All News articles – Page 710

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    Smart Rivers

    2013-06-17T07:30:00Z

    The 2013 edition of the ''Strategic Maritime Asset Research and Transformation Rivers Conference for 21st Century Rivers Systems'', in short, SMART Rivers Conference, will take place from 23 - 27 September 2013 in two neighbouring cities; Liège in Belgium and Maastricht in the Netherlands.

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    Online forum faults lifeboat hook safety

    2013-06-17T07:30:00Z

    Lifeboat hooks can be lethal if their design is out of date and unsuitable to meet modern demands, according to serving seafarers whose views have been gathered by InterManager.

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    New online training for SAM’s ECDIS

    2013-06-17T07:30:00Z

    Safebridge, the internet based simulation training specialist, has now released its E-learning courseware for training and certification on the new ECDISPILOT Basic and Platinum models.

  • The B@Sea product suite can be used onboard and on shore
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    C Data product launch at Seawork

    2013-06-14T12:13:00Z

    A new set of software solutions designed to streamline the working procedures of seagoing and shore based personnel are to be launched at this year’s Seawork exhibition.

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    Raahe terminal

    2013-06-14T07:30:00Z

    The Raahe Container Terminal has been commissioned in the Finnish Port of Raahe.

  • Integrated tug-barge units will supply the jack-up docking installation vessel with components (Bugsier)
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    Next generation turbine installation vessel offers cost savings

    2013-06-14T07:30:00Z

    Significant cost savings are anticipated from a new and innovative turbine installation vessel designed to remain on site for the installation process, supplied with components by feeder barges.

  • A snapshot from the cable lay analysis conducted for the TOW01 project
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    The safest way to install windfarm cables

    2013-06-14T07:30:00Z

    Subsea engineering and training company Jee Ltd has completed a contract with Technip Offshore Wind Ltd for the provision of subsea power cable installation engineering on a new and innovative offshore wind farm project.

  • Port of Tyne ‘Rising Star Boot Camp’ candidates
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    ‘Boot Camp’ benefits port apprentice hopefuls

    2013-06-14T07:30:00Z

    The UK Port of Tyne’s ‘Rising Star Boot Camp’ has put future apprentices through their paces in a week long programme designed to give hopeful candidates experience of working environments and provide valuable employability skills.

  • Schat-Harding claims the world's biggest service network for life-saving equipment
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    Umoe Schat-Harding and Noreq acquired

    2013-06-13T15:13:00Z

    Norwegian private equity fund Herkules has acquired Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS, creating a major global supplier of maritime life saving equipment.

  • With the right policy support wind power could reach 1,000 GW by 2020
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    Call for fossil fuel energy subsidy reform

    2013-06-13T15:12:00Z

    Global Wind Day, jointly organised by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC), had its annual celebration last month.

  • 'Atlantic Kestrel' was delivered to Atlantic Towing in November 2012
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    Jaya tug for Atlantic Towing

    2013-06-13T10:27:00Z

    Jaya Holdings Limited is set to deliver a second state of the art anchor handling tug supply vessel to Canada’s Atlantic Towing Limited by the end of 2013.

  • The Elsflether Sand is one of four new Federal Waterways vessels to use the Prolec Digmaster system
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    German waterways choose Prolec

    2013-06-13T10:02:00Z

    Prolec’s ‘Digmaster Pro’ depth monitoring and guidance system has been selected by the German Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration to support a significant fleet upgrade.

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    PPG to Poland

    2013-06-13T10:01:00Z

    PPG Industries has started manufacturing protective and marine coatings (PMC) at the company’s facility in Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland.

  • The Alberto Aleman Zubieta will initially be deployed for the expansion and then the maintenance of the Panama Canal
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    IHC delivers backhoe dredger for Panama Canal

    2013-06-13T10:01:00Z

    IHC Merwede has delivered the Albert Aleman Zubieta to Autoridad del Canal de Panama (ACP) in Panama City.

  • The dredging bucket was installed on a CAT excavator that worked from a floating pontoon
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    An alternative approach to dredging

    2013-06-13T10:01:00Z

    Italian dredger and dredging equipment builder Italdraghe recently delivered another BDC 200 dredging bucket to a Genoa-based company specialising in dredging works and beach replenishment.

  • The Supacat SMV 24 - Mustang's first venture into offshore windfarm vessels
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    New Mustang at Seawork

    2013-06-12T14:35:00Z

    UK boatbuilder Mustang Marine will have its new first in class Supacat SMV24 offshore windfarm aluminium catamaran on display at Seawork 2013.

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    Dutch cooperation

    2013-06-12T14:35:00Z

    Netherlands Seacontractors and Marine Projects Rotterdam (MPR) are cooperating in the commercial management of MPR’s fleet of Eurocarriers.

  • An impressive if unexpected visitor to JWP
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    Troubled JWP looks to long term success

    2013-06-12T11:05:00Z

    Despite teething problems and initial poor business, officials at Germany’s new €950m deepwater JadeWeserPort (JWP) container terminal are going ahead with a study into future expansion.

  • Lock work underway in Brunsbuettel
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    Tenders go out at last for new Canal lock

    2013-06-12T11:05:00Z

    Tenders have been invited for the construction of a fifth lock on the Kiel Canal in Brunsbuettel, where old locks broke down in March halting shipping on the world’s busiest man-made waterway.

  • Manoeuvrable 20m vessels such as Sure Pilgrim are proving popular in the German offshore windfarm market
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    Marineco Shamal joins fleet of Sure Wind

    2013-06-12T07:30:00Z

    Northeast UK based Sure Wind Marine has added to its fleet in the form of the seminal Damen 2610 Twin Axe Catamaran, Marineco Shamal, the first such vessel deployed for wind farm support work.