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MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

After nearly three months of championing new ways of working due to the Coronavirus pandemic, UK environmental engineering company Land & Water is back on site on the River Severn.

8th July 2020

Work resumes on one of Europe’s largest river restorations

8th July 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Plans to both strengthen and raise the height of the long Afsluitdijk across the Isselmeer in Holland have seen a contract awarded to a consortium that has started work writes Dag Pike.

8th July 2020

Afsluitdijk reinforcement will use improved interlocking blocks

8th July 2020

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

The Flanders Marine Institute, (VLIZ) seized upon the quiet of lockdown to map the underwater soundscape of the Belgian section of the North Sea.

8th July 2020

Lockdown was ideal for marine noise study

8th July 2020

SECURITY

SECURITY

A new interactive infographic summarises the key considerations owners and operators should make when building a cyber security plan.

7th July 2020

Cyber security planning help

7th July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

New Zealand-headquartered jet drive manufacturer HamiltonJet will collaborate with rigid inflatable boat manufacturer Ribcraft to supply 48 Rigid Inflatable Boats (RIBs) to the US Navy.

7th July 2020

Jet power for 48 US Navy RIBs

7th July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Kohler is extending its marine generator portfolio with new EU Stage V emission-compliant 50Hz marine ratings starting July 2020.

7th July 2020

Cleaner Kohler

7th July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A Swedish company that designs and manufactures controllable-pitch propellers will centralise its manufacturing operations to aid operational efficiency.

6th July 2020

Swedish company consolidates manufacturing

6th July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A maritime technology company has been awarded an Innovate UK Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) grant to advance machine learning in the maritime sector.

6th July 2020

Grant to advance AI in UK maritime sector

6th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Damen Shipyards Group has delivered five Damen 2306 E3 electrically propelled ferries to Arriva Denmark in Copenhagen.

6th July 2020

Yellow ferries are the greenest in Copenhagen

6th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The team behind an innovative modular floating platform product have said they are really pleased with the first ‘real world’ test results and how well it has stood up to the harsh…

6th July 2020

First feedback for versatile floating work platform

6th July 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Lamers System Care has received an order to install Sonihull’s Ultrasonic Anti-fouling Systems on a further 11 tugs in the Boluda fleet.

6th July 2020

Tug antifouling systems deal

6th July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Kongsberg Digital has acquired a company offering software solutions for vessel performance and monitoring.

3rd July 2020

Kongsberg Digital acquires software firm

3rd July 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new project is set to revolutionise local renewable energy generation and storage following the development of a modular construction system, writes Dag Pike

3rd July 2020

Modular floating platform for coastal communities

3rd July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Dutch civil engineering giant Royal BAM Group NV expects significant H1 loss and has announced that it will wind down BAM International.

3rd July 2020

Problems at BAM

3rd July 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A new type of floating ecosystem has been launched in Liverpool, UK, which integrates elements of salt marsh and estuarine ecosystems in a unique multi-level habitat.

2nd July 2020

Floating ecosystem launches in Liverpool

2nd July 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Picotech has announced the launch of its PicoMB130 Surf, claimed to be the world’s smallest integrated Multibeam Echosounder.

2nd July 2020

World’s smallest integrated multibeam echosounder

2nd July 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

On the night of January 1st 2019, the large container ship ‘MSC Zoe’ was making its way on the southerly route along the Dutch Wadden Islands during a northwesterly storm.

2nd July 2020

New insights from shallow water container loss research

2nd July 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The assets of a survey specialist that has gone into administration will be sold in an online auction.

2nd July 2020

Troubled companys assets to be auctioned

2nd July 2020

SECURITY

SECURITY

A new body heat camera has been launched to help ensure a safe and healthy work environment onboard and ashore during the COVID-19 pandemic.

1st July 2020

Body heat camera aids COVID-19 screening

1st July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

A joint venture in China is celebrating a new record for the number of engines produced during a single month at its manufacturing facility in Chongqing.

1st July 2020

JV in China sets engine production record

1st July 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An American company Infinitum has developed a new concept of electric motor which they claim could represent the future for marine propulsion writes Dag Pike.

1st July 2020

Another super-compact pancake motor

1st July 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

In further reinforcement of the truth that the commercial marine world marches onwards whatever the global circumstances, Port of Helsinki has just published three scenarios for the development of its port areas.

1st July 2020

Helsinki publishes development scenarios

1st July 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

In Spain, the President of the Port Authority of Valencia (PAV), Aurelio Martínez, has announced that Valenciaport is going to begin studies for the third dock in the Port of Sagunto”.

1st July 2020

Valencia: Port of Sagunto developments gather momentum

1st July 2020