Key Deals – Page 86
-
NewsCTruk unveils future plans
CTruk is looking to build an Advanced Composite Technology Centre to help build larger vessels required for future offshore windfarm projects further out to sea.
-
NewsDutch invention recognised
The Wim Timmers Designer Award has been presented to Emiel Mobron, a student at Delft University of Technology for his evaluation method for wind propulsion on cargo vessels.
-
NewsDive RIB for Funchal
UK–headquartered professional and rescue boat manufacturer Vanguard Marine has recently commissioned a TX-860 RIB to Scorpio Actividades Nautica in Funchal, Maderia.
-
News
Expanding the hydro survey offering
Plymouth UK based Ecospan Environmental Ltd has purchased an R2SONIC multi-beam echo-sounder package which will enable it to enhance its current hydrographic survey capabilities.
-
News
New Mersey Maritime awards
The UK’s Mersey Maritime, which represents the interests of the shipping, ports and logistics sector, is to host an industry awards dinner in 2015 that will bring the North West maritime sector together.
-
NewsKooiman to outfit hybrid tug
Netherlands-based Scheepswerf Gebr. Kooiman BV is to outfit a 23.5m hybrid tug for Koedood BV.
-
News
Ocean Business 2015
Ocean Business 2015 will take place from 14 to 16 April 2015 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton and the training and demo programme are free to attend.
-
NewsFighting fouling with fibres
Damen and Dutch antifouling provider, Micanti, say they’ve made a “real ecological and cost-efficient breakthrough” for shipping companies and shipyards.
-
NewsSupacat acquisition
The Devon, UK-based design engineering firm, Supacat Group, has acquired local heavy fabrication and machining specialist, Blackhill Engineering Services Ltd, providing Supacat with the ability to manufacture large structures.
-
NewsICS responds to ‘migrant crisis’
In response to the continuing situation in the Mediterranean, which has necessitated commercial shipping to rescue tens of thousands of migrants and refugees during 2014, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the global trade association for merchant shipowners, has published new Guidance on Large Scale Rescue Operations at Sea.
-
NewsDriving subsea environmental innovation
A leading north-east UK subsea engineering firm has developed what it calls an environmental first for the UK subsea industry - re-usable subsea mats for the seabed which help to save money and protect the environment.
-
NewsABP injects £600k into South Wales ports
The UK’s Associated British Ports (ABP) is giving South Wales ports a boost in capacity and productivity with a £600,000 investment in modern cargo handling equipment.
-
NewsUK outfitting expertise
Birkenhead UK based contractor MPE Interiors has supplied its manufacturing and outfitting expertise to an Irish shipyard building a new salmon farm vessel.
-
News
Shipdock Amsterdam a triple threat
Damen Shiprepair and Conversion’s Shipdock Amsterdam has been certified by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance for meeting international quality, safety and environment management systems standards.
-
News
‘Tara’ expedition findings
Initial findings from the exploration schooner, ‘Tara’, has revealed important information on plastic pollution at sea and other environmental issues related to the Mediterranean.
-
News
Italian ZF training centre
Transmission giant ZF Marine has opened a new Training and service centre inside its existing location in Arco near Lake Garda, Italy.
-
NewsDock against the clock
An event from the US East Coast might just catch on over here: boat docking challenges – or, as the American teams like the Chesapeake Cowboys like to call it, ‘water rodeo’.
-
NewsMarine Software for Oz harbour tugs
UK-based Marine Software has supplied its Marine Planned Maintenance system (MPMWin) for two ASD harbour and escort tugs based in Brisbane, Australia.
-
NewsGerman flag cats add offshore transfer clout
Due to enter service in December after completion at a shipyard in Cuxhaven is the first lightweight 23.95m Type Baltec A240 crew transfer catamaran – billed as capable of operation in waves of three metres.
-
News
Palfinger jack-up-rig upgrade
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen has completed a major upgrade of Keppel Fels ‘N’ Class drilling rig thirty days early, largely due to the support lent by Palfinger''s JUMP system.
