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DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The naming and launch of the 12,000 cubic meter  Gateway took place at the IHC Merwede Offshore & Marine yard in Hardinxveld-Giessendam in the Netherlands on Saturday.

1st October 2009

First of twin trailers launched in Holland

1st October 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dredging operations were due to get underway late last month at the UK Port of Tyne to create just over 13 acres of operational land by infilling Tyne Dock using the dredged…

1st October 2009

Beneficial re-use in Tyne Dock development

1st October 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Consulting engineering firm Royal Haskoning has been engaged by The Peel Group to prepare a masterplan for the Port of Sheerness in Kent. This is the preface to a fifteen year regeneration…

1st October 2009

Major reclamation planned for Port of Sheerness

1st October 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As reported in Maritime Journal (June 2009), the Port of Rotterdam is undertaking their most ambitious project ever with Maasvlakte 2, the expansion of the port beyond the existing coastline bordering the…

1st October 2009

Maasvlakte 2 project making steady progress

1st October 2009

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Orkney Island Councillors recommended plans last month for proposed £ 3 million redevelopments of the ‘ Golden Wharf’ at Lyness to be included in Council’ s major works for 2010/2011.

1st October 2009

Orkney acts on marine renewables potential

1st October 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Vikoma International, part of the Aberdeen UK based Energy Environmental Group, has been chosen to work with NOFO (Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies) to develop new solutions for oil spill…

1st October 2009

UK-Norwegian collaboration to advance oil spill technology

1st October 2009

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Work is underway in preparation to build the first of a new Multipurpose Oil Recovery & Rescue Catamaran (MORCAT) design which will also have firefighting, SAR, emergency standby and towing, hospital ship,…

1st October 2009

Multi-role oil recovery catamaran under development

1st October 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A brief news item in Tugs & Towing in July of this year reported the completion of Smit Panther, the first of Damen Shipyards’ new ASD Tug 3213 terminal tugs and the…

1st October 2009

A close look at SMITs first big cat

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Tug Malta, a subsidiary of Rimorchiatori Riuniti of Genoa, Italy, has taken delivery of the high performance Voith tractor tug Spinola. The vessel was built by Astilleros Armon of Navia, Spain, and…

1st October 2009

Malta gets a high performance Voith tractor

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Rotterdam based tugboat company Kotug has recently patented its self developed towing ring, designed to replace the time honoured ‘ cow hitch’ and other methods of connecting the main towline to…

1st October 2009

Kotug kick out the Cow hitch

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Training potential tugmasters has become a major challenge for the shiphandling sector of the towage industry worldwide. With large numbers of modern ‘ state of the art’ tugs with omni-directional propulsion systems…

1st October 2009

Tugmasters may get trained by a little BRAtt

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The completion of two ‘ Rotor Tugs’ to the new RT80-32 design heralds a further milestone in the history of this unique triple unit concept first envisaged by Ton Kooren. RT Rob…

1st October 2009

More Rotor Tugs join the Kotug Fleet

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Just one year from the formation of ‘ Antwerp Towage’ , a 50/50 joint venture between Hamburg based Fairplay Towage and Multraship Towage & Salvage of Terneuzen, the company has decided to…

1st October 2009

The fleet of Antwerp Towage is strengthened

1st October 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The Dutch Coast Guard tug Waker suffered a serious engine room fire five kilometres off Vlieland on the Dutch coast on 7 September. Several lifeboats, salvage vessels, the fire brigade and the…

1st October 2009

TOWLINES – October 2009

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The internet portal www.hafen-hamburg.de, which is designed and managed by Port of Hamburg Marketing Regd. Assn., has been completely overhauled. It now presents a completely new appearance and includes a lot of…

1st October 2009

Hamburg website upgrade

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Jumbo Offshore’ s engineers and the crew of DP2 vessel Jumbo Javelin have successfully installed their first transition piece (TP) at a wind farm off the UK’ s southeast coast.

1st October 2009

Single vessel transition piece installation

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The four yearly PIANC Congress returns to the UK for the first time in over 30 years on the occasion of the organisation’ s 125th anniversary. The PIANC MMX Congress will take…

1st October 2009

Dredging support for anniversary PIANC Congress

1st October 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

East Anglia UK based Red7Marine (R7M,ex Haven Ports/ Anglian Marine Services) has started its first overseas commission by shipping a jack up barge to the Israeli port of Haifa, where it is…

1st October 2009

First overseas contract for Red7Marine

1st October 2009

SECURITY

SECURITY

Underwater acoustic equipment supplier Reson has successfully demonstrated contraband and diver detection systems in UK ports.

30th September 2009

Diver detection success in UK port trials

30th September 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK’ s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has confirmed a grant of £ 5M to the National Maritime Museum’ s project to develop a major new wing. This commitment from HLF, together…

28th September 2009

Maritime Museum development

28th September 2009