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Lekko Tugboat Lover Meeting Vlissingen

Hans — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:01:23 +0000

On Saturday, January 25th, 2012 Lekko will hold its bi-monthly club days. The meeting will be hold between 10.00 – 14.00 hrs at the “Dijkpaviljoen ‘t Puntje” – Piet Heinkade 95; 4381 NH Vlissingen. During the meeting tugboat photo can be chaged, purchased. Books are available for purchasing and the last tug, towing and offshore [...]

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Damen Shipyards delivers three Cutter Suction Dredgers to Azerbaijan

Hans — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:23:57 +0000

On 24January 2012 Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards delivered three Cutter Suction Dredgers of its CSD 500 series to the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) in Azerbaijan. After delivery, President Ilham Aliyev and Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov examined the dredgers at the premises of the Yacht Club in Baku. Damen representatives briefed the President [...]

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Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessel for Angola launched at Damen Shipyards Galati

Hans — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 10:01:46 +0000

Damen Shipyards Galati is building the Ngola Kiluange, a Fishery Inspection Surveillance Vessel (FISV) 6210, for the Angolan Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries. With another two ships under construction, the Angolan government is set to strengthen its knowledge of and control over its rich fishing grounds. The spectators at Damen’s Romania based Galati [...]

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T.O.S. celebrates 65th jubilee Kees Naaktgeboren

Hans — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 09:28:10 +0000

Kees Naaktgeboren lives the life of a real seafarer. This exceptional tugboat captain can tell stories for hours. Memorising cities, colleagues, projects and even the history of T.O.S. Since 1998 Kees has worked for T.O.S. successively for Damen Marine Services, Fairplay and Van Wijngaarden. For 14 years T.O.S. has been able to count on him [...]

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GulfMarkOffshore announces updates to Vessel Fleet and Modification of Term-Loan Facility

Hans — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:50:36 +0000

GulfMark Offshore Inc. announced today, 30th January 2012, the disposal and addition of certain vessels, the exercise of an option to build another vessel under its existing new build program, and modifications to existing term-loan facility. In January 2012, the Company purchased a 2010 built U.S. flagged 240’ Class PSV for use in the U.S. [...]

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Na vier eeuwen Van Noord & Van Spilbergen achterna gepresenteerd

Hans — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:25:16 +0000

Op zondagmiddag 29 Januari 2012 werd in het Maritiem Museum in Rotterdam met gepaste trots het nieuwe boek van Piet Kars onder de titel “Na vier eeuwen Van Noort en Van Spilbergen achterna” door hem gepresenteerd. In het boek vertelt Piet hoe hij in de wateren bij Chili een bijzondere ontdekking deed, dat van groot [...]

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Havila Shipping ASA – Charter contracts

Hans — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:24:44 +0000

New contracts – value of NOK 250m Havila Shipping has entered into an agreement with Fugro TSM in Australia for a two year extension of the contract for the subsea vessel Havila Harmony. The extension will keep the vessel on contract until March 2014, with two optional periods of one year until March 2016. A [...]

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Havila Shipping ASA – Fourth quarter/Preliminary accounts 2011

Hans — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:10:17 +0000

RESULT FOR 4th QUARTER 2011/PRELIMINARY ACCOUNTS 2011 Summary - Havila Shipping ASA achieved a profit before tax of NOK -8.8m in Q42011, compared with NOK -105.2m in Q4 last year. Year to date, the profit before tax was NOK -91.1m, compared with NOK 13.0m at 31/12/2010. - Total operating income was NOK 380.4m in the [...]

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Bollinger wins signal safety award

Hans — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:11:10 +0000

Bollinger Shipyards president and chief executive officer, Donald “Boysie” Bollinger, has been awarded the 2011 Executive Leadership Safety Award by Signal Mutual Indemnity Association. The award, which is Signal’s highest honor, was presented at the Signal Mutual Board of Directors meeting held on January 20, 2012 in Vail, Colorado. Bollinger was selected from the more than two hundred Signal Mutual Members based upon [...]

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Marine Firefighting Veteran JeFF Johnson Joins RESOLVE

Hans — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 12:57:14 +0000

Fort Lauderdale, FL, January 26, 2012 - RESOLVE Marine Group, Inc. today announced that Jeff Johnson has joined the company as Manager, Training and Response with responsibilities in both RESOLVE’s Salvage & Fire (Americas) emergency response/OPA-90 subsidiary and at RESOLVE Maritime Academy, the training subsidiary. Jeff focuses on continuous development of RESOLVE’s U.S. and territorial [...]

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