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Two Search and Rescue boats built by FB Design in Italy have set new records for the for the voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice, the first time that such records have…

20th July 2016

Lifeboats setting speed records

20th July 2016

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SMM, which lays claim to being the leading international maritime trade fair, will take place at the Hamburg Messe exhibition centre from 06 to 09 September 2016. More than 2,000 exhibitors have…

19th July 2016

Three days in Hamburg

19th July 2016

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Swansea-based Marine Power Systems (MPS) has signed a new contract with Hunger Hydraulic UK for the supply of hydraulic cylinders and seals.

19th July 2016

MPS contract with Hunger Hydraulic

19th July 2016

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Goldman Sachs Merchant Banking Division and Altor Fund IV have partnered together and signed an agreement to acquire Navico from the Altor 2003 Fund.

19th July 2016

New owners for Navico

19th July 2016

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JRC and Alphatron Marine will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg, Germany from the 6 September to 9 September.

18th July 2016

Second generation bridges from Alphatron Marine

18th July 2016

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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