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POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

FPT Industrial, an Italian company best known to ‘MJ’ readers for its marine diesel engines has acquired 100% of Potenza Technology, a UK company specialized in the design and development of electric…

12th March 2020

FPT committing to an electric future

12th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Following years of research, development and testing, Barrus is adding a new range of electric outboard motors to its Marine line-up.

12th March 2020

New player in small electric outboard market

12th March 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The latest research project being undertaken by the Germen research centre Fraunhofer CML is a project that aims at cleaning the ocean seabed using a combination of robots and artificial intelligence.

12th March 2020

Seabed cleaning using robots and AI

12th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK-based Marine breakdown service company Sea Start has placed an order for a number of new RIBs from Cowes-based Island RIBs as part of a significant expansion of their fleet.

12th March 2020

Sea Start orders new RIBs

12th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The authorities in the City of Amsterdam have decreed that boats with diesel engines will be banned from operating on the city’s canals by 2025 writes Dag Pike.

12th March 2020

Going electric fast in Amsterdam

12th March 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A new report supports offshore wind development as a tool to decarbonise the power sector and enable the UK government to meet its goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

12th March 2020

Offshore wind championed for decarbonisation

12th March 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Watson & Hillhouse have been supplying a PVE 2316VM variable moment vibratory hammer to marine specialists Baker Trayte Marine on the UK south coast.

11th March 2020

Vibratory hammer piling

11th March 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Ben McInnes, Harbourmaster and Pilot at the UK’s Portsmouth International Port shares his experience of the recent port call of expedition cruise vessel ‘MV Fridtjof Nansen’.

11th March 2020

Expedition cruise call: a Harbourmaster writes

11th March 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

A new global messaging and personal safety device automatically transitions between satellite, cellular and Wi-Fi connectivity for those who live, work or travel on the fringe of terrestrial coverage.

11th March 2020

Global messaging device improves connectivity

11th March 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Marine professionals are being urged to take part in a skills survey for a thriving UK maritime region that faces recruitment challenges.

9th March 2020

Call for skills survey participation

9th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Equipment corrosion from exposure to high humidity and salt spray can be fought with grease featuring enhanced corrosion protection.

9th March 2020

Grease fights equipment corrosion

9th March 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An upcoming workshop for maritime professionals will focus on sharing knowledge and practical experiences to improve safety at sea.

6th March 2020

Workshop aims to improve safety at sea

6th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Bureau Veritas Marine & Offshore has completed its first survey by drone, carried out in the holds of a bulk carrier in an Italian port.

6th March 2020

Bureau Veritas performs first survey by drone

6th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce’s Power Systems business unit overcame difficult market conditions in 2019 and again succeeded in growing against the trend to deliver a strong full-year result.

6th March 2020

Rolls revenue strong thanks to MTU

6th March 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Thanks to a recent world first, a whole new sector of offshore construction activity could soon be opening up to new worldwide applications.

6th March 2020

Large diameter deepwater drilling

6th March 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Teledyne CARIS has released its HIPS and SIPSTM 11.3 software. This upgrade will introduce the first-ever COTS (commercial-off-the-shelf) release of an AI solution for classifying and cleaning sonar noise.

6th March 2020

AI cleans sonar noise

6th March 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Oceanology International Exhibition & Conference will be postponed and will now take place from 1-3 December 2020 at the ExCel, London, following the escalation of COVID-19 in Europe.

6th March 2020

OI postponed

6th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A new range of catamaran CTVs aims to bring simple no nonsense vessels with varying duties, payloads and speeds to the market.

6th March 2020

New range of catamaran CTVs

6th March 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Fugro’s multipurpose vessel ‘Fugro Pioneer’ recently left the Port of Sunderland in the UK to kick off a 6-month offshore site investigation and survey campaign for innogy’s Sofia offshore wind farm.

6th March 2020

Sofia offshore wind farm cable route investigation

6th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Dutch battery major Mastervolt has announced the arrival of three new Lithium Ion battery models: the MLI Ultra 12/2750, 12/5500 and 24/5500.

5th March 2020

Three new lithium ion batteries

5th March 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

An innovative sail-assisted propulsion and solar power device for ships is now ready for demonstrations and further evaluation testing.

5th March 2020

Combining wind and solar power for ships

5th March 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Marine construction and consultancy organisation, Red7Marine, was recently contracted by Jackson Civil Engineering to respond to a flood incident.

5th March 2020

Rapid response flood remediation partnership

5th March 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A major provider of subsea cable installation and maintenance services to the telecommunications, offshore renewables, utility and oil & gas markets worldwide has been acquired.

5th March 2020

Offshore engineering firm acquired

5th March 2020