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- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKJuly 26, 2019
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COLUMN | Proliferation of naval and paramilitary assets means Vietnam is a rapidly emerging maritime power [Naval Gazing]
China’s unrelenting efforts to dominate the South China Sea (SCS) and to restrict its use by vessels of other nations has proved to be a catalyst for the upgrading of regional navies. Taiwan is currently receiving a major boost with the commissioning of new indigenously-built craft, in parallel with huge supplies of ..
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COLUMN | The dragon rises: Siemens Gamesa; Iberdrola; Japanese and Chinese floating wind; a solar panel warning [Offshore Accounts]
Two weeks ago (here) we reported on the profit warnings in offshore wind from industry leaders Equinor and Ørsted. Equinor reported that fierce bidding from BP and others was driving up the costs of acquiring sites for wind farms and would depress future returns, whilst Ørsted announced that it faced a US$489 million ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
While the wider global ship and boat building industry remains busy, productive and, apparently, largely unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the tug sector appears to be especially so. As readers will learn this week from Baird Maritime’s Tug and Salvage Week, the tug and salvage sector is busy worldwide. Not only is it ..
Welcome to Emergency Services Week!
Emergency services vessels, for fire, search, rescue, salvage and more, are another busy sector of the naval architecture and boatbuilding world. The boats being launched are generally faster, more durable and more versatile as well as being easier to maintain. The governments and civil/community SAR services that normally ..
FEATURE | Faroe Islands enters research vessel newbuilding sector with high-specification multi-role ship
The Faroe Marine Research Institute (FAMRI) has taken delivery of a new vessel from local builder MEST. The vessel has been named Jakup Sverri after Jakup Sverri Joensen, former FAMRI director and the Faroe Islands’ first marine biologist. The Bureau Veritas-classed vessel is equipped to carry out oceanographic and ..
BOOK REVIEW | “Go Find Him and Bring Me Back His Hat”: The Royal Navy’s Anti-Submarine Campaign in the Falklands/Malvinas War
This brief but very valuable book describes the realities of allegedly “state-of-the-art” anti-submarine activities during the Falklands War in 1982 when Britain’s Royal Navy was still, again allegedly, a global naval power. Clearly, anti-submarine warfare (ASW) was then, as probably always, a “hit and miss” ..
Welcome to Tug and Salvage Week!
While the wider global ship and boat building industry remains busy, productive and, apparently, largely unaffected by the Covid-19 pandemic, the tug sector appears to be ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKJuly 27, 2021
VESSEL REVIEW | Eitan – Tripmare deploys third powerful ship-handling tug for Israel’s Ashdod Port
Tripmare, a towage operator headquartered in the northern Italian port city of Trieste, has taken delivery of a new all-steel ship handling and escort tug from Sanmar Shi ..
- EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEKJuly 27, 2021
Four feared dead after installation vessel capsizes off southern China
Four people have gone missing after a wind turbine installation vessel capsized off Guangdong province in southern China on Sunday, July 25. The jackup installation vesse ..
- July 26, 2021
Ten sentenced in Nigeria over fishing vessel hijacking
A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKJuly 27, 2021
VESSEL REVIEW | Eitan – Tripmare deploys third powerful ship-handling tug for Israel’s Ashdod Port
Tripmare, a towage operator headquartered in the northern Italian port city of Trieste, has taken delivery of a new all-steel ship handling and escort tug from Sanmar Shi ..
- EMERGENCY SERVICES WEEKJuly 27, 2021
Four feared dead after installation vessel capsizes off southern China
Four people have gone missing after a wind turbine installation vessel capsized off Guangdong province in southern China on Sunday, July 25. The jackup installation vesse ..
- July 26, 2021
Ten sentenced in Nigeria over fishing vessel hijacking
A federal court in Lagos, Nigeria, has found ten individuals guilty of hijacking a foreign-flagged fishing vessel and imposed a 12-year prison sentence on each of the def ..
- July 27, 2021
NYK orders LNG-fueled Capesize bulker
Japanese shipowner Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK) has placed an order for a new Capesize bulk carrier to be built locally by Nihon Shipyard. The 299.99- by 50-metre ..
- July 21, 2021
Scotline takes delivery of fourth bulker in series from Dutch yard
UK shipowner Scotline Marine Holdings has taken delivery of a new shortsea bulk carrier from Netherlands-based Royal Bodewes. Scot Isles is the fourth ship in a series to ..
- July 16, 2021
Volkswagen to charter four more LNG-fueled car carriers
Volkswagen Group Logistics has entered into separate agreements with shipowners Wallenius Marine and SFL Corporation for the charters of four newbuilding car carriers pow ..
- July 27, 2021
Russian Fishery Company’s third Project ST192 trawler hits the water
Admiralty Shipyard launched a new freezer trawler at its Saint Petersburg facilities on Sunday, July 25. Ordered by Russian Fishery Company, Mekhanik Sizov was floated ou ..
- SPAIN WEEKJuly 16, 2021
One missing after seiner capsizes off Santander, Spain
One person has been reported as missing after a fishing boat with 10 people on board capsized in the waters off Santander along Spain’s northern coast on Thursday, ..
- July 14, 2021
Bangladesh orders six fisheries patrol boats from Indian yard
The Bangladesh Department of Fisheries has placed an order for six patrol boats in a series to be built by Indian state-owned shipyard Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engin ..
- SPAIN WEEKJuly 13, 2021
GEAR | Spanish Navy taps local firm for ship engine maintenance
Spanish defence shipbuilding company Navantia has been awarded a contract for engine maintenance on the surface ships and submarines of the Spanish Navy. Navantia said th ..
- POLLUTION CONTROL WEEKJune 16, 2021
GEAR | Canadian Coast Guard completes acquisition of oil spill cleanup tanks
The Canadian Coast Guard has received its final delivery of 220 floating oil storage tanks developed by Lamor. The acquisition of the storage tanks is part of the Canadia ..
- TUG AND SALVAGE WEEKMay 18, 2021
GEAR | Autonomous control systems installed on two Gulf Coast ATBs
US-based unmanned systems specialist Sea Machines Robotics has been selected to provide two examples of its autonomous command and helm control system for installation on ..
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VESSEL REVIEW | Eitan – Tripmare deploys third powerful ship-handling tug for Israel’s Ashdod Port
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