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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

On 2 July, Fairplay Towage of Hamburg formally handed over the 47 year old harbour tug Fairplay VIII to the ‘ Foundation Hamburg Maritim’ to join its collection of historic ships.

10th July 2009

Fairplay VIII is to be preserved

10th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairmount Expedition and Fairmount Glacier, two modern deepsea tugs from the fleet of Fairmount Marine, have been chartered by the French Government and dispatched to Brazil to participate in the search for…

10th July 2009

Towlines

10th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Westminster Dredging' s trailing suction hopper dredger Sospan Dau is currently back in operation at Hayling Island UK for Phase 2 of the five year beach nourishment programme.

9th July 2009

Beneficial re-use brings rainbow to Hayling Island

9th July 2009

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Tugnology 09, held in Amsterdam on 19 -21 May, has been proclaimed a great success by the delegates, exhibitors and organisers alike. This was only the second conference of its kind, devoted…

9th July 2009

Tugnology 09 – An intense and fruitful two days!!

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The story on page 59 of the June issue made reference to German media reports that an Irish company went bankrupt before taking delivery of the tug eventually named ‘ Jade-Service 1’…

9th July 2009

Clarification

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The top prize Gold Roman Bowl in the JPMorgan Asset Management Round the Island race last month went to Williams Shipping director Philip Williams in the 25 foot Nordic Folkboat ‘ Tattarat’…

9th July 2009

Gold Bowl for Williams

9th July 2009

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Environmental campaign group Greenpeace has signed a € 23m contract with Germany’ s Fassmer Shipyard to build the 57.9m Rainbow Warrior 111, the group’ s most advanced ship to date and its…

9th July 2009

German yard to build Greenpeace flagship

9th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Gillingham Marina Workshops are now into their fourth year and are celebrating the success of their refit involving the official Royal Barge on the River Thames, the Royal Nore, which is owned…

8th July 2009

Royal barge refitted at Gillingham

8th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The CEDA Dredging Days 2009 conference and exhibition will be held alongside Europort Maritime in the Conference Centre of the Ahoy Rotterdam in the Netherlands on 5 and 6 November. Its theme…

7th July 2009

CEDA Dredging Days finds tools for the future

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A gathering of young professionals from Albania, Bahrain, Cameroon, China, Denmark, Gambia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, U.A.E. and Vietnam spent a week in the Netherlands last month learning…

7th July 2009

Dredgings future learns the ropes

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch dredger builders IHC Merwede and the Belgian company Pruftechnik signed a partnership agreement last month for vibration measurements with the aim of safeguarding uninterrupted dredging operations.

7th July 2009

Dredging partnership picks up good vibrations

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered two cutter suction dredgers to Caspian Marine Services (CMS), which chose a CSD450 as it was available for immediate shipping and a CSD500 because the side pontoons…

7th July 2009

CSDs in demand in Azerbeidzjan

7th July 2009

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Software from SeaZone is being used to monitor the impact of dredging activities taking place as part of a major new port development project in the UK.

7th July 2009

Software supports dredge monitoring at UK port project

7th July 2009

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

It was in 1959 that American Jim Wynne designed the first commercially viable stern drive system and up until that time, other than water jet, it was only possible to have direct…

7th July 2009

Propulsion world could turn on Axis Drive

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Alewijnse Marine Systems recently received a double order by De Haas Yards in Maassluis, the Netherlands, for a complete refit of two patrol vessels for the Port of Rotterdam.

7th July 2009

Alewijnse refits Rotterdam port patrol vessels

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

For the A& P Group, 2009 has already been a busy year, with plenty of activity ongoing in the ship conversion department at their various locations.

7th July 2009

A busy first quarter for A&P

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

MMS Ship Repair & Dry Dock Co.Ltd in Kingston-upon Hull UK have just completed a major conversion to the Scottish fishing trawler Solstice.

7th July 2009

MMS lengthen Scottish fishing trawler

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

One of the latest ships to be dismantled under a new UK Government disposal and recycling scheme is HMS Intrepid, which had previously been docked at Portsmouth for a number of years…

7th July 2009

Responsible recycling on Merseyside

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

During the recent drydocking of the oil spill response vessel owned by the Port Authority of Rotterdam, an inspection revealed that the Ecospeed coating on its underwater hull was in excellent condition.

7th July 2009

Ecospeed coating goes on and on

7th July 2009

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Bahrain based Arab Shipbuilding & Repair Yard (ASRY) has further strengthened its specialist machinery repair and service operations by entering into a technical service agreement with propulsion specialist Wä rtsilä .

7th July 2009

ASRY/Wartsila in repair services agreement

7th July 2009