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AUTONOMOUS SURVEYS UNDER SAIL
US company Saildrone, Inc. has launched a 22m version of its uncrewed surface vehicles, known as saildrones
Powered by wind and solar energy, saildrones are capable of extreme-duration missions of up to 12 months in the open ocean. This latest and largest version, the fi rst in the Surveyor class of USVs, is called the Saildrone Surveyor, and carries sonar equipment capable of seafl oor mapping down to 7,000m.
Coinciding with the start of the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, the launch of the Saildrone Surveyor is claimed to present a paradigm shift in enhanced seabed mapping, which is currently done with very large and expensive manned ships. The Surveyor, uncrewed and powering its robust sensor suite by harvesting renewable energy, delivers an equivalent survey capability, but at a fraction of the cost and carbon footprint of a traditional survey ship.
“We are excited to see the launch of the Saildrone Surveyor,” said Alan Leonardi, director of the NOAA Office of Ocean Exploration and Research. “NOAA is supporting the development and testing of this new uncrewed system because we are confident it will expand the capability of our existing fleet of ships to help us accelerate in a cost-effective way our mission to map, characterize and explore our nation’s deep ocean territory, monitor valuable fisheries and other marine resources, and provide information to unleash the potential of our nation’s Blue Economy.”
In 2019, NOAA provided a three-year grant through the National Oceanographic Partnership Program to the University of New Hampshire, in partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute and Saildrone, to integrate and test sensors on the Saildrone Surveyor for mapping the seafloor and revealing life in the water column. While conducting the mapping, samples of DNA, referred to as “environmental DNA,” will be collected to reveal the genetic composition of organisms inhabiting the water.
“The launch of the Surveyor is a huge step up, not just for Saildrone’s data services but for the capabilities of uncrewed systems in our oceans,” said Richard Jenkins, founder & CEO of Saildrone. “For the first time, a scalable solution now exists to map our planet within our lifetime, at an affordable cost.”
8 The latest version
of Saildrone is 22m (72ft) long
Hydrography and oceanography portfolio combo
Two subsea companies have entered a new strategic cooperation to share knowledge and services that will simplify the acquisition of high-quality marine data for clients across Europe.
Signed on 1 January, the agreement between Hamburg-based Subsea Europe Services and Nicosia, Cyprus-based Cyprus Subsea Consulting and Services C.S.C.S. Ltd is the foundation for matching the extensive autonomous and long-term water column survey experience of Cyprus Subsea and Subsea Europe Service’s seafloor surveying expertise to provide a harmonised hydrography and oceanography portfolio from a single, Europe-wide source.
Sören Themann, CEO of Subsea Europe, said, “Adding Cyprus Subsea to our team of trusted partners brings a new dimension to
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8 Subsea Europe Services and Cyprus Subsea
Consulting and Services aim to provide a harmonised hydrography and oceanography portfolio from a single, Europe-wide source
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our activity. While extending our geographical reach is in line with our next day delivery goals, the capability to characterise oceanographic processes in and around hydrographic survey sites will give our clients a more complete picture of their study regions and how they are changing.”
Additionally, both companies will share knowledge on the continuing development of autonomous solutions for marine surveying, developments that will help to bring high-quality marine data to more companies and organisations.
Working closely together, the agreement facilitates a new local hub for Subsea Europe Services in the Mediterranean and extends the reach of Cyprus Subsea to Northern Europe. Both partners will be positioned to provide Gliders, Moorings and related services from Cyprus Subsea as well as Multibeam Echo Sounders (MBES), including the state-of-the-art integrated Hydroacoustic Survey System (iHSS), and ancillary equipment on a rental, sales or subscription basis from Subsea Europe Services.
TUG DELIVERY ROUND-UP
There are ten recent deliveries of note to report this month from shipyards both within Europe and those beyond with important European content
From the start of January Svitzer is expanding its towage service into Emden in Germany and in preparation for this new operation took delivery recently of a MED-A2360 series tug named Svitzer Vestri from Turkey’s Med Marine.
Svitzer reports the 62tbp tug as ‘compact yet robust enabling greater manoeuvrability without compromising power, even in narrow and shallow ports.’ As well as serving at Emden and on a wider basis, the tug may be called on to support other operations throughout the Scandinavian and German cluster as part of Svitzer’s flexible operating model.
It marks a busy period for Med Marine’s connection with Svitzer with two RAL TundRA 3000 ice-breaking tugs also under construction. Designed for a range of environments across Svitzer’s Scandinavian operations we hope to return and look closer at these tugs once delivered early in 2021.
Sanmar Shipyards draws attention to the importance of building long-term relationships with its customers allowing an understanding of their operational needs related to specification, design and build stages of vessels entrusted to them. A healthy relationship clearly exists between Sanmar and Hans Schramm & Sons Schleppschifffahrt, the German tug operator recently taking delivery of its fifth newbuild Sanmar tug in the ‘technologically advanced and powerful’ RAL TRAktor-Z 2500SX ATD tug Sönke (launched as Deliçay VII). Caterpillar main engines develop 4,200kW in total driving Kongsberg FP thrusters providing 70tbp. This new addition to the Hans Schramm family will operate at the intersection of the river Elbe, North Sea, Baltic Sea and Kiel Canal.
Another tug operator returning to Sanmar is Sea of Marmara-based Arpas who has acquired two very different vessels. Nehir is not a newbuild as such but part of Sanmar’s own fleet, built in 2003 and now transferred to Arpas. It is based on the RAL TS 22/40 design with conventional propulsion arrangement providing 30tbp and speed 12.5kn via twin FP propellers powered by 825kW main engines.
Arpas-15 (ex Sirapinar XVI) meanwhile is certainly a newbuild addition for Arpas, a RAL RAmparts 2200 tug delivering 50tbp via Caterpillar main engines developing 3,000kW and powering Schottel FP thrusters. The MLCcompliant ASD tug has a split-drum towing winch forward and an external fire-fighting capability. They are the fourth and fifth Sanmar-built tugs for Arpas, the previous three being variants of the successful Ulupinar series which Sanmar discontinued last year in favour of a new technologically advanced tug range.
Moving beyond European-built tugs, Robert Allan Ltd has a long history of references with Chinese shipyards and two separate pairs of RAstar and RAmparts designs of note have emerged from yards for regional owners.
Earlier in 2020 Yiu Lian Dockyards took delivery of the RAstar 3200-CL tugs Hai Kun and Hai Peng, from Cheoy Lee Shipyards. The escort-rated pair are powered by Niigata main engines and Z-Peller propulsion units delivering 88tbp with Helsinki, Finland-based MacGregor supplying a forward mounted hydraulic anchor windlass/double drum escort towing winch and a Mampaey disc-type towing hook aft.
Singapore’s PSA Marine operate a fleet of over 30 modern tugs with an average age of less than ten years and dominated by Robert Allan designed vessels including eleven RAmparts and nine Z-Tech tugs. Two more RAmparts 3200 examples have now joined the line-up, PSA Marvel and PSA Valkyrie, incorporating improvements from two similar designs PSA Thor and PSA Hulk delivered in 2018.
Built by PaxOcean Engineering Zhuhai Co Ltd, this latest pair feature uniquely styled wheelhouse and deckhouse designs developed exclusively for PSA Marine creating what RAL describe as ‘an outstanding and appealing appearance.’
PSA Thor and PSA Valkyrie are classed by Lloyd’s Register with notation including Escort Tug and Fire Fighting Ship 1 with Water Spray. Caterpillar 3516C main engines provide power to two Schottel SRP 510 Z-drives with auxiliary power supplied by two Cummins gensets. On trials performance expectations were exceeded including a bollard pull of 83.5t and speed ahead 13.5kn.
Towing is over either bow or stern with Rolls-Royce providing an ETWH 2000/800 single split-drum winch forward and a TW 2000/100 single drum winch aft, MacGregor meanwhile supplies a MG-HUW-05-UL tugger winch with Palfinger providing a PK1200 deck crane.
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8 Sonke is
Hans Sshramm’s fi fth newbuild Sanmar tug
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a uniquely styled wheelhouse and deckhouse
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REMOTE HELM CONTROL SYSTEM FOR DUTCH TUG
Boston USA-based Sea Machines Robotics is supplying a remote helm control system for Herman Sr. BV’s Shoalbuster tug Teddy
It is said that tug masters spend more time looking behind them than ahead. Ensuring best possible all-round visibility from the wheelhouse is always a conundrum for tug designers, funnels often introducing blind arcs with cleverly shaped exhaust extensions aligning with window frames and thus reducing blind zones.
Duplicated aft wheelhouse and bridge wing controls improve visibility, but particularly where work involves cranes and winches, safety and efficiency can be compromised with the operator positioned at a fixed location. Wirelessly controlled remote user interfaces are already common on land for example where lorry-mounted knuckleboom cranes are controlled by the operator who can position him/herself in the best location to monitor the situation.
It is this solution Herman Sr. has selected with Sea Machines’ SM200 wireless remote helm system. The remote user interface typically includes two joysticks for gear and throttle control, a steering knob, 11 assignable toggle switches for auxiliaries and payload equipment, an emergency stop button and a colour LCD screen displaying vessel parameters. With a range of 1km control can be from nearby shore as well as around the vessel itself.
Erwin van Dodewaard, operations manager at Herman Sr. says: ‘No longer bound to a fixed control station, our crew will use Sea Machines’ wireless helm to monitor operations from the tugboat’s upper decks or wherever visibility is greatest, a valuable capability that increases both productivity and safety.’ adding: ‘This system is intuitive to use and once installed, will be valuable to our crews as they operate our vessel Teddy during challenging projects, such as large and overweight offshore tows.
As well as conventional towage assignments, Herman Sr. offer a range of associated services including dredging and coastal construction support where situational awareness when operating the on-board crane and winches is important for safety and efficiency.
Recently the US Coast Guard and ABS approved the SM200 for installation aboard an articulated tug-barge unit and Sea Machines’ range includes an AI-powered situational awareness system for larger vessels including cruise ships with trials underway and reported as ‘available soon’.
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Teddy will benefi t from Sea Machine Robotics’ remote helm control
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Sanmar signs up for Schottel thrusters
Sanmar Shipyards and Schottel are extending a partnership dating back 16 years following a framework agreement to supply thrusters for the Turkish yard’s Bigaçay class newbuilding tugs.
The agreement sees the German propulsion manufacturer becoming exclusive supplier of 2,700kW type SRP 560 CD thrusters for 90tbp variants of Sanmar’s Bigaçay class tug, a high-performance compact variant of Robert Allan Ltd’s (RAL) RAstar 2900SX (Sanmar exclusive) escort-rated tug. The framework agreement is valid for two years.
Collaboration between the two companies dates to 2004 and includes orders for Schottel systems for Sanmar’s Sirapinar class of ASD terminal tug, 17 of which are now in operation including as one example for Svitzer of Denmark, Stefan Kaul, Schottel’s
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8 The Sanmar-Schottel partnership dates
back 16 years
CEO stating: ‘This trusted partnership is going from strength to strength.’
In line with the agreement, Sanmar recently awarded Schottel a contract involving SRP 560 SP thrusters for two high-spec 90tbp RAstar 2900SX tugs for the Turkish Directorate General of Coastal Safety in what promises to be significant new arrivals for 2021. Sanmar and Schottel are also in the project planning phase for fitting hybrid tugs with the latter’s Rudderpropellers.
The Bigaçay class RAstar 2900SX is one of Sanmar’s latest additions to its RAL-designed portfolio and comes with two power output options, 80tbp and 90tbp. They share similar main dimensions of 29.4m LOA on a moulded beam of 13.3m, variations between the two including (for the 80tbp and 90tbp models respectively): extreme draught 6.2m and 6.3m, main engines 2x2525kW and 2x2,700kW and fuel capacities of 174m3 and 169m3, ahead speed for both versions is 12.5kn.
The escort/offshore terminal tug designation of the RAstar class relates to its design which incorporates a sponsoned hull form.
Flag state authorities in Luxembourg have issued an immediate action safety bulletin following loss of the anchor-handling tug supply vessel Bourbon Rhode.
It was in September 2019 that Bourbon Rhode foundered after being hit by hurricane Lorenzo in the Atlantic Ocean while on passage from Las Palmas to Guyana. Despite an intensive search involving aircraft and 19 commercial vessels covering 200,000km2 eleven seafarers were lost, thankfully three were rescued.
A safety issue has been identified involving water entering the shark jaws watertight housing frame. Water can enter the housing frame which has three drain fittings at the bottom plate and with the jaws lowered gaps allow water to enter the housing frame itself. The system is installed in the Z-drive compartment
During anchor-handling activities regular maintenance includes removal of inspection covers on the housing side to remove sand etc, the covers are then re-installed with silicone sealant/gaskets. The bulletin states that over time these inspection covers on Bourbon Rhode ‘have lost their watertight properties.’ Water collected at the bottom of the Z-drive compartment is removed by bilge pumping systems.
SAFETY BULLETIN FOLLOWS BOURBON RHODE SINKING
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8 A safety bulletin has been issued following
loss of the Bourbon Rhode
The investigation has shown that under unfavourable circumstances and in combination with other safety-related factors, the water quantity penetrating the compartment is likely to increase up to a point where, when unnoticed or unattended for a certain period, an unsafe condition may develop and lead to a major flooding with subsequent foundering.
An additional safety barrier through the Safety Management System (SMS) is recommended by implementing a procedural defence to limit risk of flooding from leaking inspection covers while in the long-term design changes on new vessels or modifications to existing vessels should be considered, for example compartment encasing, redesign of inspection covers or modification of housing frame.
The administration advises operators of vessels equipped with the specific system on Bourbon Rhode or of similar design of inspection covers to implement a standard procedure in the vessel operator’s SMS including a standard procedure for tasks requiring the opening of the inspection covers of the anchor-handling system housing frame. A list of maintenance instructions to be addressed by this procedure including the appropriate sealing method and testing of the watertight integrity of the anchor-handling system is provided and the safety bulletin can be viewed at: https://aet.gouvernement.lu/ dam-assets/l-administration/transportsmaritimes/bourbonrhode/Bourbon-RhodeSB1-final-2020-08-19.pdf
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Multraship Towage & Salvage has provided emergency response services in the Black Sea and Denmark.
Multraship is mostly active in north-west Europe but with an operational presence in the Black Sea was well placed to assist when the laden cargo vessel Deniz S suffered serious water ingress in no.1 cargo hold while on passage in the Black Sea. The vessel was loaded with 4,500t of scrap steel and requested emergency salvage assistance.
Multraship immediately dispatched the tugs Multratug 26 and Alioth (Damen ASD 2810 and RAL RAmparts 2700 vessels respectively) from Bourgas to the casualty. On arrival they found Deniz S with a list to port and down by the head, the port side main deck near sea level. Three salvage pumps were transferred to the vessel allowing water to be pumped from hold no.1 to stabilise the situation.
In such situations salvors often report problems finding a port of refuge for casualty
In such situations salvors often report problems finding a port of refuge for casualty vessels that could potentially pose a threat to their operations but on this occasion Port of Refuge status was granted to Multraship by port of Bourgas
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An interesting development will see HST Marine expand its crew transfer vessel (CTV) activities into the workboat market with a newbuild Damen Multi Cat.
Seawork exhibitor HST Marine was first customer for Damen’s FCS 2710 fast crew supplier and its ‘excellent relationship’ with Damen has led to it being launch customer again, this time for a modified mid-range Multi Cat 2309 workboat marking the Swanseabased operator’s venture into a new market.
The vessel, to be named HST Hazel when delivered at the end of 2021 will carry out duties including coastal towing, buoy maintenance, floating wind support, surveying and marine equipment testing with HST’s three directors drawing on their experiences with older models of this type from before they founded HST.
CTVs have evolved into high-quality specialist vessels with an emphasis on crew comfort and efficiency, features incorporated into the specification for the new Multi Cat. HST state that Volvo Penta engines will provide ‘added efficiency and emissions reduction’ along with the option for future IMO Tier III compliance, an upgraded bow thruster is also specified. A 5t pull winch with 40m of line along with a heavy-duty crane with a lift contracting fields as we do in the crew transfer segment with High Speed Transfers Ltd. We see the Multi Cat 2309 as a real multi-role vessel, offering our customers unique capabilities and versatility.’ This thinking is reflected in the specifying of enhanced crew comforts including en-suite cabins with satellite television and high-speed internet connectivity with fleet system and VSAT.
Mr Nevin states that Damen’s customer finance option was ‘very helpful’ adding: ‘we are very excited to be building another vessel there.’ HST expects to increase its workboat fleet in the future while for Damen, sales manager Frederik van der Linde states: ‘We are very grateful to be given this opportunity to support HST as it expands its business activities. This demonstrates Damen’s ability to aid its clients across multiple sectors, providing one point of contact for diverse vessels types, for support throughout the entire lifecycle.’
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MULTRASHIP BUSY IN THE BLACK SEA AND DENMARK
vessels that could potentially pose a threat to their operations but on this occasion Port of Refuge status was granted to Multraship by port of Bourgas and Deniz S was towed stern first to Bourgas anchorage.
Additional pumps were put on board with continuing dewatering of the hold and forepeak reducing the list to around five degrees. After a diver and salvage master inspection, temporary repairs were carried out and Deniz S was able to enter Bourgas port and redelivered back to its owners.
Back in north-west Europe, when the fishing vessel Sursum Corda grounded on a beach between Løkken and Nørren Lyngby in Denmark after it encountered engine problems initial local refloating efforts were unsuccessful.
8 Multraship engaged several vessels to help
refl oat the Sursum Corda
Multraship was tasked to assist and its 70tbp tug Multratug 17 was mobilised from the Netherlands with the salvage and diving support vessel Multrasalvor 4 also responding from Germany. Other vessels involved in the operation included the Danish dredger Toste R and the Danish Shoalbuster 2709 Skinfaxe R (Rohde Nielsen AS).
A trench was dredged around the stranded vessel whereafter it was refloated by the two tugs on a rising tide and towed to Thyborøn where its catch of fish was unloaded. After a diving inspection revealed damage to be less than expected Sursum Corda was towed to the Netherlands for repair.
HST MARINE EXPANDS INTO THE WORKBOAT MARKET
8 HST Marine will be the launch customer for
Damen’s Multi Cat 2309
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of 25.1t at 5.79m and a 12t pull tugger winch with 100m of wire are included in the deck gear itinery.
Tom Nevin, HST director states: ‘We want to offer clients the same HST quality within the marine logistics and general marine
COMPLEX OPERATIONS FOR TSAVLIRIS
Recent activities for Tsavliris Salvage have highlighted that complexities often extend beyond just sending a tug to tow a vessel to safety
Earlier in 2020 the bulk carrier Ourania Luck was on passage from San Lorenzo, Argentina to Oman and Kuwait via Necochea when it grounded in the Parana River while laden with 44,834t of maize. The vessel blocked the navigation channel and Tsavliris was engaged to assist.
A salvage master was dispatched with agents, an oil spill response company and a sounding boat engaged along with two tugs, the 72tbp Brutus from Rosario and the 78tbp Ranquel from San Lorenzo. A dive boat with divers was also engaged for underwater inspection.
After preparations had been made the salvage operation commenced involving scouring around the casualty along with pulling and pushing by the tugs. The casualty was successfully refloated and anchored the next day at General Lago Roads, the tug Brutus remaining with Ourania Luck providing standby services until the coastguard finalised inspections and the salvage concluded. A dive inspection was later carried out at Necochea.
On the same day that the Ourania Luck operation was concluded another bulk carrier Dino, laden with 27.500t of maize and soya bean meal grounded nearby at Rosario. The tug Brutus was once again called into action with a salvage master assigned from Buenos Aires and Dino was refloated the same day.
Around the same time Tsavliris was engaged for an operation slightly different to the norm when it became necessary to unload drilling equipment from the drill ship Discoverer India before it went into lay-up; the work was necessary in order to reduce the vessel’s draught for it to berth at Platygiály Port, Astakos, Greece.
The 17,400dwt deck cargo barge AMT Venturer was engaged to transport the equipment to the port for discharge ashore and during a three-week period, some 15 trips were made to and from the ship to the port by AMT Venturer under tow transporting cargo and transferring personnel.
Following completion of the cargo handling work Discoverer India was berthed alongside at Platygiály Port, the operation successfully concluded. Tsavliris’ Patras-based tugs Proteas (45tbp) and Hermes (43tbp) undertook the work and the latter tug was in action again later assisting the cruise ship Aegean Majesty berthed at Katakolo Port, Peloponnese, Greece.
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refl oated several vessels in the Parana River region including Dino
Voith powers Rhine pusher tugs
Two pusher tugs under construction at Dutch shipbuilder Barkmeijer Shipyards will be powered by Voith propeller units continuing a near 50-year relationship between vessel owner and propeller supplier.
Anyone familiar with Europe’s inland waterways will likely have encountered pusher tug/barge combinations transhipping iron ore from deepsea terminals at ports such as Rotterdam and the thyssenkrupp Steel Europe plant at Duisburg in Germany.
The principle of hard-connected tug and barge combinations, in effect one connected unit, allows the tug to deliver full and empty barges at each end, continuing the round-trip without awaiting loading and unloading. There is a requirement however for smaller pusher tugs to shepherd the barges in the port area and it is two of thyssenkrupp’s
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8 The pusher tugs will handle iron ore barges
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pushers that date back to the 1970s, Thyssen I and Thyssen II which are being replaced.
The project is part of a modernisation programme that will see the older vessels make way for energy efficient diesel-electric replacements featuring Voith Schneider Propellers type 18R5 EC/150-1, each with an input power of 780kW. Delivery of the propellers is due imminently, the order consisting of five units, two for each vessel and a spare.
Thyssenkrupp’s choice once again of Voith propellers for its new tugs is supported by Voith’s comment that the operation ‘needs a strong propulsion system’ adding that the decision ‘was based on the high level of reliability and performance offered by the VSPs whereby the new vessels will operate even more efficiently thanks to the latest generation of VSP and the optimum integration into the ship design’. The high efficiency during operation has been verified by independent model tests.
Precise steering is required on the demanding waterways with changing conditions and water levels.
8 Smit Salvage has been awarded a five-year
contract to provide emergency response support to floating assets located in Brazilian waters.
The contract with an unnamed oil and gas client in Brazil was awarded after a competitive tendering process and involves setting up an emergency support base to provide ‘agile and effective’ emergency response services with dedicated salvage professionals and key salvage equipment. Boskalis do Brasil is the local entity of Smit’s parent company Boskalis Group and will provide the local assistance required for the project.
8 Port of London Authority has issued a
safety bulletin reminding tug and barge masters of rules regarding correct lighting when involved in towing and pushing operations.
This follows several near-miss reports of vessels, in particular tugs pushing barges not displaying the correct navigation lights in accordance with requirements of Thames Byelaw 35, a particular concern with reduced daylight hours in winter months. The bulletin carries a summary of the relative byelaw (https://www.pla.co.uk/
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8 Smit’s Taklift 7 has previous experience of
working in Brazil
assets/1090thamesbyelaws.pdf) reminding river users of the requirement for tugs with pushing barges to display a chase light on the bow of the pushed object, the bulletin also has a link to guidance for smaller craft under The Tideway Code.
8 Changes in Danish maritime rules mean
that from 1 January 2021 pilots will no longer be required for certain towage operations in Danish waters.
The amendment to the rules brings Denmark in line with neighboring countries including Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Poland in that the towed vessel length limit of 28m has changed to 50m, vessel width is up to 20m. The move has been welcomed by Danish shipping companies who have campaigned for equal commercial operating conditions in the area.
8 Rob Allan, executive chairman of Robert
Allan Ltd (RAL) has been made an Honorary Member by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME).
Well-known globally as a leading authority on tug and workboat design he becomes one of only 50 living individuals to hold the title. Rob succeeded his father Robert Allan in 1981 as president of RAL before selling the company to senior employees in 2008 and while he retired from active duties Mr Allan is still a major influence contributing to the development of the towage industry in general with large numbers of RAL-designed tugs in operation worldwide.
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Europe’s leading commercial marine and workboat exhibition.
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Show your latest innovations in vessels, equipment and services to over 7,700 maritime professionals. 12,000m2 of exhibition halls featuring 600 exhibitors. . E uropean Commercial Marine Awards (ECMAs) and Innovations Showcase.
Co-located with: Also returning in 2021 Speed@Seawork
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