Latest News – Page 237

  • The Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP (centre) visits Belfast
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    Artemis hosts Secretary of State

    2020-08-14T12:51:00Z

    The Belfast Maritime Consortium led by Artemis Technologies, has hosted a visit to the city by the UK Secretary of State the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP.

  • Nine jacket foundations, weighing approximately 1,100 metric tonnes each, have been installed
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    Belgian installation prowess in demand in Taiwan

    2020-08-13T11:22:00Z

    Jan De Nul Group is well on track in its key parts in the construction of the ‘Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration’.

  • Norman receiving the lifetime achievement award at Seawork in 2013
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    Norman Finlay MBE: 1936-2020

    2020-08-13T09:54:00Z

    The UK-headquartered Workboat Association has reported the recent sad news of the passing of its Life President: Norman Finlay MBE.

  • ARES Shipyard vessels
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    Turkish shipyard signs contract for 122 boats

    2020-08-12T18:43:00Z

    A major contract will see a Turkish shipyard produce 122 12m fibreglass reinforced plastic and carbon composite boats for the national Coast Guard.

  • Jason Hayman and Karsten Reetz
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    SME to supply floating tidal energy systems

    2020-08-12T12:58:00Z

    Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will supply three next generation PLAT-I floating tidal energy systems for the world’s first floating tidal energy array.

  • Towing the 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH floating wind platform into position
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    Floating wind test model installed and commissioned

    2020-08-12T11:42:00Z

    A 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH floating wind platform has been installed and commissioned in its final deployment site in El Abra del Sardinero (Santander, Spain).

  • The initial testing phase has been successfully completed
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    New rock anchoring technology takes a leap forward

    2020-08-12T10:48:00Z

    A new rock anchoring technology developed in the marine renewables industry could have cross-over potential into aquaculture.

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    Coastlink postponed until April 2021

    2020-08-12T10:16:00Z

    It is with regret that Mercator Media Ltd has had to postpone the Coastlink Conference, due to take place on 25th & 26th November 2020. The conference will now be held on 21st & 22nd April 2021 at the Port of Antwerp.

  • offshore substation platform
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    Key milestones for Moray East

    2020-08-11T15:02:00Z

    Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (known as Moray East) in Scotland has achieved two key project milestones.

  • P1 Dredging being carried out on Outer Coaling Pier
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    Major berth deepening works completed at Portland

    2020-08-11T12:37:00Z

    A major project that has been years in the planning and months in the undertaking, has been completed at Portland Port, UK.

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    Further defence inroad for Norco

    2020-08-11T12:24:00Z

    UK composites specialist and boatbuilder Norco has joined the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR).

  • Each of the two slipways is capable of receiving ships up to a weight of 400 tonnes
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    Slipway upgrades add to Thames infrastructure

    2020-08-11T11:28:00Z

    Cory Riverside Energy has announced the completion of works to rebuild and upgrade two WWII-era slipways at Denton Wharf in Gravesend on the banks of the UK’s River Thames.

  • A consortium led by TNO recently started a research project for floating solar energy systems
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    Solar panels will iron out offshore wind peaks

    2020-08-10T16:18:00Z

    A project to add floating solar panels to a wind farm is scheduled to be incorporated into the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site by 2025, writes Dag Pike.

  • eGlobe G2
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    First compliance for bridge safety standard

    2020-08-10T14:33:00Z

    An ECDIS manufacturer has become the first in the world to comply with a new critical safety standard intended to reduce the number of similar alert signals on a vessel’s bridge.

  • GreenSteam has identified a simple rule to optimise hull cleaning Photo: GreenSteam
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    Rule for reducing wastage caused by fouling

    2020-08-07T13:56:00Z

    GreenSteam has identified a simple rule allowing vessel operators to reduce fuel wastage caused by hull fouling.

  • Tony Laing, director – research and market acceleration at NSRI
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    Subsea viability tool launched

    2020-08-07T10:58:00Z

    The UK’s National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has developed a tool which it says provides a clear indication of the potential commercial viability of early stage technology in the subsea industry.

  • Vesper claims that Cortex is the world’s most advanced marine VHF radio
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    Feature-laden VHF radio launched

    2020-08-07T10:21:00Z

    Vesper Marine, a New Zealand marine electronics manufacturer has announced that its latest hero product, Cortex, has completed certification requirements and is shipping now.

  • Jan de Nul's 'Voltaire' is set to be the world's largest offshore jack-up installation vessel
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    Dogger installation contract awarded

    2020-08-07T09:59:00Z

    Dogger Bank Wind Farm and Jan De Nul Group have announced the signing of the final contract for the transport and installation of the GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbines at Dogger Bank A and B.

  • Marine life uses rigs and pipelines as stepping stones Photo: ICIT
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    Stepping stones study around North Sea rigs

    2020-08-06T15:24:00Z

    Marine scientists from Heriot-Watt’s International Centre for Island Technology (ICIT) on Orkney are working with scientists from around the UK to investigate marine life connected to the rigs, pipelines and other infrastructure in the North Sea.

  • 'Thun Grace' arrives at Lowestoft (Photo: Colin Turner Photography)
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    New North Sea bunkering facility

    2020-08-06T12:09:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP), the owner and operator of the Port of Lowestoft has invested more than £250,000 in the construction of a new fuel bunkering facility.