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MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Jan De Nul has successfully completed capital dredging works at Payra Port, Bangladesh opening the port up to vessels with a draught of 10.5m.

27th March 2023

Capital dredging vessel gains for Bangladeshi port

27th March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

SMST has won an equipment order for two newbuild Windkeeper Service Operation Vessels (SOVs) being built by Cemre Shipyard in Turkey.

27th March 2023

SMST equipment order for newbuild Windkeeper SOVs

27th March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Boluda’s announcement in February that it would buy Smit Lamnalco invites a closer look at the background to a deal in which the Spanish towage giant takes control of the world’s fifth-largest towage…

27th March 2023

Recent Boluda purchase ‘a logical consequence’

27th March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Harland & Wolff’s Belfast shipyard (H&W) has completed the first of 23 barges for Cory Group company Riverside Energy Park Ltd as part of a contract to transport recyclable and non-recyclable waste…

27th March 2023

H&W completes first Cory barge

27th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

The International Marine Contractors Association has appointed Jim Cullen as its technical director.

24th March 2023

IMCA appoints new technical director

24th March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Strategic Marine has placed an order for 100 Cat32 engines from Cat distributor Trakindo, and says this indicates the sector’s confidence in its boats.

24th March 2023

Strategic Marine orders another 100 Cat engines

24th March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has issued a warning about the risks posed by flexible hoses after a fire on board a RoRo cargo ship.

24th March 2023

MAIB issues flexible hose fire warning

24th March 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

Unloading of transport components including wind turbine components from ship, transfer to storage yard and load onto vehicles

24th March 2023

Port operations tenders invited

24th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Polish steel foundations maker ST3 Offshore, which went bankrupt two years ago, has been snapped up at auction by turbine maker Vestas.

24th March 2023

Vestas wins bid for bankrupt turbine foundations firm

24th March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Photographs of a famous research vessel that has toppled over in a dry dock in Scotland have appeared all over social media.

23rd March 2023

Research ship topples over in dry dock

23rd March 2023

INDUSTRY NEWS

INDUSTRY NEWS

Lalizas UK has appointed a new UK head of sales.

23rd March 2023

Lalizas UK appoints new head of sales

23rd March 2023

ENVIRONMENT

ENVIRONMENT

Anyone taking a cursory look at the mainstream media’s headlines might think the offshore wind industry was booming, but with WindEurope admitting recently that not a single final investment decision was made…

23rd March 2023

Is the booming windfarm industry going bust?

23rd March 2023

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

MCJ CONTRACTS & TENDERS

A dyke is being raised 10m above sea level between two villages on the west coast of Germany

22nd March 2023

€7.3m contract awarded for dyke construction

22nd March 2023

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

MARINE CONSTRUCTION

Semco Maritime has been chosen to maintain Noble’s jack-up rig prior to its return to the North Sea on decommissioning duties for bp.

22nd March 2023

Semco chosen for jack-up rig maintenance

22nd March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

Kewatec’s largest and most complicated vessel has been christened at a ceremony in Trondheim, Norway.

22nd March 2023

Kewatec’s largest, most complex vessel christened

22nd March 2023

VESSELS

VESSELS

The first of two water injection dredgers launched by Van Oord will be commissioned in the first half of 2024, the company says.

21st March 2023

Van Oord launches first of two WIDs

21st March 2023

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

OEG Offshore UK has signed a partnership with Lubbers Logistics Group to strengthen its service capabilities in the renewables sector.

21st March 2023

Combining strong offshore services with the power of logistics

21st March 2023

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

In 2026 it will be half a century since Sanmar Shipyards was set up by Orhan Gürün and his brother-in-law, the late Gökçen Seven.

21st March 2023

PROFILE: Sanmar Shipyards chairman Ali Gürün

21st March 2023

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Hydrographic survey instrument maker Valeport has launched un upgrade to its profiler that now has a CTD (conductivity, temperature and depth)  of 6,000 metres, the UK company says. 

21st March 2023

Valeport unveils robust 6000m CTD profiler

21st March 2023

EQUIPMENT

EQUIPMENT

An EU project to investigate the use of bio-based composites for marine products has concluded that materials such as flax could offer lighter and more environmentally friendly alternatives in various applications.

21st March 2023

Flax identified as potential material for marine products

21st March 2023