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  • One of the wind farm vessels built by Topaz for the UK
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    UAE boatbuilder to debut at Seawork

    2013-01-09T17:57:00Z

    Topaz Marine Engineering, a United Arab Emirates-based full service ship building, ship repair and engineering services company, will make its debut at Mercator Media''s Seawork commercial marine exhibition being held from 25 to 27 June 2013.

  • The 'Costa Concordia' topped the AGCS's list as the largest loss of 2012
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    AGCS looks at 2012 ship losses

    2013-01-09T12:59:00Z

    UK insurance company, Allianz Global Corporate and Speciality (AGCS), has released its annual report on ship losses for 2012, in which it reveals the main reason for incidents seem to be human error.

  • The Hyundai SeasAll L500 released recently will be followed by others
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    Hyundai SeasAll releases new range of engines

    2013-01-08T15:35:00Z

    South Korea’s Hyundai SeasAll recently announced it will be releasing a new, compact, fuel-efficient range of engines suitable for smaller, semi-displacement workboats, over the next 18 months.

  • Six of the 54 turbine foundations at Belgium's Thornton Bank windfarm are concrete gravity based (C-Power NV, Tom D'Haenens)
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    Concrete gravity foundations, the future for windfarms?

    2013-01-08T10:47:00Z

    A recent conference has looked at concrete gravity based foundations (CGBF) for the UK offshore wind programme as the industry prepares for the challenges of projects in deeper, more hostile waters further offshore.

  • Typhon will aim to deter pirates from attacking its convoys
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    Private navy takes on Somali pirates

    2013-01-07T17:30:00Z

    According to The Sunday Times, a group of British businessmen are preparing to launch a private navy in a bid to stop piracy in the Indian Ocean.

  • The Transas DP simulator
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    Transas simulator gains DNV Class A approval

    2013-01-04T17:02:00Z

    Transas Marine International has been issued with a statement of compliance of DNA Class A approval for its navigational and DP simulators.

  • The RT Windmap software allows users to monitor real time wind conditions
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    New CFD software from Meteodyn

    2013-01-03T17:34:00Z

    French wind engineering company, Meteodyn, has developed new Computational Fluids Dynamics (CFD) software to for the monitoring and forecasting of wind conditions.

  • Overhaul surge as Lindenau joins ADM
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    Lindenau overhaul spate as future is secured

    2013-01-03T16:48:00Z

    Lindenau Schiffswerft in Kiel, now facing a more secure future as the latest member of the Abu Dhabi Mar Germany Group, completed overhauls on several special vessels as the year turned.

  • Dag Pike, RIB expert and author
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    Seawork 2013 - 50 years of the RIB

    2013-01-03T16:38:00Z

    Seawork, the International commercial marine conference and exhibition, organised by Mercator Media Ltd, will be back for its 16th year at the ABP Port of Southampton, UK from 25 to 27 June 2013.

  • The new services are available not only to the renewable industry but to the oil and gas offshore sector and onshore industrial sectors
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    New marine equipment and lifting services

    2013-01-03T07:30:00Z

    Fendercare Marine has launched a new division, Fendercare Marine Equipment and Lifting Services, located at its Great Yarmouth UK base.

  • The HeavyLift@Sea team offers design and planning services for heavy lift shipping and offshore projects
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    Hamburg engineers bring expertise to bear

    2013-01-03T07:30:00Z

    A new Hamburg based engineering company sees a market in specialist vessel conversions, and aims to help clients take on challenging lift and build projects in overseas shipyards.

  • Chris Charman, new CEO at the IHMA
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    IMCA highlights safety in the new year

    2013-01-02T15:14:00Z

    The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), the trade organisation which represents offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies, has highlighted the hazards of electrical shocks and noise damage in two new offshore safety cards.

  • The 20m vessels will feature a bulletproof pilothouse
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    Incat Crowther designs bulletproof crew boats

    2013-01-02T12:34:00Z

    Australian boatbuilder, Incat Crowther, has been contracted to design a pair of bulletproof monohull crew boats for the fleet of Nigerian C&I Leasing Plc.

  • Installing the bow dome on a submarine in drydock
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    Another look at the tricycle

    2013-01-02T09:43:00Z

    The tricycle, usually a forgotten part of childhood, has given rise to a transporter which is ideal for moving large, heavy and delicate loads around congested spaces such as a drydock.

  • The ro-ro equipment is a repeat order similar to that on the Jolly Diamante
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    Size matters for Italian ships

    2013-01-02T07:30:00Z

    There is yet another order for very large cargo access equipment for a growing family of big ro-ro and container vessels.

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    Reel orders span Europe and Asia

    2013-01-02T07:30:00Z

    Two big, developing ports have ordered electrical power and spreader cable reels for ship to shore container cranes from Cavotec.

  • Dreggen cranes will expand Palfinger’s product portfolio for the offshore sector
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    Explosive atmosphere sparks crane aquisition

    2013-01-02T07:30:00Z

    An acquisition by Austrian company Palfinger Marine gives it the capability to manufacture cranes specially adapted to the highly explosive offshore environment.

  • Jessica S is seen with its wheelhouse in the raised position
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    Low air draft wheelhouse for Jessica S

    2013-01-02T07:30:00Z

    All tide access under bridges along the River Thames in London for a recent contract required the removal of the wheelhouse of Coastal Launch Services’ multicat type vessel Jessica S.

  • Alucatz wants to revolutionise the windfarm industry
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    New UK player in windfarm vessels

    2012-12-31T18:32:00Z

    UK based boatbuilders McTay Marine Services Ltd and Alucatz Catamarans have been working on a new range of windfarm vessels for the past six months.

  • The car carrier 'Baltic Ace' sank shortly after the collision
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    VDR capsule recovered from ‘Baltic Ace’

    2012-12-31T14:01:00Z

    Israel based marine electronics developer and supplier, Totem Plus, has recovered the voyage data recorder (VDR) capsule from the ''Baltic Ace'', which sank in the North Sea, west of Rotterdam, on 5 December 2012.