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  • The simulator enbales vital operations to be performed under challenging weather conditions
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    Offshore simulator installed at PAEN

    2012-10-16T17:33:00Z

    A Transas Offshore and Dynamic Positioning simulator was recently installed at Pan Arab E-Navigation’s (PAEN) dynamic positioning training centre in Alexandria, Egypt.

  • Meercat workboats are getting larger
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    Latest newbuilds for Meercat

    2012-10-16T16:56:00Z

    UK based boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has just launched its latest vessel, ‘Skua’ which is now working in Ireland for new owners, Strangford Moorings – a specialist moorings contractor.

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    First of four 24m WFSVs for Seacat Services

    2012-10-16T07:30:00Z

    Seacat Resolute is the first of four 24m DNV class multi-purpose windfarm support vessels being built for Seacat Services Ltd of Cowes, Isle of Wight, by South Boats Special Projects Ltd .

  • Atlantic Towing have purchased the Trojan
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    Trojan is purchased by Atlantic Towage

    2012-10-15T07:30:00Z

    Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd, a sister company of Blue Ocean Marine, based at Bere Island on the south west coast of Ireland, has purchased the twin screw tug/workboat Trojan, a small vessel with a considerable and interesting history.

  • South Boats commissioned its 60th WFSV, Offshore Wandelaar, earlier this year
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    South Boats calls in administrators

    2012-10-12T16:27:00Z

    South Boats Special Projects Ltd, the market leader in the production of offshore wind farm support vessels, called in corporate restructuring specialists today after running into financial difficulty.

  • Rasalkir 3 is one of a trio for Saudi Arabia
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    Three powerful RAmparts for Saudi Arabia

    2012-10-12T07:30:00Z

    Zamil Offshore Services in Dammam have recently completed the construction of a series of three Robert Allan Ltd (RAL) designed RAmparts 3200-W tugs for use by the Saudi Ports Authority.

  • Tug Rotterdam and its two sister ships are for sale. (Photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann)
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    Svitzer to withdraw from deepsea towage

    2012-10-12T07:30:00Z

    Svitzer Ocean Towage has announced its intention to withdraw from deepsea towage and offer the three oceangoing tugs London, Rotterdam and Singapore for sale.

  • Tancred is in operation with the Australian Navy
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    New Damen tugs serve the Australian Navy

    2012-10-12T07:30:00Z

    Over the past few months, Damen’s Changde Shipyard in China has delivered the compact tug Tancred and tug/workboat Wattle to DMS Maritime Pty Ltd of Australia.

  • The ISU has suggested that changes that specifically recognise salvors’ efforts to protect the environment. Photo courtesy of International Salvage Union
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    ISU considers Bunker Removal Clause

    2012-10-11T14:57:00Z

    Members of the International Salvage Union (ISU) held their 58th General Meeting in Istanbul late last month.

  • Jacket foundations are a feature of the Ormonde Offshore Windfarm. Photo: Vattenfall
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    UK offshore wind celebrates Super September

    2012-10-11T14:57:00Z

    RenewableUK, the trade body for the UK’s wind and marine renewables industries, is celebrating a number of milestones for offshore wind in what it calls ‘Super September’.

  • Divers receiving specialist propeller inspection training last week
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    Diver training underway in the Netherlands

    2012-10-11T14:56:00Z

    Maritime Propeller Repairs (MPR) BV in the Netherlands ran its first comprehensive training programme last week for divers from underwater marine maintenance specialists UMC.

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    European deck equipment boost from Asia

    2012-10-11T07:30:00Z

    Recent contracts to deliver MacGregor anchor handling, mooring and towing solutions for 15 offshore support vessels (OSV) for Asian customers is a result of returning market confidence, says Cargotec.

  • Channel Chieftain VI is powered by a pair of 4V222TIM Doosan engines developing 647kW at 2,100 rpm and driving through Twin Disc gearboxes
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    Doosan doing it right for wind farm vessels

    2012-10-11T07:30:00Z

    An upturn in commercial requirements and a growing demand for unsophisticated engines has led to a surge in demand for Doosan engines.

  • Anglian Sovereign and running mate Anglian Princess have been sold to Smit. (Photo courtesy Hans Hoffmann)
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    Two former British ETVs join Smit

    2012-10-11T07:30:00Z

    The J P Knight Group, with headquarters in Rochester UK, have sold the anchorhandling tugs Anglian Princess and Anglian Sovereign to Smit Transport Belgium NV.

  • SeaKing Group business development manager, Neil Mellenchip
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    Seaking Electrical completes Bibby contract

    2012-10-10T15:54:00Z

    UK marine electrical engineering expert, SeaKing Electrical, has completed a major international contract delivering an electrical upgrade to part of the ''Bibby Renaissance'' ship.

  • The IMCA guidance is available in no less than 10 languages
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    Lifting operations: Don’t close your eyes

    2012-10-10T10:30:00Z

    Experienced people sometimes still need reminding that maxims like ‘routine is the friendly killer’ still hold true where lifting operations are concerned, says IMCA’s technical director Jane Bugler.

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    XCover System for ropes uncovered at SMM

    2012-10-10T07:30:00Z

    Gleistein Ropes launched its new XCover System at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg last month.

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    Lifting capacity lifted by Kleven’s new dock

    2012-10-10T07:30:00Z

    Kleven Maritime is centred in Norway, with activities largely taking place in the company’s two yards, Kleven Verft AS and Myklebust Verft AS.

  • Port of Krems
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    Metrans takes over Krems trimodal terminal

    2012-10-09T17:06:00Z

    Transportation service company, Metrans, subsidiary of Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA), has taken over the trimodal container terminal in the Port of Krems, Austria, after acquiring Mierka Donauhafen Krems GmbH & Co KG.

  • Medical doctor and inventor Johan Ullman of Ullman Dynamics
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    “Something you have to learn to live with”

    2012-10-09T11:08:00Z

    “I am a medical doctor by profession, but being an inventor is more of a condition, something you have to learn to live with if you can’t beat it”, says Johan Ullman of Ullman Dynamics.