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  • The shingle transfer began on 6 September
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    Shingle transfer brought forward by Shoreham Port

    2016-09-23T16:47:00Z

    Shoreham Port is bringing the autumn shingle transfer forward a few weeks so that beach levels can be raised before the weather worsens.

  • Strainstall provides specialised mooring monitoring for pioneering floating offshore wind farm project
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    Specialised mooring monitoring for Hywind

    2016-09-22T16:36:00Z

    Strainstall has been awarded a contract to provide mooring monitoring for the floating offshore wind farm project, Hywind.

  • Lives are being saved thanks to Atlant Ocean Racing and Team SCA initiative Rule One Photo: Nikos Nikolouzaki
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    RIB donation saves lives

    2016-09-21T16:12:00Z

    Global shipping, logistics and marine services provider, GAC, has delivered a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) to the Hellenic Rescue Team (HRT) which has become part of the refugee search and rescue efforts in the Aegean Sea.

  • Königin Silvia is the biggest ever Neckar river ship (Photo Weisse Flotte)
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    Praise for Heidelberg newbuild

    2016-09-20T16:53:00Z

    The first new passenger excursion ship on Germany’s Neckar River for almost half a century has gone into service out of Heidelberg and come in for swift praise for its modern design and low fuel consumption.

  • Two more boats at once for EMO
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    Two more join EMO service fleet

    2016-09-20T16:38:00Z

    Northern European service specialist Ems Maritime Offshore (EMO) has taken two further wind farm vessels into its growing fleet – one a catamaran newbuilding and the other a SWATH CTV it has operated since it was built for other interests six years ago.

  • 'Oland' mudflat capability (Credit: Brunckhorst/LKN.SH)
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    ‘Oland’: tailor-made for the shallows

    2016-09-20T16:10:00Z

    The latest multi-purpose coastal and waterways workboat to go into service with north German authorities – the hydrographic survey vessel ‘Oland’ - is small at 22.68m and draws just 95cms. All of which makes it well suited for a multitude of jobs in the shallow tidal flats and wetlands of ...

  • Cougar XT Compact in its Tether Management System (TMS)
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    Saab Seaeye used for DNC Diving project

    2016-09-20T14:46:00Z

    Netherlands-based DNC Diving deployed a compact version of a Saab Seaeye Cougar XT during its project to cut off 194 grouting hoses from 97 structures in 24 days.

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    Ballast Water Management Convention enters into force

    2016-09-19T17:13:00Z

    The IMO’s Ballast Water Management Convention will enter into force on 8 September 2017 after Finland acceded to the treaty, but there concerns that shipowners are still without treatment systems approved for global use.

  • Peace Boat and DNV GL signed the MOU at SMM
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    Peace Boat sign Ecoship collaboration agreement

    2016-09-19T16:35:00Z

    Peace Boat and DNV GL signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a partnership to develop the Ecoship cruise ship.

  • The Static is marketed towards small commercial craft as well as leisure boats
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    New static version of Mara Buoy

    2016-09-19T16:02:00Z

    UK SME Mara Engineering for the Sea (Mara EFS) has developed a lower priced version of its Mara buoy called the Mara Buoy Static.

  • SCAR2 has a 15-metre wide capacity compared to earlier 10-metre models
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    Seabed plough completes £5m Race Bank wind farm project

    2016-09-19T14:57:00Z

    Scotland-based Ecosse Subsea Systems has completed a second major seabed clearance project on behalf of DONG Energy on what will be one of the world’s largest offshore windfarms.

  • The conference was held at the Andrew Wiles Building, home of Oxford Mathematics
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    Sharing the science of scour

    2016-09-19T14:35:00Z

    Scour and erosion specialists from more than 30 countries met in Oxford, UK from 12-15 September at ICSE 2016, the 8th International Conference on Scour and Erosion, hosted by engineering and environmental hydraulics research organisation, HR Wallingford.

  • Sheringham Shoal wind farm is one of the world's 10 largest producing offshore wind farms
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    Statoil expands its wind farm portfolio

    2016-09-19T13:46:00Z

    Norwegian oil major Statoil and Statkraft have signed a letter of intent that will see Statoil take over as the operator of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm from January 2017.

  • The project includes the construction of an eco-neighbourhood primarily consisting of 60,000 m² of housing
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    Reclamation project at Monaco

    2016-09-19T13:21:00Z

    For more than 150 years, the Principality of Monaco has opted to adapt its urban planning to the small size of its territory which is just two square kilometres.

  • ‘Living Stone’ will be deployed by DEME’s Dutch subsidiary Tideway in the offshore renewable energy market
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    ‘Living Stone’ hits the water

    2016-09-19T09:57:00Z

    Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering major Deme has launched what it claims is the world’s most advanced subsea cable installation and trenching vessel ‘Living Stone’ at the LaNaval shipyard close to Bilbao, Spain.

  • This form of ‘Hybrid Wind Assisted Shipping’ consists of vertical rotating cylinders that convert crosswinds into forward thrust
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    Wind assisted shipping gathers momentum

    2016-09-16T16:02:00Z

    Netherlands-headquartered C-Job Naval Architects, known for recent innovations including the hybrid CNG-Electric ferry ‘Texelstroom’ and the LNG-powered ‘TSHD Bonny River’ for DEME, is currently putting the finishing touch to the FF8000, a revolutionary Wind Assisted Propulsion design.

  • 'TSHD Spauwer' is a large and highly sophisticated hopper dredger
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    Alewijnse provides complete electrical outfitting for new hopper dredger

    2016-09-16T15:39:00Z

    Alewijnse Marine Systems, the Netherlands-headquartered system integrator, is undertaking the complete electrical outfitting of the ultra-modern hopper dredger ‘TSHD Spauwer’, developed in-house by Den Herder Seaworks. The works are taking place at Shipyard Trico B.V. in Rotterdam.

  • The vessels will not only function as pilot boats but also as search and rescue and oil spill recovery vessels
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    Camarc-designed pilot pair for Oman

    2016-09-16T15:14:00Z

    US boatbuilder Vigor has expanded its growing portfolio of international sales with the delivery of two, 19m all-weather pilot boats, designed by Camarc Design, Ltd., UK, to The Port of Duqm Company (PDC), SAOC, Sultanate of Oman.

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    Tideworks for New Orleans

    2016-09-16T14:54:00Z

    US-headquartered Tideworks Technology Inc., a full-service provider of comprehensive terminal management and planning software solutions, has announced that New Orleans Terminal has successfully gone live with Tideworks’ terminal operating system.

  • Brian Allen previously managed multiple ROV systems on construction, inspection and lay vessels as a superintendent for Deepocean
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    ROV company launch

    2016-09-16T14:24:00Z

    A new UK subsea company has officially launched with the announcement of its first contract. An independent company focussed on underwater integrity, remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), surveying and subsea services for both oil and gas, and renewables, Rovco has secured a contract with a UK Marine Trust.