Key deals

The former Captain of the ‘Costa Concordia’ cruise ship that capsized back in January 2012 has been found guilty of manslaughter and sentenced to 16 years in prison – 10 years less…

JRC and Alphatron Marine have delivered new tugboat consoles – said to be the first of their kind – for the new generator of Rotortugs.

Paramarine, QinetiQ’s ship and submersible design software, has been used by Mojo Maritime to design an offshore construction vessel for the marine renewables sector. The Hi Flo 4 (HF4) is a state-of-the-art,…

The UK’s Liverpool John Moores University has joined forces with Mersey Maritime and Norway’s Vestfold University to encourage maritime innovation, research and higher skills in the Atlantic region.

Damen Shipyards Group will launch a composite Fast Crew Supplier 1605 to the market in February. Built at Damen Shipyards Antalya in Turkey, the Group’s specialist composite yard, the Fast Crew Supplier…

The Finnish Coastguard’s latest vessel is now well equipped for oil spill response operations after taking delivery of new equipment from UK-based Vikoma International Limited.

A team of scientists at the Fraunhofer Center for Maritime Logistics and Services (CML) has developed a new weather routing module for an ambitious proposed hybrid merchant vessel for sustainable sea transport…

Sweden-based high resolution subsea survey provider, MMT, and Reach Subsea, have finalised successful offshore tests on the new Surveyor Interceptor ROV (SROV).

Netherlands marine research institute MARIN has signed the contract for a new wave generator for its new Concept Basin. Part of this contract is a complete new wave generation control system for…

UK-based Ocean Signal has gained European certification for its rescueME MOB1, enabling it to be sold throughout Europe.

Denmark’s Tuco Marine has delivered a first of its kind pilot boat to Sea Charter A/S to be used in a charter agreement with the Danish National Pilot Service Company, DanPilot.

Crowley Maritime has published a comprehensive and interactive flipbook about the Costa Concordia salvage project.

UK-based offshore energy crew transfer vessel operator Seacat Services has placed an order worth £6 million with Isle of Wight based boat builder South Boats IOW for two DNV-GL class-certified next generation…

Inmarsat, a provider of global mobile satellite communications services for all types of commercial and private vessels, has announced the successful launch of its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite on board an…

The UK’s Port of London Authority (PLA) has ordered a new purpose-built survey catamaran for the river Thames. The CTruk MPC19 is set to replace the PLA’s current ‘Yantlet’.