Piriou has delivered the oceanographic and multi-mission vessel Dar al Beida to the Moroccan Royal Navy, designed for endurance, effective sea-keeping behaviour and high performance for long lasting, deep-sea missions.
A Con-Ro vessel operated by Grimaldi Lines caught fire in the Bay of Biscay on the night of Sunday, March 10.
Rimorchiatori Spezzini, a subsidiary of the Scafi Group, has contracted Damen Shipyards Group for two new ASD tugs in a series.
Piriou delivered the hydro-oceanographic and multi-mission vessel (BHO2M) Dar al Beida to the Royal Moroccan Navy on Friday, October 26.
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A mutual agreement in a complicated Western Sahara sovereignty dispute has resulted in the 34,349GT and Marshall Islands-flagged Cherry Blossom being released after about a year’s seizure at South Africa’s Port Elizabeth.
Shearwater GeoServices (Shearwater) has been awarded a contract to acquire 3D seismic data for Genel Energy in the Sidi Moussa licence offshore Morocco.
Ireland’s Safehaven Marine has launched the self-righting patrol boat Svitzer Oued Rmel for operations at the new TM2 Port in Tangier, Morocco.
The Moroccan government is seeking at least MAD30 billion (US$3.2 billion) of private investment to finance the first phase of the Nador West Med (NWM) project.
Some 500,000 irregular migrants (IM) have reached Europe by sea, mainly by way of Libya, in the past two years, while more than 6,000 people are estimated to have perished in the attempt. Inevitably, resistance in European countries to this human wave continues to grow, and a number of nations are now refusing to accept any more IRs for resettlement.