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• Garware Offshore to acquire construction barge.
• Baulderstone JV wins $1b port contract.
• China’s first offshore wind power generator ready.
• High seas and storms temporarily halt efforts to dismantle MSC Napoli.

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The Lighter Aboard Ship (LASH) system refers to the practice of loading barges (lighters) aboard a larger vessel for transport. The host vessel is normally purpose-built or modified with a door at the waterline, to allow the payloads to be loaded and unloaded without special lifting equipment. An example would be the LASH Turkiye, built at Avondale Shipyard for the Republic of Turkey. LASH barges are loaded at Inland River and shallow ports. Then, the barges are towed to ocean port’s fleeting areas to meet the LASH mother vessel. On arrival, the mother vessel crane lifts the LASH barges onto the ships. LASH cargo does not require transshipment, as the movement from the origin to destination takes place with a single bill of loading. (source: Wikipedia)

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• Sovereign Exploration Associates International Inc. set uo new subsidiary.
• N54bn needed to dredge rivers Niger, Benue.
• StatoilHydro Acquires Two Blocks Offshore Brazil.
• Hercules Offshore to sell nine land rigs for $107M.
• Dredging marine sediments affects garden tomatoes.
• Russia steps up development of offshore technology.

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• Boskalis to buy 2 new dredgers for 200 mln eur under current renewal programme.
• Oil salvaged from Den Den.
• Shell may sell Africa firms to Chinese.
• Merwede shipyard launches offshore vessel for Toisa Ltd.
• Iran, Azerbaijan sign maritime MOU.
• Black Sea salvage team to lift sunken oil tanker.
• Awilco Offshore signs 330 mln usd contract with BP.

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• Pacific Carriers buys PSA′s offshore unit for $500m. (tags: offshore)
• ExxonMobil gets exploration licence for offshore Libya. (tags: ExxonMobil)

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• Tighter Rules on Winter Maritime Traffic.
• Ship captains ignored Black Sea storm warning.

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The Italian cargo vessel Repubblica Di Genova has been towed to a new location to undergo extensive repairs. The Grimaldi owned roro-ship capsized earlier this year at the Verrebroekdok on the left bank. During the early hours of last Sunday it was towed to the Hansadok, a drydock on the right bank. There, the 216 meter ship will be repaired by Antwerp Shiprepair.

The operation started at about 5.30 in the morning and had to be carried out with great precision. The vessel had to be piloted trough two narrow locks, the Kallosluis and the Boudewijnsluis. Ahead of schedule the operation finished at 9 o’clock.

• Salvage of Den Den officially begins.
• SMIT signs orders for 11 new built vessels.
• Boskalis order fallpipe vessel.
• Marg Constructions acquires a dredger.

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