Latest News – Page 214
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NewsTallink improves fuel efficiency
Tallink Grupp has improved its fuel efficiency and cut emissions with a voyage optimisation tool that manages the entire voyage by calculating an optimum power plan and executing it automatically, with little or no manual intervention.
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NewsSalvage and Wreck Removal conference
The annual Salvage and Wreck Removal Conference has taken place with salvage, insurance and legal communities reported to be ‘focused together on this important industry’.
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NewsLübeck RoRo terminal expands again
Third-phase expansion of the giant Skandinavienkai in the German Baltic port of Lübeck will pave the way for the arrival of a new generation of Finnish RoRo ships, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsFast delivery for unique Customs newbuilds
The keel has been laid in Rostock for the first of two unique, ground-breaking patrol boats for coastal and shallow water service with German Customs, writes Tom Todd.
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NewsLindley delivers Portugal pontoons project
Lindley has designed, fabricated, supplied and installed pontoons, access bridges and piles for a fishing and tourist municipality in the south of Portugal.
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NewsRefuelling with hydrogen at a floating solar island
Powering ships with hydrogen, electrolysed at floating solar islands, could become a reality says Dutch firm SolarDuck.
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NewsMarket dynamics of offshore support vessels
According to Andrew Calderbank-Link, Operations Director, Seacat Services, balancing offshore energy support vessel market dynamics is crucial to maintaining offshore wind growth.
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NewsNew shared berth for Trent class lifeboat
At Dunmore East in the Republic of Ireland, the RNLI’s all-weather Trent class lifeboat has a new berth from Inland and Coastal Marina Systems.
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NewsEU Maritime Fund could be ETS alternative
A major voice of the European shipbuilding industry has proposed to set-up a dedicated EU Maritime Fund – as an opt-out alternative to an inclusion of shipping into the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS).
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NewsOcean loop system brings economical temperature control
A high-tech, ocean front residential development has required the installation of a bespoke subsea heat exchanger system.
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NewsMaintaining critical assets as legislation changes loom
In the UK’s 2020 budget, the government announced that many sectors will lose their entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022.
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NewsRenewable energy hybridization platform
A platform to enable hybridization of ocean based renewable energy production by combining wave, wind and PV is now available for project developers around the world.
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NewsPioneering bathymetry data gathering by USVs
Uncrewed Surface Vessel (USV) technology has been used to gather bathymetry data in inland waters in Canada for the first time.
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Shipping cement
The South Wales Port of Newport, owned and operated by Associated British Ports, has celebrated the renewal of its lease and commercial agreement with leading building materials company, CEMEX.
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NewsTracking and navigation from one unit
Navigation services provider Novaco Limited has developed a new all-in-one navigation data and tracking product for commercial and leisure vessels.
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NewsSocially distanced launch for fast patrol boat
Despite strict social distancing measures, the launch ceremony for the latest 44-metre fast patrol vessel for Guardia di Finanza, the Italian finance police, recently went ahead in Viareggio.
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NewsUBSL for uncrewed vessel operations
Geo-data specialist Fugro has chosen underwater positioning and communications technology from Sonardyne to support its global fleet of uncrewed surface vessels (USVs) and ROVs.
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NewsFunding enables offshore wind project
UK government grant funding has enabled magnetic gear technology firm Magnomatics to work on a project that will de-risk technology required for the manufacture of large generators for offshore wind to the UK.
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NewsEEA grant for wave energy project
CorPower Ocean and OPS Composite Solutions are primed to deliver an ‘industry advancing’ wave energy project after securing close to €500,000 from EEA Grants.
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NewsAutonomous ro-ro vessels for Norway
Two autonomous battery-electric ro-ro vessels are being built at Cochin Shipyard (CSL) in India for use by a Norwegian operator.
