Industry News – Page 117
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NewsComms for autonomous ships
Inmarsat has announced its participation in the Finnish funded Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce.
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NewsSound contract win for Meercat
UK boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has beaten competition from across Europe to secure an important contract to build its 24th newbuild vessel.
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NewsCambla upgrades marine planning tool
Project services consultancy, Cambla, is upgrading its state-of-the-art software, the Schedule Animation Tool (S.A.T.) to help the marine industry improve planning operations.
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McMurdo launches new SAR software
McMurdo has launched a new state-of-the-art software solution to help improve the Cospas-Sarsat satellite-aided search and rescue process.
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NewsNatural gas ferries for Spain
The Spanish ship operator Baleària has ordered the construction of two natural gas propelled ferries from Shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte (La Naval) in a deal worth around €350 million.
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NewsAlphatron at Europort
Alphatron Marine will be showcasing three new state of the art bridge solutions, driven by the concept of advanced navigation technology, at this year’s Europort exhibition.
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NewsCMR Group unveils new sensor designs
French CMR Group is set to unveil new designs for its J1939 Connect CAN sensor for both land and marine applications at industry shows this year.
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NewsHybrid programme
The Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Conference, being held at the RNLI College, Poole, UK from 6 to 8 October 2015 has announced its programme.
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NewsHella Marine launches new downlights
Hella Marine is expanding its range with the new EuroLED 75 downlights, said to be highly efficient with long lasting illumination.
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NewsWindcat delivers latest newbuild
Netherlands-based Windcat Workboats has handed over its latest newbuild, ‘Windcat 38’, to UK-based SSE for use on Great Gabbard offshore windfarm.
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NewsNorwegian gamechanger for offshore wind?
The WaveCraft Offshore Service Vessel, manufactured by Umoe Mandal in Norway, is part of the next generation of offshore wind farm service vessels, and according to UK-based vessel operator Tidal Transit, it is considered an industry ‘game-changer'' by those who have been exposed to this surface effect vessel.
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NewsHarding secures training certification
Harding Safety AS is now a ‘Maritime Training Provider’ of Life Saving Appliances (LSAs) after being certified to DNV GL St-0029 by DNV GL.
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NewsFrederikshavn makes expansion plans
Danish civil engineering company, Per Aarsleff AS, has signed a contract to carry out expansion work at the Danish port of Frederikshavn.
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NewsNew president for BMT Designers & Planners
Kai Skvarla has been promoted to president of BMT Designers & Planners (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group.
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NewsZodiac RIBs afloat
There is a bold sign on the website of the financially challenged, but iconic French RIB manufacturer Nautic Zodiac, otherwise known as Z Marine.
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NewsIHC cuts away home facilities
In only two years, Royal IHC (IHC Merwede) has gone from soaring profits to Dutch job cuts.
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NewsRussian patrol boat changes engines
The sanctions imposed on Russia by EU countries have led to a change of engines for the lead boat in a series of patrol boats building to patrol the waters around St.Petersburg in the Baltic.
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NewsClose Brothers wind farm specialists
Close Brothers Marine and Aviation is a finance company that has become a specialist in providing finance for wind farm vessels. At their recent exhibit at Seawork the company had visits from several foreign potential owners. One came from Japan as the owners of the first wind farm vessel in ...
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Ship management merger
The largest ever merger of independent, third party ship management companies has been completed by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group and Univan Ship Management Group, advised by Clyde & Co.
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German restructure
Marine hardware specialist MacGregor, part of Cargotec, plans to reduce workforce in MacGregor Uetersen site in Germany to restructure the operations to the weak market demand. The market situation has deteriorated due to the low oil price and low number of new merchant ship orders.
