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INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The UK P&I Club’s Pre-Employment Medical Examination Programme, a leading scheme for assessing the fitness of prospective seafarers, has just completed its 300,000th examination.

29th May 2014

Fitter crews and fewer claims

29th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

As engines have increased in horsepower providing greater power for the same size and weight, cavitation and how to overcome it has become a major issue for propeller designers.

29th May 2014

Teignbridge Propellers teams up with Plymouth University

29th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Construction of the badly needed fifth lock in Brunsbuettel on the Kiel Canal is expected to start in earnest in September after Berlin Government approval was given for costs totalling €485 million.

29th May 2014

September start for Kiel Canal lock project

29th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OSD-IMT, the UK division of Offshore Ship Designers (OSD), has developed a range of innovative new offshore windfarm service vessel designs.

29th May 2014

New range of windfarm vessel designs

29th May 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

At Thetis MRE, the international marine renewable energy convention, representatives of West Normandy Marine Energy (WNME) and the Channel Islands Marine Renewable Energy Group (CIMREG) signed a Framework of Cooperation on marine…

29th May 2014

Cooperation for marine renewable energy

29th May 2014

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

The Seawork International 2014 exhibitors’ catalogue is now live and available to view. Powered by Issuu page-turning software, the substantial 217 page publication is your essential guide to an essential maritime event.

28th May 2014

See who’s who at Seawork

28th May 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Leading employment law specialist Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP (BDBF) has appointed a senior employment lawyer with expertise in the insurance and shipping industries in order to expand its portfolio of clients…

28th May 2014

Expansion into the shipping market

28th May 2014

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Mastervolt, the Dutch based specialist in off grid electrical systems, has announced the arrival of the new Mass Combi Ultra series: a compact inverter/charger combination with a smart transfer system, MPPT (Maximum…

28th May 2014

Mastervolts Mass Combi Ultra

28th May 2014

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The world’s first Seatower Cranefree Gravity foundation will be deployed at the Fécamp offshore windfarm in the English Channel, 13km off the coast of Normandy.

28th May 2014

Game-changing wind foundation

28th May 2014

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

The world’s largest inland port at Duisburg in Germany, which adjoins two major shipping arteries of the Rhine and Ruhr, is to upgrade its survey capability with commissioning of a GeoSwath Plus…

28th May 2014

GeoAcoustics multibeam for world’s largest inland port

28th May 2014