Latest News – Page 552
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NewsMilitary lessons learnt on the windfarms
Lessons learned from the prolific increase in building workboats for the offshore wind farm sector can benefit the military user, according to CTruk, a UK- based builder of boats for both the offshore wind and military sectors.
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NewsLondon P&I Club maintains financial strength despite impact of large claims
Marine liability insurer The London P&I Club’s 2015 Annual Report highlighted an unusual run of expensive claims in the 2014/15 policy year, with progress in other areas meaning that the free reserves stand at a healthy $157.4m.
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NewsMarine mapping demonstrator
OceanWise, a UK-based supplier of Intelligent Marine and Coastal Mapping Data has announced the release of free, interactive, Marine Mapping product demonstrators available at www.oceanwise.eu/data. Built using OpenLayers, the demos allow the user to pan around a defined area and get a feel for the company’s different data products.
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NewsThinner Eclipse
Japanese headquartered global electronics manufacturer Standard Horizon has announce the launch of its latest fixed DSC VHF set, the GX1300E Eclipse, which has been made thinner to increase mounting options.
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NewsKeeping a lonely vigil
There can be few Aids to Navigation (AtoN) as remotely located as the three Rigwatcher units marking the decommissioned Frigg Field on the UK/Norwegian median in the North Sea.
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NewsFlemish takeover
Jan De Nul NV, a subsidiary of Jan De Nul Group, has taken over the Belgian company Algemene Ondernemingen Soetaert NV, subject to the approval of the Belgian Competition Authority.
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NewsYard flexibility wins repair work
A north German shipyard group has exploited its location and logistics flexibility of late by switching one small repair job between yards and also bagging major cruise ship work over stiff competition from other German facilities.
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NewsNorderney ferry terminal
The first construction phase of a new ferry terminal on the small East Frisian island of Norderney in the North Sea off the German coast is for completion September.
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SpeedCast multi-year contract
Netherlands-headquartered SpeedCast International Limited a global satellite telecommunications service provider, has announced that it has been awarded a multi-year communications contract by international shipping company, Vroon.
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Marine renewable energy conference
The first edition of the marine renewable energy conference, Manche, is set to take place on 6 and 7 October in Le Havre.
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NewsTug supply vessel fit out
UK-based ship interiors specialist MPE has completed a fit-out of the Norwegian-owned tug supply vessel ‘Sentinel Ranger’. MPE, headquartered on the banks of the River Mersey in Birkenhead, undertook the work at UK Docks’ Wear dockyard, in Sunderland.
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NewsAlphatron appointment
Netherlands headquartered Alphatron Marine has announced that Mr. Erik van Boom has been appointed as Country Manager for the Euro border region Scheldemonden.
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NewsVSAT technology proven during large-scale search and rescue exercise in Cyprus
Cobham Satcom partner Tototheo has deployed a Sailor 900 VSAT system in support of the Cyprus Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Larnaca and the large-scale multinational Search and Rescue (SAR) exercise ‘Nemesis 2015’.
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Wind forecasting workshop
The EWEA Technology Workshop "Wind Power Forecasting- Meeting End -users Needs", takes place 1-2 October in Leuven, Belgium.
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First ENCs for Suez Canal produced
The Egyptian Naval Hydrographic Department (ENHD) has, in collaboration with the International Centre for Electric Navigation Charts (IC-ENC), produced its first 12 ENCs covering the waters of the Suez Canal.
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NewsGemini awards 5 year maintenance contract
Belgian Offshore maintenance contractors Offshore & Wind Assistance (OWA) and German EWE Offshore Service & Solutions GmbH (EWE-OSS) have been contracted to ensure that the Gemini offshore wind park operates smoothly.
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Dong deal
Danish headquartered renewables giant Dong Energy has announced that wind industry service provider CWind, will provide corrosion protection, latchway inspections and snagging to Dong’s Borkum Riffgrund 1 wind farm (offshore Germany) in addition to the temporary power services it supplied earlier this year.
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Russian Maritime show garners support
The organisers of NEVA a commercial maritime business-to-business event in Russia, has announced that exhibitor participation has reached record levels. The event is due to take place 22 - 25 September 2015 in St Petersburg.
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NewsHD recording of suspicious activity
In the US, GOST (Global Ocean Security Technologies), which is celebrating its 10th year in marine security, tracking, monitoring and video surveillance systems, has announced the release of its next generation security video solution, the GOST Watch HD Internet Video Recorder (IVR).
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NewsNew marine connectors
US headquartered TE Connectivity has announced its new Amplimite IP67 D-subminiature connectors. Designed to also meet MIL-DTL-24308 specifications, the new connectors have an environmental sealing that has been successfully tested at a submerged depth of one meter and have water and dust ingress protection to IP67.
