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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Maritime Conference and Exhibition in Istanbul will take place on 24 and 25 February 2016 at the Bosporus metropolis.

28th October 2015

SMM Istanbul

28th October 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Swedish based marine energy company, Minesto, has raised another 145 MSEK and gained another 2,500 new shareholders after offering its shares out on the wider market.

28th October 2015

Share sale

28th October 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The acquisition of Rotterdam based Imtech Marine by Pon Holdings and Parcom Capital has been finalised after being approved by the European Commission.

28th October 2015

Imtech acquisition finalised

28th October 2015

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Ifremer’s hybrid, remotely operated vehicle (HROV) ‘Ariane’ has come about from pressure. Not the kind exerted by tonnes of seawater, but the need to map and record the oceans and keep track…

28th October 2015

‘Ariane’ answers new call of the deep

28th October 2015

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“Back in the mid-90s, after the wall came down, West German companies were trying to sell into the former East Germany,” said Pieter Kroezen of Netherlands-based InandAut, but sometimes without as much…

27th October 2015

Pieter Kroezen: InandAut

27th October 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The bid deadline for the privatisation of Piraeus Port has been pushed back until December with an early election being blamed for the delay.

27th October 2015

Piraeus deadline pushed back

27th October 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

It must have been the kind of moment every contractor dreads: the smaller of two cranes started to tip sideways during a tandem lift, the pontoon underneath began to list dangerously and…

27th October 2015

Painstaking recovery from crane drama

27th October 2015

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

“Typically, we try to keep our operations as diverse as possible. It helps ride the changes,” explained Alan Todd, Blyth’s port director.

27th October 2015

The long view from Blyth

27th October 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Unique Group, the UAE-headquartered integrated subsea and offshore solution provider, has acquired Netherlands-based Oceanwide Safety at Sea, an expert in the design, construction and maintenance of self-propelled hyperbaric lifeboats.

27th October 2015

Hyperbaric acquisition

27th October 2015

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Acta Marine and CIG shipbuilding have reported that the newbuild construction support vessel of the Dutch marine operator Acta Marine ‘Acta Orion’, was christened at a naming ceremony held at the port…

27th October 2015

‘Acta Orion’ launched

27th October 2015