Rimorchiatori Malta Ltd has announced an investment of over â,¬70 million on an expanded tugboat fleet in Malta.

A bill has been introduced in the California Assembly that would, if enacted into law, mandate use of tug escorts not only by tank ships and tank barges (as currently required), but also by vessels carrying hazardous materials.

Dutch dredging contractor Van Oord says turnover from the market in The Netherlands in 2007 amounted to Euros 146 million.

Technip SA, Europe’s second-largest oilfield-services provider, won a contract from Husky Energy Inc. for work on the Canadian oil company’s White Rose field off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador.