Latest News – Page 513
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NewsLaw firm launches guide to PI claims
A team of legal specialists at UK law firm Andrew Jackson has published an essential guide to crew and passenger personal injury claims for owners and skippers of vessels, and those who deal with claims at brokers, insurers and P&I clubs.
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NewsVripack's ‘Amethyst’
The Slide Hull design introduced by the Dutch design team of Vripack and mentioned in brief in March ‘MJ’, is claimed to offer significant advantages in both efficiency and seakeeping.
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NewsPorts of Jersey modernisation sees first Frequentis VTS in U.K.
Ports of Jersey has selected Austrian-headquartered Frequentis to modernise its existing control centre systems, through an integrated communication system, a ten-year maintenance contract and the first Frequentis implementation of a vessel traffic service (VTS) in U.K. waters.
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NewsDutch port tax appeal
The Port of Rotterdam Authority, together with the Amsterdam Port Authority, Groningen Seaports, the Moederdijk Port Authority, the Port of Den Helder and Zeeland Seaports, is appealing against the decision of the European Commission which states that Dutch sea ports must pay corporation tax from 1 January 2017.
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NewsNew safety equipment from Ocean Signal
Ocean Signal is a specialist company developing mainly electronic equipment designed to improve the safety of people working at sea and to meet SOLAS requirements. Now the company is introducing a range of new equipment that covers most of the mandatory requirements for work and fishing boats that are designed ...
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NewsBibby Marine appoints new operations director
UK-based Bibby Marine Services has announced that it has appointed Stephen Bolton to the role of operations director.
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Close Brothers key sponsor for Seawork
Close Brothers Aviation and Marine has become the primary sponsor of Seawork 2016, following a positive response from previous years.
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Mines Rescue Marine name change
In response to wide ranging changes in the business context of UK marine training provider Mines Rescue Service Ltd., (the parent company of Mines Rescue Marine), the company has announced its change of trading name to MRS Training & Rescue, in order to better reflect the breadth of health and ...
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NewsFrench builder offers wider range
Bord a Bord is a French builder of workboats that specialises in aluminium construction. Located on the North Brittany coast near Brest, Bord a Bord offers one of the widest ranges of small workboats that find application in the international marketplace.
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NewsGreen barge for silt disposal
The LNG barge ‘greenports I’, thought to be the first working vessel at a European seaport to be powered by eco-friendly liquefied natural gas, is set to regularly carry silt dredged from the harbour basins in Bremerhaven to the disposal facility in Bremen-Seehausen.
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ChainPORT Hamburg
As host of the IAPH World Ports Conference in 2015, the Hamburg Port Authority (HPA) has implemented numerous innovative pilot projects as part of the SmartPORT concept. Based on these experiences, an international network between ports called ‘ChainPORT is being initiated.
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McMurdo signs with Survitec Group
French-owned emergency readiness and response specialist McMurdo, has signed a contract with Survitec Group, worldwide manufacturers and distributors for the marine, offshore, defence and aerospace survival technology industries.
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NewsPump for hazardous harbour dredging
Damen Dredging Equipment has delivered DOP submersible dredge pumps to many dredging contractors around the world. An interesting project is currently being undertaken by the Dutch contractor Martens & Van Oord in Cadzand, the Netherlands. The project has quite a challenge in store – unexploded ordnance (UXO).
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NewsKongsberg’s upgraded cameras
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime has launched two new Colour Pan and Tilt Zoom (PATZ) cameras. The OE14-222 (PAL) and OE14-223 (NTSC) underwater CCD colour cameras provide completely enclosed pan, tilt and zoom functionality.
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NewsSaft and Rolls Royce to deliver hybrid power system for innovative Norwegian vessel
A new multi-application vessel for Kystverket, the Norwegian Coastal Authority, will rely on Saft’s SLFP high energy air-cooled battery system to meet peak demand for propulsion during dynamic positioning operations and to support overnight hotel loads.
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NewsStatoil plans battery storage for Hywind
A new battery storage solution for offshore wind energy will be piloted in the world''s first floating wind farm. The Hywind project to be located off the coast off Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland will have a battery storage facility incorporated into its shore station to optimise the electrical power distribution.
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NewsMastervolt sponsors Dutch sea rescue institution
Dutch company Mastervolt has announced that it is sponsoring the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Initiation (KNRM).
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NewsWarship discovery
After a 6 year-long-search for the ‘Rio de Janeiro’, a sunken German warship, Agder-Tech, A-Dykk, and Seabed-Services found the vessel sitting off the coast of Lillesand, Norway.
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NewsSuccessful sea trials for giant piston corer
UK-based marine environmental solutions company, Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL), has successfully completed sea trials for a 42m stainless steel giant piston corer.
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NewsTriple ferry refit for DuroWipers
DuroWipers has secured one of its largest orders to date to fit three cross Channel ferries from award-winning ferry operator, DFDS, with 45 maintenance free External DuroWipers Pantographs.
