News

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Aquaculture workers will be aided by the launch of a 15m high-pressure cleaning boat for fish farm operations in Norway.

4th August 2017

Powerful low weight fish farm cleaning vessel launched

4th August 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A highly versatile catamaran has been chartered by Galloper Wind Farm Ltd to help the operator meet the logistical requirements for its new UK windfarm.

3rd August 2017

First Seacat charter for UK windfarm

3rd August 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Paul Hickinbotham will drive product innovation and customer responsiveness as marine HVAC specialist Dometic’s EMEA Marine product manager.

3rd August 2017

Paul Hickinbotham appointed Dometic product manager

3rd August 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

A GB£1.5m investment by the Scottish Government into an offshore wind programme will help to reduce the cost of wind energy.

2nd August 2017

GB£1.5m OWA drives offshore wind cost reduction

2nd August 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Europe has added 6.1 GW of extra wind energy capacity in the first half of 2017 putting it on course for a bumper year for installations, albeit mainly in Germany, the UK…

2nd August 2017

Europe adds 6.1 GW of wind energy capacity

2nd August 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

The Swedish wind energy company Vattenfall has announced plans to jointly fund pioneering research to explore how bottlenose dolphins, sea trout, salmon, sea birds and humans are affected by offshore wind developments.

2nd August 2017

Pioneering projects to deepen understanding of human and wildlife impacts of offshore developments

2nd August 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Thirty years ago, the European wind energy sector was nothing more than a nice idea - however, since then it has mushroomed into an international business employing many thousands of people and…

2nd August 2017

Offshore wind energy – a continuing European success story

2nd August 2017

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Mainprize Offshore is working hard to attract even more business from the still growing market for offshore wind, so it has built its cleverest windfarm service vessel yet, the MO4.

2nd August 2017

Tri-party design WFSV

2nd August 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Technology group Wärtsilä has secured the first order for a tug featuring its recently introduced HY hybrid power module from Italian tug owner Rimorchiatori Riuniti.

31st July 2017

Wärtsilä seals first order for HY Hybrid system tug

31st July 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Consolidation in the towage industry features regularly of late and the recent merger of some of the operations of Smit and Kotug has been followed with an agreement with a major shipping…

31st July 2017

Kotug Smit and Mitsui O.S.K Lines seal a smart deal

31st July 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Boluda Corporación Maritima has presented a state-of-the-art silent tug to the technical committee of classification society Bureau Veritas (BV).

31st July 2017

Boluda introduces its silent tugs to Bureau Veritas

31st July 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

County Cork, Ireland-based Atlantic Towage & Marine Ltd has taken delivery of a powerful ASD previously owned by Norwegian towage service provider Østensjø Rederi.

31st July 2017

TOWLINES

31st July 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Evolution or revolution? A fair question reviewing the past and looking to the future as Tugs & Towing considers the towage industry in ‘MJ’s’ 30th year.

31st July 2017

Tugs & Towing, the last and next 30 years

31st July 2017

TUGS & SALVAGE

TUGS & SALVAGE

Thirty years is but a blip in the history of marine salvage but an industry worth reflecting on as ‘MJ’ celebrates its 30th anniversary.

31st July 2017

Reflecting on 30 years of the salvage industry

31st July 2017

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

OFFSHORE RENEWABLES

Paris-headquartered Bourbon has completed the mooring installation of the first floating wind turbine in France, at the SEM-REV experimental test site off Le Croisic.

31st July 2017

France’s first floating turbine mooring installation

31st July 2017

PORTS & HARBOURS

PORTS & HARBOURS

“Generally, I’d say wind port operations should be so smooth their contribution goes almost unnoticed. Helping cargo to run through, just like water,” said Jesper Bank of the port of Esbjerg.

31st July 2017

Esbjerg: Ahead of the times

31st July 2017

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

What will the wind support vessels of the future look like? Stevie Knight finds out that it’s all surprisingly close.

31st July 2017

The future of WFSVs

31st July 2017

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

While Norway’s standard ferry routes have come under scrutiny, cleaning up the fast ferries has been thought of as an ‘intractable’ problem. At least so far.

31st July 2017

Hydrogen is the faster answer

31st July 2017

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Over the last couple of years French specialist company SAFT has supplied battery systems for a number of hybrids, including, notably, the Sir David Attenborough research ship, CalMac’s ro-ro ferries and even…

31st July 2017

Jayesh Vir: SAFT battery systems

31st July 2017

KEY DEALS

KEY DEALS

Germany-based Harren & Partner has acquired German carrier SAL Heavy Lift from Japanese-owned “K” Line.

28th July 2017

Harren & Partner acquires SAL Heavy Lift

28th July 2017

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

ACCESSORIES & EQUIPMENT

Alphatron Marine has upgraded its ECDIS training facility at its headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

28th July 2017

Alphatron Marine renews ECDIS lab

28th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

While the Indian Ocean search for Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 unfortunately has not shed light on what happened to the airliner, some good has come out of the process in that the…

28th July 2017

MH370 search could benefit scientific community

28th July 2017

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY

Thirty years ago signified an era of tapes and magnetic disks with manufacturers plying their latest solid state microprocessor-controlled wonders to expectant users seeking data loggers generating 100 soundings per second supported…

27th July 2017

Hydrographic survey: technology advances the charts

27th July 2017