwijndrecht based tugowners and marine contractors Holding Herman Sr BV has been transformed over the past few months from the original family firm to become a major player in the marine…

19th February 2013

Bommel joins the expanding fleet of Herman Sr

19th February 2013

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Kootenay, an extremely powerful, agile and innovative ‘compact’ ASD tug of only 19.6m in length has entered service in British Columbia.

19th February 2013

Kootenay – compact and agile

19th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands based dredger builders IHC Merwede has launched the first IHC Beaver 65 DDSP at its Sliedrecht shipyard.

18th February 2013

IHC Merwede launches new cutter dredger

18th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first Marina Master dredger from Italian manufacturer Italdraghe will be moored on the floating pontoon at Seawork 2013.

18th February 2013

Italdraghe dredger on pontoon at Seawork commissioning in the UK

18th February 2013

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

World Ocean Council (WOC) membership has surged over the past 12 months, with more than 25 new members joining, says the ever the growing international cross-sectoral ocean business alliance.

18th February 2013

Industry alliance membership grows

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Leisure harbours at Moray in Scotland will not be dredged for at least two years when a new council owned dredger will be in service, councillors there have been told.

18th February 2013

Commercial harbours dredging priority

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Orkney Islands Council says work is well underway at the Copland’s Dock development in Stromness.

18th February 2013

Work under way on new dock in Orkney Islands

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Repair work on the De Blauwe Dromer lock near Zeewolde/Harderwijk in The Netherlands is making steady progress according to consultant Deltares, and a temporary dam required to do the work safely has…

18th February 2013

Repair work underway on De Blauwe Dromer

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Iv-Groep in The Netherlands won an InfraTech Innovation Prize in the Applied Innovation category for its work on the new lock gates for the Panama Canal.

18th February 2013

Iv-Groep wins prize for lock gates

18th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Construction Industry Research & Information Association (IRIA) in the UK is planning to update the publication, ‘Old Waterfront Walls – management, maintenance and rehabilitation’ (1992).

18th February 2013

CIRIA to update waterfront walls publication

18th February 2013

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

International diving equipment technology company Divex has won a multi-million pound contract to supply the Russian Admiralty with a saturation diving system.

15th February 2013

Russian – Scottish sub rescue collaboration

15th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Geomarine consultant Partrac has reported a busy 2012 as it enters its 10th year of trading.

15th February 2013

Sediment surveys underpin top trading year

15th February 2013

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of what would be the world’s longest combined floating/cable-stayed bridge is being proposed in Trondheim, Norway.

15th February 2013

Plans for world’s longest floating bridge

15th February 2013