Key Deals – Page 43
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NewsDamen feels the commodities price pinch
Damen Shiprepair & Conversion has announced a reorganisation at three Dutch yards within its group. Staff members of Damen Shiprepair Rotterdam, Damen Shiprepair Van Brink and Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen were informed that the overall number of staff will be reduced by approximately 150 employees.
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NewsTideman cabin pilot boat
Netherlands based boatbuilder Tideman Boats has developed a new pilot vessel in conjunction with its customer Brabo Antwerp.
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French grid contract
Italian cable specialist company Prysmian Group will provide submarine power cable links for offshore wind farms in France. Valued at more than €300M the award by RTE (Réseau de Transport d''Électricité) is the first contract ever for connecting offshore wind electricity to the French grid.
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NewsCammell Laird kite boat
Merseyside, UK shipyard and engineering company Cammell Laird has held a special ceremony to launch a unique kite boat designed to raise funds for charity Claire House Children’s Hospice.
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NewsUlstein hybrid vessel contract
Boatbuilder Ulstein Verft and Norwegian ferry operator Color Line have signed a contract to construct what they call the world’s largest plug-in hybrid vessel.
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NewsDP World looks to Tesla technology
DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem and Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk have discussed the potential uses of Tesla technology for DP World’s global operations.
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NewsOlympic gangway
Norway -headquartered international marine technology company Kongsberg has announced that its motion compensated, integrated Walk-to-Work gangway system will be installed on Olympic Shipping’s windfarm Multipurpose Offshore Vessel ‘Olympic Orion’.
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NewsKooiman to convert dry cargo vessel into a trailing suction hopper dredger
Kooiman Marine Group in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands has received an order for the conversion of dry cargo vessel ‘DC Eems’ into a trailing suction hopper dredger for operating client Group De Cloedt.
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NewsRoyal recognition for Multraship
The newly renovated De Ruyter Maritime and Logistics College in Vlissingen and Multraship have received the royal seal of approval from His Majesty King Willem-Alexander of The Netherlands.
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NewsSOC completes cable works at Veja Mate
Siem Offshore Contractors (SOC) has completed its cable installation work off the Veja Mate Offshore Windfarm.
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NewsNew UK investments for Aderco
Aderco has opened a new operational base in the UK to serve the marine markets in the UK, US and Caribbean.
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Cimco gets new Head of Sales and Marketing
Cimco Marine, the Swedish manufacturer of the OXE diesel outboard has announced that Vladimir Jigarov has returned to Cimco and the OXE Diesel project, to serve as new Head of Sales and Marketing.
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Seakeeper posts impressive numbers
Seakeeper Inc, the US-headquartered marine stabilization specialist, has announced that the company sold more than 1,000 gyros for the first time in company history, continuing its trend of doubling total shipments every two years. Sales of Seakeepers for boats under 50 feet were up 95 percent last year.
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Port of London trade highest this decade
Trade in the Port of London in 2016 reached the highest this decade, rising 10% to top 50 million tonnes for the first time since 2008.
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NewsPoole party
Preparations for the UK’s Poole Maritime Festival and European Maritime Day, Poole 2017 are nearing completion.
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NewsCut and paste davits
Norwegian boat lifting specialist Vestdavit’s digital library of 2D and 3D davit drawings has now been made available to naval architects and shipyards via the web, allowing them to download davit CAD files to include in their vessel conceptualisation files on a ‘cut and paste’ basis.
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NewsEU co-funded LNG dredger trial
S/F SamueLNG Project, lead by France’s Dragages Ports started in mid December, in the Port of Gijon, Spain and is the first phase of the Global Project ‘Towards a Blue Atlantic Arch by 2025’.
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NewsIreland to lead MaRINET2
An investment of €10.5 million in EU funding for marine renewable test facilities was recently announced in Dublin by University College Cork.
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Ukrainian seaports increase cargo turnover
According to the online data of the Ukrainian Seaports Authority, in January 2017 the volume of cargo handling in Ukrainian seaports reached over 10 million tons, which is 14.6% more than in the similar period of 2016.
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Anders Invest acquires Lagersmit
Netherlands shaft seal specialist Lagersmit Sealing Solutions B.V. has become fully owned by Anders Invest Co-Invest Fund 1, a fund which bundles the investment power of Anders Invest, De Hoge Dennen and 11 other coinvestors.
