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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

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A Dutch vessel operator claims its new multicat due to hit the water in summer 2021 will be ‘the most sustainable workboat in the market’.

31st March 2021

Hybrid DP2 multicat offers sustainability leap

31st March 2021

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A Basque consortium believes that the future of offshore wind power lies in the design of new floating offshore substations.

31st March 2021

Floating turbines, but what about the substations?

31st March 2021

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The world’s fastest all-electric passenger ship will hit Stockholm’s waterways in 2022 and start commercial operations in 2023.

30th March 2021

Fastest electric passenger ship launches 2022

30th March 2021

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

This month’s review covers tug deliveries and orders from European shipyards and a series of newbuildings from an Ohio USA-based yard with European connections.

30th March 2021

Delivery and order round-up

30th March 2021

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Svitzer, Kongsberg Maritime and classification society ABS have signed an agreement to jointly develop RECOTUG, the ‘world’s first fully operational and remotely-controlled tug’.

30th March 2021

Remote tugs a step closer

30th March 2021

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Maritime and offshore synthetic fibre and steel wire rope manufacturer Lankhorst Ropes has introduced Lankoloop, described as the world’s quickest and easiest towing and mooring connection.

30th March 2021

Making the towing connection quick and easy

30th March 2021

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

SAAM Towage has completed its acquisition of 70% of fellow South American tug operator Intertug in a deal valued at US$49.7M.

30th March 2021

SAAM completes acquisition of Intertug

30th March 2021

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A high-powered group representing International Salvage Union (ISU) members are working with other parties to revise wreck removal contracts.

30th March 2021

ISU working to revise wreck removal contracts

30th March 2021