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Tidal energy summit
The tenth Annual International Tidal Energy Summit (ITES) will focus on how international project developers plan to reduce cost and still deploy reliable turbines in the future.
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NewsRevamp for oldest passenger steamship
The 108 year old passenger steamer ''Alexandra'', billed as the oldest operational ship of its type in Germany, is undergoing boiler replacement this autumn in the wake of repair and maintenance that has been more extensive and costly than originally expected.
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NewsSpecialist repair spread at Diedrich
Repair and maintenance work on a wide range of workboats into the autumn has pointed up the continuing extensive capability of Germany’s versatile Schiffswerft Diedrich.
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NewsCatamaran field trials
German diesel engine manufacturer MAN, which has been field trialling engines aboard a Lake Constance catamaran has recently published the project’s first results regarding consumption and reliability.
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NewsVan Oord barge repairs
Damen Shiprepair Vlissingen, Holland has recently completed maintenance and repair works on the Van Oord-owned Split Hopper Barges ‘Jan Blanken’ and ‘Jan Leeghwater’.
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NewsMinehunter maintenance
‘HMS Brocklesby’, one of the UK Royal Navy’s eight Hunt Class minehunters, has had her engines renewed after 33 years of service.
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NewsPropulsion efficiency for hull propeller systems
The power transmission technology category of the Hanns Voith Foundation prize this year went to Sören Schenke from the Hamburg-Harburg University of Technology for his master’s thesis on the ‘Assessment of Propulsion Efficiency for Hull-Propeller Systems’.
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NewsThird aquaculture Meercat for Dawnfresh
Portchester, UK-based Meercat Workboats has sold a third vessel to Dawnfresh, a large player in the Scottish aquaculture business.
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NewsHornsea Two go-ahead
The Hornsea Two offshore wind farm from DONG Energy, located off the coast of Yorkshire, UK has recently gained planning consent from the Business and Energy Secretary, Greg Clark.
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NewsHybrid partnership proven
France-headquartered Leroy-Somer and UK-headquartered Control Techniques and Mayday Electronics have joined forces to offer a hybrid propulsion system for a new Corsican excursion vessel.
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NewsPortsmouth navaids for new carriers
Work on new lights that will guide the Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers safely into Portsmouth harbour, UK is nearing completion as the top sections of the structures are put in place.
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NewsMetallisation protecting marine investments
Parkol Marine Engineering, based in Whitby, UK has recently applied a thermal sprayed zinc coating to a new whitefish trawler, the ‘Resilient LK195’, to protect it from corrosion.
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NewsRamboll to help berth ‘Sir David’
Danish marine engineering consultancy Ramboll has been appointed as Technical Advisor for British Antarctic Survey (BAS), to support projects in the Antarctic region and in the UK.
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Scandinavian pollution partnership
Finland-based Lamor Corporation Ab and the Norway-based Markleen Group recently signed a cooperation agreement that is claimed will form the most comprehensive and highest quality Oil Spill Response (OSR) solution network on the global market.
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NewsNew record for wind turbine blade transfer
German shipbroker, Hanseatic Break Bulk (HBB), along with its alliance partner, NEPA Shipping Amsterdam, have arranged the transport of 150 wind turbine blades from North China to the US west coast.
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TMG tackling changing threats
A former British First Sea Lord has backed The Maritime Group International’s (TMG) new security drive to meet rapidly changing threats worldwide.
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NewsDynamic next generation vessel workshops
A unique programme of three specialist events for the sub IMO/sub 24m professional sector is being held back to back at the Grand Harbour in Southampton UK this October.
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NewsEmergency repairs
When Pacific International Drilling West Africa’s (PIDWAL) drillship ‘Pacific Bora’ suffered damage to the starboard aft hull off the coast of Nigeria, PIDWAL called for assistance from the Harris Pye Engineering Group.
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NewsHercules sea trials
The latest of an order of fast patrol boats for Qatar has been undergoing seatrials. The Hercules 75 has been built to a design by BMT Nigel Gee, using Gurit composites, by Ares Shipyard in Turkey.
