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  • Serco's new ART 80-32 Rotor Tug will be modified for naval duties (Damen)
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    TOWLINES

    2016-03-02T11:15:00Z

    Public services provider Serco have placed what can be viewed as a prestigious order with Damen Shipyards for a Damen ART 80-32 Advanced Rotor Tug.

  • 'Arriero' is the first of four RAstar 2400-W tugs for SAAM (Robert Allan Ltd)
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    Robert Allan round-up

    2016-03-02T11:05:00Z

    A dual-fuel tug for China, an order for the Royal Thai Navy, another delivery of the popular Z-Tech tug and deliveries and orders for SAAM S.A. are some of the recent items of news from Robert Allan Ltd (RAL).

  • Fratelli Neri's newbuild is another of the ever-popular ASD Tug 3212 design (Damen)
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    Damen delivers two for Italy

    2016-03-02T11:04:00Z

    Among the regular deliveries from Damen’s range to report this month are a pair of ASD tugs to separate Italian owners.

  • Svitzer's fleet profile has to account for ever larger ships entering service (Svitzer)
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    Svitzer posts positive results for 2015

    2016-03-02T10:41:00Z

    Global towage and marine related services company Svitzer has reported what it describes as “very good results” from activities in 2015.

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    SUT Conference

    2016-03-01T16:38:00Z

    The Society for Underwater Technology, which has members in over 40 countries, is to celebrate its 50th anniversary with a three-day conference at London’s ExCel Centre on The Future of Underwater Technology, from 15-17 November.

  • Nexans Skagerrak, Nexans Norway’s 118m cable laying vessel for which iSurvey is providing an extensive range of support facilities under a multi-year frame agreement
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    iSurvey positioning support agreements

    2016-03-01T16:34:00Z

    iSurvey, the Norwegian offshore support group with subsidiary bases in Aberdeen and Singapore, has been awarded a multi-year frame agreement with Nexans Norway AS covering provision of navigation, positioning and survey services for cable lay operations aboard its specialist support vessel, ‘Nexans Skagerrak’.

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    Applied Acoustics down under contract

    2016-03-01T16:28:00Z

    Great Yarmouth, UK-based Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) has recorded the 450th sale of its USBL (Ultra Short Baseline) range of acoustic positioning systems with supply of a Nexus model to Neptune Marine Services in Perth, one of Australia’s leading exponents of integrated offshore engineering solutions.

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    Sub-bottom profilers for Chinese research institutes

    2016-03-01T16:25:00Z

    Two leading research institutes belonging to the government-owned China Geological Survey organisation in Beijing, GMGS and QIMG, are being equipped with Teledyne Reson ParaSound P70 sub-bottom profilers capable of penetrating seabeds at more than 200m in water depths as deep as 11,000m.

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    Rijkswaterstaat orders inland water multibeam systems

    2016-03-01T16:18:00Z

    IGA, the specialist department of the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure & Environment’s Rijkswaterstaat organisation responsible for surveying 5472 km of inland waterways throughout the Netherlands, has commissioned five Kongsberg Maritime EM 2040C high-resolution shallow water multibeam systems as the mainstay for future operations aboard its fleet of vessels.

  • The new Dolphin 2D sonar system from Marine Electronics designed for use on small ROVs and AUVs
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    New Marine Electronics sonar developments

    2016-03-01T16:13:00Z

    Guernsey-based sonar specialists Marine Electronics in the Channel Islands, which recently delivered an advanced 3D profiling system for short range bathymetry to the Korean Institute of Ocean Science & Technology (KIOST) in Ansan, has developed a new Dolphin 2D system designed mainly for small AUVs and ROVs.

  • The WQW team – from left Pawel Wysocki, Fergal Quinn and Ed Woollam
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    New London maritime law firm

    2016-03-01T11:29:00Z

    A new legal practice based in London''s West End has been launched to advise on the acquisition and financing of superyachts, commercial vessels, rolling stock and business jets.

  • OSD's new tractor tug design has the option of azimuth or Voith propulsion (OSD)
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    New tractor tug design offered by OSD

    2016-03-01T10:10:00Z

    Dutch naval architect and marine engineering services company Offshore Ship Designers (OSD) has revealed a new design of tractor tug offering a choice between both Voith Schneider and azimuth thruster configurations.

  • 'Voe Earl' and Wello Penguin arrive at Falmouth (Delta Marine)
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    Delta Marine completes wave energy converter tow

    2016-03-01T10:02:00Z

    Lerwick-based Delta Marine has reported completion of the 719nm tow of a wave energy convertor from Kirkwall, in the Orkney Islands to Falmouth on the UK south west coast.

  • The two ASDs will join Voith tractor and conventional tugs in Rimorchiatori Riuniti's fleet (Damen)
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    Two more Damen ASDs for Riuniti

    2016-03-01T09:58:00Z

    Italian tug operator Rimorchiatori Riuniti will be adding to its existing Damen fleet following the announcement of an order for two ASD Tug 2913s set for delivery in 2016 and 2017.

  • Grzegorz Mazerski: cleaner fuels are one element, but... more novel structures might also have a part to play
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    Grzegorz Mazerski: Deltamarin

    2016-02-29T17:46:00Z

    “I thought I’d understood vessel design during my university courses,” said Grzegorz Mazerski of Finish ship designers Deltamarin, “but the three years I spent in a Polish yard after college were the real school.”

  • The original Cheetah Marine Wetwheels catamaran operates out of Portsmouth Harbour
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    Cheetahs prowling the pontoons

    2016-02-29T17:13:00Z

    Visitors to Seawork International 2016 will be able to see three of Cheetah Marine’s larger series of catamarans on the pontoons.

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    Management shake-up at DP World

    2016-02-29T13:53:00Z

    Two new management appointments have been announced at DP World.

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    Offshore renewables firm appoints new director

    2016-02-29T13:49:00Z

    UK-based offshore wind industry specialist, CWind, has appointed Henrik Hansen to the new role of strategy & sales director.

  • Visit SeaRegs Training at Seawork International 2016 on stand PG248
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    SeaRegs expands programme

    2016-02-26T17:06:00Z

    Seawork Exhibitor SeaRegs Training, based in Plymouth, UK, has announced the expansion of its training programme to include Boatmaster and Workboat qualifications in response to changes in MCA legislation.

  • Inmarsat has announced the successful trial for Fleet Xpress in Antarctic waters
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    Successful trial of Fleet Xpress

    2016-02-26T12:02:00Z

    Together with Global Marine Networks and Network Innovations, Inmarsat has announced the successful trial and subsequent commercial order for Fleet Xpress in Antarctic waters.