All News articles – Page 702

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    Propeller performance

    2013-07-16T07:30:00Z

    Jotun has welcomed action taken by the International Standards Organization to mobilize an expert group to start work on a common industry standard for measurement of changes in hull and propeller performance.

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    Steel deal

    2013-07-16T07:30:00Z

    Tata Steel has signed a 15 year deal to continue using specialist coal and iron ore unloading facilities at ABP’s Immingham Bulk Terminal at the UK Port of Immingham.

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    Benelux agent

    2013-07-16T07:30:00Z

    ISO accredited global boat transport provider, Peters & May, has appointed Boeckmans as its agent for the Benelux region (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg).

  • Transferring personnel from vessel to turbine is one of the most potentially hazardous processes faced by those working in the offshore wind energy industry
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    10,000 safe windfarm transfers completed

    2013-07-16T07:30:00Z

    WFSV operator Tidal Transit has just celebrated the completion of 10,000 safe passenger transfers from its two personnel transfer vessels to wind turbines situated in the North Sea.

  • The new SAR lifeboat can operate in 12m seas
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    New Robert Allan lifeboats

    2013-07-15T11:58:00Z

    Robert Allan Ltd has designed a new generation of high endurance self righting search and rescue lifeboats for the Canadian Coast Guard.

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    Switch to PMG

    2013-07-15T07:30:00Z

    Together with repeat agreements from China, the total order value The Switch received during June is over €100m, resulting in the largest order backlog in the company’s history. PROKON has installed 296 wind turbines at 49 wind farms in Germany and Poland. It is now planning its first wind farms ...

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    Recruiting partnership

    2013-07-15T07:30:00Z

    Seacontractors and IPS have concluded a strategic partnership and are implementing integration between their manpower services.

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    Spanish motorway

    2013-07-15T07:30:00Z

    A new Motorway of the Sea between Ireland’s Port of Cork and Gijon in Spain was called for at the Ireland-Iberia Trade and Transport Round Table in Dublin last month.

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    Bergen a Tognum subsidiary

    2013-07-15T07:30:00Z

    From the first of this month, Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines AS has become part of the Tognum Group.

  • Thorn-D has already been tested on the 'Mercury'. Photo: Stefan Krause
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    Micanti success at Seawork

    2013-07-12T16:10:00Z

    Dutch antifouling provider, Micanti’s Thorn-D antifouling foil generated a flurry of interest from the offshore wind sector at this year’s Seawork exhibition.

  • Huta Marine Works will deploy the bespoke CSD for dredging on both sides of the Arabian Peninsula
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    IHC Merwede lands €125m in dredger orders

    2013-07-12T12:04:00Z

    The Netherlands’ IHC Merwede has recently secured orders to the value of €125m for a wide range of new cutter suction dredgers (CSDs) and related equipment.

  • Projects such as London Array rely on a complex supply chain. All Photos by Peter Barker
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    Offshore wind – building an industry

    2013-07-12T12:03:00Z

    A report prepared for RenewableUK and The Crown Estate by BVG Associates has set out the scale of opportunities for UK offshore wind at what is a critical time in the industry’s development.

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    Volvo Penta test boat at Seawork

    2013-07-12T12:03:00Z

    Volvo Penta is bringing one of its test boats down to the English Channel to show dealers, customers, press and other interested the benefits of the Volvo Penta IPS high performance pod system, with a stopover at Seawork.

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    First deliveries of new AIS due this month

    2013-07-12T12:02:00Z

    Denmark based Cobham SATCOM made its new standalone SAILOR Class A AIS available to order in April 2013.

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    IHC and Fathom distribution agreement

    2013-07-12T12:02:00Z

    Two leading commercial offshore diving companies, IHC Hytech and Fathom Systems, have joined forces in a new distribution agreement which will see IHC distribute Fathom products in the commercial diving market.

  • A Maersk container ship makes a guest appeareance at the opening of Maasvlakte 2 (POR-Aeroview)
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    Maasvlakte 2 opened to shipping

    2013-07-12T12:01:00Z

    Port of Rotterdam Authority has celebrated the opening of their Maasvlakte 2 port expansion project to shipping, on time and significantly below budget.

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    Ocean Business 2013

    2013-07-12T11:51:00Z

    Over 4,000 visitors from more than 50 countries are expected at this year’s biennial Ocean Business event at the National Oceanography Centre in Southampton UK from 9-11 April.

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    SEA Europe chairman

    2013-07-12T07:30:00Z

    The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) has announced that IHC Merwede’s president, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as chairman in October 2013.

  • The Baleària project will involve developing an economic and technical proposal to convert three ferries
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    Rolls and Baleària in LNG ferry conversion

    2013-07-12T07:30:00Z

    Rolls-Royce Plc has signed a memorandum of understanding with Spanish shipping company Baleària, to design gas powered propulsion systems for three of the company’s high speed ferries, which currently run on diesel.

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    Jo Bird’s award

    2013-07-12T07:30:00Z

    UK safety equipment storage expert Jo Bird & Co has received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in International Trade 2013 in recognition of its impressive export performance.