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NewsGermans build first LNG research ship
Building is under way at the specialist Fassmer shipyard in north Germany on what officials say is the world’s first ocean-going, public service vessel of its type with LNG propulsion.
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NewsGerman yard group shows repair versatility
Three north German shipyards – once independent facilities but now all partners in the German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) group - have gone into the New Year with a variety of successfully completed commercial and naval ship repair and technical inspection jobs behind them.
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NewsMV Werften restores veteran cargo ship
The veteran general cargo ship ‘Likedeeler’ is back at its permanent berth on the Warnow River in Rostock following completion of unusual restoration work at Germany’s newest shipyard group.
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NewsCruise ships dominate repair at big German yards
Cruise ships have dominated recent action at Germany’s two biggest repair and refurbishment facilities.
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NewsMaritime cyber risk awareness ‘barrelling forward at full pelt’
According to Sarah Stephens of cyber risk advisers JLT Specialty, 2017 will perhaps be remembered for, among other things, being the year that awareness of cyber incidents in the shipping and maritime industry started barrelling forward at full pelt.
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NewsNew engines for inland tug
The ‘Statum’ is typical of many small pusher tugs that operate on the Dutch waterways, many of them owned by their skipper. This tug has a length of just 15.5metres and a beam of 9.2metres and in 2017 the owner decided that it was time to replace the two ageing ...
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NewsRush of contracts for Kewatec
The Kewatec shipyard in Finland is busy with a rush of contracts that are spreading its list of clients into Europe. An important contract has come from the German fishery authorities for a patrol boat and this complements contracts from Scandinavian countries.
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NewsMajor refit for ‘Aranda’
The Finnish research ship ‘Aranda’ is undergoing a major refit that will see the vessel both lengthened and fitted with an upgraded propulsion system.
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NewsBombora announces plans to establish European headquarters in Wales
The leading Australian wave energy outfit Bombora Wave Power has announced that it will significantly expand its European operations by establishing a European headquarters at Pembroke Dock in Wales.
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NewsDockstavarvet pilot boats for the Elbe
‘P/V Dithmarschen’, the first of two 28-metre Pilot Boats for the German Generaldirektion fuer Wasserstrassen und Schifffahrt was delivered before Christmas by commercial marine boatbuilders Dockstavarvet of Sweden.
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NewsEcosse Subsea posts GB£7m in profits
Ecosse Subsea has attributed EBITDA of GB£7m for the year ending 31 March 2017 to its R&D investment and SCAR technologies.
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NewsHybrid sightseeing barge paves the way
No less than a dozen 38m inland barges are being built for the niche sightseeing market, and Isle of Wight-based Hybrid Marine is scaling up to meet the demand for 12 complete battery-diesel hybrids.
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NewsBattery power at 6,000m below
The development of a lightweight, pressure tolerant battery promises to quite literally ‘open up’ very deep-water AUV designs, Guillaume de Forton of Oxis Energy told MJ.
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NewsAcquisition takes Wärtsilä underwater
Wärtsilä has acquired Trident Group to become what it believes is the first global operator in the underwater services market.
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NewsKnuckleboom cranes for nacelles
Inside a recent, large wind crane contract for the Borkum II windfarm was an interesting element: while half Palfinger’s order was for stiffboom cranes, the other half was for folding knuckleboom units to be installed on the nacelles.
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NewsReel drive scales up
Putting ‘flexibility’ into flex-lay, Texas headquartered Oceaneering International’s new multi-role vessel, ‘Ocean Evolution’, is being kitted out to take all kinds of reels.
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NewsPredictive sim for real-time answers
Simulation has stepped away from being a training tool and is now being used to optimise complex lift and engineering projects. Moreover, it promises to save wasted time, effort - and money.
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NewsFast gangway mobilisation for transition piece installation
Carrying out windfarm transition piece installation while floating in DP mode meant a capable, motion compensated Telescopic Access Bridge (TAB) was necessary for ‘Jumbo Fairplayer’s new Baltic Sea project. But mobilisation also played a key role.
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NewsFinnish devices for Bali wave energy park
The Finnish clean energy company Wello has received its first order for a commercial wave energy park in Bali which when completed could be the world’s largest.
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NewsElektra: the power behind the innovation
New tech comes with a price, but there’s a lot resting on it - all the more so when it concerns commercial, battery-driven ro-ro that promises to clean up the market in more ways than one.
