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ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Norwegian digital navigation company Nautisk has announced a partnership that will make its products available via Kongsberg Digital’s Kognifai platform.

20th July 2018

Nautisk offering for Kognifai platform

20th July 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Norsafe Academy Hellas has announced that it has entered into a cooperative agreement with classification society DNV GL, regarding the training of its surveyors.

20th July 2018

Cooperative Agreement for surveyor training

20th July 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

On Thursday July 19, a delegation of the European Commission (EC) from DG RTD and DG GROW visited the Dutch Maritime Technology sector.

20th July 2018

EC visits Dutch maritime technology sector

20th July 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Trade association The Methanol Institute has welcomed the decision of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to invite the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to develop a standard for methyl/ethyl alcohol as a…

20th July 2018

Methanol Institute welcomes IMO decision

20th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Denmark’s Tuco Marine has recently delivered a highly efficient 11 metre crewboat to Emilsen Fisk in Rørvik, Norway.

20th July 2018

High efficiency crew boat

20th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Dorset, UK-based Norco Composites has invested in a larger spray booth and a new cutting & kitting machine, to enable the company to increase productivity in line with the growing demand from…

20th July 2018

Investments at UK composites specialist

20th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A team of underwater welding technicians from Belgian company Hydrex was recently mobilised to Dakar, where a 225m drill ship needed urgent repair.

19th July 2018

Underwater welding solves urgent repair problem

19th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Maritime firm Intermarine UK is driving national interest in South Dorset’s marine and engineering sectors after visiting the Minister for Business and Industry Richard Harrington MP in the House of Commons.

19th July 2018

Intermarine promotes Portland Port to Government minister

19th July 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Recently rebranded supplier of marine distress signals, WesCom Signal and Rescue has announced that it will be exhibiting at SMM in Hamburg this September.

19th July 2018

Post rebranding safety showcase

19th July 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

The Down Angle gearbox series WVSA which was launched by Reintjes at SMM 2016 will be presented at this year’s SMM as a “developed to the next level” product.

19th July 2018

Down Angle gearbox evolution

19th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

A major milestone in the build of the UK’s state-of-the-art polar research ship was reached in July when the 129-metre long, 10,000 tonne hull of the ‘RRS Sir David Attenborough’ was launched…

19th July 2018

Polar research ship enters the water

19th July 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Holyhead Marine’s latest 16m Pilot Boat has been delivered to Forth Ports at its facility at Granton near Edinburgh.

19th July 2018

16m pilot boat for Forth Ports

19th July 2018

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Cummins has launched a fuel and cost-efficient version of its X15 engine for the marine market featuring its latest fuel system product with high injection pressure for fuel optimisation.

18th July 2018

Fuel-efficient Cummins X15 launches

18th July 2018

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

The MS&D conference, part of SMM, will take place on 6 and 7 September 2018 in the Hamburg Messe exhibition halls.

18th July 2018

Cybersecurity to be a featured topic at SMM

18th July 2018

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, Marine-i is a collaborative project providing the infrastructure, expertise and support to enable marine technology innovation in Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

18th July 2018

Marine-i supports two USV ventures in Cornwall

18th July 2018

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Seagoing vessel access to ports on eastern Sweden’s Lake Malaren is due to be substantially improved reports David Tinsley.

17th July 2018

Bigger ships set for Swedish inland ports

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The International Association of Dredging Companies (IADC) has presented its Young Author Award 2018 to Francois de Keuleneer, an environment engineer for Belgium’s DEME Group.

17th July 2018

IADC Young Author Award 2018 winner

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Netherlands based Central Dredging Association’s CEDA Environment Commission (CEC) has set up a Working Group specifically to prepare a CEDA information paper on energy efficiency in relation to sustainability.

17th July 2018

CEDA preparing energy efficiency guidance

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

The Belgium based Jan De Nul Group has reported an annual turnover for 2017 below €2 billion for the first time in seven years but has nonetheless increased profitability through diversification.

17th July 2018

Diversification keeps Jan De Nul strong

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Netherlands based dredging major Royal Boskalis Westminster has won the €85m contract to construct an artificial island in the IJmeer lake, adjacent to the IJburg islands, by the municipality of Amsterdam.

17th July 2018

Amsterdam land reclamation works for Boskalis

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Dutch Dredging (Baggerbedrijf de Boer) can claim to have the world’s ‘greenest’ bed leveler following the addition of the newbuild Peter to its fleet last month.

17th July 2018

‘Greenest’ bed leveler for Dutch Dredging

17th July 2018

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

DREDGING & FLOOD DEFENCE

Rotterdam based Van Oord Dredging and Marine Contractors has ordered two trailing suction hopper dredgers, both of 10,500m3 capacity.

17th July 2018

Two new LNG dredgers for Van Oord

17th July 2018

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Irish boat builder Safehaven Marine is noted for the severe testing methods it uses to ensure that its boats are fit for purpose reports Dag Pike.

17th July 2018

Serious test for Safehaven flagship

17th July 2018