Latest News – Page 495

  • Seekuh under build in Luebeck
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    Novel Seekuh heads for launch

    19/07/2016

    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.

  • Visit JRC and Alphatron at SMM 2016
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    Second generation bridges from Alphatron Marine

    18/07/2016

    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

    18/07/2016

    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

    14/07/2016

    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

    14/07/2016

    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.

  • The new crafts' boarding systems allow a faster turnaround time
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    Hovertravel’s £10M investment

    14/07/2016

    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.

  • Burgess Marine and EAPL will operate Ramsgate Slipways
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    Burgess Marine and EAPL partnership

    14/07/2016

    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

    13/07/2016

    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

    13/07/2016

    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

    11/07/2016

    Maersk Training has become the first Global Wind Organisation certified training centre in the world to deliver the new Basic Maintenance Training (BMT).

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    Scottish technology collaboration

    11/07/2016

    Nine major energy companies and the Scottish Government have announced a £7.9 million collaboration on technology innovation to slash the cost of offshore wind, via the Carbon Trust''s Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) programme.

  • The new wall will significantly reduce the risk of flooding to large parts of Morecambe
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    Morecambe flood protection project

    11/07/2016

    Work on the first phase of a multi-million pound project to replace Morecambe, UK’s wave reflection wall being carried out by VBA joint venture, is progressing well.

  • An example of a Stewart Marine Widebeam Canal
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    Diversification at Alicat Workboats

    11/07/2016

    More often reported on in these pages for its windfarm support vessels, Great Yarmouth, UK-based Alicat Workboats has recently won a contract with Stewart Marine to build a 57 x 11FT Wide-beam Canal Barge.

  • Miko Magnetic Sledge being deployed off Norway
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    Magnetic Sledge from Miko

    11/07/2016

    Oslo-based Miko Marine has unveiled a magnetic sledge that is capable of retrieving small ferrous objects from underwater.

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    European expertise for US offshore wind

    11/07/2016

    Norway-headquarterd Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with leading offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to provide marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm.

  • Julie Drew-Murphy has over 12 years’ experience in offshore wind farm development
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    New Senior Associate at RCG

    11/07/2016

    The UK-based Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has announced the addition of Julie Drew-Murphy as Senior Associate to the team, bringing valuable offshore wind development, compliance and due diligence skills.

  • A JFC starboard channel marker
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    JFC awarded

    11/07/2016

    Irish navaids manufacturer, JFC, has been awarded the ‘Excellence in Marine Technology’ award.

  • The environmental friendly hybrid Texelstroom ferry has been delivered
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    Delivery of Texelstroom ferry

    08/07/2016

    A new hybrid RoPax-ferry has been delivered to Koninklijke N.V. Texels Eigen Stoomboot Onderneming (Royal TESO).

  • The first new vessel is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2017
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    Metal Shark ferries

    08/07/2016

    Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected by HNY Ferry Fleet, LLC,operator of New York City’s Citywide Ferry Service, to build 26-metre, 149-passenger aluminium high-speed ferries.

  • 'Ratayapibanbancha' and 'Arcarachwaratorn' are based on the innovative ‘Reef Ranger’
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    Incat Crowther cats for Royal Thai Police

    08/07/2016

    Australian vessel designer and builder Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of ‘Ratayapibanbancha’ and ‘Arcarachwaratorn’, a pair of 24m Catamaran Patrol Boats.