Industry News – Page 193
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Wärtsilä solution for Russian icebreakers
Wärtsilä recently won a contract to supply integrated power and automation systems for two new icebreakers being built by Vyborg Shipyard JSC.
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NewsSeagull extends distance training packages
Norwegian maritime training company, Seagull AS, is extending its distance training package ready for the impending International Labour Organisation’s (ILO) Maritime Labour Convention (MLC 2006) which comes into force in August 2013.
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NewsAustal in new cross channel ferry service
Euroferries Ltd has announced plans to launch a new high speed ferry service between Ramsgate and Boulogne starting early in 2013.
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NewsKeel laid for Western Ferries vessel
Scottish ferry operator, Western Ferries, has hosted a keel laying ceremony for the first of two vessels being built by Birkenhead based shipyard and engineering company, Cammell Laird.
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NewsWorkBoat Show returns to New Orleans
The International WorkBoat Show returns to the Morial Convention Centre in New Orleans on 5-7 December 2012.
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NewsMJP Waterjets acquires Ultra Dynamics
Sweden’s MJP Waterjets AB has acquired the UK and US based waterjet specialist, Ultra Dynamics – the merger will create one of the world’s largest waterjet providers.
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NewsHMS Protector surveys wartime wreck
Survey ship, ‘HMS Protector’, recently surveyed the wreck of wartime tanker, ‘RFA Darkdale’, for salvage and marine operations.
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NewsAustal hat trick for Turbine Transfers
Australian boatbuilder, Austal, has secured to a new contract with the UK’s Turbine Transfers, to design and build three new wind farm support catamarans.
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NewsRNLI reveals new lifeboat design
The RNLI has revealed its new ‘Shannon’ class lifeboat design, the first modern all-weather lifeboat to be powered by water jets instead of propellers.
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NewsCarrier’s largest piece rolled out
Workers at BAE Systems moved the biggest section of HMS Queen Elizabeth out of the company’s shipbuilding hall at Govan for the first time this week.
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NewsIncat Crowther ferry for Yankee Fleet
A 34m Incat Crowther catamaran ferry has been designed and built in partnership with Boston based excursions company, Yankee Fleet and Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding.
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NewsEEDI solution for ro-ro sector welcomed
The decision of the IMO Protection Committee (MEPC) to proceed with sector specific methodology for energy efficiency requirements for ro-ro cargo and ro-pax vessels has been welcomed by the industry.
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PLC information issued
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) are widely used in a variety of small and large pieces of equipment on marine construction vessels, including cranes, winches, handling systems, dive systems and power management systems.
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NewsOffshore simulator installed at PAEN
A Transas Offshore and Dynamic Positioning simulator was recently installed at Pan Arab E-Navigation’s (PAEN) dynamic positioning training centre in Alexandria, Egypt.
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NewsLatest newbuilds for Meercat
UK based boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has just launched its latest vessel, ‘Skua’ which is now working in Ireland for new owners, Strangford Moorings – a specialist moorings contractor.
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First of four 24m WFSVs for Seacat Services
Seacat Resolute is the first of four 24m DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels being built for Seacat Services Ltd of Cowes, Isle of Wight, by South Boats Special Projects Ltd .
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NewsSouth Boats calls in administrators
South Boats Special Projects Ltd, the market leader in the production of offshore wind farm support vessels, called in corporate restructuring specialists today after running into financial difficulty.
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NewsSeaking Electrical completes Bibby contract
UK marine electrical engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the ''Bibby Renaissance'' ship.
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NewsMetrans takes over Krems trimodal terminal
Transportation service company, Metrans, subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has taken over the trimodal container terminal in the Port of Krems, Austria, after acquiring Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co KG.
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News“Something you have to learn to live with”
“I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman of Ullman Dynamics.
