Key deals

Dutch offshore cranes company Kenz Cranes has delivered a new 400 tonne boom hoist offshore pedestal crane to the jack-up vessel Seajacks Leviathan in Amsterdam.

More than 5,000 participants and 300 exhibitors are expected at the 34th annual RenewableUK conference and exhibition in Glasgow on 30 October through 1 November.

Florida based shipwreck recovery specialist, Odyssey Marine Exploration, recently announced it is putting ‘Gairsoppa’ and ‘Mantola’ recovery operations on hold due to current weather conditions in the North Atlantic.

METS, the flagship trade show of the international marine leisure industry, marks its 25th anniversary in 2012.

Steyr Motors GmbH and Phoenix Tree HSC Investment (Wuhan) Co Ltd (PTC) have closed a purchase deal with 100% of the shares of Steyr Motors GmbH and its subsidiaries Steyr Motors Liegenschaften…

Thursday marked the 35th celebration of World Maritime Day. This year’s theme is ‘IMO: One hundred years after the Titanic’.

PD Ports has commissioned the build of a new pilot vessel for Teesport on the North East coast. The construction of the new vessel, an investment of over £1M, has now commenced…

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has appointed Commodore Tom Karsten RN as its new UK National Hydrographer, Deputy Chief Executive (Hydrography).

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) will host the next chain of Digital Integration Workshops in London this month, to help shipping managers plan for the integration of digital technology into bridge…

An integrated radar and AIS coastal surveillance system was installed in Tanzania on Monday.

The London headquartered safety and survival equipment and services providing Survitec Group Limited has purchased Abteilung Seerettung (Life Saving Appliances), part of the larger Gummi Hasenkrug GmbH company in Germany.

Swiss automation specialist, ABB, has launched a new range of software applications that will help ocean vessels reduce their fuel consumption by up to 20% and it has secured a new order…

Austal USA christened the USNS ‘Choctaw County’ (JHSV 2) at its shipyard in Mobile in Alabama this week – the second christening at Austal in less than a year.

French measurement solutions company, Scaime, has launched a new fibre optic sensor conditioner, the MDX-400, for the wind energy market.