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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Since February 2020 JRC/Alphatron’s training department in Rotterdam has new VSTEP simulators available on which trainees can be trained while using the latest software. With these new simulators up and running, the…

27th March 2020

Simulators for Marcom-A training and ECDIS type specific training

27th March 2020

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

A pollution-tackling company is seeking support for its new development which intercepts river borne rubbish before it escapes to sea.

26th March 2020

Rubbish-collecting technology seeks support

26th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Japanese classification Society ClassNK has released guidelines that explain the revised rules for using Condition Based Maintenance (CBM) in class surveys.

26th March 2020

Revised guidelines for Condition Based Maintenance

26th March 2020

SECURITY

SECURITY

According to a prominent maritime security consultancy, the Coronavirus emergency will be the defining threat trend of the year with simultaneous impacts in a number of areas.

26th March 2020

The COVID-19 crisis and maritime security threats

26th March 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Global wave and tidal stream energy production has risen tenfold over the last decade, reflecting global efforts to identify commercialisation pathways for ocean energy technologies, according to a new report.

25th March 2020

Huge rise in wave and tidal energy production

25th March 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Netherlands-headquartered Geo-data specialist, Fugro, has announced a strategic partnership with SEA KIT International, winner of the Shell Ocean Discovery XPRIZE.

25th March 2020

SEA-KIT gets major Fugro partnership

25th March 2020

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

The first six tower parts for the SeaMade offshore wind farm have recently arrived in the port of Ostend.

25th March 2020

First SeaMade towers arriving

25th March 2020

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Maintaining the narrow navigational channels through the shallow tidal flats of the Wadden Sea in the Netherlands is a constant battle, due to the high rate of sediment deposition.

24th March 2020

Keeping Netherlands waterways navigable

24th March 2020

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Macduff Ship Design has announced that Colombo Dockyard PLC has delivered two Pilot Launches to Sri Lanka Ports Authority

24th March 2020

Scottish design prowess for Sri Lankan pilot launches

24th March 2020

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

INSURANCE, LEGAL & FINANCE

The impact of coronavirus on marine insurance isn’t clear cut and a key issue is the extent to which policies respond where there is no physical damage, an insurance professional has stressed.

23rd March 2020

How will COVID-19 impact on marine insurance?

23rd March 2020

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

A global energy giant has entered the floating offshore wind sector by investing in a UK project.

23rd March 2020

Energy giant pursues floating offshore wind

23rd March 2020

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Work on long-awaited, multi-million Euro deepening and widening of the River Elbe between Hamburg and the North Sea is making good progress with completion now expected in 2021, writes Tom Todd.

23rd March 2020

Elbe deepening on track for 2021 finish

23rd March 2020

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

“It’s unfortunate… but I really think that the Norled ferry battery fire is significant in that it’s bringing additional scrutiny to safety systems,” Grant Brown of Sterling PBES told ”MJ”.

23rd March 2020

Grant Brown: Sterling PBES

23rd March 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Given the Covid19 outbreak, world governments are looking at how fast a pandemic can lead to a severe shortage of isolation beds. Could the answer be a quickly deployed, modular and expandable…

23rd March 2020

Hospital boat solution to Coronavirus crisis?

23rd March 2020

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

A weather intelligence provider and a classification society have joined forces to drive digitalisation and data standardisation in the maritime industry.

20th March 2020

Digitalisation and data standardisation MoU

20th March 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

This month’s round-up includes a European theme with three deliveries and a design proposal for the world’s first LNG-powered shallow-water push boat.

20th March 2020

Tug deliveries and design round-up

20th March 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Caterpillar Marine has reported on collaboration for the next generation of tugs in the US and provided further details of its first Advanced Variable Drive tug built in Turkey.

20th March 2020

Caterpillar success in the US and Turkey

20th March 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

The European Tugowners Association (ETA) and Dutch consultancy company ECORYS have produced a study revealing the true economic impact of the European towage sector.

20th March 2020

ETA assesses the European towage sector

20th March 2020

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Propulsion system manufacturer Schottel has announced orders for no fewer than 22 azimuth thrusters for tugs in China, Turkey, Poland and the US.

20th March 2020

Multiple order success for Schottel

20th March 2020

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Seawork International commercial marine exhibition and conference, along with the Speed@Seawork sea trials event and Marine & Coastal Civil Engineering Expo (M&CCE) are all to be rescheduled until a later date, to…

19th March 2020

Seawork exhibition rescheduled due to coronavirus concerns

19th March 2020