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TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

After many years of planning and negotiation the construction of a new waste to energy facility has started at Belvedere in Greater London. The facility will be developed and operated by Riverside…

1st October 2008

New tugs ordered to transport Londons refuse

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

In recent months the popularity of Robert Allan designed RAmparts 3200 ASD tugs has spread to western Europe in spectacular fashion as newly completed vessels appear in Belgium, the Netherlands and now…

1st October 2008

Bukser Bergings gets its first Rampart 3200

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch dredging contractor Royal Boskalis Westminster NV has made a cash offer of EURO 62.50 per share for all outstanding shares of Smit Internationale NV. The offer values Smit at EURO 1.13…

1st October 2008

Boskalis cash offer for Smit is rejected

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Since the report in the September issue of Maritime Journal concerning likely changes to the tug fleet operated by the Fowey Harbour Commissioners, Harbour Master Captain Mike Sutherland has rapidly carried out…

1st October 2008

Fowey Harbour purchases a Voith tractor

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Engelsman Towage & Salvage has sold the tug Dutch Partner to EDT Offshore of Cyprus. The 27.8m twin screw shallow draft vessel was built by Gebr Kooiman at Dordrecht in 2004. Dutch…

1st October 2008

TOWLINES

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

When the Irish Riverdance ferry was blown ashore on Cleveleys Beach at Blackpool UK during a storm in January with seventeen passengers and six crew needing to be rescued by the RAF,…

1st October 2008

Progress cutting up stranded ferry

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The UKs Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report on its investigation into the loss of the tug Flying Phantom while towing the 76,596dwt bulk carrier Red Jasmine on the River Clyde on…

1st October 2008

MAIB report on the tragic ‘Flying Phantom’ sinking

1st October 2008

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Marine salvage companies meeting in Malta last month decided unanimously to progress a project to produce best practice guidelines for Marine Casualty Management. The guidelines will assist governments, shipowners and managers, port…

1st October 2008

Salvors to produce Casualty Management Guidelines

1st October 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A man was fined almost £ 2,500 last week for riding his jet ski at nine times the speed limit on Southampton Water, the marine equivalent of driving 230mph in a 30mph…

25th September 2008

Port maniac does 230mph in 30mph zone

25th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A tragic mystery involving a ship, a child star singer, her lovers, an illegitimate baby and a lot of money returned to the headlines last week after a gap of more than…

25th September 2008

Divers discover legendary Scillies shipwreck

25th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Passengers, researchers and crew on board P& Os cross channel ferry Pride of Bilbao enjoyed a rare treat at the weekend when a humpback whale was sited within the busy shipping lanes…

18th September 2008

Humpback whale spotted on weekend crossing

18th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Two inshore RIBs have joined Dorset Polices Marine Section fleet this week to patrol the coast and rivers of Dorset   thanks to a new collaboration with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.

18th September 2008

RNLI in RIB lease agreement

18th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

With the number of vessels being held by piratesaround Somalia reaching ten this week, the director of Beluga Shipping, ownerof the hijacked BBC Trinidad, has requested a convoy arrangement alonga safety corridor…

11th September 2008

Piracy toll sparks international action

11th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

For decision makers and their advisors in governments, port and harbour authorities, offshore companies and other organisations that have to execute dredging projects, the International Association of Dredging Companies has organised the…

9th September 2008

IADC Seminar spotlights Emirates dredging

9th September 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The last container terminal extension on deep water in Bremerhaven, the CT 1V, was inaugurated   the 12th of this month, a year earlier than planned and just in time to take…

5th September 2008

Timely opening for Bremerhavens ¢500m terminal

5th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Port of Felixstowe held a groundbreaking ceremony on Monday to mark the formal commencement of the Felixstowe South Reconfiguration project.

4th September 2008

Felixstowe South digs in this week

4th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The UK Secretary of State published the Proposed Changes to the draft regional plan for 2006-2026, the South East Plan, on 17 July this year and a consultation on the changes is…

4th September 2008

Last chance to comment on South East Plan

4th September 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Real-time flooding and storm surge information was available as Hurricane Gustav approached New Orleans this week by visiting the interactive US Geological Survey (USGS) Water Hazards Map.

4th September 2008

Online mapping of Hurricane Gustav

4th September 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

An invitation to break with maritime tradition is being offered in the form of a pilot study by Dutch firms Wagenborg Shipping, Flinter Management and Amasus Shipping.

1st September 2008

Short sea offered a break with tradition

1st September 2008

SHORTSEA & FERRY

SHORTSEA & FERRY

A gruelling five hour journey to the mainland from the Scottish island of Jura has been shrunk to a mere 45 minute hop to a local bus service by a new ferry…

1st September 2008

Jura ferry runs again after 36 years

1st September 2008