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Wind Vessels Conference
CWind and CTruk will be speaking at the third Operating Specialist Wind Vessels Conference, taking place on 5 and 6 of October 2016 in Hamburg, Germany.
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NewsOffshore Energy 2016 preview
The Offshore Energy Exhibition and Conference (OEEC) is set to take place in Amsterdam from on the 25 and 26 October 2016.
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NewsCommercial wind propulsion funding
Norsepower, a Norway-headquartered provider of low maintenance, software operated, and data verified auxiliary wind propulsion systems based on the Flettner rotor principle, has announced that it has been selected to receive €2.6M in funding to further its research and development of the Norsepower Rotor Sail Solution technology.
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Hydro 2016
Over 350 world delegates are expected at the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies’ 24th symposium and exhibition in Rostock-Warnemunde from 8-10 November.
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Bibby HydroMap completes Western Isles surveys
UK-headquartered Bibby HydroMap has completed major geophysical, geotechnical, benthic and land survey operations along the route from mainland Scotland to the Isle of Lewis on behalf of SHE Transmission.
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Next Geosolutions Naples port contract
Next Geosolutions, the independent Anglo-Italian geoscience and engineering service supplier, has been awarded a €1.25m mapping and surveying contract as part of an archaeological sites mapping project being carried out by Naples Port, one of Italy’s largest seaports handling more than 64,000 ships per year.
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NewsUKHO award for Singapore hydrographer
Dr Parry Oei, Chief Hydrographer and Director of Port Services of the Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) who is also Chairman of the International Hydrographic Organization’s Inter-Regional Coordination Committee, is this year’s recipient of the UK Hydrographic Office’s annual Alexander Dalrymple Award for outstanding contributions to world hydrography.
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Tidal energy summit
The tenth Annual International Tidal Energy Summit (ITES) will focus on how international project developers plan to reduce cost and still deploy reliable turbines in the future.
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NewsRevamp for oldest passenger steamship
The 108 year old passenger steamer ''Alexandra'', billed as the oldest operational ship of its type in Germany, is undergoing boiler replacement this autumn in the wake of repair and maintenance that has been more extensive and costly than originally expected.
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NewsSpecialist repair spread at Diedrich
Repair and maintenance work on a wide range of workboats into the autumn has pointed up the continuing extensive capability of Germany’s versatile Schiffswerft Diedrich.
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NewsCatamaran field trials
German diesel engine manufacturer MAN, which has been field trialling engines aboard a Lake Constance catamaran has recently published the project’s first results regarding consumption and reliability.
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NewsVan Oord barge repairs
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, Holland has recently completed maintenance and repair works on the Van Oord-owned Split Hopper Barges ‘Jan Blanken’ and ‘Jan Leeghwater’.
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NewsMinehunter maintenance
‘HMS Brocklesby’, one of the UK Royal Navy’s eight Hunt Class minehunters, has had her engines renewed after 33 years of service.
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NewsPropulsion efficiency for hull propeller systems
The power transmission technology category of the Hanns Voith Foundation prize this year went to Sören Schenke from the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology for his master’s thesis on the ‘Assessment of Propulsion Efficiency for Hull-Propeller Systems’.
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NewsThird aquaculture Meercat for Dawnfresh
Portchester, UK-based Meercat Workboats has sold a third vessel to Dawnfresh, a large player in the Scottish aquaculture business.
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NewsHornsea Two go-ahead
The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm from DONG Energy, located off the coast of Yorkshire, UK has recently gained planning consent from the Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark.
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NewsHybrid partnership proven
France-headquartered Leroy-Somer and UK-headquartered Control Techniques and Mayday Electronics have joined forces to offer a hybrid propulsion system for a new Corsican excursion vessel.
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NewsPortsmouth navaids for new carriers
Work on new lights that will guide the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers safely into Portsmouth harbour, UK is nearing completion as the top sections of the structures are put in place.
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NewsMetallisation protecting marine investments
Parkol Marine Engineering, based in Whitby, UK has recently applied a thermal sprayed zinc coating to a new whitefish trawler, the ‘Resilient LK195’, to protect it from corrosion.
