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Harbour Towage: major ports present an essentially stable picture
SMIT Harbour Towage saw a good opening of the year. With the total number of ship movements remaining at a stable level compared to the end of 2011 SMIT Harbour Towage experienced increased demand dur
Two new anchor handling tugs to join fleet
On Tuesday 20 November 2012, newly built Smit Seraya was launched at Guijing Shipyard in China. The Smit Seraya is one of two new anchor handling tugs (AHT) currently under construction. The vessels a
Core towage business steady in European ports
The second half of 2012 unfolded in much the same way as the first six months for SMIT’s towage operations in Europe. In Rotterdam-Europoort, business was steady in the core areas of bulk carrier and
SMIT towage fleet in Brazil continues to expand
Taken overall, business levels in 2012 were stable for SMIT Harbour Towage operations beyond Europe. At the same time, the challenges in the container sector, arising from declines in volumes from Chi
Busy salvage caseload following groundings
A series of vessel groundings produced a run of Lloyd’s Open Forms for SMIT Salvage during the second half of 2012. They involved a number of cases in the Asian region, including the 735 TEU container
Boskalis/SMIT removes ship wrecks in the Dutch section of the North Sea
In the Dutch section of the North Sea are four wrecks of sunken ships that are forming an obstruction to shipping. Rijkswaterstaat, the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, has ordere
