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KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Grant funding will help realise a new network of high-speed mobile data connectivity for marine innovation off the coast of Plymouth.

17th August 2020

Network grant funding for marine innovation

17th August 2020

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Marine Jet Power (MJP) waterjets have been selected for a contract valued at GB£9m.

17th August 2020

MJP waterjets selected for major contract

17th August 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Kiel plans to acquire and develop part of a 14 hectare former power plant site to further expand its major Ostuferhafen handling facility, writes Tom Todd.

17th August 2020

More expansion tipped for Kiel’s Ostuferhafen

17th August 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Undergoing final outfitting at Damen Shipyards in the Netherlands are two 35m hybrid fire-fighting ships reports Tom Todd.

17th August 2020

Impressive fire-fighting hybrids up Hamburg clout

17th August 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

UK marine civil engineering contractor Red7Marine has worked hard through the pandemic lockdown period to look after its staff, with two recent safety awards to show for it.

14th August 2020

Safe working recognised at Red7Marine

14th August 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

This large closed-cabin boat is the first in a series of special craft equipped with medical equipment to support the Hellenic National Centre for Emergency Care (EKAB) and the Hellenic Coastguard.

14th August 2020

High speed ambulance boat for the Greek islands

14th August 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

The Belfast Maritime Consortium led by Artemis Technologies, has hosted a visit to the city by the UK Secretary of State the Rt Hon Alok Sharma MP.

14th August 2020

Artemis hosts Secretary of State

14th August 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Jan De Nul Group is well on track in its key parts in the construction of the ‘Taiwan Power Company Offshore Windfarm Phase 1 Project – Demonstration’.

13th August 2020

Belgian installation prowess in demand in Taiwan

13th August 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A major contract will see a Turkish shipyard produce 122 12m fibreglass reinforced plastic and carbon composite boats for the national Coast Guard.

12th August 2020

Turkish shipyard signs contract for 122 boats

12th August 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Sustainable Marine Energy (SME) will supply three next generation PLAT-I floating tidal energy systems for the world’s first floating tidal energy array.

12th August 2020

SME to supply floating tidal energy systems

12th August 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A 1:6 prototype of the BlueSATH floating wind platform has been installed and commissioned in its final deployment site in El Abra del Sardinero (Santander, Spain).

12th August 2020

Floating wind test model installed and commissioned

12th August 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

A new rock anchoring technology developed in the marine renewables industry could have cross-over potential into aquaculture.

12th August 2020

New rock anchoring technology takes a leap forward

12th August 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

It is with regret that Mercator Media Ltd has had to postpone the Coastlink Conference, due to take place on 25th & 26th November 2020. The conference will now be held on…

12th August 2020

Coastlink postponed until April 2021

12th August 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Moray Offshore Windfarm (East) Ltd (known as Moray East) in Scotland has achieved two key project milestones.

11th August 2020

Key milestones for Moray East

11th August 2020

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

A major project that has been years in the planning and months in the undertaking, has been completed at Portland Port, UK.

11th August 2020

Major berth deepening works completed at Portland

11th August 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

UK composites specialist and boatbuilder Norco has joined the Joint Supply Chain Accreditation Register (JOSCAR).

11th August 2020

Further defence inroad for Norco

11th August 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Cory Riverside Energy has announced the completion of works to rebuild and upgrade two WWII-era slipways at Denton Wharf in Gravesend on the banks of the UK’s River Thames.

11th August 2020

Slipway upgrades add to Thames infrastructure

11th August 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A project to add floating solar panels to a wind farm is scheduled to be incorporated into the Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm site by 2025, writes Dag Pike.

10th August 2020

Solar panels will iron out offshore wind peaks

10th August 2020

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

An ECDIS manufacturer has become the first in the world to comply with a new critical safety standard intended to reduce the number of similar alert signals on a vessel’s bridge.

10th August 2020

First compliance for bridge safety standard

10th August 2020

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

GreenSteam has identified a simple rule allowing vessel operators to reduce fuel wastage caused by hull fouling.

7th August 2020

Rule for reducing wastage caused by fouling

7th August 2020