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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

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Hull City Council’s Planning Committee has given its consent to the proposed Green Port Hull facility following the submission of plans by Associated British Ports (ABP) and Siemens plc.

22nd June 2012

Consent for Green Port Hull proposal

22nd June 2012

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Marine solutions services specialist Drew Marine has agreed to acquire marine distress signal company Chemring Marine.

22nd June 2012

Drew acquires Chemring

22nd June 2012

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The first ever cutter suction dredger to be built in Turkey, an Italian designed model SGT 500C, is being launched this month.

21st June 2012

Joint Italian-Turkish dredger launched

21st June 2012

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Damen Shiprepair Götaverken has appointed Ms Monica Svenner as its new managing director, making her the first woman to take an MD position within the ship repair industry.

21st June 2012

New MD for Damen Shiprepair

21st June 2012

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FRC International (FRC) is holding a Whole Body Vibration (WBV) Seminar on 10 July and a Health Surveillance Awareness Seminar on 11 July at the RNLI Lifeboat College in Poole, UK.

21st June 2012

FRC to hold Whole Body Vibration seminars

21st June 2012

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The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) Common Marine Inspection Document (CMID) has published a revised edition for small workboats: ‘Marine inspection for small workboats (Common marine inspection document for small workboats)’.

21st June 2012

Revised IMCA marine inspection

21st June 2012

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

MMT of Sweden has been awarded parts of two separate hydrographic survey contracts for the EU financed project MONALISA for the Swedish Maritime Administration (SMA) and the Finnish Transport Agency (FTA).

21st June 2012

Hydro surveys for project MONALISA

21st June 2012