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NewsLifting gear fatalities need response
It can’t be clearer or more dramatic: failures in the present regime of onboard lifting gear inspections are resulting in injury and death.
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NewsFLIR unveils AX8 temperature sensor
US-based FLIR Systems has launched a new AX8 fixed-mount temperature sensor for automated and uninterrupted condition monitoring or critical electrical and mechanical equipment.
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NewsTesting makes perfect
South Boats IOW, a UK-based manufacturer of wind farm service vessels (WFSV), has launched its first of class South Cat 26m named ‘Seacat Intrepid’ for Seacat Services Ltd.
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NewsRenewableUK 2014
RenewableUK’s Conference & Exhibition, which opens at Manchester Central, UK from 11–13 November 2014 will be the 36th running of this key event, demonstrating considerable longevity in an industry that popular misconception sometimes considers to only be a decade old.
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NewsWaterMota Romania continues expansion
It’s a cliché as old as the hills but hard work does pay off. For engines and generators company WaterMota Romania based in Constanta, this is certainly the case.
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NewsChange of engines after just six months
A fishing catamaran which only went into service in February this year has already had a change of engines – this time to Sole Diesel.
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NewsMermaid Marine invests in R&D
Mermaid Marine, has significantly invested in new research and development facilities to aid product design and development of new products.
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NewsASV C-Worker fitted with Fischer Panda
Initial designs for Fischer Panda’s hybrid diesel electric propulsion systems were first introduced in early 2004.
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NewsUS partnership
Belgium’s FLiDAR has announced it has entered into an exclusive partnership with US-based Renewable NRG Systems for the distribution of FLiDAR’s offshore wind measurement buoys in the Americas.
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NewsCable laying: a fresh approach
The SeaSerpent, a patented product developed by UK buoyancy specialist Unique Seaflex, is being adopted by an increasing number of cable-laying contractors around the world. Unique Seaflex believes the product meets the challenges of cable laying head-on in a way which the alternatives cannot.
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Toeing the line
DSM Dyneema, owner of the Dyneema brand, succeeded in its action against a third party application for a ‘Chyneema’ trademark. Following two years of procedures, the official trademark authorities in South Korea, Canada, EU and the USA have all accepted DSM Dyneema''s opposition and rejected the application.
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News‘Kitty Petra’ heads east
As a result of the intense wind farm activity around the shores of the UK, Tidal Transit''s personnel transfer vessels (PTVs) are being kept fully employed. Within a week of finishing her contract in the seas off North Wales and returning to the UK''s east coast, ‘Kitty Petra’ will begin ...
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New orders for DSIT’s AquaShield sonar
Israel''s DSIT Solutions Ltd, a subsidiary of Acorn Energy Inc, is to supply its AquaShield Diver Detection Sonar (DDS) system for a leading Mediterranean Navy to guard the underwater perimeter of a strategic coastal asset.
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NewsItalian hybrid system
Italian company Transfluid was established in 1957 to manufacture variable speed drives, fluid couplings and hydraulic transmissions. Now it has added to its portfolio with a hybrid transmission system that is suitable for marine use.
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SensorLife technology for Kongsberg WFMS
UK-based Ricardo is to support the development of Kongsberg’s Wind Farm Management System (WFMS) with its recently launched SensorLife technology.
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Building bridges at Hamburg
Spain’s boarding bridge expert, ADELTE Ports & Maritime has been contracted to manufacture and install two state-of-the-art HYDRA model Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) at Hamburg’s new cruise terminal.
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NewsCowes breakwater project
The UK’s Cowes Harbour Commission (CHC) says that construction of its new breakwater is progressing as scheduled with Boskalis Westminster having completed installation of the gravel pre-load.
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NewsCouplings launch
Renold Hi-Tec Couplings, of Halifax, UK, is set to launch a new range of failsafe, high temperature, marine propulsion rubber-in-compression couplings at the International Workboat Show, Morial Convention Center, in New Orleans, USA, from 3 to 5 December.
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NewsJacket cooled motors
WEG, a US headquartered supplier of drive technology, introduced its water-cooled WGM motors to the shipbuilding industry for the first time at SMM 2014. WEG claim the motors provide the ideal solution for marine applications with harsh operating conditions and constrained spaces, and where a high ratio of output ...
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NewsJets for largest fast crew boat
The world’s largest fast crew boat has recently been launched by Incat Tasmania’s shipyard on the 15th of September 2014. This DP2 class 70m fast crew boat (FCB) will be operating as a fast crew transfer vessel to various installations in the Caspian Sea and has a semi-SWATH hull design ...
