All News articles – Page 535

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    EIVA teams up with MACSEA

    2015-10-16T12:58:00Z

    Danish company EIVA has expanded its network of offshore specialists by joining forces with Brazilian underwater technology expert MACSEA.

  • Palfinger Ned-Deck won an order for 12 newly designed davits
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    Palfinger order for Malaysian Navy

    2015-10-16T12:45:00Z

    Palfinger Ned-Deck has received an order from Boustead Naval Shipyards for 12 newly designed davits which will be produced for the Royal Malaysian Navy.

  • All 23 turtles were located alive with the Pulse 8X and the transmitters were successfully detached
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    Underwater metal detectors utilised

    2015-10-15T17:32:00Z

    Marine scientists are employing the underwater metal detector, Pulse 8X, in order to receive transmitter devices, locate shellfish and protect habitats.

  • The dredging campaign will allow deeper-drafted vessels to call at ports along the Humber Estuary Photo: ABP/David Lee Photography
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    Hull’s low-carbon future

    2015-10-15T17:07:00Z

    One year on the foundations for the Siemens development at ABP''s Alexandra Dock in Hull have been laid providing what has been called a foundation for the UK’s low-carbon future.

  • A new record has been set at Maasvlakte II loading the ‘Madison Maersk’
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    New record for Maasvlakte II

    2015-10-15T15:07:00Z

    APM Terminals’ Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam is already setting records with its loading operations even though its only been officially open since April.

  • The proposed project will be the world’s first man-made energy-generating lagoon, with a 320MW installed capacity
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    UK tidal lagoon development comes to a halt

    2015-10-15T11:52:00Z

    Plans for the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, a 320MW energy project being built off the coast of the UK, have come to a halt as developers wait for the government to finalise a contract for difference (CfD).

  • UK based Burgess Marine has secured a long-term lease of two slipways
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    Burgess Marine expansion

    2015-10-14T16:55:00Z

    UK-based Burgess Marine has entered a phase of expansion by securing the long-term lease of two slipways from ABP Southampton and the acquisition of Small & Co Marine Engineering in Lowestoft.

  • Offshore supply vessel 'VOS Sympathy'
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    Met mast maintenance

    2015-10-14T16:44:00Z

    As part of an ongoing remit as a technical advisor to Forewind Limited, The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) team in the UK provided support for an operations and maintenance trip to the two meteorological masts on Dogger Bank.

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    Mercury 6.7 diesel

    2015-10-14T16:03:00Z

    Global powertrain innovator FPT Industrial has entered an agreement with US marine propulsion supplier Mercury Marine to make the FPT 6.7-litre mechanical fuel injection NEF engine available for sale in global markets.

  • Just plot the starting point, usually the harbour you are leaving and the finish point of the voyage
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    Autorouting from Navionics

    2015-10-14T15:21:00Z

    For all workboats and similar craft it is a legal requirement to develop a passage plan before sailing. The requirement entails plotting the proposed route, checking the weather and tides and looking at alternative ports among other things. The aim is to ensure that the vessel the crew are well ...

  • TRIAXYS Wave Buoys are used to monitor sea conditions before offshore builds are started, including windfarms
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    Wave buoy delivery times shortened

    2015-10-14T14:47:00Z

    Canadian navigational aids specialist, AXYS Technologies Inc (AXYS), is now selling its TRIAXYS Wave Buoy directly through its new offices in Belgium and France bringing shorter delivery times to the European market.

  • OINA will take place from 14 to 16 February 2017 at the San Diego Convention Centre in California
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    Oceanology event for North America

    2015-10-14T11:29:00Z

    Ocean science and marine technology exhibition and conference, Oceanology International (OI), is expanding with a new North American event.

  • Jack-up 'Goliath' in strong current in the Raz Blanchard
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    Extreme current Jack-up

    2015-10-14T11:22:00Z

    GeoSea, part of the Belgian dredging, marine engineering and environmental group DEME has announced what it calls a ‘major break-through’ in the tidal energy sector. As a specialist in complex offshore marine engineering projects, the company has successfully completed trials of a jack-up vessel in extreme current flows.

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    Venetian cabling

    2015-10-14T10:54:00Z

    Italian cabling specialist Novacavi has reported that it has been providing continuous support in designing and providing special cables for the MOSE (Experimental Electromechanical Module) project in Venice.

  • The Flex-hone is available in many sizes, 11 abrasive types and 8 grits
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    Small tool aided big salvage

    2015-10-14T10:08:00Z

    US-based Brush Research Manufacturing says its Flex-Hone Tool, played a small but important, role in one of the largest engineering feats in marine history – the raising of the shipwrecked ‘Costa Concordia’.

  • Rolls-Royce now has seven engineers trained who will be able to provide all required service and overhaul work onboard their joint customers’ vessels
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    Rolls-Royce training for EBH Namibia

    2015-10-13T16:51:00Z

    Rolls-Royce’s engine factory in Bergen, Norway, has been busy serving the African market, carrying out training for Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia employees to boost skills in marine engine repair.

  • The EC135 helicopter has been purchased specifically to support the GLA
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    GLA gains new helicopter

    2015-10-13T16:49:00Z

    Helicopter operator PDG has taken ownership of a new EC135 helicopter with call sign G-GLAA.

  • BlueTEC Texel Tidal platform in operation, producing clean electricity from the tides in the Wadden Sea
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    Drawing board to grid-connected in 6 months

    2015-10-13T15:55:00Z

    The BlueTEC Texel Tidal partnership in Holland has announced that the first months of operating the BlueTEC tidal energy platform have been a success. With every tidal flow, the platform now supplies electricity into the Dutch national grid.

  • Cammell Laird shipyard has secured the build contract for a £200 million polar research ship
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    Polar research ship build

    2015-10-13T15:54:00Z

    British shipyard Cammell Laird shipyard has beaten off global competition to secure the build for a new £200 million polar research ship.

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    Piracy area revision

    2015-10-12T16:18:00Z

    The Baltic and International Maritime Council say that the co-sponsors of Best Management Practice of Protection against Somali Piracy, version four, have agreed to a revised definition of the High Risk Area (HRA).