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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Nominations for the Royal Institution of Naval Architects (RINA)-Qinetiq Maritime Innovation Award, which seeks to encourage innovation in all sectors of the maritime industry, are now invited.

17th November 2014

Maritime Innovation Award

17th November 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Australian, Beam Communications, a subsidiary of World Reach Limited announces that they have received Inmarsat approval for its range of IsatDock2 docking stations for the recently released Inmarsat IsatPhone satellite handset.

17th November 2014

Inmarsat in the dock

17th November 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Last summer, the tug ‘Nos Aries’ and crew aiming to recover Europe’s unmanned IXV spacecraft had a practice run off the coast of Tuscany, Italy. They retrieved a prototype of the suborbital…

17th November 2014

Spacecraft recovery

17th November 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Short sighted platform design and a tendency to place short term cost savings over full lifecycle costs are increasingly complicating subsea cable installation projects for offshore wind farms, according to an industry…

17th November 2014

Six platform problems

17th November 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

According to Sweden’s Minesto, the Holy Grail of extracting usable power from tidal arrays in low current locations could lie in ‘flying’ what appear to be underwater kites.

14th November 2014

Kite for low currents?

14th November 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Increasingly, workboat operators are relying on ruggedized PCs for many of their navigation and communication requirements, and handy–sized tablet versions can be particularly useful on deck.

14th November 2014

Ruggedly handsome

14th November 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

It has been announced that Active Communications International’s ‘Operating Specialist Wind Vessels Summit 2015’ will include three specific modules covering finance & contract options for offshore wind vessels.

14th November 2014

Financing wind vessels

14th November 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Following on from the merging of Heila and Double D two years ago, from January 1st 2015 Double D marine equipment B.V. will continue its activities under the name Heila Nederland B.V.

14th November 2014

Heila namechange

14th November 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

German propulsion solutions specialist Schottel, has founded a new subsidiary - Schottel Hydro GmbH. The new company will incorporate Schottel’s hydrokinetic energy business. Schottel Hydro comprises activities in three segments: hydrokinetic turbines,…

13th November 2014

Schottel hydrokinetic subsidiary

13th November 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

MTU is to supply four 16-cylinder Series 4000 M63L engines, each with an output of 2,240kW, and an MTU BlueVision automation system, for two Sanmar-built tugboats.

13th November 2014

First MTU engines for Sanmar tugs

13th November 2014