Key deals

The European Union has granted a €21m grant to the Sea Traffic Management (STM) Validation Project, a Motorways of the Sea project defined within the MONALISA 2.0 project.

APM Terminals has reached an agreement with Perez y Cia to acquire their majority stake in the Barcelona-based Grup Maritim TCB and its maritime services’ container terminal portfolio in Europe and Latin…

Panel mounting system expert, Fastmount, has launched an innovative new panel clip set – the VL-03H.

Spain-based Elebia is upgrading its range of automatic hooks for the marine market, which keeps crane operators and those responsible for rigging at a safe distance.

Inmarsat has announced its participation in the Finnish funded Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) recently launched by Rolls-Royce.

UK boatbuilder, Meercat Workboats, has beaten competition from across Europe to secure an important contract to build its 24th newbuild vessel.

Project services consultancy, Cambla, is upgrading its state-of-the-art software, the Schedule Animation Tool (S.A.T.) to help the marine industry improve planning operations.

The Spanish ship operator Baleària has ordered the construction of two natural gas propelled ferries from Shipyard Construcciones Navales del Norte (La Naval) in a deal worth around €350 million.

Alphatron Marine will be showcasing three new state of the art bridge solutions, driven by the concept of advanced navigation technology, at this year’s Europort exhibition.

French CMR Group is set to unveil new designs for its J1939 Connect CAN sensor for both land and marine applications at industry shows this year.

The Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Conference, being held at the RNLI College, Poole, UK from 6 to 8 October 2015 has announced its programme.

Hella Marine is expanding its range with the new EuroLED 75 downlights, said to be highly efficient with long lasting illumination.

Harding Safety AS is now a ‘Maritime Training Provider’ of Life Saving Appliances (LSAs) after being certified to DNV GL St-0029 by DNV GL.

Danish civil engineering company, Per Aarsleff AS, has signed a contract to carry out expansion work at the Danish port of Frederikshavn.

Kai Skvarla has been promoted to president of BMT Designers & Planners (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group.