Latest News – Page 522
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NewsEuropean renewable electricity demand up
According to the Association of Issuing Bodies, the demand for renewable electricity in Europe, documented with Guarantees of Origin (GO), continued to grow in 2015.
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NewsViking’s longship modifications
Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm), part of Damen Shiprepair & Conversion, is currently undertaking a substantial modification and maintenance contract for six inland cruise vessels owned by Viking River Cruises. With this winter service complete, all six vessels – known as longships – will be ready for the coming river cruise ...
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NewsWave energy convertor milestone
Marine Power Systems (MPS), a Swansea, UK-based company that is developing convertor technologies to harness wave energy, has recently completed testing of its prototype pump, a key subsystem of the company’s WaveSub wave energy converter (WEC).
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NewsSix AUV order
Norway’s Kongsberg Maritime AS has announced the sale of six Hugin AUV Systems. The vehicles will be operated by SeaTrepid International LLC. of Louisiana, USA and supported by Deep Ocean Search Limited.
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NewsFirst Seanergy set for Biarritz
Seanergy, an international business convention on Marine Renewable Energy, will take place for the very first time on June 1-2 2016 in Biarritz, France (Halle d’Iraty).
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NewsSabella GreenLink connection
Denmark-headquartered MacArtney Group has provided a connectivity solution to help French marine renewable energy company Sabella connect a tidal turbine to an onshore grid.
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NewsGlobal Marine wins Canadian observatory contract
UK-headquartered Global Marine Systems has won a contract from Ocean Networks Canada to upgrade fibre optic cables serving the Neptune observatory.
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NewsEcospeed for Polish research vessel
In November and December last year Ecospeed, from Belgian company Hydrex, was applied on the hull of the multi-purpose research vessel ‘Imor’ in Gdansk, Poland.
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NewsTraining for the migrant crises
The ever-increasing rates of rescuing lives at sea and the fate of refugees in distress at high seas or in territorial waters, impose a new situation that has to be managed by seafarers. A course in Athens, Greece this February is offering an overview of the regulations of International Law, ...
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NewsAntwerp setting records again
In 2015 for the first time in its history the Belgian port of Antwerp passed the 200 million tonne mark for the volume of freight handled, by a wide margin.
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NewsFirefighter delivery for Dunkirk
“Simplicity. It looks easy when you see the end result: it’s not so easy to achieve,” Pierre Delion told MJ.
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NewsSeaVex refurbishment wins German plaudits
After a 4 week refurbishment of the recently acquired SeaVex, UK- headquartered subsea cable specialist Pharos Offshore currently has a team of 7 personnel manning the Mass Flow Excavator ready for a cable burial project in the Wesser estuary in Germany.
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NewsConsortium to build Portuguese floating wind farm
An international consortium has been formed to fund and develop a commercial floating wind farm in the Atlantic waters off the coast of Portugal near Porto. This development follows the successful trials of a prototype floating generator unit developed by WindFloat which has been operating for the past four years.
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Danish report into offshore wind sector standardisation
The Danish Maritime Authority (DMA) has published a report, created by DNV GL, on the regulations and industry standards applicable to maritime operations in the offshore wind sector.
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NewsPile Ring is launched to the UK and Ireland market
Every marine operator and boat owner at some point has experienced problems and challenges associated with safe and secure mooring, changing tides, river levels and conditions.
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NewsJohn Deere introduces Tier 3 marine engine lineup
American company John Deere Power Systems (JDPS) has announced that it meets US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Marine Tier 3 emissions regulations.
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NewsHigh Speed HDPE Workboats
The Netherlands-based manufacturer Tideman Boats, specialized in High Speed HDPE Workboats, has been established as a split off from Dutch Workboats.
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NewsGreek distribution
The Greece based agent Franman SA, has been appointed exclusive representative for Denmark-based boatbuilder Tuco Marine´s ProZero vessel line in Greece, Cyprus and Egypt, where Franman SA will be promoting the ProZero Boats. The boats are fast and light Patrol boats, Interceptors and workboats.
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NewsNew Norwegian lifeboat
Swedish shipyard Swede Ships has delivered the first of a new series of lifeboat to the Norwegian rescue Society. The boat is named after Ida Ulstein the now deceased past chairman of the Ulstein Group which sponsored the lifeboat.
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NewsBibby Marine and Damen contract for new SOV
Bibby Marine Services has assigned a contract with Dutch shipbuilder Damen for a purpose-built service operations vessel (SOV) to serve the offshore wind market.
