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Bibby Offshore North Sea successes
Bibby Offshore, leading offshore subsea services provider, has secured a multimillion pound contract win with an independent UK-based E&P company, to provide air diving, ROV inspection and construction services across five of its North Sea assets.
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Tidal turbine retrieval contract
Mojo Maritime, a subsidiary of James Fisher Marine Services (JFMS), has won a contract with French tidal energy company Sabella SAS.
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LNG ferries for The Netherlands
BMT Nigel Gee has secured a new project to design two 70m aluminium-hull catamaran RoPax ferries for Dutch company Rederij Doeksen.
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First order for Damen US
The new Damen US office has got off to a good start with its first order for four new Damen 3711 Stan Tugs by Young Brothers Ltd, Hawaii’s largest inter-island cargo service provider.
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Propellers get DNV GL certified
New controllable pitch propellers from Otto Piening GmbH can now be operated using a water-based hydraulic system instead of oil.
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Innovation from Schottel
The Schottel Group, the propulsion and steering expert, will be back with a whole host of new innovative products at this year’s SMM exhibition in Hamburg.
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Jason’s Cradle in Hollywood film
LIFE SAVER: The Jason’s Cradle man overboard rescue system is set to feature in the new Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks movie, Sully, which will be released later this year.
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Offshore windfarm project
Subsea technology specialist, Ecosse Subsea Systems (ESS), has extended a trenching scope on the Wikinger offshore windfarm in the Baltic Sea with the award of a seabed clearance project.
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New Norwegian rescue boat
The Norwegian Lifeboat Organisation, the NSSR, has taken delivery of the first of a new type of fast rescue boat. Based on a commercial hull, this new rescue boat is designed for high speed operations in protected waters. The design was developed by Hydrolift working closely with the NSSR. Eker ...
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Fugro sets the record straight on MH370 search
Dutch geo-intelligence and asset integrity expert Fugro, has defended its position after an article was published accusing it of searching in the wrong place for the missing MH370 plane.
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Port of Antwerp CEO becomes a baron
Eddy Bruyninckx has been raised to the rank of baron by H.M The King of Belgium after 25 years as CEO of the Port of Antwerp.
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The salvage industry facing challenges from a position of strength
The International Salvage Union’s 2015 Annual Review reports an industry facing future challenges from a position of strength with background progress on issues affecting both the salvage and shipping industries.
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Investment continues at Iskes Towage & Salvage
The year 2016 promises to be another interesting year for Ijmuiden-based Iskes Towage & Salvage with delivery of a new Damen 2810 tug to report along with progress on its newbuilding EDDY tug also due this year.
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Designed in Spain, built in Turkey, delivered to Italy
Turkish shipyard Bogazici Denizcilik A.S. has delivered a powerful ASD terminal tug capable of multipurpose duties to SOMAT S.P.A. of Italy, designed by Spanish naval architects Cintranaval-Defcar S.L.
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Sanmar delivers to New Zealand and Italy
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyard is continuing its production of Robert Allan Ltd designed tugs releasing further details of deliveries to Italy and New Zealand.
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Double-Dutch success for rudder manufacturer
Damen subsidiary Van der Velden Marine Systems (VDVMS) has notched up two order successes supplying rudder systems for push tugs operating in Paraguay and the US.
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Damen activity round-up
Continuing busy times at Damen Shipyards are seeing orders, deliveries and christenings for tugs in Europe, the Middle East, Chile, South Africa and Peru.
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Deepwater wharves safeguarded for marine usage
With commercial wharves and waterside industries being squeezed out of existence in the UK it is encouraging to hear that one site has been saved from development for use as a commercial maritime resource.
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Anglo-Norwegian UK seismic campaign
PGS of Norway and WesternGeco of the UK have been awarded joint contracts by the governmental Oil & Gas Authority (OGA) to acquire seismic survey data from the East Shetland Platform and South West Britain respectively as part of a £20m programme aimed at investigating under-explored areas of the UK ...