Key deals

US-based workboat builder and first time Seawork exhibitor Metal Shark has been awarded a $15M US Navy contract for the construction of 7 metre RIBs in support of future Foreign Military Sales…

A new nuclear detection technology is set to provide ports and Customs authorities with a cheaper and more efficient method of countering terrorists seeking to smuggle materials such as uranium, plutonium or…

Hosted by the Portuguese Navy, the 7th High Speed Boat Operations Forum will take place in Lisbon from the 4th to 6th May 2015. HSBO Forum is a by-invitation-only conference gathering for…

UK-based acoustic monitoring instrumentation, St Andrews Instrumentation (SAIL), is launching a new data acquisition device (DAQ) that it says will “revolutionise” the sector.

Antwerp Port Authority has cemented its commitment to environmental stewardship by officially launching its project to build Belgium’s largest onshore windfarm on the bank of the Scheldt at the port.

Dutch dredging expert, Dredge Yard, has successfully supplied key dredge equipment for the upgrade of two trailer hopping suction dredgers (TSHDs).

UK-based Iceni Marine Services is expanding its fleet of South Boat-built catamarans with a new first of class DNV 22m windfarm crew transfer vessel.

Netherlands-based Alphatron Marine is to provide its satellite hardware and data solution packages for 11 vessels owned by Seacontractors.

Macduff Shipyards has just completed its latest vessel called the ‘SSF/MD 1’, the first of four 150t tonne automated feed barges being built for Scottish Sea Farms Limited.

Acta Marine has acquired Offshore Wind Services B.V. (OWS) of Rotterdam, including the UK subsidiary OWPMS Ltd. OWS will be renamed ‘Acta Marine Wind Services’.

Construction of Hamburg’s third cruise shipping terminal is not only on time for inauguration in June but will, officials say, also cost considerably less than first thought.

UK-based Ocean Scientific International Ltd (OSIL) is extending its range of fully integrated oceanographic systems with a new compact buoy platform.

Kalashnikov is probably the best known name in the small arms sector with their AK47 and now this Russian company is moving into the small military and workboat sectors. The company, which…

Vattenfall Wind Power has won the concession to build the offshore windfarm Horns Rev 3 off the Danish west coast and is just waiting for approval from the Danish Parliament and EU.

Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey has added new dedicated capacity to build the popular Fast Crew Supplier 5009 at the yard – a dedicated 12,000m² facility called Antalya II.

A UK university is doing its bit to help close the skills gap in the maritime industry, through training research.

Tidal Lagoon Power says that its moving even closer to full scale tidal lagoon infrastructure in the UK with the submittal of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) for the Tidal Lagoon Cardiff…

Netherlands-based Neptune Shipyards has delivered ‘Roxane Z’, the first Eurocarrier 3413 with DP2, to Jifmar Offshore Services.