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Working to reallocate UK ferry sector employees
The UK Ferry sector is being hit hard with coronavirus effect and is facing redundancies on a large scale with two to three year recovery anticipated.
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NewsPower steering approval
Dometic’s Vancouver facility has received RINA Approval and Certification for its Optimus 5000 Electronic Power Steering System (EPS).
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NewsTeignbridge propels autonomous ship
Teignbridge Propellers International has equipped a pioneering autonomous ship with a propulsion system that will enable it to safely travel around the world.
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NewsTug delivery round-up
It has been another productive period for Damen Shipyards Group and this month’s round-up examines seven deliveries, all from its Chinese and Vietnam facilities.
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NewsSvitzer renews Australian towage agreement
A long-running agreement between Svitzer and Smit Lamnalco has been renewed which will see continued cooperation in four Australian ports.
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NewsSalvage round-up
ISU statistics for 2019 may paint a mixed picture but a snapshot of recent incidents establishes the importance of the professional salvage industry.
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NewsAlfonso Jurado: Técnicas y Servicios de Ingeniería (TSI)
Groundbreaking innovation has a hard time getting a foothold. Especially when all the rules and experience seem set against it. But it is possible – and when the stakes are high, the effort is worth it, said Fibreship project lead Alfonso Jurado of TSI.
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News'Microgrid in a Box' launches
A microgrid energy storage system (ESS) has been launched that can add energy storage to virtually any vessel, without the need for complex design and build times, with the highest energy density available in the world today.
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NewsVoith propellers for pusher boats
Voith will supply a total of five Voith Schneider propellers for two new diesel-electric pusher boats with high energy efficiency for a European steel manufacturing company.
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NewsCommercial traffic disruption as bridge closes 'indefinitely'
The 133-year-old Hammersmith Bridge in west London is considered at risk of ''catastrophic failure'' and has now been closed to river traffic, as well as to pedestrians and road traffic, meaning loss of work for commercial boat operators and limited access to upriver boat yards.
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NewsFaroe Islands planning offshore wind farms
Lying between the British Isles and Iceland, the Faroe Islands have a plentiful supply of wind and now there are plans to build offshore wind farms to drive the islands closer to carbon neutrality writes Dag Pike
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News‘Wave killer’ is new way to protect shorelines
Atlantean Systems is a US company that has developed the Wave Killer, a system of tubes embedded into the seabed that when activated can create a bubble barrier that is claimed to reduce the impact of waves breaking on the shore, writes Dag Pike.
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NewsJoint venture for 3D printing marine spare parts
Wilhelmsen’s Marine Products division and thyssenkrupp aim to re-examine and optimize the production and delivery process of 3D printed spare parts for the maritime market.
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NewsPatrol boat with powerful propulsion
The Taiwanese Coast Guard''s (TCG) new 600t patrol boat features a powerful propulsion arrangement.
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NewsVenice: where even the patrol boats look stylish
A new Hybrid Propulsion Patrol Boat for the ‘117’ surveillance and public utility service has been officially delivered to the Guardia di Finanza (the Italian finance police) in the Venice Lagoon.
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NewsData collection marks wind farm progress
A jack-up vessel is working close to shore off a Norfolk, UK beach collecting seabed data to shape the design of two major wind farms.
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NewsSubsea business unit launched
A global provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services to the telecommunications, offshore renewables, utility and oil & gas markets has launched a new business unit.
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NewsPier repair will bring multiple port benefits
Associated British Ports has announced the commencement of construction work to repair Swansea West Pier, which plays an important part in preventing coastal erosion in the City of Swansea.
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NewsRetractable thrusters for Coast Guard vessel
Finnish maritime major Wärtsilä has won a contract for the delivery and integration engineering of two Retractable Thrusters and a Dynamic Positioning (DP) system for the CCGS Amundsen, a Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) Icebreaker.
