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NewsAutomatic EPIRB activation saves sailors
Kannad Marine has helped save the lives of seven French sailors, who were successfully rescued after their catamaran capsized just off of the west coast of Scotland last month.
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NewsWave piercing future for small boat design
A new hull design being developed as the next generation of lifeboat could point the way to a revolution in hull design for motor yachts.
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NewsSaab vehicles make a splash at Seawork
With the need for more repair work on underwater structures, the UK’s underwater vehicle specialist, Saab Seaeye, has designed four new underwater vehicle solutions.
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NewsShipdock and Spliethoff combine forces
Shipdock has reached an agreement with Spliethoff, the Amsterdam based ship owning company, for the largest exhaust gas scrubber unit installed so far on board a commercial vessel.
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NewsBlast of the past in historic restoration
Established in 1988 in the historic Gloucester Docks UK, T Nielsen & Company has grown to become a leading specialist in repairing, restoring and building traditional ships and rigging.
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NewsCoating protects rudder of icebreaker tug
The rudder and the ice belt of the harbor icebreaker tug Jääsalo were recently coated with Ecospeed in Naantali, Finland.
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NewsScheldepoort wins second jack-up conversion
Scheldepoort Repair & Conversion Yard has been awarded a contract to convert the jack-up drill rig Shelf Explorer into offshore hotel accommodation, which will then be known as Atlantic Amsterdam.
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NewsGerman yards benefit from small ship work
In Germany, an influx of small ship conversion and overhaul has kept front-running Schiffswerft Diedrich busy and revived spirits at troubled former tanker newbuilder Lindenau Schiffswerft.
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NewsFourth vessel order for Seajacks
Just a week after Seajack’s newbuilding Seajacks Zaratan arrived in Europe from its builder Lamprell in Dubai, the two companies announced an order for another GustoMSC designed jack-up.
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NewsNew world record for freefall lifeboat
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has set a new freefall lifeboat record with its new generation FF1200 boat.
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NewsFuruno training for China
Furuno Shanghai Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Chinese engineering support company, Furuno Electric, is now providing Electronic Chart Display and Information System (ECDIS) training to the Chinese market.
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NewsNewbuilds for BLRT
Lithuanian shipyard, Western Baltija Shipbuilding, part of Estonia''s BLRT Grupp, has delivered a new fishing vessel hull to Danish company, Karstensens Skibsvaerft A/S, amongst other newbuilds.
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SNAME time this year
The special panel sessions have been announced for the Society of Naval Architects and Engineers (SNAME) Annual Meeting and Expo, 22-26 October at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island USA.
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Nantucket wind farm moves closer
The construction of what would be America’s first offshore wind farm in Nantucket Sound, Massachusetts, may be coming closer as the latest safety study has found it not to be a hazard to air navigation.
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NewsMobile propeller balancing and repair
MPR BV in the Netherlands has developed new mobile measurement and balancing equipment for CPP blades of up to 6.5 tonnes per blade.
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NewsPlanned maintenance avoids failure at sea
A major way to avoid vessel failure at sea is developing and implementing a proactive maintenance strategy. Stuart Melling, manager for marine and crane service at ABB Ltd, looks at some of the latest techniques.
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NewsWind turbine foundations built at Zeebrugge
Belgian marine civils and dredging expert, the Jan De Nul Group, has finished construction of the majority of its 16 concrete turbine foundations in the Port of Zeebrugge for Swedish power giant, Eon .
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NewsNominees for Maritime Innovation Award 2012
Four nominees have been selected for the Dutch HME Maritime Innovation Award 2012 - Imtech Marine & Offshore BV, Vosta LMG BV, Huisman Equipment BV and Kranendonk Production Systems BV.
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NewsPatrol vessel’s RIB enhances security role
Zodiac Milpro sector has supplied a top of the range Zodiac Hurricane ZH935 Mach 2 RIB for use by the advanced new Offshore Patrol Vessel, L''Adroit.
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Maritime security firm scoops business awards
UK based maritime and offshore security training and consultancy firm Eos Risk Management was awarded two Business Excellence Awards by ActionCOACH UK at a recent ceremony in London.
