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NewsRotterdam Offshore Group to expand its capabilities
Rotterdam Offshore Group (ROG) has acquired the neighbouring land and buildings next to its existing premises in the Waalhaven, Rotterdam, to allow for significant expansion of its quayside, storage and office capabilities.
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NewsPartners needed for new Plaxx fuel
Recycling Technologies (RT) has developed a process which can boost the recycling rate of plastic waste to produce a new fuel.
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Port of Antwerp grows in 2016
The Port of Antwerp achieved a total freight volume of 214,057,529 tonnes in 2016, a 2.7% growth, with container volume up by 4.1%.
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NewsBiofouling versus ballast water impact
According to Belgium-headquartered Subsea Technologies, a pioneer in the development of hard hull coating systems and hull and propeller cleaning systems, the entry into force of the Ballast Water Convention this September will not prevent the transfer of invasive aquatic species (IAS) unless there is mandatory legislation in place to ...
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NewsSif wind farm terminal at Rotterdam now operational
Last year the Port of Rotterdam Authority signed an agreement with the Sif Group and Verbrugge International for the construction of a wind farm component production and storage/handling terminal in Rotterdam. This new site is now operational and has now loaded out the first wind farm monopiles from the site ...
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NewsSredne-Nevsky adds composites to its repertoire
The Russian shipyard OJSC Sredne-Nevsky (SNS) located in St.Petersburg is one of the few shipyards building vessels in a wide range of materials including steel, aluminium, non-magnetic steel and fibreglass.
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NewsThree-pronged expansion plans for Valencia
The Port Authority of Valencia has announced a major investment plan to expand the port facilities. Three harbours come under the umbrella of the Spanish port; Valencia itself, Sagunto a few miles to the north and Gandia a few miles to the south.
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NewsPortuguese boatbuilder moves into oil spill response
A new oil spill response workboat has been produced by Portuguese company – SWB, Seismic Workboats, Lda which is headquartered in Peniche.
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NewsPropulsion experts celebrate
French marine propulsion manufacturer France Helices is celebrating its 40th anniversary in business this year.
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News‘Seaspan Swift’ - a new hybrid LNG fuelled and battery powered ferry
France-headquartered international classification society Bureau Veritas has congratulated owners Seaspan as their new emission reducing ferry enters service between the British Columbia mainland and Vancouver Island, Canada.
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NewsRoyal IHC sees order surge
In the last two months of 2016, Royal IHC saw a substantial increase in the sale of its vessels, equipment and engineering packages, securing almost half of its total order intake for the year.
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NewsVeja Mate plugged in
Prysmian Group, the Italian energy and telecom cable systems specialist, has announced that the interconnection between the Veja Mate offshore wind farm and the offshore grid connection system BorWin2 in the German North Sea has been successfully connected.
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NewsAn answer to lifeboat drill accidents
There is an answer to the shocking spate of accidents during lifeboat drills: “A full audit, with an experienced auditor from the line who’s familiar with the up-to-date regulations and who understands the specific system on the vessel,” George Devereese of the UK P&I Club told ''MJ'', and added that ...
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New report on potential for wind propulsion
A new study on the potential market for wind propulsion technologies has identified a multitude of barriers that are preventing its development.
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NewsMarielle Gehlert: Ahrenkiel Steamship Company
“Sometimes I miss the physical work of refitting vessels,” Marielle Gehlert of German vessel managers and owners Ahrenkiel Steamship Company told Maritime Journal. "At least that was relatively straightforward.
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NewsAIS whitepaper
For those who are wondering what AIS (Automatic Identification System) is, where it is used, and how the different classes of AIS differ, UK-headquartered vessel tracking provider BigOceanData has put together a useful primer on the subject in the form of a PDF whitepaper.
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NewsChange is in the air... and in the water
The wind installation market is being driven by rising scale, depth and not least, competition. so some operators are responding by making significant changes.
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NewsEU grant for MeyGen tidal array
Shares in Atlantis Resources Ltd (ARL), the tidal power expert, have increased following the news that the firm has been granted a €20.3m Horizon 2020 grant from the European Commission for the MeyGen project.
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NewsOrca ESS sales going strong
Corvus Energy’s next generation battery solution has racked up over nine mega-watt hours (MWh) of orders since its launch six months ago.
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NewsTwo new epoxy primers from Hempel
Denmark-headquartered coatings specialist Hempel is introducing two new coatings; Hempadur Quattro XO 17820 and 17870.
