Last week the m.v. Amurborg, which was on time charter, transported some rail cars from Antwerp to Quebec. The Railcars are for the expanding rail service of the Charlevoix region for touristic reasons.
Last week the m.v. Oranjeborg was at the Oresund drydock in Landskrona for her 15 year renewal survey. After this survey the m.v. Oranjeborg is ready again for service.
On Friday January 25th, Royal Wagenborg renamed the ‘NBP Island’ to ‘Weserborg’. The vessel has been brought under Dutch Flag and Wagenborg’s management. The ‘Weserborg’ is currently at a shipyard in Tallinn to be brought up to Wagenborg standards.
On January 2 the m.v. Virginiaborg was the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover in 2019. The Port of Montreal preserved a long-standing tradition: the captain of the first ocean-going vessel to reach the dock at the start of each new is awarded with a precious prize: the Golden Cane.
Last Thursday evening Wagenborg Towage was asked to provide assistance on the North Sea after a collision had taken place between Turkish ship Paksoy 1 and the Dutch Ems Cobalt.
Recently the m .v. Arneborg successfully completed a first trial shipment for SCA to the US East coast. The A-class vessel, with a total cargo capacity of 15.750 tonnes, loaded 6.000 tonnes of woodpulp as part cargo in the Swedish port of Sundsvall.
On the Nieuwediepkade in the port of Den Helder, the second Walk to Work vessel in the fleet of Wagenborg Offshore was unveiled on Thursday 25 October 2018. The Walk to Work Emergency Response and Rescue Vessel Kasteelborg was christened by Mrs. Marjan van Loon, CEO Shell Netherlands.