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NewsAlicat Workboats delivery
UK boatbuilder Alicat Workboats Ltd. has delivered ‘Gardian 14’ to Gardline Environmental. The 20m catamaran has already sailed from Great Yarmouth to work alongside her four sister vessels already working on the Gwynt Y Mor offshore wind farm project.
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NewsHarken pulls in new business
UK-based Harken Industrial is seeing an influx of new business after unveiling its new Universal Mounting Plate (UMP) Winch at this year’s Seawork International, Rachael Doyle finds out.
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NewsBrian Archibald: Answering Orkney’s contradictions
“I have to have my feet placed pretty firmly in two camps,” explains Brian Archibald, head of marine services, engineering and transportation for Orkney, “Even if these sometimes appear to have contradictory aims.”
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NewsA wheelhouse in three weeks
UK-based ship repairers Southampton Marine Services have repaired Walcon Marine’s ‘Walcon Wizard’ following a collision while under tow in the English Channel.
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NewsVestdavit perfects USV launching
Navies want to use Unmanned Surface Vehicles (USVs). They promise to keep boat crews out of high risk environments and extend the outreach of surface vessels. There are already forty prototype USVs on the market globally, ranging from 1 to 10 tonnes in weight. But most research and development in ...
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Red Ensign delivers Seacat recruitment drive
UK-based offshore energy support vessel operator, Seacat Services launched an apprenticeship recruitment drive on the last day of Seawork 2014 to attract more young people into the maritime sector.
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NewsSeacat Services on the wind
The latest 24m catamaran built by South Boats IOW for the Navitus Bay offshore windfarm project on the South Coast, was named ''Seacat Ranger'', at Seawork 2014.
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NewsZF Services focuses on UK growth
ZF Services is concentrating on UK growth in the marine sector and is looking to create a “fitter, leaner, more focused operation”.
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Out of the glare
The huge, 9,500 tonne seismic survey vessel ''Ramform Viking'' has worked in climates as diverse as West and South Africa, India, the Middle East and the Gulf of Mexico as well as Brazil’s Campos Basin – with, of course, forays into Europe.
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NewsOnline Navcomms training
Germany based ECDIS training specialist Safebridge, has extended its portfolio by a new type-specific familiarisation course for the CHARTPILOT 1100/93x0 series made by fellow hamburg firm, SAM Electronics.
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NewsWilhelmsen Ships Service welding solution
Netherlands based Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has a new onboard welding solution which will allow it to offer value-added deck equipment packages combined with equipment servicing and safety inspections to its customers.
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NewsSeaglaze shines
UK-based South Boats IOW has placed two orders with Seaglaze for boats to be completed in 2014 which require high quality, toughened and screen printed glass.
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NewsNew 3g/4g hi-speed broadband
Buzz Connect, the UK Company that played a lead role in the recent push to bring affordable broadband to private boats and superyachts, has launched its new HubbaX4 duo, a marine broadband system. The new system uses 3G and 4G mobile connectivity to provide considerably faster speeds than previously possible, ...
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NewsMacArtney steps up Asian presence
Driven by a major strategic expansion of its operations in Singapore, Denmark’s MacArtney Group is growing its presence and activities in all Asian markets for underwater technology, including repair and maintenance.
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NewsLargest crane vessel, largest cranes
Plans for the world''s biggest crane vessel, a 214m long by 97.5m behemoth, include installing the world''s largest cranes.
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NewsTeledyne TSS’s new Saturn
Following a two-year development programme, UK based company Teledyne TSS is previewing a new family of AHRS and INS (Inertial Navigation and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems) named Saturn at the Oceanology exhibition in London, UK.
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DNV GL helps offshore wind industry reduce costs
The costs of offshore wind energy could be cut by at least 10% if “market-ready” technologies are adopted, according to DNV GL’s FORCE (For Reduced Cost of Energy) report.
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NewsIPS completes maintenance contracts
UK based engineering firm IPS Marine Fabrications has completed a series of maintenance contracts for three ship operators.
