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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Patriot, the first example of the new Damen ASD 2310 compact shiphandling tug, is now in service at the port of Odessa in the Ukraine.

14th January 2010

Towlines, December 2009

14th January 2010

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Thames Towage’ s new tug Dockman is a bit of a relief when compared with the company’ s older boat. While the tug, Ala was serviceable, MD Brian Allen explained that the…

14th January 2010

Dockman gets going for Thames Towage

14th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Three Dutch companies have come together to develop an innovative flood defence concept calledBoxBarrier. The three companies, Delta Marine Consultants (BAM Infraconsult), Movares and Groep Midden Betuwe, began collaborating on the concept…

14th January 2010

BoxBarrier concept can alleviate flood risk

14th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of a major sea lock that should simplify large vessel access to the area around the Port of Amsterdam is a step nearer reality after a finance covenant for the project…

14th January 2010

Progress made on new sea lock for Port of Amsterdam

14th January 2010

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In March 1999, the British Marine Aggregate Producers Association (BMAPA) and The Crown Estate made a public statement of intent which committed both parties to reviewing all dredging licences over a rolling…

14th January 2010

Two new reports issued by BMAPA

14th January 2010

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

ABP Marine Environmental Research Ltd (ABPmer) has been awarded a contract to assess the performance of proposed breakwaters in the vicinity of Marsaxlokk fishing village on the island of Malta. The fishing…

14th January 2010

ABPmer assesses breakwater performance in Malta

14th January 2010

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Responding to questions from Maritime Journal, a spokesperson for Dutch dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster said the company would not be affected by the financial crisis in Dubai.

14th January 2010

Boskalis unaffected by Dubai financial crisis

14th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Real estate development company GREDCO, which is based in  Bahrain in the Middle East, has invited bids for a major dredging project for the  Marsa al-Seef development. GREDCO is the development manager…

14th January 2010

Bids sought for Marsa al-Seef marina project

14th January 2010

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Work on tackling flooding risks at Pagham Beach on the south coast of the UK will start shortly after funding of more than £ 500,000 was secured by Arun District Council. Funds…

14th January 2010

Pagham flood risks to be tackled

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norwegian shipbuilder Brö drene Aa AS and Kockums AB, part of ThyssenKruppMarine Systems, have signed a cooperation agreement concerning the development,production and marketing of passengers vessels based on carbon sandwich designs.Brö drene…

14th January 2010

Carbon sandwich signing

14th January 2010

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Rotterdam based heavy lift operators Jumbo Shipping has completed a two year project for the Pearl GTL project of Qatar Shell GTL Ltd.

14th January 2010

Innovation rolls reactors to Ras Laffan

14th January 2010

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

British ferry operator Severn Link has announced the first modern ferry serviceconnecting South Wales and South West England will commence operation early this year.

14th January 2010

New Severn Link ferry across Bristol Channel

14th January 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

It is nice to have a few positive signs amongst the economic gloom, and so the news that at least one company on Scotland’s east coast is doing rather nicely is welcome.…

14th January 2010

Dales’ docks filling up

14th January 2010

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

With the upcoming delivery of the ‘Bourbon Bison’ for Bourbon Supply Investissements, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems will have powered four ASD escort tugs with the MaK 9 M 25 marine engines.

14th January 2010

MaK makes most of engines order

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Geoff Holt completed his ‘Personal Atlantic’ challenge this month, becoming the first quadriplegic sailor to complete an unaided transatlantic crossing.

14th January 2010

Geoff Holt conquers ‘Personal Atlantic’

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A new chapter looks set to unfold in one of North East Englands former thriving shipyards as the first of a new generation of tide driven energy generators was completed just before…

14th January 2010

Green generator turns tide for former shipyards

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has taken the new state of the art €700,000 sounding boat Deepenschriewer 1V into service for hydrographic sounding and measurement work within the Elbe River seaport.

14th January 2010

New Hamburg sounding boat boosts port safety

14th January 2010

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The future of offshore wind energy development in the UK is set to take a significant step forward following the announcement this week by The Crown Estate of the successful bidders for…

14th January 2010

Round 3 heralds major offshore wind farm expansion

14th January 2010

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A new emissions monitoring system being developed by a systems engineering firm in Virginia USA will allow vessels worldwide to continuously monitor pollutants and readily report findings to regulatory agencies and inspectors.

12th January 2010

Emissions monitoring breakthrough ahead of MARPOL

12th January 2010

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

‘RV Actinia’, a new research vessel for Scotland’s University Marine Biological Station, Millport (UMBSM) has been completed by Seaway Marine of Macduff.

12th January 2010

Vessel Launch: Versatile new research vessel delivered to UMBSM

12th January 2010