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SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

UK headquartered subsea equipment design and manufacturer Soil Machine Dynamics Ltd (SMD) is to supply its Atom Mk1 1000m 100hp Work Class ROV system to a Chinese power specialist.

18th April 2018

UK firm chosen to inspect Chinese subsea cables

18th April 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Liverpool city region’s £4bn powerhouse maritime sector will lead the UK’s industrial strategy in the coming decades - according to one of the country’s industry leaders.

18th April 2018

Mersey maritime sector ready to lead UK’s industrial strategy, says industry heavyweight

18th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

MPI’s wind turbine installation vessel ‘MPI Enterprise’ has recently been upgraded with spudcans. The spudcans, which were installed during a drydocking in Rotterdam, increase the load-bearing area when the vessel is jacked…

18th April 2018

‘MPI Enterprise’ fitted with spudcans

18th April 2018

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

Rolls-Royce Marine has signed a deal to supply its Autocrossing partially autonomous system to a total of 13 new environmentally friendly ferries for the Norwegian company Fjord1.

18th April 2018

Rolls-Royce to supply Autocrossing system and propellers to 13 Fjord1 ferries

18th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Oil and Gas industry moorings specialist Flintstone Technology Ltd is diversifying its market-leading operations to help drive down costs for the offshore floating wind industry.

18th April 2018

Flintstone Technology sets sights on floating wind

18th April 2018

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

Using a powerful 0.8mm diameter abrasive waterjet operating at 90,000 psi pressure, manufacturing services contractor ICEE Managed Services has cut small holes straight through more than 3,500 seashore pebbles for the Eastern…

18th April 2018

ICEE cuts holes through seashore pebbles with a powerful waterjet to aid flood protection scheme

18th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Team Britannia RIB will use an innovative commercial grade fixing and insert to secure its massive inflatable tubes on its round the world record attempt later this year. The solution could…

18th April 2018

Commercial grade tube fixings from Technifast for Round the World record attempt RIB

18th April 2018

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Energy Central, a Blyth, UK port location has welcomed its newest tenant, as a family owned subsea dive firm returns home.

18th April 2018

RockSalt Subsea dives into Energy Central

18th April 2018

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Teledyne Gavia, manufacturer of the Gavia Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV), has announced the integration of Marine Magnetics’ Explorer AUV magnetometer.

18th April 2018

Teledyne Gavia integrates Marine Magnetic Explorer Magnetometer

18th April 2018

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

Hydrographic surveying in very shallow water can be very challenging with a high chance of equipment damage and personnel injury reports Dag Pike.

18th April 2018

USV shallow water survey for Spanish port

18th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Paris office of LOC Renewables has been contracted by the Belgian transmission system operator, Elia, to provide Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) services for the pioneering Modular Offshore Grid (MOG) project, located…

17th April 2018

LOC Renewables contracted to deliver MWS for modular offshore grid

17th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The Society of Maritime Industries (SMI) and Seawork International announces a new industry sector partnership.

17th April 2018

New SMI Shipyard Pavilion at Seawork 2018

17th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Southampton Marine Services is midway through a significant contract for Woods’ Silver Fleet to build three huge pontoons for the river Thames.

17th April 2018

Major marine fabrication returns to Southampton

17th April 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Cranes currently being manufactured by Sparrows Group, which will be installed at ScottishPower Renewables’ East Anglia ONE windfarm off the coast of Suffolk, were showcased to Colin Clark MP at the company’s…

17th April 2018

Luffing crane for offshore wind industry showcased to Scottish MP

17th April 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK operator Forth Ports has begun construction of a purpose built training academy at the Port of Grangemouth which aims to ensure that the right skills are in place to support the…

17th April 2018

Forth Ports begins training academy construction

17th April 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Italian company Castoldi has been in the waterjet business for close to 40 years and to celebrate the company has added two new jets to its range, writes Dag Pike.

17th April 2018

New waterjets large and small from Castoldi

17th April 2018

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

The Irish Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has approved a €27.9m Capital Investment Package for the ongoing development of Ireland’s publicly owned fishery harbour network, Dag Pike reports.

17th April 2018

Irish harbour improvements

17th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Belgian investment firm Korys has invested an additional 5 million Euro in Swedish renewable energy software company Greenbyte which provides a SaaS platform to owners and operators of renewable energy assets around…

17th April 2018

Greenbyte raises additional funding

17th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Royal IHC has secured an order from the Engineering Authority at the Egyptian Ministry of Defence. The contract comprises the construction of ten IHC Beaver Cutter Suction Dredgers (CSDs) and five Delta…

16th April 2018

Ten dredgers and five workboats for Egyptian MOD

16th April 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

The Rogers 10t Twin Lift Carbon Davits are thought to be the world’s largest carbon fibre davits ever built and its makers claim weigh 75% less than traditional solutions.

16th April 2018

Class approval for lightweight carbon davit

16th April 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Yaskawa Corporation is making a multimillion-euro investment to strengthen the R&D capabilities of The Switch and purchase new equipment at the company’s factory in Lappeenranta, Finland. The investment will enable drive train…

16th April 2018

Investment means drive train testing up to 15MW for The Switch

16th April 2018

POLLUTION CONTROL

POLLUTION CONTROL

The IMO has set an absolute target for emissions reduction across the entire maritime industry for the first time in history.

16th April 2018

IMO sets first industry wide emissions strategy

16th April 2018

NAVAIDS

NAVAIDS

Sea Traffic Management (STM), and Port of Rotterdam have established electronic exchange of arrival times between ships and the port. 300 ships in the STM Validation Project are now able to share…

16th April 2018

Direct sharing of voyage plan schedules

16th April 2018