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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

In the UK, the devastating floods of 2007 and recurrent extreme weather patterns have shown the need for flood rescue boats which are, as much as anything else, fast on the scene.

14th April 2010

Ready for rescue in two minutes

14th April 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Blyth Workcats of Canvey Island, Essex in the UK delivered its latest 14m Workcat this month to Bay Towage and Salvage Company Ltd of Barrow in Furness, which put the boat to…

13th April 2010

Vessel launch: Versatile new workboat multi-tasks at wind farm

13th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SMIT Salvage expertise was in strong demand during the final quarter of 2009 and the opening weeks of 2010. The assignments included a number of ‘rescue tows’, successfully confronting emergencies which could…

13th April 2010

Smit Salvage teams save storm casualties

13th April 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Major work started in earnest on 16 March at the site of DP World - London Gateway, the UK’s new £1.5bn deep sea port and logistics park, located in the Thames estuary…

8th April 2010

Work In Progress: Construction of Thames Gateway starts in earnest – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Originally designed as a sightseeing vessel, the Europa Class catamaran Lady Iona was bought by Gordon Grant Marine from Mooney Boats Ltd in Ireland in late 2009.

8th April 2010

Vessel Launch:‘Lady Iona’ provides comfortable crew transfer

8th April 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Underwater system specialist Sonardyne International of Hampshire UK launched what it calls its 6th Generation (6G) product range at last month’s Oceanology International at London’s ExCel, an event which attracted well over…

8th April 2010

Sonardyne upgrades systems – by David Goodfellow

8th April 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Aberdeen UK based NCS Survey has been awarded a major contract worth between €2m to €3m by Saipem SpA for pipelay support during the inshore phase of the Nord Stream Pipeline Project,…

8th April 2010

NCS Survey saipem contract – by David Goodfellow

8th April 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Geotechnical Engineering & Marine Surveys (GEMS), which has bases in Belgium, Africa, the Middle East and the UK, has formed a strategic alliance with airborne bathymetric LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) company…

8th April 2010

GEMS and Pelydryn form strategic alliance – by David Goodfellow

8th April 2010

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

PanGeo Subsea of Newfoundland, Canada, has extended its European operations with the opening of premises in Aberdeen UK, complementing those in Denmark and Norway.

8th April 2010

Pangeo Subsea opens UK base – by David Goodfellow

8th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Antwerp based towage organisation URS, a subsidiary of Smit International, is in the process of introducing a new class of four anchorhandling tugs for their offshore fleet.

8th April 2010

URS introduces Union Warrior – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Acta Marine Group, based in the Netherlands at Den Helder, has recently taken several significant steps to consolidate and modernise their growing organisation.

8th April 2010

Acta Marine Group consolidates and grows – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Italian tugowner Rimorchiatori Napoli of Naples has taken delivery of Cheradi, the first of a new RAstar 2700 class, a design intended to take the concept of the compact tug to a…

8th April 2010

Rimorchiatori Napoli gets the first big Compact RAstar 2700 – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In the early hours of 19 March, Shetland Coastguard tasked the Emergency Towing Vessel ‘Anglian Sovereign’ to go to the assistance of the general cargo ship ‘Wilson Dover’, disabled with steering problems…

8th April 2010

Anglian Sovereign makes a towing connection in heavy weather – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The powerful twin screw tug ‘Mustang’ has been sold by Dutch owners Bouwman Towing & Shipping BV to Ippo Marine Ltd of Nicosia, Cyprus.

8th April 2010

TOWLINES April 2010 – by Jack Gaston

8th April 2010

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

After almost three years work, Belgian dredging and hydraulic engineering group DEME has announced that it has completed a major port upgrading programme in Durban, South Africa.

8th April 2010

DEME completes new port approaches in Durban – by David Foxwell

8th April 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Aberdeen Harbour Board has awarded a £14m contract to construction company McLaughlin & Harvey for the first phase of the Torry Quay redevelopment. The Northern Ireland firm will undertake works on the…

8th April 2010

Aberdeen Harbour announces contractor for Torry Quay development – by David Foxwell

8th April 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consultancy Royal Haskoning has provided an update on the proposed development of a new port at Baku in Azerbaijan, and says dredging work there should commence later this year.

8th April 2010

Baku port dredging to commence later this year – by David Foxwell

8th April 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Real-time visualisation of work on a major port expansion project in northwest Spain is benefiting from the use of a CodaOctopus sonar.

8th April 2010

Sonar brings real-time visualisation to breakwater construction – by David Foxwell

8th April 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Following an order the company received last year to design and install two double-tier linkspans for Copenhagen Malmö Port, TTS Port Equipment AB has been given the go ahead to supply a…

8th April 2010

Automatic mooring system for Copenhagen Malmö – by David Foxwell

8th April 2010

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

RORO, the only exhibition and conference dedicated to the ro-ro shipping industry, takes place in Bremen, Germany, this year from 18-20 May.

8th April 2010

RORO 2010 rolls up in Bremen

8th April 2010