Key deals

UK consultancy Braemar SA (Incorporating The Salvage Association) has announced the appointment of Brian Armour as the new senior maritime civil engineer within its ports and harbours division.

Ferguson Marine Engineering Ltd (FMEL) is to build two new 100m hybrid ferries for Scotland’s Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL).

Loran is the land based positioning system that many claim can provide an alternative to GPS. Being a terrestrial system it is less likely to suffer from jamming or other interference and…

Rolls-Royce has been selected to design and equip a new Service Operation Vessel for Norwegian shipowner Østensjø Rederi. The vessel will support wind farm operations for DONG Energy.

Palfinger Ned-Deck has received an order from Boustead Naval Shipyards for 12 newly designed davits which will be produced for the Royal Malaysian Navy.

Marine scientists are employing the underwater metal detector, Pulse 8X, in order to receive transmitter devices, locate shellfish and protect habitats.

One year on the foundations for the Siemens development at ABPs Alexandra Dock in Hull have been laid providing what has been called a foundation for the UK’s low-carbon future.

APM Terminals’ Maasvlakte II terminal in Rotterdam is already setting records with its loading operations even though its only been officially open since April.

Plans for the Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, a 320MW energy project being built off the coast of the UK, have come to a halt as developers wait for the government to finalise…

UK-based Burgess Marine has entered a phase of expansion by securing the long-term lease of two slipways from ABP Southampton and the acquisition of Small & Co Marine Engineering in Lowestoft.

Ocean science and marine technology exhibition and conference, Oceanology International (OI), is expanding with a new North American event.

Rolls-Royce’s engine factory in Bergen, Norway, has been busy serving the African market, carrying out training for Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia employees to boost skills in marine engine repair.

Helicopter operator PDG has taken ownership of a new EC135 helicopter with call sign G-GLAA.

British shipyard Cammell Laird shipyard has beaten off global competition to secure the build for a new £200 million polar research ship.