All News articles – Page 308

  • Jan Albert Westerbeek (left) and Jasper Winkes
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    BLUE Piling upscaling

    2019-04-10T10:13:00Z

    IHC IQIP has committed itself to the future of the Offshore Wind market and is taking the next important step in the development of BLUE Piling Technology.

  • marine sustainability
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    Marine insurance can aid sustainability

    2019-04-09T17:42:00Z

    Marine insurance firm Skuld has committed to contributing towards both commercial and environmental sustainability as reducing the ecological footprint of the marine industry becomes increasingly important.

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    Internet of Ships

    2019-04-09T10:36:00Z

    Ship Data Center Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary set up by ClassNK, announced the global launched of IoS-OP (Internet of ships open platform), a platform for data distribution and utilization under common rules, at a seminar held during Sea Asia Exhibition.

  • Dr Robert Hogan: “Without the proper workplace safety culture, a company puts its employees and revenues in danger"
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    Personality assessments improving workplace safety

    2019-04-09T10:19:00Z

    Each year, accidents and work-related illnesses cost billions of euros in needless business expenses, and according to specialist Hogan Assessments the best way to combat this is at the recruitment stage.

  • 'Seacat Weatherly' will boast one of the largest foredecks on the market
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    First Chartwell 24 for offshore wind sector

    2019-04-09T09:52:00Z

    Seacat Services, has signed a multi-million-pound contract to build a new Chartwell 24 catamaran for deployment in the offshore wind sector.

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    Green Thessaloniki

    2019-04-09T09:32:00Z

    Striving for sustainability, the Greek Port of Thessaloniki has joined the Green Award program to attract and reward green, high quality ships.

  • Jan De Nul’s cable laying vessel ‘Willem de Vlamingh’
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    HVAC repair agreement

    2019-04-09T09:20:00Z

    TenneT has awarded a framework agreement to Jan De Nul Group for repairs of TenneT’s offshore high-voltage cables in the German Bight.

  • ‘Hafnia Lise’ – the test ship to be used in the GSF 2019 Retrofit project
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    Green ship monitoring

    2019-04-09T09:08:00Z

    Machine Learning based vessel performance solutions supplier GreenSteam has joined Denmark’s Green Ship of the Future project.

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    Anti-corrosive two coat system

    2019-04-09T08:58:00Z

    Danish paint manufacturer Hempel is rolling out a highly flexible two-coat water repellent coating – Hempatop Repel 800.

  • Furuno's new FM4850 unit
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    Five functions in Furuno ‘Black Box’

    2019-04-09T08:42:00Z

    Furuno released a 5-in-1 unit last year featuring VHF Radiotelephone, Class D DSC, GPS Receiver, AIS Receiver, and Simplified Loud Hailer with Intercom.

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    Robust underwriting performance

    2019-04-09T08:28:00Z

    At the first quarter 2019 Board meeting, maritime insurer The Swedish Club reported that it had continued to deliver robust underwriting performance and preserve strong capital adequacy in 2018, amid challenging market conditions. A combined ratio of 99% was achieved.

  • Project partners at the launch of the JIP
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    3D printing maritime spare parts

    2019-04-09T08:20:00Z

    Germany headquartered classification society DNV GL has been appointed as the lead researcher of the first phase of a new Singapore-based program to study the feasibility of additive manufacturing (AM), or 3D printing, in the maritime industry.

  • MRV22
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    Meercat Boats appoints business manager

    2019-04-08T14:14:00Z

    UK-based multirole steel workboat builder Meercat Boats has appointed John Buck as its business manager to strengthen its management team.

  • AMI will be promoting its Technical Flying Squad offering at Seawork 2019
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    Technical Flying Squad

    2019-04-08T12:52:00Z

    Seawork exhibitor AMI Marine has recently publicised its ‘Technical Flying Squad’, a specially selected group of engineers, who respond to emergencies, logistics issues and time dependant service work.

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    Shipowners cooperation

    2019-04-08T12:42:00Z

    The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), the Asian Shipowners’ Association (ASA) and the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) have signed a joint memorandum of understanding.

  • Captain Andy Goldsmith
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    DP practitioner accreditation scheme

    2019-04-08T12:31:00Z

    The application process for the International Marine Contractors Association’s (IMCA) DP (Dynamic Positioning) Practitioner Accreditation Scheme opens on 1 May.

  • 'MPI Cervantes', one of the vessels recently bought by Manor Renewable Energy
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    Fast turnaround for CTVs

    2019-04-08T12:02:00Z

    Crew Transfer Vessels, the ‘MPI Cervantes’ and ‘MPI Cardenio’ have been purchased from Offshore Support Vessels BV for an undisclosed sum by Manor Renewable Energy (MRE) Ltd.

  • Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm
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    O&M contract at Greater Gabbard

    2019-04-05T17:03:00Z

    High voltage engineering specialist EDS HV Group (EDS), part of the UK’s James Fisher and Sons plc, has been awarded a significant 15-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract for OFTO assets at Greater Gabbard offshore windfarm.

  • Back by popular demand; the JRC JMA 5200/5300Mk2
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    Reliable radar brought back from the dead

    2019-04-05T16:51:00Z

    JRC/Alphatron Marine is reintroducing the JMA-5200/5300Mk2 radar series. Thousands of JRC JMA 5200/5300Mk2 radars were installed around the world.

  • The Wärtsilä SceneScan provides accurate positional information for safer operations (Image: Topaz)
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    First ‘targetless’ DP sensor

    2019-04-05T16:35:00Z

    Wärtsilä has successfully completed sea trials of its SceneScan system, the world’s first ‘targetless’ dynamic positioning (DP) laser sensor.