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PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A 21.2m wide bulk carrier has successfully travelled through the large lock at Caen-Ouistreham ferry port, with just 60cm to spare on either side, as a result of a new structure for…

28th January 2020

New structure allows for bigger ships

28th January 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Work is about to start to upgrade the flood defences against tidal flooding in Great Yarmouth under a £40.3 million refurbishment and upgrade programme to increase the level of protection from tidal…

28th January 2020

Great Yarmouth to upgrade flood defences

28th January 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Upgrade work on the Lochmaddy Pier used for the Calmac ferry service on North Uist, Scotland, is scheduled to start after £10m contract for dredging and construction work was awarded to L&M…

28th January 2020

Lochmaddy pier improvement

28th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Williams Shipping has demonstrated its land and sea capabilities transferring part of an oil refinery from shore to ship.

28th January 2020

TOWLINES

28th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Helsinki-based Wärtsilä has achieved what it calls a “breakthrough” in its IntelliTug project with trials underway following installation of a DP system on the tug PSA Polaris.

28th January 2020

Autonomous harbour tug – a step nearer

28th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Towage company Svitzer and technology services provider Rolls-Royce have signed a long-term service agreement covering the preventative spare parts supply for 17 tugs powered by MTU Series 4000 engines.

28th January 2020

Svitzer and Rolls-Royce working together

28th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Towage Europe has taken a further step towards operating an environmentally friendly fleet with Europe’s first tug retrofit to meet IMO Tier III standards.

28th January 2020

Boluda refits tug to Tier III standards

28th January 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Refit and repair provider Diverse Marine Ltd has signed a modification and upcycling contract with an offshore wind crew transfer vessel service provider.

27th January 2020

Diverse Marine secures offshore contract

27th January 2020

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A pioneering Norwegian autonomous-ship project has received EUR20.1m in EU funding.

27th January 2020

EUR20m funding for autonomous-ship project

27th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its report on the investigation into an accident where a tug’s chief engineer lost his life boarding his vessel.

27th January 2020

MAIB reports on tug boarding fatality

27th January 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Following the customary lull over the holiday period, tug delivery and orders since the last round-up show every sign of continuing the healthy activity of 2019.

27th January 2020

Delivery and order round-up

27th January 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Kiel ferry operator SFK is introducing all-electric and hybrid newbuilds this year as part of an eco-friendly fleet renewal costing more than €20 million, writes Tom Todd.

27th January 2020

Eco ferries add more green clout to Kiel port

27th January 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Tenders are being invited by Hamburg early this year for a new generation of plug-in hybrid ferries which will be capable of later retrofitting with Hydrogen fuel cells, reports Tom Todd.

27th January 2020

New Hamburg hybrids will be Hydrogen-ready

27th January 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Professor Graham Baldwin will lead the UK’s Department of Transport Maritime Skills Commission, which is being set up to better understand the existing and future skills needs of the maritime industry both…

24th January 2020

Maritime skills appointment

24th January 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

Scrubber manufacturer Alfa Laval has joined the Getting to Zero Coalition, a coordinated effort to fight climate change by introducing zero-emission vessels by the year 2030.

24th January 2020

Alfa Laval getting to zero

24th January 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Swire Blue Ocean has contracted Blue Water Shipping to transport an installation vessel’s new crane boom from NOV’s manufacturing yard to Denmark aboard SAL’s ‘M/V Wiebke’.

24th January 2020

Monstrous crane boom will load future turbines

24th January 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK-based Fire Aid Academy has been chosen by a Solent ferry operator as its dedicated onboard safety and fire training provider.

24th January 2020

Fire Aid Academy wins ferry contact

24th January 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A 26m SUPA-SWATH wind farm support and crew transfer vessel will be built with a complex design to maximise efficiency.

23rd January 2020

26m SUPA-SWATH wind farm vessel to be built

23rd January 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A UK boatbuilder has followed a successful research vessel build with a second similar tender win for another German university.

23rd January 2020

German university’s research vessel to be built in the UK

23rd January 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The next generation offshore installation vessel ‘Orion’ has been fuelled for the first time with LNG in only the second ship-to-ship LNG bunkering operation to take place in Germany.

23rd January 2020

LNG first for Rostock

23rd January 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A German port is up and running with the first European onshore power supply via transformers to feed multiple voltages for cruise ships

22nd January 2020

Cold ironing up and running in major European port

22nd January 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Oi organisers are confident of bowling over delegates with half-century celebrations and ‘bigger, better’ content at landmark anniversary event in the ExCel London.

22nd January 2020

Oceanology International 2020 will salute the past while welcoming the future

22nd January 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

FPT Industrial, a brand of CNH Industrial has signed a memorandum of understanding with Yanmar Marine International, foreseeing a commercial cooperation to develop and supply marine engines.

22nd January 2020

Fiat Powertrain to supply marine engines to Yanmar

22nd January 2020