All News articles – Page 220

  • After over a decade working offshore, Dan Greeves doesn't mind getting his hands dirty
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    Toilets on turbines: You heard it here first

    2020-11-06T11:35:00Z

    Dan Greeves, founder of Pegasus Welfare Solutions (PWS), secured a worldwide patent for a standalone toilet unit within an offshore turbine tower to solve what he terms an ‘elephant in the room’ issue.

  • Survitec raft
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    Rebrand offers more operational flexibility

    2020-11-06T11:22:00Z

    One global safety and survival solutions provider has rebranded its liferaft rental and exchange service to meet increasing market demand for service flexibility.

  • CWind worked with Rovco to carry out this year’s campaign
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    Windfarm subsea inspection

    2020-11-06T11:20:00Z

    CWind, part of the Global Marine Group, has completed this year’s campaign as part of their East Anglia ONE Windfarm contract.

  • Having humans in the water will always pose a risk
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    How automated can commercial diving become?

    2020-11-06T10:55:00Z

    Craig English, Operations Director of Subsea Services at Briggs Marine, outlines the benefits and limitations of using Remote Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and explains why divers can still be a reliable and cost-efficient choice.

  • pilot boat contract signing
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    ABP invests GB£9m in pilot boat fleet

    2020-11-05T12:42:00Z

    Associated British Ports (ABP) has commissioned a fleet of nine new fast and fuel-efficient pilot boats in a deal worth around GB£9m.

  • Delegates and Chairman in the round table discussion stage
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    Novel fuels: drop-in or not?

    2020-11-05T12:02:00Z

    In the Commercial Marine Network’s first webinar in a new, free to attend five Webinar series, industry experts have begun the process of steering a course to decarbonising workboat operations.

  • SeaDarQ radar processing technology
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    AI radar processing for oil spill detection

    2020-11-05T09:27:00Z

    To further strengthen the Norbit solutions for oil spill detection, met. ocean measurements and target detection, Norbit has acquired the SeaDarQ radar processing technology from Nortek AS.

  • offshore wind floaters
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    Partnership champions concrete floaters

    2020-11-04T15:06:00Z

    A floating wind specialist and a slipforming technology firm have partnered to optimise serial production of concrete floaters.

  • Dogger Bank Wind Farm
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    Push for corporate offshore wind expansion

    2020-11-04T13:50:00Z

    A new guide highlights opportunities for UK companies to become part of the global offshore wind supply chain, and for those already working in it to win further multi-million-pound orders.

  • Asbjørn Halsebakke: “Ask who wants a change? Everybody. But ask who wants to change – the answer is usually, ‘nobody’...”
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    Asbjørn Halsebakke: Yaskawa Environmental Energy / The Switch

    2020-11-04T11:33:00Z

    “Ask who wants a change? Everybody. But ask who wants to change – the answer is usually, ‘nobody’…” Asbjørn Halsebakke told MJ.

  • online training
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    Online training surge during pandemic

    2020-11-03T14:17:00Z

    One expert maritime industry provider of seafarer training has announced a 32% increase in online training sales to merchant shipping companies not sailing with passenger groups.

  • M15Q in between test runs in the Stockholm archipelago
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    Quad 450hp outboards for high speed interceptor

    2020-11-03T13:10:00Z

    Marell Boats of Sweden is launching the M15 Quad outboard open high-speed interceptor that includes fine tuning of the existing M15 hull.

  • The boat was named 'Stainsby' after one of the original four villages that later became Middlesbrough
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    New pilot boat for Teesport

    2020-11-03T12:42:00Z

    PD Ports, owner of Teesport and legal guardians of the River Tees, has welcomed the arrival of a new £1.35 million pilot vessel, Stainsby, to its fleet.

  • Red7Marine’s Haven Seajack 2 100T jack-up barge was used as a stable working platform
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    When you need to clean a bridge…

    2020-11-03T12:09:00Z

    Red7Marine, has recently completed a cleaning contract on the A14 at Orwell Bridge, Suffolk, on behalf of Highways England and Ringway.

  • Toby Adams
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    Ribcraft acquired by UK entrepreneur

    2020-11-02T20:41:00Z

    Ribcraft UK has been acquired by a UK entrepreneur and is set to expand in governmental, military and securities sectors as well as focus more on environmental sustainability.

  • DemoSATH project
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    DemoSATH manufacturing contract awarded

    2020-11-02T19:26:00Z

    A manufacturing and assembly contract has been awarded for the DemoSATH floating wind project.

  • 'Seaka' will be able to provide cost effective solutions for dredging to customers all over the country
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    Multicat reconfigured into water injection dredger

    2020-11-02T13:30:00Z

    The Marine Group’s Harbour Management Division has expanded its dredging capabilities with the recent completion of their bespoke built water injection dredger, ‘CMS Seaka’.

  • The fluke is made from a plastic that offers limited flexibility and it is shaped to replicate a dolphin’s tail
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    Dolphin inspired propeller alternative is just a fluke

    2020-11-02T13:05:00Z

    A Swedish company called Dolprop Industries has developed propulsion technology for small vessels that is based on the way that the tail flukes of whales and dolphins work.

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    Ammonia fuel guidance

    2020-11-02T12:40:00Z

    US classification society ABS has published guidance on Ammonia as Marine Fuel, evaluating the challenges in design and operation of ammonia-fuelled vessels.

  • full scale foam test
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    VIKING signs firefighting foam partnership

    2020-10-30T13:52:00Z

    Denmark-based VIKING Life-Saving Equipment has struck a global partnership agreement with a major foam manufacturer to put marine fire safety at the centre of its one-stop shop strategy for maritime and offshore safety.