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Subsea 7 reports revenue dip
UK-based subsea engineering, construction and services company, Subsea 7, has reported a difficult start to 2015, with second quarter revenue down uS$553m on the previous year.
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NewsFratelli Neri orders first Damen ASD 3212 Tug
Italian tug owner, Fratelli Neri S.p.A, has ordered its first Damen tug, an ASD 3212, the first ASD tug in the Mediterranean region equipped with a Damen Render Recovery Escort winch.
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NewsUS graduates to fly Falcon
America’s very first Bachelor of Science in Maritime Technology, offered by Northwestern Michigan College, is to get a Falcon ROV built by Saab Seaeye in Europe. The aim of the BSc program is for graduates to be proficient in applied technology for the marine industry onshore and offshore.
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NewsMilestone Multi Cat delivery for MCS
Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) have taken delivery of their first Multi Cat 3013 adding to the Scottish company’s Damen built fleet and the first delivery from the Dutch builder’s Sharjah shipyard which opened in 2014.
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NewsA smaller EDDY is introduced
Following the entry into service with German tug operator URAG in Bremerhaven late last year of the ‘EDDY 1’ news of a smaller 24m version to join the EDDY Tug family has been announced.
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NewsChina joins the LNG-powered tug club
The recent delivery of Asia’s first tug powered solely by LNG provides an indication that the adoption of the fuel is attracting attention globally with elements of particular interest for Rolls-Royce and China.
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NewsSanmar delivers first of four tugs to Aqaba
Sanmar Shipyard are currently working on a major seven vessel order for Aqaba and recently delivered the ‘Hashim 3’ first of four Robert Allan Terminal RAstar 2800 tugs.
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NewsWaterland for Wagenborg
An expansion in activities for Delfzijl, The Netherlands based Wagenborg Towage has seen them adding to their tug fleet with the bareboat charter of the Damen Shoalbuster 3511 ‘Waterland’.
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NewsPolar liferaft
SurvitecZodiac has spent over 2 years developing a container heating system for its whole range of commercial liferafts- thus making all the rafts in its range meet the new IMO Polar Code requirements when the new ‘Arctic’ option is chosen. We travelled to SurvitecZodiac’s high tech factory in Chevanceau, France ...
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NewsUllman Steering Bar first drive
Of all the vessels on the Seawork pontoon this year, one that garnered a tremendous amount of attention in pole position on berth V55 was the Ullman Dynamics/ Norsafe demonstrator RIB with Ullman’s new Steering Bar system installed. ‘Maritime Journal’ took this test bed vessel for a quick spin.
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NewsPort of Gothenburg invests
A new logistics park is in the early stages of build directly beside Sweden’s Port of Gothenburg. One million square metres in size, the park is expected to generate more than 2,000 jobs and address a shortage of land for logistics and distribution close to the port.
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NewsDolWin1 offshore wind energy link hand over
Leading power and automation group, ABB, has successfully commissioned and handed over the DolWin1 offshore wind grid connection to the Dutch-German transmission system operator, TenneT.
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NewsUnder the bonnet of Fairplay’s new tractors
Propulsion and steering systems provider Schottel Group have revealed details of the hybrid propulsion system installed in two tractor tugs delivered recently by Astilleros Armon Shipyard to Fairplay Towage.
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NewsValmet and SeaKing join forces
Finnish oil technology company Valmet is joining forces with SeaKing Electrical – a move that will bring the company’s automation services overseas.
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NewsBugsier orders its first Damen tug
Hamburg based tug owner Bugsier Reederei has placed an order for its first ever Damen built tug in the form of a ASD 2411 model to serve as a harbour tug in German ports.
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NewsRNLI lifeboat centre due to open
The UK''s RNLI will open its All-weather Lifeboat Centre (ALC) on Friday 21 August to take over production, maintenance and refit of the charity’s all-weather lifeboat fleet in-house for the first time in the charity’s 191-year history.
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NewsNew simulation wing
The simulation centre at the Technical University of Varna in Bulgaria has recently opened a new simulation wing. Following the opening of its simulation centrein 2012, the TU Varna has seen steady growth and further expansion into a new simulator wing was required.
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NewsUSA set for first windfarm
Construction of the USA’s first windfarm has begun, seven years after Rhode Island-based Deepwater Wind’s first proposal for the 30MW Block Island pilot windfarm.
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Monopile anticorrosion
Netherlands-based construction and engineering company Ballast Nedam is using CWind, a leading provider of integrated services to the wind industry, to provide corrosion protection services to its Butendiek Offshore Wind Farm monopiles.
