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  • MacGregor's three-axis motion compensated crane employs new technology that compensates for vessel movements in the horizontal plane (pitch and roll) in addition to heave compensation in the vertical plane
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    Windfarm installation crane wins award

    2014-03-27T07:30:00Z

    MacGregor''s three-axis motion compensated offshore crane has won the Offshore Support Journal''s (OSJ) Innovation of the Year award.

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    Maritime Casualty Response Award for Titan

    2014-03-27T07:30:00Z

    Titan Salvage, Crowley Maritime Corp’s Houston based marine salvage, emergency response and wreck removal company, was presented with the prestigious Maritime Casualty Response Award during the recent Lloyd''s List North American Maritime Awards ceremony and dinner.

  • The new VDR features SWAP technology meaning the memory card holding the data can be easily removed and placed in a new Unit
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    Danelec unveils new VDR

    2014-03-26T14:30:00Z

    Denmark-based Danelec Marine is launching its third generation Voyage Data Recorder (VDR), built around an entirely new ‘concept’ to help vessel owners save time and cut costs, it told Maritime Journal.

  • ) The FROG-XT4 provides greater comfort and safety to passengers
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    New Frog launched into Norwegian market

    2014-03-26T07:30:00Z

    Reflex Marine’s new personnel transfer device, the FROG-XT4, was positively received at a recent launch event in Stavanger, Norway.

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    Fast turn around puts Cats back in Clipper

    2014-03-26T07:30:00Z

    Finning Power Systems has completed a major overhaul of two Cat engines in one of the vessels in the Thames Clippers’ fleet within its ten day annual shutdown period, ensuring zero downtime was incurred during regular business hours.

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    Towing ropes for Arctech icebreakers

    2014-03-26T07:30:00Z

    Maritime ropes producer and supplier, Lankhorst Ropes, has supplied Arctic vessel builder Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc with steel wire towing ropes for three new vessels.

  • David Parkin: "The project plays to our strengths in geotechnical and offshore structural engineering". Photo Atkins
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    Atkins wins windfarm contract

    2014-03-25T15:42:00Z

    Design, engineering and project management consultancy, Atkins, has won an engineering contract for the Dudgeon offshore windfarm, which will power more than 400,000 UK homes.

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    New pilot vessel for ABP Hull

    2014-03-25T14:43:00Z

    The newest addition to Associated British Ports’ (ABP) Humber Estuary Services (HES) fleet of pilot vessels has been named at the All Weather Terminal at the Port of Hull’s King George Dock.

  • Incat’s new 25m catamaran passenger vessel is being built by Aluminium Marine
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    New Incat Crowther passenger vessel

    2014-03-25T12:09:00Z

    Australia’s Incat Crowther has a new 25m catamaran passenger vessel under construction at Aluminium Marine in Brisbane.

  • Green Port Hull is planned to be operational to meet Round 3 requirements in early 2016
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    Siemens’ green light for Green Port Hull

    2014-03-25T10:16:00Z

    Siemens has announced today its decision to invest £160m in wind turbine production and installation facilities in Yorkshire UK.

  • Jonny Bell (heritage boat builder with BTS) celebrates with Ellen Creighton (HLF) and volunteer Phil Charlton as trainees of the Blyth Tall Ship Project look on
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    Funds for youth training in ship restoration

    2014-03-25T07:30:00Z

    Blyth Tall Ship (BTS) has received initial support from the UK’s Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for an innovative exploration of Blyth’s ship building and Antarctic heritage from the 1800s.

  • Converting redundant vessels rather than sending them to scrap can add another 20 years to their life cycle
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    Tanker conversions address water scarcity

    2014-03-25T07:30:00Z

    A research team from DNV-GL has developed a system for converting redundant tankers into waste water recovery vessels.

  • The RFA Fort Victoria alongside at Birkenhead
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    Cammell Laird lands £47m RFA refit

    2014-03-25T07:30:00Z

    Birkenhead UK based shipyard and engineering service provider Cammell Laird has begun a £47m refit of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) Fort Victoria.

  • The order includes four Damen Stan Patrol 4207 vessels and nine RIBs
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    Damen lands multi-million Bahamas deal

    2014-03-24T18:20:00Z

    Damen Shipyards has confirmed it has clinched a contract with the Bahamas Ministry of National Security to supply it with several workboats to help mitigate illegal human migration and police against poachers.

  • Dutch Dredging BV has acquired the system for coastal research of mud bank migration
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    DensiTune promises dredger deployment savings

    2014-03-24T07:30:00Z

    Stema Systems launched the newly developed DensiTune at OI2014 in London last month.

  • Support vessels take control of the newbuild following its launch at Kinderdijk
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    Self-propelled CSD launched at Kinderdijk

    2014-03-24T07:30:00Z

    Netherlands based vessel builder IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 23,545kW self-propelled cutter suction dredger Al Bahar C/D Huta 12 at the company’s shipyard in Kinderdijk.

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    Wave buoys to support dredging operations

    2014-03-24T07:30:00Z

    AXYS Technologies Inc of Canada is providing Observator Instruments of the Netherlands with four TRIAXYS Currents Directional Wave Buoys, each equipped with the new Next Wave II sensor and a Nortek ADCP current profiler.

  • Mechanical pipe joining helps overcome space constraints
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    Grooved pipe-joining aids dredger retrofit

    2014-03-24T07:30:00Z

    When piping systems had to be replaced on the 1983-built trailing suction hopper dredger FRPD 309 , the work needed to be done as quickly as possible.

  • Jan De Nul deployed one of its cutter suction dredgers
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    Jan De Nul completes Maltese dredging

    2014-03-21T12:05:00Z

    Jan De Nul has completed an extensive dredging project across Malta Freeport Terminals’ facilities within the Maltese Port of Marsaxlokk, according to local media reports.

  • SL Kiwi is the second of two Damen ST 2208 tugs configured for terminal support duties and delivered to Smit Lamnalco
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    TOWLINES

    2014-03-21T07:30:00Z

    The New Zealand Port of Tauranga has signed contracts for two new tugs to be built at the Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong Kong. Cheoy Lee will construct the shiphandling tugs to the proven RAmparts 2500w design by Robert Allan. The 24m ASD tugs will be powered by twin ...