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KEY DEALS

One UK shipbuilding company that has worked on some of the world’s most iconic ships is celebrating its 160th anniversary.

12th April 2021

Shipbuilder celebrates 160 years

12th April 2021

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A UK marine contractor has ordered a 15m workboat to help improve its operations in Kent.

12th April 2021

Workboat order for marine contractor

12th April 2021

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Offshore wind contractor CWind has completed its cable pull-in and termination and testing campaign at Vattenfall’s Danish Kriegers Flak Offshore Wind Farm.

12th April 2021

Danish cable pull-in complete

12th April 2021

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An industry expert is predicting that the offshore wind industry will very soon demand electronic monitoring of the whereabouts of all personnel at all times.

12th April 2021

Tracking personnel on board and on turbine

12th April 2021

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Global safety solutions specialist Survitec has announced that it has completed a £270 million refinancing with funds managed or advised by the Credit Group of Ares Management Corporation.

12th April 2021

Survitec refinancing

12th April 2021

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A UK marine civils vessel owner/operator has recently completed the purchase of a 1,000t jack-up barge, representing a huge enhancement to its fleet.

12th April 2021

Jack-up investment will bring company step change

12th April 2021

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Work has started on building a fleet of electric powered ferries at Astilleros Gondan in Spain for the Portuguese river passenger transport operator Transtejo Transportes Tejo, S.A.

9th April 2021

Spanish yard commences electric ferries project

9th April 2021

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

One electric propulsion solution is being celebrated for 30 years of service in aiding efficiency, sustainability and reliability.

9th April 2021

Electric propulsion greens shipping

9th April 2021

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Intelsat has released a smaller antenna class for its FlexMaritime service that will bring a new level of broadband connectivity performance and affordability to light-commercial maritime vessels.

9th April 2021

Compact antennas still bring fast data speeds

9th April 2021

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Turkeys Environmental Minister Murat Kurum recently confirmed that the country has approved development plans for a huge canal that would run parallel the Bosphorus.

8th April 2021

Kanal Istanbul to go ahead

8th April 2021

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

A new low turbidity dredging head that promises to make ports and harbours’ dredging activities significantly less damaging to the environment has received seed funding in the UK.

7th April 2021

New dredging head ‘vastly reduces turbidity’

7th April 2021

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new partnership aims to reduce risk and promote best practices for turnkey deliveries of high voltage power cables used for connecting offshore wind farms (OWF) to onshore grids.

7th April 2021

Offshore wind risk management partnership

7th April 2021

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A Singapore-based Unmanned Surface Vessels (USV) specialist has completed Phase II engineering development of an 8m unmanned fireboat.

6th April 2021

Unmanned fireboat on target

6th April 2021

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

DP World, the Dubai-headquartered owners of the UK’s Port of Southampton have announced that the port will benefit from a major programme of investments in 2021.

6th April 2021

Southampton welcomes major port investment

6th April 2021

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Poralu Marine has delivered the longest public floating wave attenuator in Australia for the Geelong Waterfront Safe Harbour Precinct project.

6th April 2021

Floating wave attenuator

6th April 2021

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new project, launched at the start of March, is exploring the potential of a novel energy generating system that pairs floating hydrokinetic energy with battery storage technology.

6th April 2021

Innovative tidal energy project launches in Northern Ireland

6th April 2021

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

European ports are preparing for increased traffic following the refloating of the ‘Ever Given’ ship and the reopening of the Suez Canal.

1st April 2021

European ports prepare for Suez congestion

1st April 2021

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

BAE Systems will retain its key role supporting the Royal Navy at Portsmouth Naval Base, UK with the company recently securing two major contracts.

1st April 2021

Navy Future Maritime Support contracts worth over £1 billion

1st April 2021

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Seas Of Solutions B.V has acquired Orolia’s Maritime Safety Business, excluding Fleet Management solutions.

1st April 2021

Orolia sale

1st April 2021

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

New Zealand-based jet drive manufacturer HamiltonJet has signed an agreement with Sea Machines Robotics to develop what it calls a new pilot-assist product.

1st April 2021

Autonomy + water jets = reduced manual workload

1st April 2021

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A geotechnical investigation for the world’s longest immersed tunnel has been completed.

31st March 2021

Longest immersed tunnel project complete

31st March 2021

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A major UK ferry operator has once again called on the expertise of Wight Shipyard Co (WSC) to service one of its Wight built flagships.

31st March 2021

Ferry flagship gets Wight treatment

31st March 2021

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The Dutch R&D department of JRC/Alphatron Marine has completed and commissioned its first AlphaMINDS mooring application using DNV’s Open Bridge protocol.

31st March 2021

Open Bridge development for inland vessels

31st March 2021