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SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Scotland’s energy minister, Paul Wheelhouse MSP, recently took a demonstration tour aboard the ‘Sea Puffin’, the world’s first offshore wind daughter craft based on Surface-Effect-Ship technology.

16th November 2018

SES demonstration run

16th November 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

NEXT GEN 2019 is a series of specialist one day workshops run ‘back to back’ on 2, 3, 4 April 2019.

16th November 2018

Safety-focused workshops

16th November 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Powering European ships with batteries, hydrogen or ammonia will be the most efficient way to decarbonise the fleet and require half the amount of renewable electricity that synthetic methane or synthetic diesel…

16th November 2018

Battery power is key to decarbonisation

16th November 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Finland-based boatbuilder Weldmec Marine has, together with its Norwegian partner Martec AS, signed a contract for the delivery of a specially equipped boat to the Governor of the Svalbard archipelago in Northern…

16th November 2018

Svalbard fast patrol

16th November 2018

SECURITY

SECURITY

Inmarsat has introduced two new components to its maritime cyber security service, Fleet Secure, as it continues to develop solutions that combat ever-increasing cyber threats.

16th November 2018

Inmarsat enhances cyber security offering

16th November 2018

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The benefits of 100% in-house production was recently highlighted to Hydrosphere when members of its team paid a visit to the factory of its French supplier Mobilis.

15th November 2018

Mobilis factory visit showcases quality

15th November 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Netherlands shipbuilder Royal IHC has been awarded the KNVTS Ship of the Year award for the 8,400m3 trailing suction hopper dredger (TSHD) ‘Scheldt River’, designed and built for Belgian dredging concern DEME.

15th November 2018

Innovative dredger awarded

15th November 2018

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

According to Sjaak Schouteren, partner in the European Cyber team at JLT Specialty, the maritime sector is constantly embracing new business models and technology, but unfortunately this has made them a target…

15th November 2018

Maritime cyber target

15th November 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Polish State Secretary for Energy, Grzegorz Tobiszowski, has announced plans to develop 8GW of offshore wind by 2035. Poland will soon pass a law to this effect, spelling out the annual volumes…

15th November 2018

Poland re-commits to offshore wind

15th November 2018

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

The Research and Radionavigation team (R&RNAV) that supports the three General Lighthouse Authorities (GLAs) of the UK and Ireland—the Northern Lighthouse Board, Irish Lights and Trinity House—will now be known as GLA…

15th November 2018

Radionavigation name change

15th November 2018