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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Scottish tugowner Targe Towing Ltd of Montrose has withdrawn completely from towage operations on the Thames.

10th September 2012

Targe Towing withdraw from the Thames

10th September 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The crippled containership MSC Flaminia finally reached a sheltered position off the UK coast of Cornwall on 28 August after a marathon towage and salvage operation lasting over six weeks.

10th September 2012

MSC Flaminia – a marathon salvage operation

10th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Pulled by customer demand alone, Dutch marine solutions company, Imtech Marine and Offshore, will be establishing its presence in the South American market this month with the opening of an office in…

7th September 2012

Imtech opens Brazilian office

7th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Structures built in or near rivers and other channels can be vulnerable to scour around their foundations.

7th September 2012

CIRIA to update scour manual

7th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) in the UK has provided an update on its plans for an Outer Harbour breakwater, providing East Cowes and Cowes with a true, sheltered harbour.

7th September 2012

Cowes Harbour Commission plans new breakwater

7th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Trelleborg Marine Systems has been contracted by Costain to supply fender systems for berths eight and nine, as part of a £300m reconfiguration at Port of Felixstowe in the UK known as…

7th September 2012

Trelleborg fenders for Felixstowe South

7th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A subsidiary of Bauer group in Germany is playing a key role in the construction of two artificial islands being created using millions of m3 of rock and sand off the densely…

7th September 2012

Key role for Bauer in Bay of Panama

7th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Belgian medium speed engine company ABC has launched a new engine at SMM in Hamburg. The 6DL36 is rated at up to 5,299bhp at 750rpm and is said to comply with IMO…

6th September 2012

ABC portfolio gets bigger and greener

6th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Germany’s ZF Marine Group had a lot to shout about at this year’s SMM trade fair in Hamburg – it launched a new hybrid ready ZF 5300 PTI transmission gearbox and introduced…

6th September 2012

ZF Marine firsts at SMM 2012

6th September 2012

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Ratification of Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) is “great news for the world’s more than 1.2m seafarers”, said Dr Rosalie Balkin of the IMO’s Legal Affairs and External Relations Division.

6th September 2012

Maritime Labour Convention ratified

6th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Jan de Nul reports that new projects with a total value of more than €500m have been added to its orderbook in the last month.

6th September 2012

More offshore contracts for Jan de Nul

6th September 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has acquired a contract with port operator Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) for deepening and widening the port and access channel of JNPT in Mumbai, India.

6th September 2012

Boskalis acquires port contract in India

6th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based Merseyside shipyard and engineering business, Cammell Laird, is looking to grow its business across the marine, renewables and civil nuclear sectors in the second half of 2012, following a strong…

5th September 2012

Cammell Laird targets renewables

5th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The first-in-class Joint High Speed Vessel USNS ‘Spearhead’ (JHSV 1), under construction at Austal USA’s Alabama shipyard, has successfully completed Acceptance Trials (AT) – the last milestone before delivery.

5th September 2012

Austal vessel completes Acceptance Trials

5th September 2012

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Drydocks World – Dubai has joined hands with the Occupational Health and Environmental Respiratory Department of Imperial College London to conduct research which will focus on the respiratory health of Drydocks employees.

5th September 2012

Repair yard in respiratory health study

5th September 2012

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Fighting a fire onboard any vessel is a challenging experience and it is essential that response units act fast, as the intricate spaces on most workboats can cause fire to spread very…

5th September 2012

Firefighting response for tight corners

5th September 2012

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

More needs to be done to bring industry and academia together as a matter of urgency, says Alf Baird of Edinburgh Napier University.

5th September 2012

Paper calls for research strategy agenda

5th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

HGO InfraSea Solutions, a joint venture between Germany’s Hochtief Solutions and GeoSea, a subsidiary of the Belgian DEME Group, has officially commissioned a powerful jack-up vessel for offshore work, the ‘Innovation’ this…

4th September 2012

Europeans jack-up offshore innovation

4th September 2012

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

UK based satellite tracking and monitoring systems company, McMurdo Marine Systems, displayed its range of Aids to Navigation (AtoNs) at Hamburgs SMM 2012 this week.

4th September 2012

McMurdo showcases AtoNs at SMM

4th September 2012

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Acta Marine vessels continue their extensive activities on the Dutch Wadden Sea.

4th September 2012

Cable work expansion in Dutch Wadden Sea

4th September 2012