All News articles – Page 584

  • Hands-on demonstrations are a key part of the Ocean Business offering
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    Ocean Business 2015

    2015-03-05T17:47:00Z

    Ocean Business 2015 will take place from 14 – 16 April 2015 at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton, UK. Taking place every two years, Ocean Business is widely recognised as one of the most important events in the ocean technology calendar - and this year, the event’s organisers claim, ...

  • Vattenfall already owns a 60% stake of the Horns Rev 1 windfarm Photo: Heidi Lundsgaard/Vattenfall
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    Vattenfall wins concession for Horns Rev 3

    2015-03-05T17:45:00Z

    Vattenfall Wind Power has won the concession to build the offshore windfarm Horns Rev 3 off the Danish west coast and is just waiting for approval from the Danish Parliament and EU.

  • Ocean Scene – venue for Seawork Conference 2015
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    New venue for Seawork Conference

    2015-03-05T17:40:00Z

    This year’s Seawork International, the commercial marine exhibition organised by Mercator Media Ltd, will feature a new conference venue, the ‘Ocean Scene''.

  • Damen has upped its capacity at Antalya to build the Fast Crew Supplier 5009
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    Damen increases capacity in Turkey

    2015-03-05T14:50:00Z

    Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey has added new dedicated capacity to build the popular Fast Crew Supplier 5009 at the yard – a dedicated 12,000m² facility called Antalya II.

  • Maritime Partner's Alusafe 1300 MkIII
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    Patrol boat delivered for Norwegian Defence

    2015-03-05T13:14:00Z

    Ålesund, Norway-based boatbuilder Maritime Partner has recently announced that it has delivered the latest in a long line of 110 large enclosed boats to Norwegian and international customers.

  • Research suggests there's a lack of public awareness around the opportunities available within the marine industry
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    Addressing the marine skills gap

    2015-03-03T16:22:00Z

    A UK university is doing its bit to help close the skills gap in the maritime industry, through training research.

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    VTS symposium call for papers

    2015-03-03T14:27:00Z

    The call for papers is open for the 13th IALA International Symposium on Vessel Traffic Services (VTS), taking place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 8 to 12 August 2016.

  • If all tidal lagoon projects eventually get the go ahead collectively they could meet 8% of the UK’s total electricity requirement for the next 120 years
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    Creating tidal lagoon infrastructure

    2015-03-02T15:56:00Z

    Tidal Lagoon Power says that it''s moving even closer to full scale tidal lagoon infrastructure in the UK with the submittal of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Tidal Lagoon Cardiff project.

  • The hybrid tug is expected to lower fuel costs by up to 30% and emissions by up to 60%
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    Damen hybrid tug joins Multraship

    2015-03-02T15:23:00Z

    Netherlands-based towage and salvage company, Multraship, is expanding its fleet to meet an increase in demand, with a Damen ASD 2810 hybrid tug.

  • Ocean Signal is seeing an increase in demand for its communication and safety products
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    Ocean Signal in demand

    2015-02-27T16:51:00Z

    UK-based Ocean Signal is seeing an increase in demand in its range of communication and safety products following a new launch and office expansion.

  • 'Roxane Z’ is Neptune's first Eurocarrier 3413 with DP2
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    Neptune delivers latest Eurocarrier design

    2015-02-26T16:47:00Z

    Netherlands-based Neptune Shipyards has delivered ‘Roxane Z’, the first Eurocarrier 3413 with DP2, to Jifmar Offshore Services.

  • Rolls-Royce will supply waterjets and high speed MTU diesel engines for two newbuild Chinese aluminium catamaran fast ferries
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    Rolls-Royce enters further into new markets

    2015-02-26T14:23:00Z

    Rolls-Royce is expanding its global reach having secured new propulsion contracts in Turkey, Qatar and China.

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    ABPmer to assess habitats for renewables plan

    2015-02-25T16:46:00Z

    UK-based ABPmer is to carry out Habitats Regulations Appraisal (HRA) for Highlands and Islands Enterprise’s (HIE) Marine Renewables Infrastructure Plan (MRIP)

  • The first of three Havyard OSVs built for Esvagt
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    Havyard boatbuild strategy

    2015-02-25T14:23:00Z

    Norway''s Havyard Group is continuing with its strategy to grow the Norwegian boatbuild business.

  • RockFLEET firmware 1.4.4 obtains a position using the GPS satellite network and transmits that position to shore systems
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    Rock Seven updates tracking system

    2015-02-24T17:29:00Z

    UK-based Rock Seven has released a firmware update vessel tracking system for offshore vessels that enables the regularity of local transmissions to change automatically.

  • Fendercare Marine will supply rudder components and deck equipment for three newbuild OPVs for the UK Navy
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    Fendercare to kit out naval OPVs

    2015-02-24T14:39:00Z

    Fendercare Marine has signed a significant contract to supply rudder components and deck equipment for three new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) being built for the UK Royal Navy.

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    Shallow survey 2015 dataset available

    2015-02-23T17:32:00Z

    A common dataset comprising tests last summer of seven sonar systems in Plymouth Sound and Wembury Bay is now available for comparison and analysis by the global hydrographic community in readiness for delegate consideration at the 7th International Conference on High Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water, Shallow Survey 2015, at ...

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    Free Valeport software released

    2015-02-23T17:27:00Z

    Oceanographic and hydrographic instrumentation specialists Valeport have released their latest operating software, DataLog X2, which can be downloaded for free from the Totnes based-company’s website (www.valeport.co.uk).

  • The four-man 13-metre vessels have a top speed of 15 knots and an operational endurance rate of four days
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    Irish catamarans for Polish hydrographic office

    2015-02-23T17:15:00Z

    Irish specialist boatbuilder Safehaven Marine in County Cork has completed delivery of four of its Wildcat 40 survey catamarans with dual operator consoles to the Polish Navy Hydrographic Office for underwater seismic studies in the Baltic Sea.

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    Furuno unveils marine weather receiver

    2015-02-23T16:57:00Z

    Furuno has unveiled its new BBWX3 SiriusXM Marine Weather Receiver, a subscription-based service that gives users live, up-to-date weather forecast information.