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NewsVictaulic system receives five new approvals
Mechanical pipe-joining systems manufacturer, Victaulic, has received five new type approvals for its Vic-Press, a flame-free press system for joining small-diameter stainless steel pipe.
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NewsSmall ship work points up yard flexibility
Boat and small ship repair and refit have pointed up some flexible capabilities at the three shipyards in Germany’s Privinvest group.
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NewsOld German ferry is transformed
Instead of scrapping its 35 year old ferry ''Adler Dania'', north German operator Adler Schiffe this year spent €2 million redesigning and converting it into an excursion and event ship which has now gone back into service.
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NewsEnergy generator goes with the flow
Wales’ first full-scale tidal energy generator has been unveiled ahead of its installation in Ramsey Sound, Pembrokeshire.
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Dyneema ropes fundamental for ‘Concordia’ parbuckling
The ‘Costa Concordia’ parbuckling operation on the rocks of the Italian island of Giglio has been a success in many ways. High performance ropes with Dyneema played a key role in the operation, according to Netherlands based DSM Dyneema.
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Dale joins Team Humber
One of the UK’s leading power system suppliers is targeting the Humber region in the north east of the country because of its increasing importance as a renewable energy hub, according to a local industrial grouping. Dale Power Solutions of Scarborough, which makes and services uninterrupted power systems and generators, ...
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NewsDiesel electric FSV
A new design of fast supply vessel delivered by De Hoop shipyard in Holland is the first to be fitted with a unique propulsion system that is claimed to offer significant fuel savings. This vessel which has been built to support offshore oil installations in the Gulf of Mexico is ...
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NewsZ-Boat autonomy
The Oceanscience Z-Boat 1800 remotely-operated hydrographic survey boat has just completed final trials with an on-board autonomous waypoint navigation system, and is now ready to get surveying. The latest GNSS controlled, IMU aided "robo" Z-Boat option is a result of a partnership between The Oceanscience Group (USA), MSubs (UK) and ...
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Panic rooms for ships
With the latest security alert from BIMCO effectively rendering the use of armed guards commercially placed on merchant vessels illegal in Nigeria, the need for citadels onboard vessels has never been greater according to a Spanish marine security company.
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ABPmer extends coastal database
UK-based ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) is extending its coastal realignment Online Marine Registry (OMReg) to include a wider range of practical shoreline adaptation techniques.
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NewsNew premises for Ranieri Tonissi
The Italian importer of MAN engines and operator of the MAN service base for marine engines, Ranieri Tonissi S.p.A., moved to its new headquarters in Genoa in June. Commercial customers will benefit from the location directly on the deepwater pier.
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NewsNew Lifejacket Lights
UK life saving equipment manufacturers Crewsaver have announced a new range of lifejacket lights, suitable for all foam lifejackets of the type most commonly used for quick deployment in an emergency aboard some of the largest cruise ships and commercial vessels worldwide.
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Renewables for ferry
Eco Marine Power, a marine renewable energy technology company based in Japan, has announced that it has begun a project to jointly deploy and evaluate with Blue Star Ferries of Greece, a range of technologies for shipping including the Aquarius Management and Automation System (MAS) with an integrated marine solar ...
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NewsRed Bay up and away
Red Bay Boats in Northern Ireland has won two orders for its new Stormforce 1650 vessel. The orders have been placed by Sea Harris, a ferry operator on the Isle of Lewis for day trips to St Kilda island, off Scotland, and by Belfast Harbour Commissioners for use as a ...
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MTU engines order
Propulsion multinational Rolls-Royce Power Systems has won an order for six MTU diesel engines to power three double-ended ferries in Turkey. The ferries are being built by Turkey''s Ceksan Shipyard and will be deployed by operator Izmir Metropolitan Municipality to power car and passenger ferries serving the Gulf of Izmir ...
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NewsBlyth Workcats delivers to Ireland
UK-based Blyth Workcats has delivered a new 11m dive boat to the Mevagh Dive Centre in Ireland.
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NewsOne stop renewables training
A UK-based survival and health and safety training firm claims to have recently become the country’s only industrial training facility to deliver the full set of Global Wind Organisation and RenewableUK training modules from one site.
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NewsPloughing the seabed for energy
Ecosse Subsea Systems (UK) has won its third seabed clearance contract on a major wind farm construction project. The subsea engineering specialist has started offshore operations on the Westermost Rough development, located eight kilometres off the Yorkshire coast, east of Hull, UK.
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Lerwick on target
Increases in cargo, passengers and mackerel landings helped the UK’s Port of Lerwick achieve forecast traffic levels in the half-year to June, 2014, compared with the same period in 2013.
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Tidal turbulence measured
Partrac, a UK-based marine data acquisition specialist, has completed the first tidal energy turbulence survey for the Carbon Trust-managed Turbulence in Marine Environments (TiME) project.
