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NewsALP Maritime expansion - the next step
The next step in ALP Maritime Services’ expansion plan is underway with their taking over of the first two of six tugs from the fleet of Harms Bergung.
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NewsURAG takes the green road
German tug owner Unterweser Reederei GmbH (URAG) has reported on its measures to join the current drive in the tug world aimed at reducing fuel consumption and lowering emissions.
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NewsAncona tug fleet boosted with Damen order
CORIMA, part of the Italian Gesmar Group have ordered a Damen ASD Tug 2810 with duties including operations in demanding conditions at two offshore oil terminals in the Adriatic Sea.
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News3Si acquires International Safety Products
Safety and Survival Systems International Ltd (3Si) has acquired International Safety Products Ltd (ISP), the leading Brit based manufacturer and supplier of safety equipment.
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News£3m funding for ASV Ltd
UK-based ASV Ltd is to carry out further research and development for Maritime Autonomous Systems (MAS) after receiving more than £3m funding from Innovate UK.
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NewsOsiris rebrand
UK specialist seabed survey company Osiris Projects has announced that it is rebranding as Bibby HydroMap. The company was acquired by Liverpool headquartered Bibby Line Group in May 2012 but has continued to operate under its own name since then.
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NewsRace Bank cables
Jan De Nul Group has signed an agreement with Dong Energy for the installation of subsea export cables at the Race Bank offshore wind development project in the UK during 2016 and 2017. Jan De Nul Group is very well known within dredging circles, and has over the last years ...
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FloWave visit
UK event organiser ACI has announced that the 2nd World Ocean Power Summit in Edinburgh on 24th & 25 June 2015, will offer an unique opportunities to visit the FloWave Ocean Energy Research Facility.
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Victualic distributor
W&O Europe, a key supplier throughout Europe to the marine and marine offshore markets for pipe, valves and fittings, valve automation, and engineered solutions, is now the marine industry distributor for Victaulic mechanical pipe joining solutions in Holland, Belgium, Denmark and Spain.
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NewsAfrican hybrid
Cape Town-based Veecraft Marine believes it will be the first vessel construction and maritime engineering solutions company in South Africa to introduce hybrid-propulsion technology in locally-built commercial craft.
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NewsPermanent magnet drive trains
According to Finland- based propulsion specialist, The Switch, permanent magnet (PM) drive train technology for electric propulsion brings a powerful solution to the big diesel dilemma, which combines tougher environmental considerations with a long-term perspective of increasing fuel costs.
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NewsJohnson Valves turns 60
Southampton-based Johnson Valves is celebrating 60 years as a supplier of valves, meters, fittings and related products for the marine, boiler and industrial markets.
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NewsInterior upgrades
UK-based manufacturer and outfitter MPE Interiors has completed three new contracts in the UK and Ireland to upgrade passenger ferries for Stena Line and P&O Ferries. Director Cliff Grainger said the contracts involved a range of furniture, soft furnishing and ceiling improvements on ferries at different shipyards. He said the ...
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Funding for lithium battery development
A consortium of UK companies have been granted £1.1m in funding for research and development of the next generation of lithium sulphur (Li-S) batteries for marine autonomous systems.
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NewsSouth American expansion
German propulsion major Schottel has opened a new subsidiary in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, to further strengthen and extend its position in South and Central America.
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NewsNorway strengthens defences
NorSea Group and the Wilh. Wilhelmsen Group have entered into a military response contract with the Norwegian Armed Forces. Among other things, the contract opens for the Armed Forces’ use of base infrastructure owned by NorSea Group along the entire Norwegian coast.
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Free component testing for marine renewables
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), in collaboration with the Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult, is offering free component testing to support the development of wave and tidal energy converters.
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NewsSimulating shocks
Cruden, the Dutch designer and manufacturer of professional, motion-based simulators, simulator software, surface and vehicle models, will show a highly accurate and realistic, full motion power boat technology demonstrator simulator at the 7th HSBO (High Speed Boat Operations) Forum in Lisbon in May.
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NewsLongannet disappointment
The potential early closure of Longannet power station (Scotland, UK) has been blamed on “ludicrously punitive” transmission charges by Scottish Renewables Chief Executive Niall Stuart on the first day of the industry body’s Annual Conference.
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NewsContract extension
UK wind farm support vessel operator Tidal Transit has recently received an extension of the contract for its vessel ‘Ginny Louise’ from Statkraft, the Norwegian company that runs the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. This follows the current extension for its sister vessel, ‘Tia Elizabeth’.
