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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark has been selected by HNY Ferry Fleet, LLC,operator of New York City’s Citywide Ferry Service, to build 26-metre, 149-passenger aluminium high-speed ferries.

8th July 2016

Metal Shark ferries

8th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Australian vessel designer and builder Incat Crowther has announced the delivery of ‘Ratayapibanbancha’ and ‘Arcarachwaratorn’, a pair of 24m Catamaran Patrol Boats.

8th July 2016

Incat Crowther cats for Royal Thai Police

8th July 2016

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

MPI Offshore has announced that its wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV), ‘MPI Discovery’, has recommenced work at the Rampion Offshore Wind Farm off the south coast of England.

8th July 2016

‘MPI Discovery’ back on Rampion

8th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

At the end of June 2016, the Austria-headquarterd Palfinger Group closed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares in Herkules Harding Holding AS, and thus the globally operating Harding Safety.

8th July 2016

Palfinger acquisition

8th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The National Business Success Award Institute in Belgium has selected Tideway BV (a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, DEME) as Best Performing Employer 2016 in the marine…

8th July 2016

Tideway ‘Best Employer’

8th July 2016

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The new Firefly PRO rescue lights by US-owned ACR Electronics are extremely bright, reliable LED strobe lights which, claims ACR, ensure the best chance of visually alerting rescue services for accurate location…

7th July 2016

MOB strobe

7th July 2016

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The UK’s vote in favour of leaving the European Union is expected to have a far reaching impact on the renewables sector in terms of investment and legislation.

7th July 2016

How will Brexit impact the renewables sector?

7th July 2016

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The new MTU gas marine engine, the first from Rolls-Royce, has just completed 3,000 successful hours on the test bench at Friedrichshafen, Germany. As of 2018, Rolls-Royce will deliver the first certified…

7th July 2016

Gas delivering diesel-type performance

7th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands-headquartered Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Ltd have increased their strategic cooperation with IHC acquiring a majority stake in Tompkins.

7th July 2016

Royal IHC obtains majority stake in Tompkins

7th July 2016

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded the concession to build and operate the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms.

7th July 2016

DONG wins Dutch wind farm tender

7th July 2016