UK operator Rebel Marine has added a new aluminium vessel to its fleet of compact workboats. Designed and built by Netherlands-based Aluva, Rebel Defender is a V-Hulled, shallow-draught open workboat and safety boat suitable for a variety of tasks such as pushing and towing of pontoons, maintenance...
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Expansion works completed at Scotland’s Aberdeen South Harbour
Quayside construction is complete at Aberdeen South Harbour and the expanded port now offers its customers and port users eight kilometres of quayside, making it Scotland’s largest berthage port. South Harbour adds an additional 1.5 kilometres of deepwater berths (up to a maximum of 15 metres...
Finnish engineering firm unveils floating cruise terminal designs
Turku, Finland-based engineering company Meyer Floating Solutions recently unveiled images of proposed designs of floating terminals for use in ports that lack the infrastructure necessary for accommodating cruise ships. Each completed terminal will be of modular design. The modules will all be built using environment-friendly processes at shipyards owned by Meyer Floating Solutions’ parent company […]
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Indonesia’s Pertamina to build new fuel storage terminal
Indonesian state-owned oil and gas company Pertamina, through its subsidiary Pertamina International Shipping, has entered into a collaboration agreement with local port operator Pelindo for the Jakarta Integrated Green Terminal (JIGT) development in Kalibaru, North Jakarta. The proposed terminal will complement the Integrated Terminal Plumpang, which currently serves as a hub for petroleum infrastructure in […]
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VESSEL REVIEW | Dashields – Workboat to support US Army Corps of Engineers’ waterway maintenance duties
The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently took delivery of a new river maintenance workboat from Alabama-based boatbuilder Silver Ships. Dashields is the second in a series of three landing craft workboats built by Silver Ships for the USACE Pittsburgh District, the first being the 2022-built Allegheny River. The vessels will support the Pittsburgh […]
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Philippine transportation department unveils upgrade plans for 14 ports
The Philippine Department of Transportation (DOTr) intends to upgrade 14 Ro-Ro and Ro-Pax ports throughout the country, an official of the department confirmed earlier this week. Julius Yano, DOTr Assistant Secretary for Maritime, said the department is now looking for financing partners and...
VESSEL REFIT | Taktow – Irish operator acquires multi-role harbour tug
O’Malley Marine Plant, a workboat operator based in County Mayo, Ireland, recently took delivery of a new multi-role, shallow-draught tug built by Damen Shipyards Gorin ..
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Environmental approval secured for expansion of Sweden’s Forsmark Port
SKB, a Swedish company specialising in disposal of nuclear fuel waste, has been granted an environmental permit to commence expansion works at the Port of Forsmark on Swe ..
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South Australian government issues tender for wharf upgrades
The South Australian government, the Department for Infrastructure and Transport, has released a tender for upgrades to ports at Penneshaw and Cape Jervis, to continue to ..
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Canada’s Argentia Port to undergo terminal expansion
The Canadian government has confirmed that an investment of approximately CA$38 million (US$28.8 million) has been allotted for upgrades to improve cargo movement at the ..
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