All News articles – Page 735

  • Conquest MB1 has recently completed sea trials off the Dutch coast
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    Floating vessel to crane barge lift trials

    2013-02-13T07:30:00Z

    Offshore lifting trials with the crane barge Conquest MB1 and the cargo/supply vessel Abis Dublin have been successfully completed.

  • The windfarm will produce 1,290GWh per year
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    Renewables fund

    2013-02-12T17:17:00Z

    The Marguerite Fund, an equity fund set up by six major European financial institutions to invest in Greenfield and expansion projects, has acquired a 22.5% stake in the German Greenfield Butendiek offshore windfarm.

  • A Fibrelight Emergency Ladder was successfully deployed and tested lst month on board a MOL LNG vessel at the Isle of Grain
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    Wind turbine potential for emergency ladder

    2013-02-12T07:30:00Z

    A new development in emergency ladders, which has just been granted the SOLAS Certificate of Type Approval SAS S120038 by Lloyd’s Register, could be fitted to offshore wind turbines, providing a means of disembarking following damage to fixed ladders.

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    Double digit Fos

    2013-02-12T07:30:00Z

    Container throughput at Marseilles Fos rose 13% in 2012, led by a 16% surge in deepsea volumes at the leading French cargo port.

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    DONG to build windfarm off Yorkshire coast

    2013-02-12T07:30:00Z

    DONG Energy has announced plans build the Westermost Rough offshore wind farm off the Holderness UK coast.

  • The artificial island plan was announced in what would be the nearby Belgian port of Zeebrugge
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    Artificial island for wind energy storage

    2013-02-12T07:30:00Z

    Belgian authorities have developed plans to create an artificial island off their coastline as a scheme to store wind energy power.

  • CSI 2013 will bridge the interface between technical factors and human factors as they relate to fast craft crew safety
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    Crew Systems Integration Conference

    2013-02-11T18:00:00Z

    Dorset UK based fast response craft training provider FRC International is hosting the CSI 2013 - Crew Systems Integration Conference from 2 to 4 July 2013 at the RNLI Lifeboat College in Poole, UK.

  • 'Arctic Spirit'
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    Third LNG carrier for Damen Shiprepair Brest

    2013-02-11T15:52:00Z

    Damen Shiprepair Brest, one of the Damen Group’s 11 shipyards, recently welcomed the third LNG carrier, the ‘Arctic Spirit’, owned and managed by Bermuda based marine services company, Teekay.

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    Construction starts on Waasland canal berths

    2013-02-11T07:30:00Z

    Construction work has started on a new 645m quay at the head of the Waasland canal, in the Antwerp port area on the left bank.

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    MMT awarded a cable route survey contract

    2013-02-11T07:30:00Z

    Scottish Hydro Electric Transmission plc (SHE Transmission) has awarded MMT Sweden the HVDC cable re-route survey from Shetland to the Caithness landfall.

  • Mal Stein: convincing a conservative industry to try something new
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    The importance of communication

    2013-02-08T11:28:00Z

    Mal Stein of UK based marine electrical engineering specialists SeaKing knows the importance of communications.

  • Barges are gaining in popularity as they provide eco-friendly logistics in city centres. Photo: P Mulligan
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    The ups and downs of barge safety

    2013-02-08T11:27:00Z

    Barges are essential for bringing cargo through restricted waterways, easing congestion and pollution on Europe’s roads, and will be playing an increasing role in today’s eco-aware logistics.

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    European simulator training heads east

    2013-02-08T11:26:00Z

    A growing interest in simulator training is being seen in Southeast Asia, and European firms are making their mark in the region.

  • Capsize training gives crew important survival knowledge
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    Capsize training for the nightmare scenario

    2013-02-08T11:26:00Z

    Getting trapped in a capsized workboat is a nightmare scenario, and while an open deck will just tend to dump people into the water, interior spaces are another matter.

  • Testing the motion compensated supply methodology within the Rentel windfarm concession zone in the Belgian North Sea
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    Motion compensation test at windfarm site

    2013-02-07T16:36:00Z

    Barge Master and GeoSea have recently completed their final offshore test as part of a series of tests designed to prove innovative motion compensated supply and installation solutions.

  • Trainee marine coordinator Gary Lorimer (left) and marine manager Peter Sommerfield in Scira's new Marine Coordination Centre
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    O&M base opens on Wind Farm Place in Norfolk

    2013-02-07T16:35:00Z

    The final piece of the jigsaw of the Sheringham Shoal Offshore Windfarm has been put in place with Scira Offshore Energy''s move to a purpose built Operation and Maintenance base at Wind Farm Place in Egmere near Walsingham UK on Monday.

  • Business Award for Danish Yachts
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    Danish Yachts shows SWATHs at Seawork

    2013-02-07T16:23:00Z

    Danish Yachts will be launching its new range of SWATH workboats into the European marketplace at Seawork 2013.

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    Italy – Australia MOU

    2013-02-07T15:39:00Z

    Australian marine equipment specialist VEEM Limited has executed a memorandum of understanding with the Italian marine equipment distributor SAIM Group which will build the foundations for a Central European VEEM Gyro sales agency.

  • Eco Marine Power’s EnergySail will be developed further with the expertise of Solbian
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    Eco Marine Power enters into solar collaboration

    2013-02-07T15:38:00Z

    Japan''s Eco Marine Power (EMP), the specialist in renewable and hybrid marine power, has entered into a collaboration with Italy’s Solbian Energie Alternative to develop future solar technology for marine applications.

  • Alan Wrigley, managing director of Ocean Signal and Geoff Billington, director of ISP
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    Ocean Signal partners ISP

    2013-02-07T14:17:00Z

    UK maritime communication and safety company, Ocean Signal, has announced a new partnership with fellow UK safety expert, International Safety Products (ISP).