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Port News
De Jong Shipping takes stake in Belgian inland shipping specialist TransMatch
Dutch maritime operator De Jong Shipping Group has acquired a minority stake in Belgian inland shipping company TransMatch, marking its…
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Jumbo expands heavylift fleet with newbuild brace in China
Dutch heavylift shipping specialist Jumbo is bolstering its fleet with a pair of next-generation multipurpose vessels in China. The Rotterdam-based…
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Boskalis strengthens cable installation arsenal with new CLV order
Dutch dredging contractor and marine services provider Boskalis has ordered a new high-capacity cable laying vessel (CLV). The vessel will…
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Marine World
Planes With Hantavirus Cruise Passengers Land in the Netherlands; Hospital Quarantines 12
Two planes with 28 passengers from the MV Hondius cruise ship, which was hit by a hantavirus outbreak, landed in…
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Port News
Vroon cashes out of livestock shipping business
Dutch shipowner Vroon is exiting the livestock shipping sector after agreeing to sell its Livestock Express business to Australian agribusiness…
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Port News
Damen moves into West Africa with Dakar yard tie-up
Damen Shipyards has started operations at a key West African repair base after forming a joint venture with the Senegalese…
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Navigator lines up $183m exit from Unigas pool with eight-ship sale
New York-listed Navigator Holdings has moved to streamline its fleet, signing a non-binding letter of intent to sell eight gas…
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Fugro wins early-stage work on Petrobras wind pilot
Fugro has secured a role on Brazil’s first offshore wind project to move forward under a formal environmental licensing process,…
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Malta’s Polidano steps into shipping with Damen order
Malta’s Polidano Group is stepping further into shipping, placing an order for two small cargo vessels at Dutch builder Damen…
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Maritime News
Dutch Catch Smugglers Throwing Drugs into the North Sea from Containership
A drug intervention team in the Netherlands reports it was able to catch smugglers “red-handed” aboard the ocean-going vessel tossing…
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