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The largest pontoon ever stock-built by Damen has been sold to the Canadian McKeil-Malaspina partnership.

16th August 2013

Largest pontoon

16th August 2013

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Honda Motor Company has entered into an agreement to supply Tohatsu Corporation with Honda outboard engines, from 60 horsepower through to 250 horsepower.

16th August 2013

Honda/Tohatsu deal

16th August 2013

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Investment in improved access and expanded deepwater facilities at the Port of Lerwick continues to deliver results, with larger vessels handling increased cargo in the first half of the year.

16th August 2013

Lerwick growth

16th August 2013

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Huisman is responding to a rise in demand within the Norwegian offshore market by opening a new office in the country to cash in on the burgeoning indsutry.

15th August 2013

Huisman responds to Norwegian demand

15th August 2013

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Australia’s Incat Crowther has secured a contract to design a 34mcatamaran passenger ferry for the operator of the Auckland ferry network, Fullers Group Ltd.

15th August 2013

New Incat passenger ferry

15th August 2013

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Vessel builder IHC Merwede of the Netherlands is continuing its strong building and design history with the introduction of a new Omnibarge design.

14th August 2013

New IHC Merwede Omnibarge

14th August 2013

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Swathe Services is set to run a £2000 multi-beam echosounder (MBES) and MDL laser scanning training course next year in response to “rising demand for MBES surveys within the industry”.

13th August 2013

Swathe MBES and laser training

13th August 2013

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IBM has announced advanced power and weather modelling technology that it says will help increase the reliability of renewable energy resources, including offshore windfarms.

13th August 2013

New wind prediction software

13th August 2013

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The EU-funded Mare Nostrum Project, which aims to explore new ways of protecting and managing the Mediterranean coastline, called on governments to take immediate and coordinated action to fight cliff erosion.

13th August 2013

Med coastal erosion

13th August 2013

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Windfarm inspection and mapping of the underwater environment in situations that “defy existing technology” is to be made easier with marine robots.

9th August 2013

Marine robots improve marine inspection

9th August 2013

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Damen has delivered the Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier (FCS) 2610 to Danish company, Sea Consult ApS, as it prepares to enter the offshore wind market.

6th August 2013

Damen Twin Axe FCS delivered

6th August 2013

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Netherlands based Hydrographic and Marine Consultants BV (HMC) is attempting to “change market dynamics” with the introduction of its DryPlan dock planning system.

6th August 2013

Drydock planning for industry

6th August 2013

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A collaboration between private infrastructure companies and the Ports of Gothenburg and Rotterdam aims to provide LNG for shipping by 2015.

6th August 2013

EU funds for LNG

6th August 2013

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“My wake-up call was a project that, from an engineering point of view worked beautifully,” says port consultant Howard Holt. “What I didn’t see coming was that it would make 10% of…

6th August 2013

The very civil engineer

6th August 2013

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The Global Shippers’ Forum has taken special notice of proposals from the European Commission to establish a system to reduce carbon emissions (CO2) from the maritime sector.

5th August 2013

Emissions proposals

5th August 2013

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Austria based Palfinger Marine is pursuing a bold plan to gain competitive advantage through the continuous optimisation of its processes.

5th August 2013

Optimising processes

5th August 2013

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MAN Truck & Bus has opened a new engine academy in Nuremburg to train service personnel in handling MAN engines.

1st August 2013

New MAN engine academy

1st August 2013

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Despite the ongoing national economic downturn, Ireland’s Port of Cork Company has returned an improved performance in 2012 compared to 2011.

1st August 2013

Cork beats trend

1st August 2013

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Both the global and EU economy is set to pick up speed slowly over the course of the next year according to a report from Finland’s Centre for Maritime Studies.

1st August 2013

Baltic outlook positive

1st August 2013

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Antwerp Port Authority has received positive news from the European Commission concerning its application for a subsidy for LNG.

31st July 2013

Antwerp LNG subsidy

31st July 2013