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NewsUK doubles subsidies for tidal and wave energy
UK changes to subsidies for renewable electricity could incentivise between £20 billion and £25 billion of new investment in the economy between 2013 and 2017.
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NewsRhine-Danube Canal heads for 20th anniversary
Germany’s historic Rhine-Main-Danube (RMD) Canal, which links two of Europe’s mightiest river complexes and two halves of the European continent, celebrates its 20th anniversary in September.
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NewsGL provides classification for WFSVs
Germanischer Lloyd is moving into the offshore windfarm support vessel market by providing classification services for the first newbuildings to an innovative design from Norwegain shipyard Fjellstarnd AS.
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NewsIHC launches Iraqi dredging duo
Dutch specialist shipbuilder IHC Merwede has launched the 500 m3 grab hopper dredger Dohuk and the 3,500 m3 trailing suction hopper dredger Karbala in two ceremonies at the company’s Krimpen aan den Ijssel yard.
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NewsNice splice lines up a Seatrade award
The Lankhorst Ropes A3 splice has gained the Seatrade Innovation in Ship Operations award.
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NewsScreens all round optimise efficiency
The attitude to screening ship’s navigation bridges from the sun has changed a lot in two decades.
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Rope trio merge for rigging supergroup
Hendrik Veder, RopeQuip, and European Rope Services will merge on 1 September 2012, founding the Hendrik Veder Group.
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NewsCall for material tech papers
A conference on recent and future material technologies used in the marine and offshore industry is being organised by RINA.
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NewsP&O receives Marine Software
UK based company Marine Software LTD recently delivered the Marine Project Manager Software (MPJ) to P&O Maritime Services.
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NewsFerry death
A man has died after falling overboard from a Scottish ferry 30 miles off Fraserburgh in Scotland.
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NewsPowerful thruster for Savannah River ‘Belle’
Savannah, Georgia’s newest passenger ferry will be equipped with Washington USA based Wesmar’s model V2 18 inch all stainless steel dual prop, counter rotating bow thruster for docking and positioning.
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NewsLifting operations survey training course
The wide range of operational equipment both on board a vessel and dockside can make the job of a surveyor, and indeed anyone responsible for examining equipment, challenging and fraught with pitfalls.
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NewsAir sprung ease for the Artemis
The Artemis is a self propelled cutter suction dredger, but a lot has gone into making it as self contained as possible. Above all, is the ability to just keep churning as running a dredger is an expensive business.
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NewsBig Blue lifts output at ancient Rye
Situated in the ancient port of Rye UK, Rastrum Ltd has been a major force in the re-development of Rye wharf, with the company now occupying almost 24,000 m2 of storage and office space at the facility.
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NewsThe answer to ‘expanding environmental windows’
It started when the US Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation asked the National Academies what were the most important factors in research vessel design.
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NewsAnswering the stress of wind
ContiTech Vibration Control has developed an innovative generator bearing and an enhanced gearbox bearing for modern wind power stations.
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European expertise for first US windfarm
Geoscience survey company Fugro has commenced a major geotechnical and geophysical survey operation for America’s first offshore wind farm, Cape Wind.
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Cable maintenance agreement for Ormonde
Offshore power transmission operator Transmission Capital Partners has contracted with subsea power cable installation provider Global Marine Systems Energy Ltd to provide cable repair and maintenance services for the transmission link at the Ormonde offshore wind farm.
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NewsSafe transfer solutions for offshore wind farms
Offshore wind farms constantly require ongoing maintenance, for routine and non-routine purposes, such as, equipment failures.
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NewsDredging giant diversifies with offshore wind
Netherlands based international dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has started the construction of the Teesside Offshore Wind Farm, located off the coast Redcar UK.
