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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK marine safety equipment manufacturer Spinlock will make its show debut at SMM this year. The company is excited to be exhibiting at Europe’s leading commercial marine trade show where it will…

26th July 2016

Spinlock debut

26th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Abels Shipyard in Bristol, UK is close to completing work on converting a harbour ferry into a medical ship to operate in South America.

26th July 2016

Ferry converted to medical ship

26th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Holland Shipyards were given just 4 ½ months to carry out a major refit on the fisheries research vessel ‘Tridens’ which is owned by the Dutch government department Rijkswaterstaat. The ‘Tridens’ is…

26th July 2016

Tight schedule for ‘Tridens’ refit

26th July 2016

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

German specialist for motor oils and additives Liqui Moly claims to have the ultimate range of products for fighting the curse of rust in the fuel tank and fuel lines of vessels.

26th July 2016

Curing fuel line corrosion

26th July 2016

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Recently a marine test case at the UK’s Supreme Court (Versloot v HDI Gerling) ruled that so called ‘collateral lies’ were no longer grounds in themselves for a whole insurance claim to…

26th July 2016

Collateral lies

26th July 2016

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

UK-headquartered marine finance company Close Brothers Aviation and Marine recently announced its 40th birthday. The business was founded in 1976 by Victor Cannock, starting out as ‘Air and General Finance Limited’, before…

26th July 2016

Close Brothers turns 40

26th July 2016

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Netherlands-based law firm AKD says suppliers of goods and services to the international shipping industry, such as bunker suppliers, can modify the jurisdiction clauses in their standard terms to explicitly include the…

26th July 2016

AKD on trans-border arrests

26th July 2016

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

A recent case, where a vessel was at risk of detention by Border Force UK, has thrown up some interesting questions concerning work permits, visas, immigration and manning rules, according to UK-headquartered…

26th July 2016

Immigration and manning rules for workboats in UK and Europe

26th July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Norwegian seabed seismic services company Magseis has selected acoustic positioning equipment from Sonardyne International in the UK to support current deep water ocean bottom seismic surveys of the Red Sea in partnership…

25th July 2016

Sonardyne acoustics for Red Sea seismic surveys

25th July 2016

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

iXblue, the specialist French navigation, positioning and imaging company, has extended its fleet of vessels with commissioning of FeliX, a 25-metre catamaran designed for hydrographic, biological and oceanographic missions.

25th July 2016

iXblue expands vessel fleet

25th July 2016