Industry News – Page 95

  • MTS supports Wave Hub cable work
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    MTS Xplorer completes survey work

    26/09/2016

    Marine and Towage Services Group’s vessel, the MTS Xplorer, has successfully completed ''as built'' survey works.

  • The shingle transfer began on 6 September
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    Shingle transfer brought forward by Shoreham Port

    23/09/2016

    Shoreham Port is bringing the autumn shingle transfer forward a few weeks so that beach levels can be raised before the weather worsens.

  • Strainstall provides specialised mooring monitoring for pioneering floating offshore wind farm project
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    Specialised mooring monitoring for Hywind

    22/09/2016

    Strainstall has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the floating offshore wind farm project, Hywind.

  • Lives are being saved thanks to Atlant Ocean Racing and Team SCA initiative Rule One Photo: Nikos Nikolouzaki
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    RIB donation saves lives

    21/09/2016

    Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider, GAC, has delivered a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) to the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) which has become part of the refugee search and rescue efforts in the Aegean Sea.

  • The OXE engine was displayed in one of SMM’s few outdoor locations
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    Successful event for outboard diesel distributor

    14/09/2016

    The SMM show was reportedly a great success for Outboard Diesel b.v., holders of the Benelux countries’ distributorship for the new OXE Diesel outboard motor.

  • The structure includes living accommodation for the crew with ships supplying feed and other requirements
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    Fish farming offshore gathers momentum

    13/09/2016

    The first major offshore fish farm is scheduled for installation early next year off Norway. Developed by Global Maritime Consultancy and Engineering this huge offshore structure marks a turning point in fish farming and offers new avenues for development for the companies involved in offshore oil and wind farms.

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    Iridium's increased sales

    12/09/2016

    Iridium Communications announced that it has shipped over 2,200 Iridium Pilot units over the past 12 months, ending 30 June.

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    Wind energy event

    12/09/2016

    A new event to be held in Brest, France, will focus on the floating wind turbine industry from October 12 to 14.

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    ‘First of its kind’ EAL

    12/09/2016

    RSC Bio Solutions, a global leader in environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) and cleaners, has launched a new product line of bio-based lubricants.

  • As with many Art Deco posters of this era, this poster is made up of simple shapes with the bow of the ship being most prominent
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    DFDS anniversary

    12/09/2016

    Denmark-headquartered ferry operator DFDS will be celebrating its 150th anniversary this December, and has chosen to celebrate this by commissioning a collection of memorable advertising posters harking back to the golden age of marine transport in the 1930s.

  • The First Minister officially unveiled the MeyGen project on 8th September 2016
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    MeyGen official unveiling

    12/09/2016

    Tidal power developer Atlantis Resources Limited, has hosted Nicola Sturgeon, First Minister of Scotland, for the official unveiling ceremony of the MeyGen Project, the world’s largest free stream tidal power project, at the Nigg Energy Park in Scotland.

  • Boskalis vessels hard at work at the Marker Wadden nature restoration project, Markermeer, Netherlands
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    Successful wood-based biofuel test

    08/09/2016

    International dredging company Boskalis and Dutch sustainable fuel company GoodFuels Marine have extensively tested UPM BioVerno wood-based renewable diesel on a vessel working on the Dutch Marker Wadden nature restoration project in the middle of the Markermeer lake.

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    ‘Future proofing’ shipping

    08/09/2016

    Wärtsilä has been focusing on ‘future proofing’ shipping with its first ever Maritime Future Summit taking place at SMM 2016.

  • 'Vision of The Fjords' began operating in July and is scheduled to complete around 700 voyages a year
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    Carbon eco cat picks up SMM gong

    08/09/2016

    Futuristically styled and engineered carbon fibre tourist vessel, ‘Vision of The Fjords’, has won the Ship of the Year 2016 award at SMM in Hamburg.

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    Lifeboat tilt test

    07/09/2016

    The latest Valentine Class lifeboat going into operation for the Royal Dutch Rescue Society (KNRM) has completed its tilt testing in order to check its righting ability.

  • The McMurdo SmartFind and Kannad SafePro EPIRBs will be the world’s first distress beacons that can support each of the four frequencies used in the search and rescue process
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    First four frequency EPIRBS launched

    07/09/2016

    SMM is always a hotbed for marine safety and survival launches, and one of the highlights this year has to be McMurdo’s announcement of a new family of EPIRBs that will accelerate the search and rescue process by combining multiple frequencies into a single EPIRB product.

  • Siqura has devised a unique way of mounting the marine dome, for easier installation and maintenance
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    Rugged dome cameras

    07/09/2016

    Netherlands-headquartered video surveillance solutions provider Siqura showed at SMM 2016 for the first time two all-new, full-HD marine dome cameras: the Xtreme HSD870H3-MDC and the ExPLORE HSD870H3EXP-MDC.

  • MTU launched the Series 4000 diesel engines at SMM 1996
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    20th anniversary of the MTU Series 4000

    06/09/2016

    Birthday celebrations were in the air at SMM 2016 as Rolls-Royce marked 20 successful years of its MTU Series 4000 diesel.

  • The X-Twin and X-Mooring heat-set lines now sport new red markings
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    Innovative rope construction

    06/09/2016

    German rope expert, Gleistein Ropes, has presented a new innovative rope construction-type alternative at this year’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg.

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    WINMON 9 software from Servowatch

    06/09/2016

    Servowatch launched its WINMON 9 automation and control software, part of the ServoFusion product range, at SMM 2016.