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  • Major hull repair and modification work in dry dock will extend the life of SS Shieldhall for another 25 years
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    £1.4m repair grant keeps Shieldhall sailing

    2013-12-20T07:30:00Z

    Ship repair company A&P Falmouth has won a major contract with the Southampton UK based historic steamship SS Shieldhall, which has graced many a Seawork exhibition as an events venue.

  • 'Titan Discovery' is well suited for surveying in nearshore, estuarine and intertidal environments
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    New hydro survey vessel launched

    2013-12-19T16:08:00Z

    UK based Titan Environmental Services has launched and tested its new 13m long hydrographic survey vessel at Great Yarmouth.

  • A wind farm support vessel operated by Njord Offshore and flagged with Jersey
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    Jersey flagging larger commercial vessels

    2013-12-19T07:30:00Z

    The Jersey Flag Administration has reached agreement with the UK to increase the maximum allowed size of commercial vessels on their register to 399gt.

  • Unique Seaflex manufactures air-filled bags for salvage and installation operations and water-filled bags for testing or ballasting purposes
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    Rapid response testing keeps barge working

    2013-12-19T07:30:00Z

    Unique Seaflex was recently contacted by Saipem in Portugal, which was looking to urgently conduct a 550 tonne load test on a derrick barge located at Point Noire in the Congo.

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    Lagoon development project engagement process

    2013-12-18T18:03:00Z

    The UK’s Crown Estate has launched an industry engagement process to better understand market interest in future tidal and lagoon projects around the UK, a move prompted by an increase in enquiries from potential developers.

  • The skills base from a long history of shipbuilding is still in Portsmouth, it just needs the orders
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    Rescuing southern UK shipbuilding

    2013-12-18T15:10:00Z

    A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move its shipbuilding division away to the Clyde.

  • The three year old 'Polarcus Naila' will visit Shipdock Amsterdam for a full propulsion upgrade
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    Damen refit for seismic vessel

    2013-12-18T13:35:00Z

    Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.

  • Barge Master has recently built its first platform with a 700 tonne load capacity
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    Motion compensation platforms lifting off

    2013-12-18T12:16:00Z

    A new era in offshore working has begun, with the launch of Barge Master.

  • The NORSOK regulations apply to davits and lifting appliances used on offshore installations
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    NORSOK standards raise safety bar

    2013-12-18T07:30:00Z

    Although new regulations for davits used in the Norwegian offshore industry will not come into force until 2015 they are already raising the safety bar.

  • The vessels will be equipped with several low pressure hydraulic driven winches from Rolls-Royce
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    Deck equipment and propulsion for 10 OSVs

    2013-12-18T07:30:00Z

    Rolls-Royce has signed contracts to deliver an extensive package of ship equipment for ten anchor handling offshore vessels to the Malaysian ship builder Nam Cheong.

  • The EU countries met to discuss the future of their industry
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    EU disappointed by new Ship Recycling Regulation

    2013-12-17T16:53:00Z

    Eight European countries have expressed their disappointment at the new EU Ship Recycling Regulation set to enter into force later this month.

  • Test weights are deployed during rigorous crane testing before handover to Babcock
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    New cranes key to Rosyth regeneration

    2013-12-17T16:25:00Z

    As part of a major upgrade by Babcock to the Rosyth Dockyard in Scotland, new overhead travelling cranes (OTC’s) have been built and installed by Street Crane Company.

  • Terra Marique is seen preparing to offload the 498 tonne module at Sellafield
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    Heavy lift success with nuclear projects

    2013-12-17T14:07:00Z

    Staffordshire UK based shipping company Robert Wynn and Sons Ltd is currently at the forefront of the largest energy projects on both sides of the Channel.

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    Electric cranes for Danish heavy lift vessels

    2013-12-17T13:29:00Z

    MacGregor has won a contract to deliver four 250 tonne heavy lift electric cranes to two 12,000 dwt multi-purpose vessels for a Danish operator Nordana.

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    Baltic 2 monopiles installed

    2013-12-16T14:48:00Z

    All 39 monopiles of the German offshore windfarm, Baltic 2, have been installed in just over two months, despite weather delays.

  • The new Super Post Panamax equipment is lit by LED floodlights at several power ratings up to 400 watts, located at various heights up to 68m
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    Lifting the light in Port of Valencia

    2013-12-16T14:01:00Z

    TCV Stevedoring Company SA, the container terminal in Valencia belonging to Grup TCB, has purchased and implemented the first STS Super Post Panamax crane in the world, lit entirely with LED technology.

  • The system is positioned between the crane hook and the load to keep the rope taut at all times
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    Heave compensated MaXine extends operations

    2013-12-16T13:20:00Z

    IHC Vremac Cylinders, part of IHC Merwede, has introduced the MaXine 50 heave compensator to its Dutch, Belgian and German offshore partners.

  • Neva-Leader 7 is designed to operate on both inland waterways and on short sea routes
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    Project cargoes to the Caspian

    2013-12-16T12:49:00Z

    A new ship launched by the Nevsky Shipyard has been designed to carry project and heavy lift cargoes from the Black Sea to the Caspian Sea.

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    TEAM terminates

    2013-12-16T07:30:00Z

    Barcelona based TEAM, which designs, manufactures, installs and maintains passenger boarding bridges for cruise and ferry terminals, is changing its name to ADELTE.

  • Two of the latest 20DF engines will be used in a new dual-fuel ferry to be built by Fassmer
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    Wärtsilä equipment for LNG ferry

    2013-12-13T12:20:00Z

    Wärtsilä is to supply a full propulsion package and LNG equipment for a new passenger ferry being built for Germany’s Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH.