Key deals

Yanmar presented its newly launched engines with advanced technical features at the recent Boot Dusseldorf exhibition in Germany.

Bruntons Propellers has bought the worldwide manufacturing and marketing rights to the SigmaDrive – a deal completed at the London Boat Show last week.

The Portsmouth Shipbuilding UK group has welcomed the news that a new government minister has been appointed for the city calling it a “positive step forward” in restoring shipbuilding to the city.

E.ON is expanding its renewables business with the construction of a €1bn Amrumbank West windfarm in the North Sea, 37km northwest of the German island of Helgoland.

Imtech Marine of the Netherlands says that it has been contracted to provide the complete electrical and electronic systems for the LNG-fuelled ferry being built at Fassmer yard for AG Ems.

Dutch specialist in crew transfer vessel services to the offshore wind industry, Offshore Wind Services (OWS), is the first to order the next generation Damen Twin Axe Fast Crew Supplier 2610.