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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Birmingham, UK-based international lifting equipment specialist Lloyds British have received Lloyds Register Approval as an independent service provider for the Examination and Testing of Lifeboat, Rescue Boat and Liferaft launching appliances, along…

30th January 2015

Lloyds approves Lloyds

30th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Clyde Marine Training (CMT), together with the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) has announced a partnership to support the Initial Professional Development of all CMT’s cadets.

30th January 2015

UK training boost

30th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norwegian lighting solutions specialist Glamox has launched a range of LED floodlights specifically designed for installation and use in safe areas on marine vessels, as well as general industrial environments. Glamox claims…

30th January 2015

Safe area LED floodlights

30th January 2015

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens says companies in the offshore maritime sector could be among those hit by a 25 percent Diverted Profits Tax (DPT) charge under draft UK legislation…

30th January 2015

UK tax charge could hit offshore sector

30th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

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’.

30th January 2015

High tech Thames cat

30th January 2015

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A German company has developed a new approach to building workboats. Instead of doing the whole of the construction in a boat yard, Ophart Maritim builds a range of hulls in aluminium…

30th January 2015

A new approach to workboat building

30th January 2015

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

30th January 2015

IADC celebrates 50 years

30th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Fairmount Marine (part of Royal Boskalis Westminster) have reported a safe conclusion to two towage contracts including the marathon 14,800 mile tow of a large cargo barge, part of the Pieter Schelte…

30th January 2015

TOWLINES

30th January 2015

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

It is often larger vessels from the stable of Damen Shipyards that catch the eye but their range of smaller tugs are equally in demand as with two recent 19m and 16m…

30th January 2015

Two smaller deliveries from Damen

30th January 2015

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A space scientist at the UK’s University of Leicester, in collaboration with the New Zealand Defence Technology Agency and DMC International Imaging, has been trialling a concept for using satellite imagery to…

30th January 2015

Better satellite tracking

30th January 2015