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NewsAustal appoints new Asia service manager
Australian boatbuilder Austal has appointed a new regional service manager for the Asia Pacific region – part of the company’s strategy to develop new business in the region and better serve one of its major clients, the US Navy.
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NewsDavits for new offshore patrol vessel
Offshore handling systems specialist, Caley Ocean Systems has been awarded a contract by Babcock to supply rescue boat davits for a new offshore patrol vessel for the Irish Naval Service (INS).
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NewsFirst winches for 14 tug order underway
Ibercisa is manufacturing the deck machinery for 14 tugboats under construction at the Armón Shipyard in Spain.
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NewsVestdavit expands Antarctic survey capabilities
The owner of a former UK Royal Navy ice breaker and Antarctic research vessel, GB Rieber, has turned Norway''s Vestdavit for help in extending the vessel’s handling capability in extreme Antarctic conditions.
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NewsNew features for Seawork 2013
The 16th Seawork International commercial marine industry exhibition and conference will take place at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK from 25 to 27 June 2013 and will include a celebration of 50 years of the RIB.
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NewsTOWLINES
The operation to salvage the container ship MSC Flaminia in mid-Atlantic came to an end on 11 September when the ship was finally handed over to its owners by Smit Salvage. The oceangoing tug Fairmount Expedition, accompanied by tugs Anglian Sovereign and Carlo Magno safely delivered the ship to the ...
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NewsSeaway Heavy Lifting gets a big hammer
IHC Hydrohammer, part of IHC Merwede, has been awarded a contract by Seaway Heavy Lifting to design and manufacture a S-2500 piling hammer, the largest ever built by the company.
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Heila Cranes and Double D merge
Heila Cranes and Double D marine equipment BV have merged, with Heila focusing entirely on the production of marine and offshore cranes.
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NewsScour protection innovation off Germany
Denmark’s Peter Madsen Rederi A/S has been awarded a major contract by energy supplier E.ON Climate and Renewables GmbH.
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NewsAlstom UK invests in tidal turbines
Alstom UK has signed an agreement with Rolls-Royce to acquire Tidal Generation Limited (TGL), a wholly owned subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Plc based in Bristol, which designs and manufacturers tidal stream turbines.
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NewsLivett gives Rings a truly Olympian lift
The set of Olympic rings might not have seemed truly huge when hanging from the upper central section of London’s Tower Bridge, but in fact they measured 25m long by 11m high.
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NewsMatador 3 delivers 400t crane to Leviathan
A new, custom built 400 ton boom hoist offshore pedestal crane was recently shipped from its construction quay in Zaandam to Amsterdam for installation onboard Seajacks’ jack-up vessel Leviathan.
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NewsElectrically driven AHT winches arrive
Cargotec has released electrically-driven versions of its range of MacGregor offshore anchor handling and towing winches (eAHT).
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NewsUKHO award recognises hydrographic contribution
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has awarded its Alexander Dalrymple award to Dr Hideo Nishida of the Japan Hydrographic Association.
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NewsWindfarm exercise tests emergency services
An international, multi-agency rescue exercise was held on Tuesday to test the response of the emergency services to a simulated major disaster at a large UK offshore windfarm.
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News‘All-rounder’ ups German dredging clout
The second in a series of seven Danish built floating grab dredgers has gone into service with German authorities and officials have described the versatile vessel as “a genuine all-rounder”.
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NewsDredger debuts with Dutch Open Day
On Saturday 6 October the Kooiman Group is celebrating the commissioning of its biggest project to date with an Open Day.
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News‘Wind Power – Beyond the Bluster’ published
A report examining the true effectiveness of wind power technology has been published, revealing interesting evidence and facts that call into question many of the myths often associated with this growing sector of the renewable energy industry.
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Pipe joining approvals
Mechanical pipe joining systems manufacturer Victualic has received updated and renewed ABS (American Bureau of Shipping) Type Approvals for a range of grooved-end couplings and fittings.
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NewsWalcon Marine sees consistent project flow
Walcon Marine in the UK says it has continued to see a consistent flow of projects from around the UK and overseas as marina operators and harbour authorities continue to invest in their infrastructure through the downturn.
