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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Siemens has completed installation of the HelWin2 offshore platform, part of the German DC grid connection project for German–Dutch grid operator TenneT.

18th July 2014

HelWin2 convertor station safely installed

18th July 2014

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

UK based IHC Engineering Business has introduced the world’s first four-tracked subsea trencher, developed for operation in shallow waters and specifically for cable burial at offshore windfarms.

18th July 2014

Four-track subsea trencher targets windfarm market

18th July 2014

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Japanese marine electronics major Furuno has introduced a colour display for its NavPilot Control Unit. Also, the cosmetics of the NavPilot 711C have been redesigned cosmetically to provide a better match with…

17th July 2014

Autopilot gets colour display

17th July 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Captec, a Fareham, UK manufacturer of industrial computers for challenging environments, has extended its marine computer range to a full portfolio, including embedded computers, servers, panel computers and displays. This is a…

17th July 2014

Captec extends range

17th July 2014

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

More than 60 delegates from across Europe, recently descended on Falmouth, UK to attend an oil spill response conference hosted by Falmouth Harbour Commissioners (FHC).

17th July 2014

Oil spill conference

17th July 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Japan’s ClassNK have announced the acquisition of Canadian maritime software company Helm Operations. Since 1999 Helm Operations (formerly Edoc Systems Group) has been developing operations software for the tug and barge and…

17th July 2014

ClassNK acquires Helm

17th July 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The European Commission has adopted a directive to ensure that by June 2015, vessels arriving or departing EU ports will have to provide required information electronically via one single entry point –…

17th July 2014

National Single Window

17th July 2014

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

DP World London Gateway has been praised by the UK’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of state for Transport Stephen Hammond for its continued success.

17th July 2014

DP World congratulated on London success

17th July 2014

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Actisense, the marine electronics brand from Active Research Limited, based in Poole, UK, have upgraded their popular award-winning engine monitoring unit (EMU-1) with new firmware which now allows dual engines to be…

17th July 2014

Dual engine capability

17th July 2014

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Gibraltar-based ship repair yard Gibdock has invested in an automated and harmonised estimating, quotation, specification and invoicing system. The state of the art Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system overarches…

17th July 2014

ERP rollout at Gibdock

17th July 2014