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Survitec Group's subsidiary Survitec Service & Distribution (SSD) has won a major contract with South West Water to supply, install, maintain and repair all of its loose lifting equipment. The five-year contract covers everything from slings and shackles right through to lifting gantries.   South West Water has been a…

Following the worst maritime disaster in the cruise industry for over 20 years, aid workers assembled on the island of Giglio to provide support to survivors of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.  The vessel struck just off the Island of Giglio, Italy, prompting disaster relief and emergency services to work…

USA – McMurdo Ltd, a company of the Orolia Group (NYSE Alternext Paris – FR0010501015 – ALORO) today announced that its Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 SRS (Survivor Recovery System) has been selected as the Overall Winner of the 2012 Pittman Innovation Awards. The Pittman Innovation Awards are named in honor…

Both are newly constructed 47m fast ferries and were completed at the Austal yard in Henderson, Western Austalia. Perle Express and Liberty entered service in October with their owner L’Express des Iles and are in use on routes between Guadeloupe, Les Saintes, Marie Galante, Dominique, Martinique and St Lucia. Four…

The six fishermen from the ' Virgem do Sameiro', missing for three days, were rescued by an Air Force helicopter from an RFD liferaft 12 miles off the coast north of Cape Mondego. The liferaft, an 8 person RFD Seasava liferaft which was purchased for the Fishing vessel just two…