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The German windfarm developer and operator wpd has acquired a further partner for the development of the Butendiek offshore windfarm.

13th January 2014

New Butendiek windfarm partner

13th January 2014

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Wärtsilä Corporation acknowledged recent speculation about a potential transaction between Rolls-Royce Plc and Wärtsilä in a statement issued yesterday by the Wärtsilä Board of Directors.

9th January 2014

Wärtsilä confirms approach by Rolls-Royce

9th January 2014

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The French Research Institute for Exploration of the Sea (Ifremer) has acquired a Simrad multibeam echosounder from Kongsberg Maritime to help strengthen its research work in the Mediterranean Sea.

9th January 2014

Multibeam system for Ifremer

9th January 2014

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The port of Antwerp is expected to have handled a total freight volume of 190.6 million tonnes over 2013 as a whole, representing an increase of 3.5% compared with 2012 when the…

9th January 2014

Antwerp record

9th January 2014

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The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) says that all vessels recently trapped in the Antarctic ice have now broken free.

8th January 2014

Antarctic rescue operations complete

8th January 2014

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The sea trials of Autonomous Surface Vehicles’ (ASV) latest vehicle, the C-Enduro, have begun in Porchester, UK.

8th January 2014

C-Enduro begins sea trials

8th January 2014

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The Irish Government has pledged commitment of €15m to enable marine development for the next five years.

7th January 2014

Marine research commitment

7th January 2014

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The New Year has seen a number of amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) enter into force and take effect.

3rd January 2014

SOLAS amendments enter into force

3rd January 2014

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Dutch company Royal Boskalis says that the tug ‘Smit Elbe’, which is based in the port of Rotterdam, has become the first tug in the Netherlands to be fuelled with Shell GTL.

2nd January 2014

Synthetic diesel tug

2nd January 2014

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Following failed attempts by three icebreakers to reach the research vessel ‘MV Akademik Shokalskiy’ trapped in the Antarctic ice, its 54 stranded passengers were rescued by helicopter on Thursday.

31st December 2013

Rescue operation in the Antarctic

31st December 2013

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Scorpion Ribs is the latest user of the Dyena Acceleration Recorder (DaccR), a portable data logger that provides information on ride quality and performance.

23rd December 2013

Scorpion Ribs unveils its sting

23rd December 2013

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Global emergency marine systems and support services provider Survival Craft Inspectorate (SCI) has opened its 12th office in Rotterdam.

20th December 2013

SCI in Rotterdam

20th December 2013

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UK based Titan Environmental Services has launched and tested its new 13m long hydrographic survey vessel at Great Yarmouth.

19th December 2013

New hydro survey vessel launched

19th December 2013

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The Jersey Flag Administration has reached agreement with the UK to increase the maximum allowed size of commercial vessels on their register to 399gt.

19th December 2013

Jersey flagging larger commercial vessels

19th December 2013

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The UK’s Crown Estate has launched an industry engagement process to better understand market interest in future tidal and lagoon projects around the UK, a move prompted by an increase in enquiries…

18th December 2013

Lagoon development project engagement process

18th December 2013

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A shipping partnership is on a mission to rescue the industry in one of the UK’s prominent shipbuilding towns, following the decision made by defence and security giant BAE Systems to move…

18th December 2013

Rescuing southern UK shipbuilding

18th December 2013

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Shipdock Amsterdam, part of Damen Shipyards Group, has received a contract to upgrade the propulsion of the Polarcus owned 3D seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Naila’.

18th December 2013

Damen refit for seismic vessel

18th December 2013

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Eight European countries have expressed their disappointment at the new EU Ship Recycling Regulation set to enter into force later this month.

17th December 2013

EU disappointed by new Ship Recycling Regulation

17th December 2013

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All 39 monopiles of the German offshore windfarm, Baltic 2, have been installed in just over two months, despite weather delays.

16th December 2013

Baltic 2 monopiles installed

16th December 2013

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Barcelona based TEAM, which designs, manufactures, installs and maintains passenger boarding bridges for cruise and ferry terminals, is changing its name to ADELTE.

16th December 2013

TEAM terminates

16th December 2013