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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

An ocean energy technology demonstration programme encouraging longer-term demonstration and technology de-risking across the Atlantic Area regions has announced its first call for applications.

25th April 2019

First call for ocean energy demonstration

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Royal IHC of the Netherlands has celebrated the delivery of its 2000th dredge pump with a Royal IHC Pump Experience for customers and partners at its Kinderdijk headquarters.

25th April 2019

Royal IHC delivers 2000th dredge pump

25th April 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

South Africa’s Port of Ngqura is the first in the world to have a fixed jet sand bypass system, which is meeting its stringent dredging targets of 240,000 tonnes of sand per…

25th April 2019

First port with sand bypass system

25th April 2019

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The ubiquitous waste collection boats seen around Venice, 130 of them in all, are getting a makeover: one of the original designers, Angelo Bovo of Veritas SPA, admitted it’s “satisfying” to get…

25th April 2019

Angelo Bovo: Veritas SPA

25th April 2019

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Hydrogen as a fuel for support vessels? “People worry about safety,” said Cornelius von der Heydt of German-based company Hydrogenious. However, there is a form “that’s even slightly easier to handle than…

25th April 2019

Cornelius von der Heydt: Hydrogenious

25th April 2019

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Members of the European Parliament have adopted the Horizon Europe regulation, while the European Council and the European Parliament have reached a partial agreement on the structure of the regulation.

24th April 2019

Horizon Europe regulation progresses

24th April 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The first installation of the Wärtsilä WXJ series of modular waterjets will be carried out on a new 100m long wave-piercing catamaran ferry being built for the Government of Trinidad and Tobago…

24th April 2019

Wärtsilä WXJ waterjets to power catamaran

24th April 2019

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Mclennan has supplied a custom-designed motion control system to Irish Lights to help increase the efficiency and reliability of its lighthouse drive train technology.

23rd April 2019

Motion control system helps lighthouse

23rd April 2019

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Just over a year after relocating to Portland Port in Dorset, the maritime engineering company Intermarine UK has continued to grow

23rd April 2019

Intermarine UK grows Portland ship repair facility

23rd April 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fires originating in the cargo on container ships continues to make news but what does this mean for the salvage industry? Peter Barker investigates.

23rd April 2019

Meeting the challenge of container ship fires

23rd April 2019