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A Transas Offshore and Dynamic Positioning simulator was recently installed at Pan Arab E-Navigation’s (PAEN) dynamic positioning training centre in Alexandria, Egypt.

16th October 2012

Offshore simulator installed at PAEN

16th October 2012

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UK based boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has just launched its latest vessel, ‘Skua’ which is now working in Ireland for new owners, Strangford Moorings – a specialist moorings contractor.

16th October 2012

Latest newbuilds for Meercat

16th October 2012

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Seacat Resolute is the first of four 24m DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels being built for Seacat Services Ltd of Cowes, Isle of Wight, by South Boats Special Projects Ltd .

16th October 2012

First of four 24m WFSVs for Seacat Services

16th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd, a sister company of Blue Ocean Marine, based at Bere Island on the south west coast of Ireland, has purchased the twin screw tug/workboat Trojan, a small…

15th October 2012

Trojan is purchased by Atlantic Towage

15th October 2012

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South Boats Special Projects Ltd, the market leader in the production of offshore wind farm support vessels, called in corporate restructuring specialists today after running into financial difficulty.

12th October 2012

South Boats calls in administrators

12th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Zamil Offshore Services in Dammam have recently completed the construction of a series of three Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs for use by the Saudi Ports Authority.

12th October 2012

Three powerful RAmparts for Saudi Arabia

12th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Over the past few months, Damen’s Changde Shipyard in China has delivered the compact tug Tancred and tug/workboat Wattle to DMS Maritime Pty Ltd of Australia.

12th October 2012

New Damen tugs serve the Australian Navy

12th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Ocean Towage has announced its intention to withdraw from deepsea towage and offer the three oceangoing tugs London, Rotterdam and Singapore for sale.

12th October 2012

Svitzer to withdraw from deepsea towage

12th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) held their 58th General Meeting in Istanbul late last month.

11th October 2012

ISU considers Bunker Removal Clause

11th October 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

RenewableUK, the trade body for the UK’s wind and marine renewables industries, is celebrating a number of milestones for offshore wind in what it calls ‘Super September’.

11th October 2012

UK offshore wind celebrates Super September

11th October 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.

11th October 2012

Diver training underway in the Netherlands

11th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Recent contracts to deliver MacGregor anchor handling, mooring and towing solutions for 15 offshore support vessels (OSV) for Asian customers is a result of returning market confidence, says Cargotec.

11th October 2012

European deck equipment boost from Asia

11th October 2012

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An upturn in commercial requirements and a growing demand for unsophisticated engines has led to a surge in demand for Doosan engines.

11th October 2012

Doosan doing it right for wind farm vessels

11th October 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The J P Knight Group, with headquarters in Rochester UK, have sold the anchorhandling tugs Anglian Princess and Anglian Sovereign to Smit Transport Belgium NV.

11th October 2012

Two former British ETVs join Smit

11th October 2012

KEY DEALS

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UK marine electrical engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the Bibby Renaissance ship.

10th October 2012

Seaking Electrical completes Bibby contract

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Experienced people sometimes still need reminding that maxims like ‘routine is the friendly killer’ still hold true where lifting operations are concerned, says IMCA’s technical director Jane Bugler.

10th October 2012

Lifting operations: Don’t close your eyes

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Gleistein Ropes launched its new XCover System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg last month.

10th October 2012

XCover System for ropes uncovered at SMM

10th October 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Kleven Maritime is centred in Norway, with activities largely taking place in the company’s two yards, Kleven Verft AS and Myklebust Verft AS.

10th October 2012

Lifting capacity lifted by Kleven’s new dock

10th October 2012

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Transportation service company, Metrans, subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has taken over the trimodal container terminal in the Port of Krems, Austria, after acquiring Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co…

9th October 2012

Metrans takes over Krems trimodal terminal

9th October 2012

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman…

9th October 2012

“Something you have to learn to live with”

9th October 2012