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NewsIrish catamarans for Polish hydrographic office
Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has completed delivery of four of its Wildcat 40 survey catamarans with dual operator consoles to the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office for underwater seismic studies in the Baltic Sea.
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Furuno unveils marine weather receiver
Furuno has unveiled its new BBWX3 SiriusXM Marine Weather Receiver, a subscription-based service that gives users live, up-to-date weather forecast information.
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NewsHi Flo ROV development
Tidal energy installations are located in areas of very strong tides and this makes their installation and maintenance a challenging task. British company Mojo Maritime together with German ship owner Hammonia Reederi have joined forces to develop the design of the Hi Flo 4 (HF4).
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NewsFugro launches G4 positioning system
Fugro claims to be the world''s largest integrated supplier of survey and geotechnical related services. This encompasses every aspect of both the offshore and onshore construction sectors with Fugro supplying the vital services that ensure the reliable and effective construction and installation of a wide variety of structures.
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NewsFull scale trials for Sabella tide turbine
French company Sabella has now secured funding to establish a full scale prototype of their tide turbine. This follows 10 years of work on tide turbine design and prototype trials which have been focussed on both the efficient design of the turbine blades and structure and also on the problem ...
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Ferry comms
Canadian ferry operator Marine Atlantic Inc. (MAI) has selected Netherlands –based Imtech Marine to replace its ship to shore wireless communication system. Given a short timeframe, installation took place in just three weeks.
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NewsNorth Sea grid hookups
Italy’s Prysmian Group, a telecom cable systems industry specialist has announced the successful commissioning of the High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) offshore grid connection projects BorWin2 and HelWin1 which have both been realised off the North Sea coast of Germany.
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NewsWTIVs in demand
With ‘MPI Adventure’ currently installing the first of the Siemens 3.6MW turbines for the E.On Renewables Amrumbank offshore wind farm, and ‘MPI Discovery’ only a few miles away closing out the foundation installation campaign on the same project, these two WTIVs (Wind Turbine Installation Vessels) are, according to MPI, demonstrating ...
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Offshore Marine Academy receives recognition
An operational offshore energy course, providing training in the efficient running and successful delivery of offshore renewables projects, has received industry recognition from the Renewables Training Network (RTN).
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NewsNewbuild shellfish farming boat
The UK’s Alnmaritec has been chalking up new contracts in the commercial fishing industry, prior to its annual trip to Seawork International in June.
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NewsColumbian renewal
Colombia’s National Maritime Authority, DIMAR, has renewed the maritime beaconing in Barranquilla (Colombia), furthering the extent of its business with Spanish Aids to Navigation (AToN specialist Almarin.
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NewsSoftware for ‘Sonne’
UK- headquartered Global Navigation Solutions (‘GNS’) has announced that Briese Schiffahrt, operators of Germany’s newest research vessel, ‘RV Sonne’, have chosen to install Voyager navigation software on the new German research vessel. As reported in ‘Maritime Journal’ the new eco-friendly and energy-efficient ‘Sonne’ was launched by Chancellor Merkel on 11 ...
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NewsServogear wins offshore contracts
Norway’s Servogear AS is set for a busy future after securing six new contracts for a range of offshore vessels for a total value of around NOK 55m (US$7.4m).
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NewsCombating glare
Seawork 2015 exhibitor Sola-Cure, the UK-based anti-glare window blind supplier, has recently installed blinds on the 16.50m survey vessel ‘Porth Dinllaen’. The ‘Porth Dinllaen’ is owned by Holyhead-Based company, Turbine Transfers Ltd and is currently under charter to Dutch company, Van Oord as part of the Liverpool2 deepwater container terminal ...
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NewsPort entry light
Sealite has introduced a new 5 degree LED Sectored Port Entry Light, which provides an overall 5 degree beam width and over 500,000cd of lighting power at only 30watts electrical consumption.
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ECDIS seminar report
The first in a series of seminars covering the challenges of ECDIS Implementation, Procedures & Solutions was successfully held in the Yacht Club Greece, Athens. The hosts of this event, ChartWorld International Ltd. and the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), were very pleased to welcome the top experts of many well-known ...
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NewsNew mass casualty recovery cradle
If several people end up in the water after an accident at sea, it can take many stressful hours to recover them.
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NewsGPS anti-jamming
With the now almost universal use of GPS for navigation and timing, the potential for jamming of the GPS signal is causing increasing concern. Originally developed for military use, systems were produced to reduce the chance of GPS signal jamming and now these anti-jamming systems are becoming available for the ...
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NewsEnforcing the regs
The new sulphur emission regulations for ships have been a hotly contended issue from the start but now debate has moved to their implementation, or more accurately, enforcing compliance. The enforcement of these regulations will be the driver of change, not the regulations themselves, according to Europort 2015.
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NewsPiet Brouwer wins WSV order
Piet Brouwer Electrotechnology is to supply the diesel-electric propulsion system and electrical system for a new 108m windfarm support vessel (WSV).
