Latest News – Page 416

  • Styrk Bekkenes
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    President of Palfinger Marine steps down

    2017-09-05T12:56:00Z

    Styrk Bekkenes has stepped down as president of Palfinger Marine after just eight months.

  • CargoCat
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    Autonomous container loading technology to cut time in port

    2017-09-05T10:57:00Z

    Autonomous container loading and offloading concepts to cut time in port, costs and manning levels have been developed.

  • Hanstholm Havn will be getting a new T-head breakwater
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    Danish ports expand

    2017-09-05T10:52:00Z

    There is considerable expansion activity at Danish ports partly to cope with accommodating larger ships and partly to cope with increasing trade. Another spur for expansion has also come from the increased activity on wind farm construction in both the North and the Baltic Seas where Denmark has become a ...

  • After sea trials, 'Patriot' will perform hydrographic survey and crew tender activities for Tideway on the Rentel offshore windfarm
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    Braveheart takes delivery of fourth Javelin vessel

    2017-09-04T15:54:00Z

    Javelin has delivered its fourth multipurpose vessel specially designed for hydrographic survey and crew tender activities to Braveheart Marine to help expand its fleet.

  • MS Diamant (foreground) joins biggest Swiss lake fleet
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    Innovative Swiss hybrid enters service

    2017-09-04T15:42:00Z

    A new 63.2m passenger ship with innovative three-way propulsion capability has gone into service on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland.

  • BAGALUT: "entirely new" for German yard (Photo: Nobiskrug)
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    Nobiskrug Trainees build own Yard Tug

    2017-09-04T15:24:00Z

    Nobiskrug shipyard in Rendsburg on the Kiel Canal has put into service the first tug to be designed and built by trainees for the German facility’s own use.

  • Steve Cha
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    Steve Cha: Intellian

    2017-09-04T15:04:00Z

    Originally from another tech house, the concept for a new type of antenna had been a victim of takeovers Steve Cha of Intellian told ''MJ'': “We thought of it as our baby and didn’t want to kill it.”

  • FWP Atlantic Forum
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    Innovation is focus of floating wind power conference

    2017-09-01T11:42:00Z

    Operational and financial insights into floating wind power development will be delivered at a conference this October.

  • Cammell Laird’s Jim Clark and John Syvret CBE
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    60 years of service to the maritime industry

    2017-08-31T16:26:00Z

    A senior manager at the British shipbuilder Cammell Laird has become one of the UK’s longest serving chief estimators after clocking up 60 years’ in the ship repair industry.

  • COBRA breathing system
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    More dive time offered by new breathing system

    2017-08-31T12:59:00Z

    A new diver breathing system promises six times more air than current available systems.

  • The offshore vessel 'KL Sandefjord'
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    Cold ironing class notation

    2017-08-31T12:41:00Z

    The offshore vessel ‘KL Sandefjord’, owned by K Line Offshore AS, is the first offshore vessel with the DNV GL class notation Shore Power.

  • News

    OMPA framework agreement for Vattenfall Europe

    2017-08-31T12:29:00Z

    Personnel provider Offshore Marine People and Academy has been selected to provide a team to support offshore wind operations for leading energy company Vattenfall.

  • Voith service technician working on the Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP)
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    Voith recon in the UK

    2017-08-31T12:09:00Z

    Voith Turbo, the German marine propulsion specialist, has just completed its first major refurbishment project in a brand new UK facility.

  • A wide range of maritime industries are represented every 2 years at Europort
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    Technological themes to dominate at Europort

    2017-08-30T16:10:00Z

    From 7 - 10 November, the eyes of the maritime world will be on Rotterdam as Europort 2017 takes place, and perhaps unsurprisingly, technological subjects including Big Data, the MRV System and alternative propulsion are set to dominate the agenda.

  • Blyth
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    UK deepwater base develops offshore energy businesses

    2017-08-30T15:12:00Z

    Offshore energy businesses looking to relocate and grow in Northumberland can do so through a deepwater UK base.

  • Dr Jimmy Murphy, general manager of Lir, with Irish Climate Action Minister Denis Naughten and Georgina Foley, commercial manager, Lir
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    Moving Ireland’s offshore renewable energy sector forward

    2017-08-29T16:57:00Z

    A new ocean test facility in Cork offers companies a chance to de-risk and test technologies before they enter the commercial market.

  • National Technology Initiative
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    Russia to create offshore anthropomorphic robotic system

    2017-08-29T14:40:00Z

    Russian developers have created an integrated anthropomorphic marine robotic system for offshore operations.

  • 'SD Tempest' features grey fendering to match the hulls of warships it will handle (Serco)
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    Order and delivery round-up

    2017-08-29T12:09:00Z

    Last month ‘MJ’ took a break from reporting tug orders and deliveries; if just one month is an indication of the health of the industry, business appears good with three orders and 12 deliveries to mention.

  • Tug master Captain Mike Johnson in the HR Wallingford simulator (HR Wallingford)
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    Towing - all about the preparation

    2017-08-29T12:00:00Z

    HR Wallingford and its Australia Ship Simulation Centre in Fremantle have shed interesting light on the degree of planning involved in the towing and positioning of the largest offshore floating facility ever built.

  • Svitzer is expanding its already extensive towage service presence at LNG terminals globally (Svitzer)
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    Svitzer expands into Bangladesh

    2017-08-29T11:35:00Z

    Svitzer has announced the signing of a fifteen-year deal to provide marine support services at Bangladesh’s first LNG import terminal.