Key Deals – Page 68

  • The proposed project will be the world’s first man-made energy-generating lagoon, with a 320MW installed capacity
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    UK tidal lagoon development comes to a halt

    15/10/2015

    Plans for the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, a 320MW energy project being built off the coast of the UK, have come to a halt as developers wait for the government to finalise a contract for difference (CfD).

  • UK based Burgess Marine has secured a long-term lease of two slipways
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    Burgess Marine expansion

    14/10/2015

    UK-based Burgess Marine has entered a phase of expansion by securing the long-term lease of two slipways from ABP Southampton and the acquisition of Small & Co Marine Engineering in Lowestoft.

  • TRIAXYS Wave Buoys are used to monitor sea conditions before offshore builds are started, including windfarms
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    Wave buoy delivery times shortened

    14/10/2015

    Canadian navigational aids specialist, AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS), is now selling its TRIAXYS Wave Buoy directly through its new offices in Belgium and France bringing shorter delivery times to the European market.

  • OINA will take place from 14 to 16 February 2017 at the San Diego Convention Centre in California
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    Oceanology event for North America

    14/10/2015

    Ocean science and marine technology exhibition and conference, Oceanology International (OI), is expanding with a new North American event.

  • Rolls-Royce now has seven engineers trained who will be able to provide all required service and overhaul work onboard their joint customers’ vessels
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    Rolls-Royce training for EBH Namibia

    13/10/2015

    Rolls-Royce’s engine factory in Bergen, Norway, has been busy serving the African market, carrying out training for Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia employees to boost skills in marine engine repair.

  • The EC135 helicopter has been purchased specifically to support the GLA
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    GLA gains new helicopter

    13/10/2015

    Helicopter operator PDG has taken ownership of a new EC135 helicopter with call sign G-GLAA.

  • Cammell Laird shipyard has secured the build contract for a £200 million polar research ship
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    Polar research ship build

    13/10/2015

    British shipyard Cammell Laird shipyard has beaten off global competition to secure the build for a new £200 million polar research ship.

  • News

    Piracy area revision

    12/10/2015

    The Baltic and International Maritime Council say that the co-sponsors of Best Management Practice of Protection against Somali Piracy, version four, have agreed to a revised definition of the High Risk Area (HRA).

  • News

    Management systems for OPVs

    12/10/2015

    Advanced integrated ship control system supplier, Servowatch, has successfully completed factory acceptance tests for fully integrated platform management systems (IPMS) for three new UK Royal Navy offshore platform vessels (OPVs).

  • ACE Winches shared an overview of its products and services with several delegates from the Marine and Offshore Department at SPRING Singapore
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    ACE Winches works with Asia

    12/10/2015

    Scotland-headquartered ACE Winches is sharing its manufacturing and engineering expertise with SPRING Singapore to help strengthen its connections to the Asia-Pacific region.

  • News

    Irish naval procurements

    09/10/2015

    The Irish government has issued a new White Paper that aims to modernise the Irish Naval Service (ISN) to include acquiring a multi-role vessel (MRV) and two new coastal patrol vessels (CPV).

  • Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has taken over Dutch repair yard D. van de Wetering to improve its service
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    Damen takes over Dutch repair yard

    09/10/2015

    Damen Shiprepair & Conversion (DSC) has acquired Dutch repair yard D. van de Wetering in Rotterdam to improve the quality of service for its customers.

  • The 16.5m pilot boat is the first of two to be delivered by Red Bay for Belfast Harbour
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    Belfast makes £1.4m pilot boat investment

    08/10/2015

    Belfast Harbour is expanding its capability after taking delivery of the first of two new pilot boats from by UK-based Red Bay Boats.

  • With the wind power market growing in strength, NorSea believes its expertise will provide much needed services. Credit: NorSea
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    NorSea Group acquires Øer

    07/10/2015

    NorSea Group has acquired Danish wind power company Øer to strengthen its expertise and capacity within the market.

  • The bridge sustained only minimal damage thanks to the system consisting of Trelleborg 22 Super Cone fenders
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    Trelleborg fenders avert disaster

    07/10/2015

    A collision on a US river has shown the value of Trelleborg fenders to infrastructure, vessels and the environment.

  • The new manual will help interested parties to understand the fundamentals of historic waterfront wall design
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    Waterfront wall maintenance

    07/10/2015

    UK Coastal engineering specialist firm HR Wallingford has produced new guidance for the management of old masonry waterfront walls.

  • News

    New CEO for Transas

    06/10/2015

    Frank Coles has been announced as the new chief executive officer and member of the board of directors for Transas Marine.

  • The new vessels are optimised for underwater support work
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    Tuco Marine unveils new dive support boats

    06/10/2015

    Denmark-based Tuco Marine is expanding its range of ProZero workboats and daughter crafts with two new dive support and ROV support vessels.

  • Keith McDermott says Ecosse's SCAR system is particularly suitable for the soils in the Baltic Sea
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    Renewables trenching contract for ESS

    05/10/2015

    Scotland-based Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS) is to carry out pre-cut seabed trenching prior to Prysmian Group’s cable laying on the Wikinger offshore windfarm – the second Baltic Sea renewables project for ESS.

  • Each turbine has now been tested for a period of 240 hours
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    Kentish Flats connects to grid

    02/10/2015

    During August, Swedish renewable energy company Vattenfall announced that it has produced the first power to the National Grid from the Kentish Flats Extension (KFE) offshore wind farm in the UK North Sea.