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Grounded Spanish Minesweeper Turia Refloated, Towed to Port

A week after it ran aground about 400 meters off the coast of La Manga, while searching for remains of the plane piloted by Commander Francisco Marín, who died when he crashed into the sea, the Naval Minesweeper ‘Turia’ was finally towed to the port …
Sep 5, 2019 / Accidents

Heerema's Aegir Installs Cutterladder into World's Most Powerful Cutter Dredger Spartacus

Heerema’s Aegir successfully installed the 2,500-tonne cutter-ladder into the world’s most powerful Cutter Suction Dredger ‘Spartacus’. The 164-meter long Spartacus will be the world’s first LNG-powered Cutter Suction Dredger built by Royal IHC for …
May 29, 2019 / Vessels

Yang Ming Sets Up Subsidiary in Indonesia

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation (Yang Ming) will form a new subsidiary with partners in Jakarta Indonesia named PT Yang Ming Shipping Indonesia on 16th May 2019. Mr. Benson Chou has officially been nominated as President Director for the first …
May 16, 2019 / Vessels

The night multipurpose frigate “Spartaco Schergat” launched

The launching ceremony of the “Spartaco Schergat” frigate, the ninth of a series of 10 FREMM vessels – Multi Mission European Frigates, took place Saturday (Jan26) at the integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso (Genoa).The 10 FREMM vessels have been …
Jan 28, 2019 / Naval