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Javier Suárez takes the helm at Knud E. Hansen

Javier Suárez has succeeded Finn Wollesen Petersen as managing director of Danish-based maritime consultancy Knud E. Hansen. The move is part of a planned process that has been taking place over the past months. During this time, Suárez and Wollesen Petersen have worked very closely together in order to facilitate a smooth transition.

Wollesen Petersen, who has served as managing director at Knud E. Hansen since 2003, will remain with the company. His focus will now be on coordinating its...

https://www.marinelog.com/news/javier-suarez-takes-the-helm-at-knud-e-hansen/

Tugboats: Small Vessels that Move Big Ships A Hundred Times in Size

In this article, we are going to talk about tugboats. Small in size, there’s a reason why some of them cost more than USD $20,000,000. In fact, tugboats are not to be messed with. They are all muscles and strength. Maneuverability is their core. And they have indestructible winches, too. We’ve witnessed them in port […]

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Eastern Shipbuilding launches new vessel for Staten Island Ferry

Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc. (ESG), Panama, Fla, which incurred massive damage from Hurricane Michael 13 months ago, celebrated its comeback with a giant splash on Nov. 15 when it launched the Michael H. Ollis, the first of three ferries for Staten Island Ferry the shipyard is building for the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT).

“The launch of this iconic Staten Island ferry marks a significant milestone in the recovery of Bay County and Northwest Florida,” Eastern’s...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-launches-new-vessel-for-staten-island-ferry/

Port of Cape Town Boosts Tug Fleet With Umbilo

Umbilo

Transnet National Ports Authority has redeployed another of its powerful, new tugs to the Port of Cape Town to enhance marine efficiency and enable the port to cater for increased demand from bigger commercial vessels. Tug UMBILO went into service recently after being redeployed from the Port of Durban.

Built in 2017, UMBILO was the sixth of nine powerful new vessels to roll off the production line as part of the R1.4 billion tug construction contract being executed by Durban ship builder...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/10/18/port-of-cape-town-boosts-tug-fleet-with-umbilo/

Gulf Island constructing passenger/vehicle ferry for Texas

Gulf Island Fabrication Inc. (GIFI) is building a new 293’x66’x16′, 495-passenger, 70-vehicle, double-ended ferry for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). The Shearer Group Inc., Houston, designed the hybrid propulsion ferry that will operate between Galveston, Texas and Bolivar Island, Texas.

The vessel will be built at GIFI’s Jennings, La., facility and delivery is scheduled for late 2021.

“I am pleased to have been selected to build this ferry for the Texas Department of...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/gulf-island-constructing-passenger-vehicle-ferry-for-texas/

Port of Ngqura’s Tug SHASA Returns Home

Shasa launched in Durban 2009

Tug SHASA, the first tugboat delivered to Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Port of Ngqura, has returned home after her fifth bi-annual service in the Princess Elizabeth Graving Dock in the Port of East London.

Delivered in 2009 from the shipyard in Durban, the 10-year old tug was the first of two 70-ton bollard pull Voith tugs to arrive in the Port of Ngqura, followed by the second tug named ORCA in 2010 and the third named LIZIBUKO, also in 2010.

This South African Maritime Safety...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2019/06/10/port-of-ngquras-tug-shasa-returns-home/

Port of PE Marine Team Rescues Vessel About to Become Adrift

Tug Mvezo

Quick action and skill by Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) marine crew at the Port of Port Elizabeth assisted to ensure the successful safeguarding of a vessel that was about to be blown adrift from the quayside during gale force winds on Friday.

The vehicle carrier MV GLOVIS CHORUS was berthed at Berth 100 in the port when sudden gusts of between 25 to 40 knots (approximately 80 km/hr) occurred. The nearly 200 m long, 55 729 ton ship was blown metres off the quayside as a result of the...

http://www.sashippingnews.com/2018/09/09/port-of-pe-marine-team-rescues-vessel-about-to-become-adrift/