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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

When Oceanology International 08 opens its doors for three days at London’ s ExCeL centre on 11 March, it will be focusing on the maritime world divided into three linked key themes;…

14th February 2008

Key Themes Entwined ay Oceanology International 08

14th February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Mary Rose Trust has just been earmarked for a £ 21m grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund to build a brand new permanent museum to house the vessel and its artefacts.…

14th February 2008

The Mary Rose Needs You!

14th February 2008

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Scottish wave energy company, AWS Ocean Energy, has secured new investments from Shell Technology Ventures Fund 1 B.V. (STV Fund), an affiliate of Royal Dutch Shell plc, and the investment fund The…

7th February 2008

Investment Boost for Wave Energy

7th February 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Dutch Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai. The World is a group of 300 artificial islands 4 km…

7th February 2008

Van Oord Completes The World

7th February 2008

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The German Baltic seaport of Stralsund has completed a two year, € 14 expansion which has created three new berths and a new handling area in the Suedhafen district.

7th February 2008

Port of Stralsund Completes ¢14m Expansion

7th February 2008

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

India’ s National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) has taken delivery of the multi-purpose oceanographic ship Sagar Nidhi (Pearl of the Oceans) from Fincantieri’ s Muggiano Shipyard in La Spezia.

7th February 2008

Italians Build Complex Research Vessel

7th February 2008

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

What is claimed as the world' s first wireless RF underwater broadband data link, Type S5510, has been launched by a consortium headed by Wireless Fibre Systems of Livingston, Scotland.

1st February 2008

World First for WFS Consortium

1st February 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Having recently supplied the deck machinery package for Holyhead Towing Company' s new 35m tug, North Sea Winches has just completed manufacturing   an almost identical package for the same customer. Winches…

28th January 2008

Double Deck Equipment Package for Holyhead

28th January 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The family run business of Colle Towing Inc, which operates tugboats on the Pascagoula River in Mississippi USA, has recently taken delivery of its second Marine Travelift. The new 600C boat hoist…

28th January 2008

Bigger Lift for Bigger Tugs

28th January 2008

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Preffered Marine Cranes celebrated a successful year in 2007 and managed to draw successful contracts even in what they term as a somewhat erratic market.  The company was able to supply a…

28th January 2008

Preffered Found 2007 an Uplifting Year

28th January 2008