Latest News – Page 475

  • There was a recent decommissioning ceremony for the outgoing vessels
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    Defence fleet renewal

    18/11/2016

    The Jamaica Defence Force (JDF) has awarded Netherlands-headquartered Damen Shipyards Group a contract for two new Stan Patrol 4207 vessels.

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    Marine Money Forum

    18/11/2016

    The 8th annual Marine Money London Forum is set to take place on Wednesday 25th January 2017 at the Dorchester Hotel. With Brexit and protectionist trade policies being a theme for 2017 the shipping world has one more variable to consider in addition to over-tonnage and slowing demand.

  • MPI Discovery completes Rampion foundation installation campaign
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    Rampion foundation installation completed

    18/11/2016

    MPI Discovery, Vroon’s wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), has completed foundation installation work at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm, England.

  • Managing Director and Area Manager in Asia, Ruizong Wang
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    The Swedish Club runs groundbreaking seminar

    18/11/2016

    Maritime insurer The Swedish Club opened its doors to senior shipowners and brokers from across Asia in November, welcoming them to the Club’s latest Marine Insurance Seminar, specifically designed for the Asian markets.

  • 26m Typhoon Class SWATH (Photo: LTS)
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    26m Typhoon Class SWATH

    18/11/2016

    The 26m Typhoon Class SWATH ordered by UK-based Renewable Energy Support Ltd (RES Ltd) has been successfully delivered to operators Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd (MCS) after completing final sea trials.

  • The class prototype hull is reaching the fit-out stage
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    60 knot interceptor

    18/11/2016

    Irish boatbuilder Safehaven Marine is currently developing a newer, larger and faster version of its Barracuda range of naval and military interceptors.

  • The BEACon radar emits radio waves in a narrow beam, which is scanned across the wind farm area
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    Air flow radar

    17/11/2016

    A new radar system has been installed to help build up a picture of the complex flow patterns of wind through an offshore wind farm. DONG Energy and SmartWind Technologies have announced that the world’s first radar for offshore wind power is now delivering three-dimensional data on the wind flow ...

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    Realising the potential of Baltic inland navigation

    17/11/2016

    Inland navigation has a lot of potential in the Baltic Sea Region, even though the geographical and administrative conditions for inland navigation differ from country to country.

  • MacGregor’s first hackathon was held earlier this month in Germany
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    First hackathon from MacGregor

    17/11/2016

    MacGregor’s first hackathon, Hack the sea, took place on 11-13 November at the Interschalt Maritime Education and Training Centre, in Schenefeld, Germany.

  • Ten examples from the popular Stan Tug range were available for inspection
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    Damen opens the doors on its first Workboat Festival

    16/11/2016

    Damen Shipyards Group opened its doors recently welcoming a cross-section of customers and industry partners to a one-day event showcasing a selection of vessels from its varied workboat catalogue.

  • The new 16-cylinder engine is based on the well-proven Series 8000 engine
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    16 cylinder MTU

    16/11/2016

    Diesel giant MTU presented its new 16-cylinder Series 8000 marine diesel engine for the first time at the Euronaval trade show in Paris at the end of October 2016. The engine will have a maximum power output of 8,000 kW.

  • The prototype of the Sea Bubble should be ready for testing early in 2017
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    Hydrofoil water taxi concept

    16/11/2016

    A new concept of water taxi designed to operate on rivers has been developed in France. Called the Sea Bubble to reflect its shape this new water taxi is powered by electric thrusters and uses hydrofoils to reduce the power requirements, allowing the Sea Bubble to operate at speeds up ...

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    Unobtrusive satellite tracker unit

    16/11/2016

    Ireland-headquartered Globalstar Europe Satellite Services Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Globalstar Inc. has launched a new satellite tracker unit called STINGR into the EMEA market at Intermodal Europe 2016 in Rotterdam.

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    Blue New Deal launch

    16/11/2016

    The New Economics Foundation has launched its 20-point action plan which aims to revitalise the UK coast.

  • Ocean Wave Rower will convert the natural motion of the waves into clean energy
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    Innovative wave energy converter scheme

    16/11/2016

    Mainstay Marine Solutions, the British designer, builder and maintainer of workboats and marine energy devices, has won a contract to build a new energy device for a £5.8m scheme in South Wales.

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    Hyundai SeasAll launches new commercial engine ratings

    15/11/2016

    Korean propulsion major Hyundai SeasAll has announced that new power ratings are available within both the 10 and 12.7 litre families of its ‘H’ and ‘L’ series engines.

  • SeaRenergy/ SMC have already been involved in installation of the cardinal buoys
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    Support services contract

    15/11/2016

    Germany’s SeaRenergy and UK''s SMC have been awarded a contract for Offshore Support Services on the Veja Mate Offshore Wind farm off the German coast.

  • BiMEP is located 1.7 km off the coast of Armintza in Spain
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    Marmok A-5 wave energy device installed

    15/11/2016

    Spain’s Oceantec Energy­as Marinas and CDA Bilbao Co. working with a team from the UK-based University of Exeter have successfully completed the final part of the commissioning of the Oceantec Marmok-A-5 wave energy device.

  • ACR's AISLink MOB is its first AIS MOB device
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    ACR Electronics AISLink MOB

    15/11/2016

    ACR Electronics, a Drew Marine Company, launched its first Automatic Identification System (AIS) Man Overboard (MOB) device for both the commercial and recreational marine markets at the METSTRADE exhibition in Amsterdam.

  • Bruntons Propellers CPP in fully feathered configuration
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    Bruntons CPP breaks cover

    15/11/2016

    UK propeller and sterngear specialist Bruntons Propellers’ long awaited new controllable pitch propeller System made its public debut at this year’s METS exhibition in Amsterdam.