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MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A GB£800k contract has been awarded for works at the UK’s Wroughton Reservoir which will ensure it can continue its essential role in storm water attenuation in the area, despite it no…

3rd August 2020

UK reservoir works contract awarded

3rd August 2020

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Forum Energy Technologies has developed and demonstrated the ability to remotely operate Workclass and Observation Class (Perry and Sub-Atlantic) ROV systems between an offshore vessel and a remote location.

3rd August 2020

Remote ROV operation brings major opportunities

3rd August 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

CodaOctopus has served an end of life notice on its Underwater Survey Explorer (USE) Version 5 and 6 and Version 2 of its Construction Monitoring System (CMS).

3rd August 2020

Software expiry

3rd August 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

As part of the expansion plans of the port of San Antonio in Chile, a cross-organisational team has presented its final report.

3rd August 2020

Vast breakwater model takes whole port indoors

3rd August 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

In the six months since the partnership between Reich and MIT (Marine & Industrial Transmissions Limited) was formally announced, the commercial and business landscape has changed significantly.

31st July 2020

Couplings partnership shows promise

31st July 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The UK’s Ocean Conservation Trust has planted the first seeds in its seagrass cultivation laboratory at the National Marine Aquarium.

31st July 2020

Planting in the lab could help save critical seagrass

31st July 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The first weekend in August 2020 has marked an important milestone in Search and Rescue as an unmanned aircraft was flown as safety overwatch for the first time.

31st July 2020

SAR drone first over North Wales

31st July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The half hull model of an engineless, emission-free, sailing cargo ship has been presented to the founder of a company which aims to develop a series of such vessels to transport cargo…

30th July 2020

Half hull model of emission-free ship ready

30th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Realisation and Demonstration of Advanced Material Solutions for Sustainable and Efficient Ships (RAMSSES) project has reached a key milestone.

30th July 2020

Composite shipbuilding project gearing up

30th July 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

With just three deliveries and three orders of note this month we can examine some interesting items of news in more detail.

30th July 2020

Delivery and order round-up

30th July 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Sanmar Shipyards has announced it is to discontinue its successful Sanmar, Dogançay and Ulupinar series of tugs.

30th July 2020

Out with the old in with the new for Sanmar

30th July 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Rotterdam-based Tug Training & Consultancy (TTC) has signed an MoU with South African Maritime Training Academy (SAMTRA) to train tug masters, ship pilots and captains.

30th July 2020

Dutch tug training in South Africa

30th July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The government’s R&D tax incentives could boost marine and maritime SME innovation at a critical time, a marine engineering specialist has said.

29th July 2020

SMEs: the key to maritime innovation

29th July 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Development of the Hollandse Kust Zuid offshore wind farm has taken another step forward with the awarding of an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) contract.

29th July 2020

UXO contract for North Sea wind farm

29th July 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Towage has reported its part in the North Sea Port nautical partnership, handling the world’s largest container ship and a rebranding for one of its deepsea tugs.

29th July 2020

Busy Boluda

29th July 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Terneuzen-based Multraship Towage & Salvage has carried out a double tow of ex French naval vessels to Ghent in Belgium for recycling.

29th July 2020

TOWLINES

29th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

New Zealand companies HamiltonJet and EV Maritime have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build advanced composite, battery-powered commuter ferries.

29th July 2020

Kiwis collaborate on electric commuter ferry

29th July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Engineering startup Steamology recently won UK government innovation funding of £400,000 for 9 months for a rail freight project that could open the doors to similar work in shipping.

29th July 2020

Could shipping be entering its second age of steam?

29th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Viking Life-Saving Equipment has won a tender to supply the Hellenic Army Special Forces with its Munin S1200 daughter craft, the largest boat type currently offered by Viking.

28th July 2020

65 knot patrol boat for Greek Special Forces

28th July 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Commercial wave energy farms have moved a step closer as Sweden-headquartered CorPower Ocean has secured 9 MEUR in equity funding.

28th July 2020

Swedish wave energy company secures significant funding

28th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Seacat Services has announced the acceptance of Seacat Weatherly, the first next-generation Chartwell 24 catamaran to enter operational service.

28th July 2020

Refining the formula for offshore wind support vessels

28th July 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The UK’s Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO) is investing £64m in a redevelopment of the Northern Ammunition Jetty in Glen Mallan to support the Royal Navy’s surface fleet.

27th July 2020

Jetty refurb for new aircraft carriers

27th July 2020

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

An EU-funded research and innovation project to improve the modal split for Short Sea Shipping (SSS) in the European container supply chain has officially launched.

27th July 2020

Short sea shipping modal split project starts

27th July 2020