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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Techno Dive AS, a diving company located in Haugesund, Norway, was handed its new diving vessel Katrine from Hukkelberg Boats in July.

10th July 2019

Third Hukkelberg for Techno Dive

10th July 2019

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Saab Seaeye has achieved a world first by successfully docking an autonomous vehicle to an Equinor open-standard subsea docking station (SDS) to recharge its batteries and download data.

10th July 2019

Autonomous feat for Saab Seaeye

10th July 2019

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Bedford Pumps Ltd, will supply five pumps for a dock dewatering application at the Port of Casablanca in Morocco.

9th July 2019

Dock pumps for Casablanca

9th July 2019

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The first operational results of the 2MW Floatgen floating wind turbine have met and exceeded expectations.

9th July 2019

Testing success for French floating wind

9th July 2019

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

UK environmental risk reduction specialist Adler and Allan, is the first response organisation to be recognised under a new accreditation scheme

9th July 2019

First accreditation for new oil spill scheme

9th July 2019

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Tideland Signal has partnered with GateHouse Maritime to present TSD Nautical Sentry an Aids to Navigation monitoring and control display.

8th July 2019

Aids to Navigation monitoring and control display

8th July 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Veth Propulsion by Twin Disc, Inc. has delivered its 4,000th thruster. To commemorate the accomplishment, Tim Batten, managing director, and Erik Veth, resigning managing director, travelled to Greece to deliver a special…

8th July 2019

Golden thruster

8th July 2019

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

‘Sleipnir’, Heerema Marine Contractor’s newly launched semi-submersible crane vessel and the world’s first LNG powered Construction Vessel, has successfully completed her sea trials and crane load tests.

8th July 2019

World’s largest crane vessel put to the test

8th July 2019

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Birkenhead shipyard and marine engineering services company, Cammell Laird, has given young women a behind-the-scenes glimpse of life in engineering as part of International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) 2019.

8th July 2019

Cammell Laird helps girls into engineering

8th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boskalis subsidiary Smit Salvage has been appointed salvor for two tankers and their cargo following suspected attacks on the vessels in the Gulf of Oman.

4th July 2019

Salvors respond to Gulf tanker incidents

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The UK has a new SOSREP with the appointment of Stephan Hennig by the MCA to the role of overseeing the UK’s response to accidents at sea.

4th July 2019

New UK SOSREP

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

A snapshot of activity covering just a few months makes it clear there will always be work for the global salvage industry.

4th July 2019

Salvage round-up

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Towing’s global influence is reflected in news from Svitzer concerning expansion in Brazil, a contract signing in the Caribbean and divesting of its Portuguese operation.

4th July 2019

Svitzer adapts to changing market conditions

4th July 2019

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

At a time of on-going uncertainty, the Ports of Normandy is continuing its preparations for Brexit, hoping to turn the situation into a development opportunity.

4th July 2019

Ports of Normandy ‘Brexit-ready’

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Dutch ship designer OSD-IMT has rekindled memories of its history with a new design of compact anchor-handling tug.

4th July 2019

Rebirth of the compact anchor-handling tug

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Some months produce something of a drought when reporting new tug deliveries, not so this time around with ten new arrivals to mention, eight of which emanate from Damen Shipyards.

4th July 2019

Tug delivery round-up

4th July 2019

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Key players from the world of towing have attended ‘Tugnology ‘19’ the biennial technical conference discussing developments within the industry.

4th July 2019

The industry’s view of tug technology

4th July 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Hydrogen could provide a cleaner, greener maritime fuel – but many will be asking, quite rightly, ‘can it be achieved with the vessels I have... and how?’

4th July 2019

H2 calculation tool answers the big questions

4th July 2019

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Even given recent advances, lithium ion batteries are still plagued by weight and cost issues.

4th July 2019

Al-air battery beats li-ion on weight and price

4th July 2019

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

French startup Neoline has chosen Neopolia S.A.S. for the construction of its first two sailing main propulsion vessels.

3rd July 2019

Neopolia to build Neoline ships

3rd July 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Damen Dredging in the Netherlands has completed assembly of a screening installation for an aggregates dredger of type MAD3500 currently under build at the Damen yard in Galati, Romania.

3rd July 2019

New screening installation design by Damen

3rd July 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Rotterdam area based systems integrator Alewijnse Marine has introduced a new virtualisation and visualisation platform for use on trailing suction hopper dredgers.

3rd July 2019

Alewijnse AlViVi platform for DEME dredgers

3rd July 2019

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Belgium’s Jan De Nul Group has committed to reducing CO2 emissions by 15% a year during maintenance dredging works at the Nieupoort coastal marine.

3rd July 2019

Ambitious CO2 reduction targets at Nieuwpoort

3rd July 2019