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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

St Nazaire is laying foundations, quite literally, for its future role as an offshore wind hub – but it’s not without its challenges, including politics, investment and last but not least: scale.

28th August 2015

French port out to catch the wind

28th August 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

In only two years, Royal IHC (IHC Merwede) has gone from soaring profits to Dutch job cuts.

28th August 2015

IHC cuts away home facilities

28th August 2015

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Aids to Navigation specialist Hydrosphere, has won an open tender to supply 32 self-contained lights to Belfast Harbour.

28th August 2015

Hydrosphere wins order to supply 32 lights to Belfast Harbour

28th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The sanctions imposed on Russia by EU countries have led to a change of engines for the lead boat in a series of patrol boats building to patrol the waters around St.Petersburg…

27th August 2015

Russian patrol boat changes engines

27th August 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Close Brothers Marine and Aviation is a finance company that has become a specialist in providing finance for wind farm vessels. At their recent exhibit at Seawork the company had visits from…

27th August 2015

Close Brothers wind farm specialists

27th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The largest ever merger of independent, third party ship management companies has been completed by Anglo-Eastern Ship Management Group and Univan Ship Management Group, advised by Clyde & Co.

27th August 2015

Ship management merger

27th August 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Marine hardware specialist MacGregor, part of Cargotec, plans to reduce workforce in MacGregor Uetersen site in Germany to restructure the operations to the weak market demand. The market situation has deteriorated due…

27th August 2015

German restructure

27th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Royal Boskalis Westminster has recorded a busy first half of the year, with a net profit of €306.5m, representing a21% increase.

26th August 2015

Boskalis records historically high profit

26th August 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

French/ US Orion Naval Engineering which was initially founded in 2010 by a group of naval engineers, has signed a future project agreement with Eca Group, a company that has been internationally…

26th August 2015

Green boat partnership

26th August 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

In June 2014 German Atlantisstrom’s first tidal power plant was installed and connected to the public electricity grid in the Faroe Islands for testing. The company is now actively seeking investors.

26th August 2015

Tidal power project calls for investors

26th August 2015