Latest News – Page 654
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NewsHumber offshore wind hub faces delays
Amid the celebrations resulting from Siemens decision to build a wind turbine factory at Hull, a dispute is being played out between two developers over plans for a £450m marine energy park also on the Humber.
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NewsDamen delivers in ‘bulk’
Increasingly common terms used by Damen Shipyards are ‘built-for-stock’ and ‘prompt delivery’, particularly with respect to tugs, workboats and offshore plant.
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NewsKlüber Lubrication unveils VGP-compliant grease
Germany’s Klüber Lubrication has introduced its new environmentally-friendly adhesive lubricant for open gears and steel cables, Klüberbio AG 39-602.
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NewsAdelte bridges the gap at more terminals
Barcelona-based Adelte is to supply 11 Seaport Passenger Boarding Bridges (SPBBs) for cruise and ferry terminals, which when installed, will see the company reach a major milestone of 100 commissioned installations.
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NewsBump into Dan-Fender
Denmark-based fender producer, Dan-Fender, is exhibiting at Mercator Media Ltd''s Seawork Exhibition this year.
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News'Sea Cypress' - Triple screw, shallow draft
In Europe, triple-screw propulsion systems are rare in tugs, other than large inland waterways pusher tugs. In the USA a triple-screw configuration is also to be found in more conventional tugs used extensively in shallow waters.
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NewsVeripos Moves to New HQ
GNSS positioning specialist Veripos, which recently celebrated its 25th anniversary following acquisition by Hexagon AB of Sweden for a reported £90m, has moved to new purpose-built headquarters in Dyce, Aberdeen.
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NewsA solid reputation for dredgers
Dutch dredger designer, Holland Dredge Design, is a relatively new kid on the block, having been about for only two years, but it has a solid reputation having been built on the foundation of dredger system supplier, Bagema.
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NewsBob Cripps: Growing the industry's future
“There’s no point in building a boat for tomorrow based on today’s technology,” says Bob Cripps of Longitude Consulting Engineers, part of LOC Group. “A design has to have room to evolve.”
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NewsUK’s flood defences receive a health check
The Environment Agency (EA) has completed a health check on the UK’s flood defences following the wettest winter on record.
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NewsThe windy winter blows fair for London Array
For residents of the UK and large parts of Europe, the winter of 2013/14 will be remembered for long periods of exceptionally high winds. Bad news for some, music to the ears of the offshore wind industry.
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€3.6m Norwegian Hydrographic Service Contract for Fugro
Fugro OSAE of Bremen, Germany, has been awarded a €3.6m contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service for surveys over an area of 13,200 square km in the Barents and Norwegian Seas.
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NewsUZMAR launches another ‘Smart’ line handling tug for KOC
On 21st February 2014 the Uzmar Shipyard, also known as ‘Workboat and Tug Factory of Turkey’, held a launching ceremony for the ''KOC Musaned-2'', the second of a total of six line handling tugs ordered by the Kuwait Oil Company (KOC).
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NewsMJ gets animated
The days of the print-only “media pack” are numbered. A new animated video now tells advertisers in the European commercial marine industry why Maritime Journal should be their preferred channel to communicate with their markets.
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NewsSeawork première for new Kohler generators
The UK”s Atlantis Marine Power is returning to Seawork for the first UK showing of Kohler’s all-new J and C series generators.
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NewsNew sustainable scour protection unveiled
A new environmentally-friendly solution for scour protection at the base of wind turbines has been unveiled by UK-based Offshore Marine Management (OMM) and Geofabrics Australasia.
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NewsNew WMA app at Seawork
Education, training, consultancy and research provider, Warsash Maritime Academy (WMA), part of Southampton Solent University, will be at Seawork 2014 with its new learning app.
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NewsOcean 3 moves into new premises
France-based Ocean 3 Fendering and Floating Solutions has moved into new factory following a fire at its old premises in December 2013.
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NewsCavotec wins largest order yet
Cavotec has won three MoorMaster orders totalling more than €28m for use at lock, roro ferry and bulk handling applications in Australia, Canada and Denmark.
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News'LARS' visits the Netherlands
A recent visitor to the Port of Rotterdam was the 36m luxury motor yacht ''Lars'', a vessel that started life as the ice class tug ''Zeeleeuw''.
