All News articles – Page 505
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NewsExport cable contract for offshore wind farm
Swedish company ABB AB has been awarded the contract for the export cable at the planned Belgian offshore wind farm Rentel.
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NewsPowering the world’s largest cutter suction dredger
Netherlands-headquartered Bakker Sliedrecht is working on the drive systems and auxiliary switchboards for the world’s largest cutter suction dredger, ‘JDN 8069’, that is being built for Jan De Nul Group.
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Alphatron Marine signs AlphaBridge contract for first Damen SOV
Netherlands-headquartered Alphatron Marine has signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of the AlphaBridge including an IT and entertainment package for the first Service Operations Vessel (SOV), providing comfort and safety to the offshore and wind industry.
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NewsMPI Adventure contracted
Specialist offshore wind construction vessel ‘MPI Adventure’ has been contracted to assist with the commissioning works on the offshore substation of the Sandbank Offshore Wind Farm in German waters.
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World’s first ‘offshore’ aquaculture development
The Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Fisheries has approved Norway’s first development concession enabling Ocean Farming AS, supported by global marine technology company Kongsberg Maritime AS, to build the world’s first automated ‘exposed’ aquaculture facility.
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NewsTwo Damen FCS for SeaZip
SeaZip Offshore Services has taken delivery of two Damen Fast Crew Suppliers (FCS) 2610. Continuing the company’s vessel-naming convention, the new additions will be known as SeaZip 5 and SeaZip 6. The Netherlands-headquartered offshore service provider now has six Damen FCS 2610 vessels in its fleet.
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NewsHumphree and Volvo Penta
Swedish propulsion giant Volvo Penta has announced that it has signed an agreement to become the major shareholder of the Swedish trim tab and stabiliser specialist, Humphree.
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NewsUnderwater cavitation cleaning technology
The Cavitcleaner System is a new innovative underwater cavitation cleaning technology that has been developed by divers, for divers.
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NewsVessel control in the cloud
The Internet of Things is online aboard merchant vessels already. Engine manufacturers, suppliers of equipment and instruments all now install sensors that monitor performance and condition. All this data can be fed into monitoring and alarm systems.
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NewsAll-Energy – all ready to welcome you
All-Energy 2016, the UK’s largest renewable and sustainable energy exhibition and conference, is being held 4-5 May at the Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC), Glasgow, Scotland, UK – You can register free of charge to attend at www.all-energy.co.uk.
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Valeport Indonesian success
Valeport in Devon, UK, has reported a multiple delivery of 31 TideMaster tide gauges, 14 mini-SVS sound velocity sensors and a similar quantity of its miniSVP sound velocity profilers to the Indonesian Directorate General of Sea Transportation (HUBLA) in a venture carried out in association with South East Asian distributors, ...
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New iXBlue developments
iXBlue has launched Rovins Nano, a new compact inertial navigation system which the French company says will revolutionise ROV navigation. Based on the company’s widely-adopted fibre optic technology, it is designed for ROV pilots carrying out maintenance and construction operations and is claimed to provide unrivalled stability and accuracy ...
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Geo Plus expands in Middle East
Dutch survey organisation Geo Plus BV of Scheemda has expanded operations with establishment of a secondary base in the UAE to support its Middle East and North Africa operations.
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NewsRemote survey platform trials completed
UK-based Bibby HydroMap announced at last month’s Oceanology International event in London successful completion of trials of its newly-developed Dynamic Remotely-Operated Survey Platform (d’ROP) assembly designed for remote surveying in challenging environments considered too taxing for inspection-class ROVs.
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NewsEwoud Visser: DUC Marine
“You can’t stay still in this kind of market,” said Ewoud Visser of DUC Marine, the Netherlands-headquartered offshore services group. “You have to make a decision about whether to scale up and meet the new challenges, or just downsize.”
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NewsNot just grease
Adequate lubrication for deck equipment doesn’t come down to “it looks like good thick grease so it should work”, Ben Bryant of Klüber Lubrication told MJ.
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NewsGiant mooring system from Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce is to design the mooring system for the giant crane vessel ‘Sleipnir’.
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News‘Out of the box’ AHC
The very first client of the X-Wave ‘self-learning’ motion compensation system “took us at our word – and decided to use the kit straight out of the box... no sea trials”.
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NewsDifferent needs, different build
When it came to designing a new offshore access system that would satisfy various clients’ needs “it was like trying to mix a car, a bicycle and a train”, Herman Groot Beumer of Barge Master told MJ.
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IADC Young Author Award at WODCON
The IADC Young Author Award will be presented at the World Dredging Congress and Exposition (WODCON) this June in Miami, Florida USA.
