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OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The world’s most powerful single turbine has been successfully installed at Vattenfall’s European Offshore Wind Deployment Centre (EOWDC).

13th April 2018

EOWDC 8.8MW turbine installation

13th April 2018

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

UK manufacturer of marine windscreen wiper systems B Hepworth & Co Ltd is celebrating its 150 years anniversary in 2018.

13th April 2018

B Hepworth celebrates 150th anniversary

13th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Trials are underway in the UK’s Port of Southampton as part of a pilot scheme to launch the HullWiper water jet hull cleaning technology at the port. HullWiper is working to test…

13th April 2018

HullWiper pilot scheme at Southampton

13th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Marine electrical system integrator Alewijnse Marine has developed a new service that the company claims is already delivering higher cost-savings and less downtime via proactive preventive maintenance to vessels’ electrical systems.

13th April 2018

Health Check approach for on board preventative maintenance

13th April 2018

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

A new option has been added to the Teledyne PDS applications to enable Side Scan Sonar Backscatter Mosaicking, ensuring that the PDS offering remains at the forefront of sonar processing software.

13th April 2018

Backscatter Mosaicking for Teledyne PDS

13th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Carbon Trust-led Floating Wind Joint Industry Partnership has begun two new studies to investigate critical issues for large scale floating wind farms.

13th April 2018

Floating wind joint industry partnership for export cables and asset integrity

13th April 2018

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Subsea cable and connector specialist Hydro Group plc, has reported a positive start to 2018 with ongoing international growth, due to a string of new business partnerships.

13th April 2018

New partnerships bolster Hydro Group’s international strategy

13th April 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

EdgeTech’s new Discover Blue side scan sonar was developed specifically for police organizations, fire departments, dive teams, and other groups that utilize side scan sonars for search and recovery (SAR) efforts.

13th April 2018

Side scan sonar tailor made for the SAR community

13th April 2018

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

BigLift’s ‘Happy Rover’ recently carried a Jack-up platform from Rotterdam to La Reunion Island for client Enerpac. The Jack-up consists of a platform of 515 tonnes and four telescopic legs of 72…

13th April 2018

BigLift for 800 tonne jack-up platform

13th April 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

UK marine electronics brand, Actisense, has made a vital donation to the National Coastwatch Institute, an organisation aiming to restore a visual watch along UK shores.

13th April 2018

Actisense products and expertise donation to help NCI keep a close watch

13th April 2018

SUBSEA SERVICES

SUBSEA SERVICES

Global subsea equipment specialist, Ashtead Technology has selected acoustic and inertial navigation technology from Sonardyne International Ltd. to add to its rental fleet.

13th April 2018

Ashtead Technology adds SPRINT-Nav to rental fleet

13th April 2018

MARINE CIVILS

MARINE CIVILS

CWind, a provider of power cable and asset management services to the offshore renewables and utilities market and part of the Global Marine Group, has announced the launch of Complete Cable Care,…

13th April 2018

Dedicated cable repair barge

13th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Another six new military patrol boats built by Louisiana, USA-based shipbuilder Metal Shark have been delivered to the Vietnam Coast Guard.

13th April 2018

Metal Shark delivers to Vietnam Coast Guard

13th April 2018

MONITORING & CONTROL

MONITORING & CONTROL

ASV Global is leading a new £1.2million research project in partnership with BMT to enhance the safety and reliability of autonomous navigation. The project team will use deep learning machine vision systems…

12th April 2018

Deep learning techniques will enhance safe autonomous navigation

12th April 2018

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

€10 million are being ploughed into the German North Sea port of Brake this year to keep it competitive, writes Tom Todd.

12th April 2018

Germans plough €10 million into Brake Expansion

12th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Spanish tidal energy developer Magallanes Renovables has entered into a berth agreement with the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) in Orkney, Scotland, where its tidal energy prototype is due to be demonstrated…

12th April 2018

Magallanes Renovables deployment to EMEC

12th April 2018

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Global e-navigation provider NAVTOR has teamed up with a private weather service company in order to help revolutionise route planning within the maritime industry.

12th April 2018

NAVTOR works to revolutionise route planning

12th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Solar power is an effective way of generating electricity to meet the requirements of green energy but it can occupy valuable land areas reports Dag Pike.

12th April 2018

Dutch company could solve ocean solar farm problems

12th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Norwegian shipyard Oma Baatbyggeri is building an electrically powered car ferry under a contract signed with Norwegian transport major Boreal, Dag Pike reports.

12th April 2018

Oma Baatbyggeri building electric ferry

12th April 2018

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Rolls-Royce and its subsidiary Woodward Inc have signed an agreement for the acquisition of L’Orange GmbH and its related operations located in Germany, the US and China.

12th April 2018

Rolls-Royce buys up fuel injection expertise

12th April 2018

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Shipyard De Hoop has recently delivered its fifteenth river cruise vessel to Lu¨ftner Cruises. Named ‘Amadeus Queen’, the new vessel follows the award-winning model of the Amadeus Silver ships, but offers further…

12th April 2018

Shipyard De Hoop delivers ‘Amadeus Queen’

12th April 2018

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Swedish wave energy developer Seabased, has partnered with Nordic equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor to raise up to 15 million SEK (approximately EUR €1.5 million).

12th April 2018

Seabased Wave Parks teams with Invesdor

12th April 2018

SEAWORK NEWS

SEAWORK NEWS

Blyth Catamarans has recently completed an 11m workboat for the Philippines and is soon to complete a 14m passenger vessel to be based in Seahouses, Northumberland.

11th April 2018

New orders for Blyth Catamarans

11th April 2018