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NewsLifeboats setting speed records
Two Search and Rescue boats built by FB Design in Italy have set new records for the for the voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice, the first time that such records have been set by production workboats.
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NewsNew Russian oil dispersant
The Russian state oil and gas producer Gazprom has announced that it has developed a new oil dispersant substance that they claim promises improved performance over existing materials. The announcement was made at the commissioning ceremony of a production unit for material that took place at the facility of the ...
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NewsThree days in Hamburg
SMM, which lays claim to being the leading international maritime trade fair, will take place at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre from 06 to 09 September 2016. More than 2,000 exhibitors have registered, and over 50,000 industry visitors from roughly 100 nations are expected to attend. Similar to the last ...
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NewsMPS contract with Hunger Hydraulic
Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed a new contract with Hunger Hydraulic UK for the supply of hydraulic cylinders and seals.
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NewsNew owners for Navico
Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Altor Fund IV have partnered together and signed an agreement to acquire Navico from the Altor 2003 Fund.
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NewsNew US emission standards on new SWATHs
German shipyard Abeking & Rasmussen says two 25m SWATH pilot tenders just ordered by Houston Pilots will be the first from the yard to be fitted with engines to meet new US emission rules.
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NewsLanding revamp is fourth for Kiel Fiord
A new €3.9 million ferry station at Schilksee in the north of the Kiel Fiord has opened for traffic, becoming the fourth pontoon landing facility to be inaugurated on the busy German fiord in recent years.
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NewsOOC expands CTV fleet
Three more 36-passenger offshore CTVs will join Germany’s Opielok Offshore Carriers (OOC) in 2017 and 2018 as a result of the “outstanding” performance so far of the first boat in a new high-capability series.
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NewsVietnamese CTVs popular with Germans
The Hamburg-based offshore service concern OPUS Marine has praised the quality of its two newly delivered Vietnamese-built crew transfer catamarans ''Presto'' and ''Vivace''.
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News'Sauger 111' helps stem Hamburg silt
Hamburg Port Authority HPA has taken delivery of a new €7.5 million floating dredger in a bid to keep abreast of dredging needs and silt build-up in Germany’s biggest universal seaport.
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NewsNovel Seekuh heads for launch
Being launched in Germany in early September is the novel 12m long waste collection and research catamaran - ''Seekuh'' (Sea Cow) - designed to help cope with some of the millions of tons of plastic waste dumped in the world’s oceans every year.
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NewsSecond generation bridges from Alphatron Marine
JRC and Alphatron Marine will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg, Germany from the 6 September to 9 September.
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Water lubricated bearings
Netherland’s based Maprom Engineering will be at SMM this year to promote water lubricated bearings as a suitable alternative to oil lubricated ones.
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ETV reprieve
The UK government has taken the decision to provide a further five years of funding for the country’s remaining emergency towing vessel (ETV), based in Orkney.
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Windfarm contract for Jan De Nul
Jan De Nul Group has signed a contract with Dong Energy for the transport and installation of 36 monopiles and transition pieces for the offshore windfarm Borkum Riffgrund 2.
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NewsHovertravel’s £10M investment
The first commercial passenger carrying hovercraft to have been built in decades are about to go into service with Hovertravel’s Ryde-Southsea route across the UK’s Solent.
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NewsBurgess Marine and EAPL partnership
UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine and European Active Projects Ltd (EAPL) have partnered up to jointly manage and operate Ramsgate Slipways.
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Wave Energy Convertor deployed
UK Falmouth-based wave energy developer, Seatricity Ltd, has redeployed its full scale prototype wave energy convertor to the Wave Hub test site in Cornwall for testing.
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New distribution agreement for Planet Ocean
Planet Ocean has become the UK and Ireland distributor for American-based SeaView Systems’ new low power wave height and direction sensor.
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Maersk training first
Maersk Training has become the first Global Wind Organisation certified training centre in the world to deliver the new Basic Maintenance Training (BMT).
