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  • Viking’s Offshore Safety Agreements are designed to take care of multi-brand safety equipment
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    Viking safety for offshore operators

    2015-09-11T12:47:00Z

    Denmark- headquartered Viking Life-Saving Equipment is helping offshore operators comply with equipment safety standards and streamline activity with its new Offshore Safety Agreements.

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    Navitus Bay refused consent

    2015-09-11T12:02:00Z

    The UK’s Energy Minister Lord Bourne has today refused planning approval for Navitus Bay offshore wind farm off the south coast of England.

  • A screen shot of the Oversee operator's interface
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    Information saving lives

    2015-09-11T11:42:00Z

    The Irish Coast Guard has successfully deployed a ground-breaking new information system designed to boost the organisation’s incident management and Search and Rescue functions. The new system, called Oversee, will allow for more effective and accurate responses to incidents, and forms part one of the Irish Coast Guard’s SILAS (Shared ...

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    Vessel demand report

    2015-09-11T11:26:00Z

    The France-headquartered OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published a new report on shipbuilding and the offshore energy industry.

  • Compact main dimensions enable operations in small ports and congested harbours
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    New coastal ferry design

    2015-09-11T11:13:00Z

    Finnish headquartered Deltamarin launched its new DeltaLinx ferry design during the BaltExpo 2015 exhibition in the beginning in September in Gdansk, Poland.

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    Hempaguard milestone

    2015-09-11T10:46:00Z

    Just two years after its launch marine coatings manufacturer Hempel has announced that its Hempaguard producct has now been applied as a full coating to more than 350 vessels.

  • TCB's Barcelona container terminal
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    APM Spanish acquisition

    2015-09-11T10:34:00Z

    APM Terminals has reached an agreement with Perez y Cia to acquire their majority stake in the Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB and its maritime services’ container terminal portfolio in Europe and Latin America.

  • New technology can be a key enabler in improving port security
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    Port security requires early planning

    2015-09-10T17:22:00Z

    According to BMT Group’s Business Development Director Dr. Mark Yong, port security has too often lagged behind the demands of ever more vulnerable facilities with new technology often being deployed as an after-market add-on, rather than a homogenous part of the port’s day to day working.

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    Suzuki claims top market share in Europe

    2015-09-10T16:58:00Z

    Japanese manufacturing giant Suzuki has announced that it achieved the highest market share in the four stroke outboard sector in Europe last year.

  • 'More than a standard dredge, more than a simple amphibious excavator', claims Dragflow
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    New amphibious dredge from Dragflow

    2015-09-10T16:43:00Z

    Italian dredging specialist Dragflow has introduced a dredge that they claim can easily work in every kind of conditions, even when the water level is minimum.

  • The 'C.S. Sovereign' is equipped with two, powered 2,300 tonne ‘basket’ turntables
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    Wikinger cabling

    2015-09-10T15:51:00Z

    The Italian Prysmian Group has chartered Global Marine Systems Limited’s cable-laying vessel, ‘C.S. Sovereign’, from mid-2016 into early 2017. The vessel’s remit will be to install inter array cables at the German Offshore wind farm that is currently estimated to be providing power for nearly a quarter of a ...

  • The VL-03H is a heavy duty version of Fastmount’s popular VL-03 clip set
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    Innovative panel clip system

    2015-09-10T14:52:00Z

    Panel mounting system expert, Fastmount, has launched an innovative new panel clip set – the VL-03H.

  • The patented Elebia hook features a magnet that both attracts and positions slings and other rigging gear
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    Elebia enhances autohook

    2015-09-10T11:52:00Z

    Spain-based Elebia is upgrading its range of automatic hooks for the marine market, which keeps crane operators and those responsible for rigging at a safe distance.

  • The vessel must remain in contact with the tower when manoeuvring
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    Propulsion requirements for WSVs

    2015-09-10T11:44:00Z

    German diesel engine giant MAN has released a short introductory guide to some of the very specific propulsion demands that wind farm supply vessels place upon their engines.

  • OSIL staff providing training on board 'RV Simon Stevin'
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    Vibrocorer for Belgium

    2015-09-10T11:08:00Z

    OSIL (Ocean Scientific International Ltd) has supplied the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) with a high-powered Vibrocorer system.

  • The FROG-XT4
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    FROG on show

    2015-09-09T20:43:00Z

    Reflex Marine, a specialist in offshore personnel access by crane, exhibited its production FROG-XT transfer device range, with its advanced design and cutting edge technology, for the first time at Offshore Europe.

  • Diagram illustrates the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications (AAWA) Initiative by Rolls-Royce
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    Comms for autonomous ships

    2015-09-09T11:57:00Z

    Inmarsat has announced its participation in the Finnish funded Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce.

  • The vessel is taking shape fast at Meercat's Portchester facility
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    Sound contract win for Meercat

    2015-09-09T11:55:00Z

    UK boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has beaten competition from across Europe to secure an important contract to build its 24th newbuild vessel.

  • The upgraded version offers improved user-functionality, with new features including increased fleet management capabilities
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    Cambla upgrades marine planning tool

    2015-09-09T11:49:00Z

    Project services consultancy, Cambla, is upgrading its state-of-the-art software, the Schedule Animation Tool (S.A.T.) to help the marine industry improve planning operations.

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    McMurdo launches new SAR software

    2015-09-08T15:45:00Z

    McMurdo has launched a new state-of-the-art software solution to help improve the Cospas-Sarsat satellite-aided search and rescue process.