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UK-based ship repairer Burgess Marine and European Active Projects Ltd (EAPL) have partnered up to jointly manage and operate Ramsgate Slipways.

14th July 2016

Burgess Marine and EAPL partnership

14th July 2016

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Planet Ocean has become the UK and Ireland distributor for American-based SeaView Systems’ new low power wave height and direction sensor.

13th July 2016

New distribution agreement for Planet Ocean

13th July 2016

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Nine major energy companies and the Scottish Government have announced a £7.9 million collaboration on technology innovation to slash the cost of offshore wind, via the Carbon Trusts Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA)…

11th July 2016

Scottish technology collaboration

11th July 2016

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Oslo-based Miko Marine has unveiled a magnetic sledge that is capable of retrieving small ferrous objects from underwater.

11th July 2016

Magnetic Sledge from Miko

11th July 2016

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Norway-headquarterd Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering, a provider of marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services to the offshore sector, has signed a contract with leading offshore wind developer Deepwater Wind to…

11th July 2016

European expertise for US offshore wind

11th July 2016

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At the end of June 2016, the Austria-headquarterd Palfinger Group closed the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares in Herkules Harding Holding AS, and thus the globally operating Harding Safety.

8th July 2016

Palfinger acquisition

8th July 2016

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The National Business Success Award Institute in Belgium has selected Tideway BV (a subsidiary of the Belgian dredging, environmental and marine engineering group, DEME) as Best Performing Employer 2016 in the marine…

8th July 2016

Tideway ‘Best Employer’

8th July 2016

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Netherlands-headquartered Royal IHC and Tompkins UK Ltd have increased their strategic cooperation with IHC acquiring a majority stake in Tompkins.

7th July 2016

Royal IHC obtains majority stake in Tompkins

7th July 2016

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The Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs has awarded the concession to build and operate the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind farms.

7th July 2016

DONG wins Dutch wind farm tender

7th July 2016

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Wilhelmsen Maritime Services (WMS) is transferring all of its related safety products and services, to the Survitec Group, creating a world leader in safety and survival solutions.

6th July 2016

Survitec Group joins forces with Wilhelmsen Maritime Services

6th July 2016

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Damen Shiprepair Amsterdam (DSAm) has concluded major modification works on the A2SEA (Denmark)-owned offshore wind farm installation vessel ‘Sea Installer’.

5th July 2016

‘Sea Installer’ crane upgrade

5th July 2016

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Representatives of the legislative institutions of the EU successfully reached an agreement recently on the new Port Services Regulation. This legislation will establish a framework for the provision of port services and…

4th July 2016

European Pilots welcome EU agreement on new ports regulation

4th July 2016

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Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. has signed a letter of intent to acquire the offshore activities of VolkerWessels. Under the intended transaction, Boskalis will acquire the maritime and offshore wind energy related activities…

4th July 2016

Boskalis acquires VolkerWessels

4th July 2016

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Coming up to a week after the shock BREXIT vote, Sterling and UK stocks are rebounding to an extent, but the main reaction ’Maritime Journal’ is getting from the commercial marine industry…

29th June 2016

Into the unknown: BREXIT and the European commercial marine industry

29th June 2016

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German based renewables firm, RTS Wind AG, has established a British division to serve the potential in the growing UK on and offshore sectors.

20th June 2016

UK office for RTS Wind

20th June 2016

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HvS Dredging Support BV, an offshore support company located in Harlingen Holland, has announced that its new unique multi-purpose DP 2 vessel ‘Zwerver II’ is now operational.

20th June 2016

DP-2 Walk-to-Work vessel ‘Zwerver II’

20th June 2016

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The Lock of Kieldrecht in the Port of Antwerp has been officially opened for commercial shipping by His Majesty the King of Belgium.

17th June 2016

Kieldrecht lock inaugurated

17th June 2016

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Macduff Ship Design, based in the North-East of Scotland, has announced the launch of Macduff Marine Surveyors.

16th June 2016

Macduffs new marine surveyors company

16th June 2016

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The European Commission has recently awarded just over €3.9 million (£3.1 m) to support tidal energy testing and demonstration in Orkney waters, offshore Scotland, UK.

10th June 2016

Orkney’s EU funding

10th June 2016

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Keynvor MorLift (KML), a Falmouth, UK-based industrial marine contractor, has announced its purchase of Falmouth Wharves. The acquisition plays an important role in KML’s expansion plans which will see up to 39…

10th June 2016

KML purchases Falmouth Wharves

10th June 2016