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“In the beginning the windfarm industry simply didn’t know what it wanted, said Ben Coleman, sales director of South Boats Special Projects.

28th June 2012

Finding out what’s needed

28th June 2012

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The newest MAN PrimeServ Academy held its official opening recently at Frederikshavn in Denmark. It thus became the 11th training and education centre in MAN Diesel & Turbo’s global network.

28th June 2012

MAN for Denmark

28th June 2012

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In the wake of the Costa Concordia incident, the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) and the European Cruise Council (ECC) has adopted two new safety policies - the latest in a series…

27th June 2012

New safety measures for cruise industry

27th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Joop Timmermans, a well known figure in the towage and salvage industry, stepped down as managing director of International Transport Contractors (ITC) at the beginning of June. Now aged 68, Joop started…

27th June 2012

TOWLINES

27th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch engineering and consultancy firm DHV has been made responsible for the construction management of 11 new fishing ports in Ghana.

27th June 2012

DHV to build fishing ports in Ghana

27th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Broads Authority’s partners from The Netherlands, Belgium and France visited the Broads in the UK recently to discuss research into innovative solutions for dredging, treatment and reusing sediment.

27th June 2012

Learning from dredging work in the Broads

27th June 2012

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Cargotec reports that it has secured a number of linkspan projects in recent months, including new orders in Norway, Denmark and Germany.

27th June 2012

Linkspans ordered to support new ferry services

27th June 2012

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Agreements between Zeeland Seaports, the Dutch company UTB and the American concern Century were concluded for the takeover of the foundry and the anode plant on the former ZALCO site.

27th June 2012

Zeeland acquires site

27th June 2012

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The Port of Hamburg has welcomed its first LNG ship - the Norwegian Coastguards KV Barentshav.

26th June 2012

Hamburg works on LNG feasibility

26th June 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Two bulk carriers needed prompt attention recently from the Hydrex dive and technician teams. Five cracks were found in the flat bottom area of a 130m long bulk carrier while another had…

26th June 2012

Two fast repairs on bulk carriers

26th June 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Fendercare Marine’s diving service has recently been awarded Bureau Veritas approval to carry out in-water surveys.

26th June 2012

BV approval for in-water surveys

26th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 16 May the crews from the Solent Towage tugs at Fawley in Southampton Water UK held an unusual event to raise funds for two cancer day care centres.

26th June 2012

Tugs crews raise funds for cancer centres

26th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Damen’s very latest Azimuthing Stern Drive tug design, the ASD Tug 3212, was introduced to the world’s towage industry at the International Tug, Salvage & OSV Convention (ITS 2012) in Barcelona last…

26th June 2012

Damen unveils the ASD Tug 3212 at ITS 2012

26th June 2012

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Fugro Satellite Positioning has appointed Genoa based CAIM as Italian national sales agent for the Marinestar range of navigation products and services for deep sea commercial shipping.

26th June 2012

Fugro goes Italian

26th June 2012

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Last month the IMO publicly renewed its commitment to sustainable development in the maritime industry and gave feedback on its input to the Rio+20 conference held in Brazil.

25th June 2012

IMO renews commitment to sustainability

25th June 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

A new generation of hull corrosion protection anodes can be changed by divers using ordinary wrenches, allowing them to be easily installed or replaced both when the vessel is in drydock or…

25th June 2012

Easy change anodes an aid to divers

25th June 2012

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Checking for residual fuel in a 70 year old sunken wreck without opening the tanks and risking an environmental catastrophe needed a clever solution.

25th June 2012

Underwater tools protect the environment

25th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer Gaia, the first of two diesel-electric ECO tugs being put into service by Svitzer was presented at the ‘European Maritime Day’ in Gothenburg on Sunday 20 May.

25th June 2012

Svitzer’s first ECO tug enters service

25th June 2012

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The new Voith tractor tug Ilan 1 was handed over to the Haifa Port Company Ltd on 22 May by the Union Naval Valencia (UNV), one of the Boluda Group Shipyards, after…

25th June 2012

UNV deliver ILAN 1 to Haifa

25th June 2012

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Poland’s largest terminal, DCT Gdansk, claiming over 50% market share and the only hub in Baltic Sea, has won the Teraz Polska competition.

25th June 2012

DCT wins Teraz Polska

25th June 2012