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13 Aug 2020

Mauritians Angered by Government Response to the Wakashio Oil Spill

(Satellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies)

On the evening of Saturday July 25, the MV (Merchant Vessel) Wakashio grounded on coral reefs in the south-east of the Indian Ocean tropical island of Mauritius. The ship, a Japanese-owned but Panama-registered bulk carrier designed to transport unpackaged goods such as coal or grain, was empty of cargo but had an estimated 200 tons of diesel and 3,800 tons of heavy fuel oil onboard. The ship sat for over a week before cracks emerged in its hull.Fuel oil began to leak into the expansive turquoise blue lagoon outside the coastal village of Mahébourg.

20 May 2019

SMS Towage Orders Tug Duo from Damen

The Damen ASD 2411 ‘Manxman’ on its maiden voyage to SMS Towage on the Humber Estuary (Photo: Damen)

UK towage company SMS Towage has purchased two tugs from Damen Shipyards. The first vessel, called Manxman, was handed over on April 12, just seven days after contract signing. The contract for the second vessel, to be called Marksman, was signed on May 1 with a delivery date scheduled for June 7th. Both vessels are Damen ASD Tugs 2411, and mark the first Damen tugs for SMS Towage.Established in 2002, SMS Towage started towage activities on and around the Humber Estuary on the UK’s east coast.

30 Mar 2016

Tata Steel to Sell Entire UK Operation

Britain's largest steelmaker Tata Steel Ltd is expected to announce the sale of its entire UK business, BBC reported citing union sources.   Tata Steel's decision was made at Tuesday's board meeting in Mumbai, BBC said.   Britain's steel industry has been struggling since European Union steel prices hit their lowest since 2004.   Earlier in January, Tata Steel said it would cut 1,050 UK jobs including 750 jobs at Port-Talbot-based operations in Wales.   About 4,000 British steel jobs were lost in October 2015 alone, equivalent to about a fifth of the sector's workforce.     (Reporting by Sangameswaran S in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernard Orr)

27 Aug 1999

Coal Transhipment Terminal Finds New Cure for Old Conveyor Spillage Problems

Neary four million tons of coal passed in and out of Scotland's Hunterston Terminal in 1997, drawn in large part by a reputation for fast turnaround that has made this one of the biggest seaport bulk transhipment facilities in Western Europe. But, building that reputation wasn't easy. Moving coal at 2,000 to 3,000 tons per hour (tph), through some five miles of conveyors linked by multiple transfer points, the terminal had long been plagued by spillage problems that laid a costly burden on the maintenance staff and threatened penalty charges from delays in ship loading/unloading. The search for a more reliable way to keep the coal on the belts finally ended when maintenance management found a new system for keeping skirt rubber in place at the transfers and more easily adjusted.

07 Jun 1999

Merger Throws European Steel Sector In Spotlight

Confirmation of merger talks between British Steel and Dutch group Hoogovens reportedly threw Europe's struggling steel sector into the spotlight as investors bet on the next takeover targets.