All News articles – Page 737

  • Dockwise is a leading player in the international heavy lift market
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    Boskalis makes all cash offer for Dockwise

    2013-01-31T16:29:00Z

    Dutch dredging giant Royal Boskalis Westminster announced its decision to make an all cash voluntary public offer for Dockwise Ltd on Wednesday.

  • The Port of Tyne’s Riverside Quay
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    Banking on renewables for jobs and growth

    2013-01-31T16:28:00Z

    The UK Port of Tyne is stepping up the pace in the race to provide clean, green renewable fuels for the future with £180m investment plans for its south bank estate in South Tyneside.

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    WOC membership surge

    2013-01-30T15:25:00Z

    World Ocean Council (WOC) membership surged over the past 12 months, with more than 25 new members joining the growing international cross-sectoral ocean business alliance.

  • The ‘Bourbon Sirocco’, powered by Hamilton Jet. Photo: PIRIOU
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    Hamilton Jet power for new Bourbon FSIV

    2013-01-30T15:22:00Z

    Hamilton Jet, the global waterjet specialist, has supplied Quad HM811 waterjets for the latest Fast Support Intervention Vessel (FSIV) owned and operated by BOURBON, a worldwide leader in offshore oil & gas marine services.

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    UK marine stability

    2013-01-30T07:30:00Z

    The most recent research from the British Marine Federation (BMF) illustrates that the marine industry is showing stability and has maintained a consistent level during 2011/2012 despite the challenging economic conditions still affecting the whole of the UK.

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    ECDIS download free

    2013-01-30T07:30:00Z

    In response to the growing demand in ECDIS Training and in order to contribute to the knowledge improvement on ECDIS use, Transas Marine has published an ECDIS Workbook which can be used together with the Transas ECDIS demo software, both available for free download from the company’s website.

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    Estuary plan consultation

    2013-01-30T07:30:00Z

    The people of Clare, Kerry and Limerick in Ireland are being invited to attend one of a series of public consultations on a major strategic plan for the future development and management of marine related industry and tourism along Ireland’s largest estuary, the Shannon Estuary.

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    Trelleborg acquires SeaTechnik

    2013-01-30T07:30:00Z

    Trelleborg Marine Systems, part of Trelleborg business area Offshore and Construction, has acquired Sea Systems Technology Ltd. (SeaTechnik), which designs and manufactures systems for safeguarding the transfer of LNG between liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers and shore terminals.

  • Nick Warren, managing director, Burgess Marine
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    Burgess Marine acquires Testbank Ship Repair

    2013-01-29T16:43:00Z

    UK specialised marine engineering company, Burgess Marine, has acquired fellow British ship repair company, Testbank.

  • The CTruk 20T MPC, ‘CWind Endeavour’
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    CTruk for new offshore wind venture

    2013-01-29T13:45:00Z

    New UK based offshore wind support venture, Technical Marine Support Ltd (TMS), has taken delivery of its first vessel, a design-enhanced CTruk 20T MPC, courtesy of the Essex based specialist boatbuilder.

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    PIX picks up DNV

    2013-01-29T07:30:00Z

    PIX hydraulic hose and end-fittings have been awarded DNV (Det Norske Veritas) MED (Marine Equipment Directive) Type Approval.

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    BV wind guide

    2013-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Bureau Veritas Certification France has released a comprehensive Guide on Offshore Wind Farm Project Certification, which allows industry players and experts to make sense of the complex rules applying to certification processes in the field of offshore wind farms.

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    Free apps ‘til April

    2013-01-29T07:30:00Z

    Raymarine’s apps for RayControl and RayRemote are to remain free for users to download until 7 April 2013.

  • Setting a new benchmark in the offshore wind market
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    BMT Nigel Gee hits 10 day hat-trick

    2013-01-28T11:59:00Z

    Long-time Seawork exhibitor, the UK''s BMT Nigel Gee Ltd, a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has launched three new windfarm support vessels built to its own design over a period of ten days from three different shipyards.

  • The ‘Viking Grace’ this year’s venue for Gas Fuelled Ships
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    Viking Grace – venue for Gas Fuelled Ships

    2013-01-28T10:43:00Z

    Mercator Media’s venue for the fourth Gas Fuelled Ships Conference (11 to 12 September 2013) is a fitting one – the world’s largest passenger cruise vessel fuelled by LNG, the ‘Viking Grace’.

  • Cwind Endeavour following its naming ceremony
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    A safe pair of hand for CWind’s latest vessel

    2013-01-28T10:27:00Z

    A new Kent UK based venture has taken delivery of the latest windfarm support vessel from Brightlingsea based CTruk Boats Ltd, the ninth example of their innovative 20T MPC design.

  • Forewind Limited hopes to have up to 9.6GW of output by 2020
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    Construction begins at Dogger Bank windfarm

    2013-01-25T14:35:00Z

    The first stage of development has begun at the world’s largest offshore windfarm, Dogger Bank, located 125km off the UK’s east coast.

  • 1A2SEA now operate both dedicated installation vessels and conventional jack-ups as pictured here. All photos by Peter Barker
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    Windfarm installation vessels come under scrutiny

    2013-01-25T10:37:00Z

    Classification society DNV has highlighted the importance of considering class and flag state requirements when designing jack-up systems for increasing numbers of dedicated turbine installation vessels emerging globally.

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    CARIS-EIVA offshore survey partnership

    2013-01-25T10:31:00Z

    Hydrographic software specialists CARIS of Canada and EIVA of Denmark have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) covering joint provision of integrated and streamlined solutions to offshore survey organisations.

  • AAE’s Easytrak underwater positioning and tracking system
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    200th sale of AAE USBL systems

    2013-01-25T10:30:00Z

    Applied Acoustic Engineering (AAE) of Great Yarmouth has recorded the 200th sale of its Easytrak series of Ultra Short Baseline (USBL) systems, to locally based rental company Sonar Equipment Services.