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POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Marine debris causes serious economic, social, aesthetic and environmental damage. It is one of the most pervasive and solvable pollution problems plaguing the world’s oceans and waterways. Nets, food wrappers, bottles, styrofoam…

18th October 2010

Clearing the water every witch way

18th October 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Early in October the UK Government’s Business Secretary, Dr Vince Cable, visited the site of the London Gateway deepsea port and logistics park, in the Thames estuary, to meet construction workers and…

15th October 2010

Spectacular progress at London Gateway – by Jack Gaston

15th October 2010

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The unequivocal message from UK Government Minister Mike Penning was that the subsidy for navigation lights in Ireland ‘is an anomaly which has to stop’.

14th October 2010

Subsidy for Irish Lights will cease

14th October 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A joint venture between Hochtief Construction and the heavy lift carrier provider Beluga Shipping has commissioned the construction of a special jack-up vessel for more rapid assembly of offshore wind turbines.

14th October 2010

German joint venture for wind farm jack-up

14th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Major towage operator Svitzer has for some time carried out simulator training for tug crews, either in various training institutions or more recently using their own facilities.

13th October 2010

Svitzer introduce a Portable Simulator in the UK – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Boluda Group seven tug fleet based in Dunkirk has been reinforced with the arrival of the 71 tons bollard pull ‘VB Trouville’.

13th October 2010

TOWLINES October 2010 – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The fleet of towage and salvage specialist Multraship BV will receive a considerable boost in bollard pull with the delivery a brand new Damen ASD Tug 3213.

13th October 2010

Multraship to get a major boost in bollard pull – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Seaspan International of North Vancouver, British Columbia (BC) has announced its largest commitment to build new tugs of a single class for over 35 years.

13th October 2010

Sanmar builds new tugs for Seaspan – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The latest newbuilding to enter service as part of an extensive fleet modernisation programme by Belgian towage operator Union de Remorquage & de Sauvetage SA (URS)is the ‘Union Hawk’.

13th October 2010

A powerful Union Hawk joins URS – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

David Gray Parrot, 65, founder and former chief of Titan Salvage, passed away on 15 February after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

13th October 2010

David Parrot, founder of Titan Salvage, passes away – by Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Following the recent influx of new tonnage, URS of Antwerp has sold the twin screw tug Holland to Russian operators.

13th October 2010

Towlines September 2010 – By Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Foss Maritime Company, the builder and operator of the worlds first true hybrid shiphandling tug, will soon add a second hybrid vessel to its Southern California fleet.

13th October 2010

Campbell Foss will become the next Foss ‘Hybrid’ – By Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

An extensive vessel replacement and fleet expansion programme initiated by the Crowley Maritime Corporation, the largest towage and Maritime Services Group in the USA, is continuing unabated.

13th October 2010

Crowley doubles the order for Ocean Class tugs – By Jack Gaston

13th October 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

METS, the world’s largest trade exhibition of equipment, materials and systems for the international marine leisure industry, returns to the Amsterdam RAI exhibition centre on 16 – 18 November.

13th October 2010

Get set for METS’ biggest show ever

13th October 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A global audience of well over 300 delegates is expected at Hydro 2010, the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 17th biennial European hydrographic conference at Warnemünde on the Baltic coast from 2-5…

13th October 2010

Germany stages Hydro 2010

13th October 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Pelydryn, the Welsh airborne Light Detection and Ranging (Lidar) company headed by former UK national hydrographer Dr Wyn Williams, has completed two major surveys for the Irish INFOMAR (Integrated Mapping for the…

13th October 2010

Pelydryn completes Irish surveys

13th October 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Evert Flier has been appointed director of the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in Stavanger, which is also responsible for administration of the international non-profit electronic nautical chart centre, Primar Stavanger.

13th October 2010

New Norwegian and UK hydrographers

13th October 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Instrumentation specialist Valeport of Devon UK has teamed with Oceanscience in California to develop an underway sound velocity (SV) profiling system enabling surveyors to secure fast, high quality profiles without ever having…

13th October 2010

Valeport US venture

13th October 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Yateley UK based Sonardyne has supplied SapuraAcergy of Kuala Lumpur with ranges of its new 6G (sixth generation) acoustic positioning systems for use in projects throughout South East Asia under a contract…

13th October 2010

£1m Malaysian order for latest Sonardyne systems

13th October 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Baltic, a powerful new Emergency Towing Vessel (ETV), entered service on the Baltic coastline of Germany in July, shortly after being delivered by Astilleros Armon at Vigo in Spain.

12th October 2010

Baltic: An impressive new ETV for the German coast

12th October 2010