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1905
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FAIRPLAY
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is established in Hamburg by Mr. Richard Borchardt. The company
quickly prospers with port- and coastal-towages in Hamburg, River
Elbe and the Baltic as well as with professional salvage-operations
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1914
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FAIRPLAY's
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fleet at the begin of WWI consists of 13 tugs which are working in Hamburg, River Elbe ports and
along the entire German coast
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1930 |
FAIRPLAY's
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management structure changes after the untimely death of the company`s
founder. Richard Borchardt`s wife Lucy and their son Kurt are taking over |
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1932
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FAIRPLAY
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is a founding member of the first "Joint Tugboat Service" in Hamburg
which offers shipowners uninterupted services 24hrs a day, 365 days
a year
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1952
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FAIRPLAY
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the "Joint Tugboat Service" is re-established to connect to pre-war
service patterns
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1967
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FAIRPLAY
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enters into worldwide deepsea-towage and international salvage
business with the commissioning of it’s first deepsea tug FAIRPLAY X
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1974
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FAIRPLAY
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orders the first state-of-the-art "Tractor Type Schottel Tug" FAIRPLAY II
out of a series of four similar ships to be built until 1984
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1990
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FAIRPLAY
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establishes an office in Rostock with tug stations in Wismar, Stralsund
and Wolgast. With this market entry, modern tractor-tugs are
introduced in the Baltic Ports of re-unified Germany
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1997
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FAIRPLAY
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starts another new-building program for FAIRPLAY-21 to -24. These 52 tbp ASD tugs are designed for harbour and offshore jobs.
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1998
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FAIRPLAY
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with the European liberalisation, it is decided to start harbour-towage
operations in the Port of Rotterdam
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1998
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FAIRPLAY
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achieves the ISO 9001 / ISM certification for all its offices and the entire
fleet
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2000/1
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FAIRPLAY
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commissions the newbuildinbgs "FAIRPLAY 25" and "FAIRPLAY 26"
with each 5500 BHP and 65 tons bollard pull.
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2001/2
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FAIRPLAY
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charters out the latest newbuilding "FAIRPLAY 25" and "FAIRPLAY 26"
to the German Government as "Emergency Towing Vessel". With stations at Rostock
and Sassnitz/ Ruegen Island these tugs are part of the "Germany Coastal Protection Scheme".
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| 2003 |
FAIRPLAY |
buys the marine activities of the Szczecin-based former Porta Holding Group. The company
is renamed Project Zegluga and
starts a harbour towage competition in Szczecin. |
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2004
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FAIRPLAY
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becomes 50% shareholder of the Belgian towage provider "Unie van Redding- en Sleepdienst" (URS), Antwerp. In this 50/50 partnership
with Smit International, URS continues as an independent company under its own name. URS operates more than
45 tugs in the ports of Antwerp,
Flushing, Terneuzen, Ghent, Zeebrugge and Oostend
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2005
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FAIRPLAY
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celebrates its 100. Anniversary
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2006
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FAIRPLAY
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charters FAIRPLAY-27 a new ASD-Tug with 72 tbp from Norway and
stations her in Rotterdam. Fairplay-22 is relocated to Hamburg for
harbour work
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2006 |
FAIRPLAY
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FAIRPLAY achieves certification according to ISO 14001:2004 for the whole organization
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2006 |
FAIRPLAY
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establishes "Fairplay Towage Sp zoo" in Szczecin/Poland |
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2007 |
FAIRPLAY
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receives the tugs "Fairplay III" and "Fairplay I", two 70t harbour tugs out
of a series of 6 ships ordered in Spain |
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2007 |
FAIRPLAY
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celebrates its 125th anniversary of the 100% owned Hamburg shipyard "Theodor
Buschmann"
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2008 |
FAIRPLAY
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exchanges its 50% share in URS against a major share in the global towage
provider Smit Internationale NV |
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2008 |
FAIRPLAY
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expects delivery of two strong offshore-tugs with 80 tons bollard
pull, delivered again by a Spanish shipyard
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