All News articles – Page 457
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News‘Thalassa’ modernisation
Piriou Naval Services, the French branch of the Piriou group for Repair and Services, has won the European bid Ifremer launched in June 2016 for the modernisation of its oceanographic research vessel ‘Thalassa’.
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NewsCortec enhancement
US metal coating manufacturer Cortec says its VpCI-368 coating has just become more powerful with the addition of extra Vapour phase Corrosion Inhibitors.
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NewsMastervolt solid state relay
Dutch marine power expert, Mastervolt, has introduced a new solid state relay which can efficiently charge two batteries from one source.
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NewsIntegrated navigation contract
Havyard Design & Solutions has developed the new windfarm service vessel design Havyard 831 SOV in close cooperation with Danish shipowner ESVAGT. The vessel is compact and efficient, but with ample capacity to provide onboard service and transport technicians and equipment.
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NewsAtlas Elektronik wins German Navy order
Atlas Elektronik has won an order for the modernisation of three minehunting vessels which are in service with the German Navy.
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NewsContract signed for Nigg Bay development
A major milestone has taken place in the development of Nigg Bay as a significant expansion of the harbour facilities at Aberdeen, UK, with the signing of a contract for the construction work.
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NewsLARS contract
Swedish low current tidal energy developer Minesto has contracted UK firms Holyhead Towing Co and Turbine Transfers to develop a launch and recovery system for its Deep Green 10MW subsea project in the Irish Sea off the Welsh coast.
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Indian centre of excellence
Sweden-headquartered marine polymers expert Trelleborg’s marine systems operation has relocated and almost doubled the size of its engineering and design centre of excellence in a new 1,000 square metre premises in Ahmedabad, India.
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NewsVenetian workboat
Italian boat builder FB Design specialises in fast patrol boats but has also built some low profile patrol boats for the police in Venice. It was this Venice experience that led some marine contractors in Venice to approach FB Design for ideas about a landing craft type design that could ...
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NewsFirst turbine installed at Dudgeon
A2SEA has installed the first turbine at Dudgeon offshore windfarm, the first of 67 Siemens 6MW turbines to be installed for Statoil, Masdar and Statkraft.
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NewsOpen source tool for wave and tidal arrays
Wave and tidal energy design tool DTOcean has been launched as an open source software package. The tool’s developers say it will assist project developers to design wave and tidal energy arrays by identifying optimal layouts, components and procedures.
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NewsFinning 3500 range meets Tier 4 regulations
Cat 3516E from FinningThis falls in line with the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Tier 4 standard which came into full affect at the start of this year.On 1 January 2017, all new engines with a maximum power of 1000bkW must meet the EPA’s Tier 4 emission regulations, which demand an ...
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NewsBattersea piling work
UK-headquartered Red7Marine has secured a contract to install two new large diameter mooring piles for the new Battersea Power Station river bus installation.
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NewsRobin Rigg maintenance work
CWind, a UK-headquartered integrated service provider in the offshore wind industry, has supplied Crew Transfer Vessels to assist with blade repair operations at the offshore wind farm for E.ON, the wind farm site owner at Robin Rigg offshore wind farm.
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NewsSwitch to renewables reaps Scottish success
Scotland-headquartered subsea and engineering technology company, Ecosse Subsea Systems Ltd (ESS), has said it has benefited as an ‘early adopter’ as it has moved from its traditional focus in oil and gas in to the renewables and interconnector markets.
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NewsKishorn Port Invests £500k in dry dock
Kishorn Port Ltd (KPL), the joint venture that is seeking to resurrect the redundant oil fabrication yard at Kishorn on the west coast of Scotland, has commenced the first phase of re-instating the dry dock on the site.
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NewsVan Oord to build largest wind farm in Belgian waters
Belgian offshore contractor Van Oord has signed a contract with Norther for the construction of the Norther offshore wind farm, located 23 km off the Zeebrugge coast in Belgium.
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NewsRectiverter UPS system for Hywind
Norwegian power electronics specialist Eltek has announced that it has been chosen by Siemens to provide power solutions for the prestigious Hywind Scotland Pilot Park floating wind turbine project. The agreement includes the company’s Rectiverter product.
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NewsScana Propulsion secures new contracts
Scana Propulsion has signed a deal to deliver reduction gearboxes to two Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessels (AHTS) for Grupo CBO, Brazil.
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News‘MPI Enterprise’ completes Nordergünde turbine installation
As 2016 drew to a close, Netherlands marine construction major MPI Offshore (a Vroon subsidiary) announced that its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) ‘MPI Enterprise’ had completed its installation of 18 6.2M126 Senvion turbines at the Nordergründe offshore windfarm.
