News

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Earlier this year, Hvide Sande Shipyard in Denmark won a public tender for the design and construction of a new 64m Offshore Patrol Vessel.

16th December 2020

Ironing out an OPV’s sternwave

16th December 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The UK’s Ocean Conservation has received a grant of £250,000 from the government’s Green Recovery Challenge Fund, enabling large scale seagrass restoration.

15th December 2020

Seagrass conservation funding

15th December 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A concrete additive from an Australian company that enhances compressive strength and other key characteristics is finding many uses in and around the Port of Savannah, Georgia, USA.

15th December 2020

Carbon-strengthened concrete additive

15th December 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

BMT has announced that its latest passenger ferry design, for Aran Island Ferries, successfully completed sea trials and has now been delivered.

15th December 2020

Medium speed aluminium monohull ferry

15th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Høglund Marine Solutions has set up a new office in Europe to support its growing base of customers in the Baltic.

14th December 2020

New Europe office for Høglund Marine

14th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Jan De Nul has acquired one of the largest and most advanced subsea installation and construction vessels available in the world.

14th December 2020

Jan De Nul acquires major offshore vessel

14th December 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Danish shipyard Knud E. Hansen continues to build on its portfolio of designs and experience in the offshore wind farm sector with a new platform: The ATLAS C-Class.

14th December 2020

Giant installation vessel will carry five next generation 20MW+ turbines

14th December 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Charles Hammond OBE, Group Chief Executive, Forth Ports, which operates eight ports on the UK East coast says his team is ‘Brexit ready’.

14th December 2020

East coast ports ready for Brexit

14th December 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Ecomotus has unveiled the Eco Pro, a standalone catalytic hydrogen system designed to reduce emissions and work in harmony with existing combustion engines.

11th December 2020

Add hydrogen for a cleaner burn

11th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A supervisory board has been appointed to oversee the Belfast Maritime Consortium’s ambitious project to develop revolutionary zero-emission ferries in the city.

11th December 2020

Foiling ferries project appoints board

11th December 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Propulsion package deals have been announced for nine new pilot boats to be built by Goodchild Marine Services for ABP Ports.

10th December 2020

Propulsion deals for new pilot boats

10th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The inauguration of a new shore power facility in Kiel means that Stena Line now has the possibility to connect 14 vessels at seven terminals to on-shore electricity during port stays.

10th December 2020

Shore power in Kiel

10th December 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Reflex Marine’s Storm-Work suspended work basket was successfully employed in its 100th offshore project in October 2020.

10th December 2020

100th successful mission for innovative work basket

10th December 2020

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

Both The Swedish Club and the North P&I Club have declared cost increases following challenging market conditions.

9th December 2020

Marine insurance cost to rise

9th December 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Servogear’s Ecoflow Propulsor system has been delivered to an EU-funded emission-free fast ferry project.

9th December 2020

Servogear’s Ecoflow Propulsor advances ferry

9th December 2020

SECURITY

SECURITY

An exclusive UK distributor and global sales agent for Barnacle Systems’ BRNKL (pronounced ‘barnacle’) security and monitoring products has been appointed.

9th December 2020

Security system leverages the might of third party sensors

9th December 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Dutch company Z-Bridge has developed a motion compensated personnel transfer system that is compact enough to be fitted to crew transfer vessels.

9th December 2020

Z-Bridge transfer system for CTVs

9th December 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A consortium has been selected to ensure marine coordination activities and implement mission critical communications solutions for Iberdrola’s 496MW Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm project in France.

8th December 2020

Saint-Brieuc wind farm consortium named

8th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Commercial marine industry professionals met virtually to discuss practical solutions to meet the fleet decarbonisation regulations that are coming thick and fast from January 2021.

8th December 2020

To repower or not?

8th December 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A compact electric propulsion system is the star feature of a new 23m long aluminium ferry from Baltic Workboats.

7th December 2020

Ferry features compact electric propulsion

7th December 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Silt curtains – turbidity barriers – are typically used to contain silt spread around dredging and land reclamation sites, said Chris Reeder of Ecocoast.

7th December 2020

Beyond dredging: new ways with curtains

7th December 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

It all started when Norway’s SpillTech were posed a question: “OK, we know you can clean up oil, so can you apply the same thing to marine litter?”

7th December 2020

Bård Haug: SpillTech

7th December 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Rolls-Royce has acquired Servowatch Systems, a UK-based international supplier of integrated marine automation solutions for navies, commercial vessels and large yachts.

4th December 2020

Rolls-Royce acquires automation business

4th December 2020